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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
1
The New Santa Fe Hotel reports 100 percent patronage growth in six months and promises continued value. Aiming to furnish the best meals and rooms in Lawrence, they quote day rate at 25 cents and boarding at 4.50, 5.00, and 5.50 per week.
Two elderly men with snowy hair sit before a downtown shop. They wipe brows with a palm leaf fan and cane, swap quips about heat, and argue over whether a nearby paper has printing, revealing a brief comic clash over sight and perception.
A damaged notice recalls Rev OL C and a youth group of ladies aiding temperance aims while a local dean Lule Heuai fal oral entry notes. Evanston mourns a death and Taft plays golf amid scattered references to public figures and a somber town scene.
A fragment from a historical column mentions New York women, home labor, and rest. It notes women sewing and mending, using a sewing machine, and balancing chores with child care. General Norwood of Lecompton appears in a brief aside.
Regents finalize university actions with appointments to professorships in pharmacy history and chemistry, plus associate posts at Wisconsin and other institutions. Building plans for a Mining and Engineering complex approved. electric lighting for a new building authorized.
A chaotic courtroom transcript shows defense aiming to prove Mollie Stewart killed herself and children by action, while State presses a strong case. Key witnesses Jones and Wilson recount Mollie’s letters and statements as Arch Tipton testifies on note exchanges, with jurors weighing credibility ahead of Saturday’s verdict.
The Kansas parole board, meeting in Topeka, heard twelve pardon applications led by Otto Stallard, a Sedan bank official who embezzled $2,000. Stallard repaid most of the shortage after confessing, his wife pleaded for release, and county officials urged leniency so he could care for four children. The board opened Stallard’s parole application for one month and may act favorably in August if no protests arise.
Grain and provisions report from Kansas City and Chicago dated July 9 shows wheat receipts at 28 cars with July and Sept bids around 64 to 94 cents, No 2 hard and red grades, corn values about 68 to 78 cents for July to December, oats around 45 to 49 cents, hay prices from 8.30 to 9.50 per unit, cattle and hog receipts with native steers 6.75 to 8.05 and hogs at 6.35 to 7.20, plus packers at 3.62 to 4.38. Chicago markets list July wheat at 9.0 to 10.0, corn around 71 to 76 cents, oats 43 to 49 cents, pork prices near 15.05 to 15.90, and live stock receipts with beef steers around 40 to 98.25 and hogs about 95 to 6.35 in various buckets.
A fierce blaze swept a mile of East Boston harbor front late at night, destroying two piers and three warehouses and damaging railroad property. Nearly 1.5 million in property loss reported with losses to freight and grain. two people perished. Daniel Sulna and Miss Sata Altz named as victims. cause attributed to spontaneous spark from northeast wind. Fire spread rapidly, plume of smoke visible across the Labor front area. Numerous insured and uninsured losses, widespread disruption to railroad lines and shipping.
A blaze swept a New York amusement park today, destroying two de gators and threatening Lane Park Island and Steeple Park. Lillie Nemings escaped from a window, while charter owner’s wife left valuables behind in the panic.
A bridge over the Rhine collapsed injuring several workers and causing numerous fatalities. Rescue teams recovered fourteen bodies as officials work to account for all missing laborers.
Charles Taylor, a Missouri Pacific telegraph operator at Lamonte, on duty the night two passenger trains collided near Knobnoster, was arrested at Dresden on a manslaughter charge. Eight killed and about thirty injured in the collision. A dispatcher, W. Strife, was held by the coroner's jury. Steurige has not been arrested.
Washington July 6 The Union Pacific railroad company was ordered to desist for two years from paying any allowance to C Peavy Co on grain received into elevators in Kansas City and Council Bluffs or on grain in which they hold direct or indirect ownership or interest.
A Band of Mercy gathering is scheduled at First Baptist Church tomorrow Friday afternoon at 1 30 oclock. The appeal urges many children to join and help sustain humane work in the city. Mr Tirady will speak and emphasizes the band’s long history of youth involvement in humane efforts.
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