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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1906
Page
4
A collage of old city ads promotes Smyrma and Axminster rugs clocks watches and home goods from multiple merchants. It mentions telephone orders and prompt service at Master’s grocery and other retailers, plus electrical supplies and house wiring by Fred W Fein. Also notes a horse barn and saddlery shop with a full line of harness and blankets.
Lecompton forms a fire department on the hill by the blacksmith shop. A trial report was made last night. James Burnett returned after three weeks harvesting. Misses Bertha and Lena Kiock of Lawrence visited for the Fourth. Paul Davidson rode to Thompsonville. Tom Farr spent the Fourth at McLouth. George Morris spent the Fourth at Topeka. Lecompton leads 41 baseball teams in Douglas County with one loss. Kanwaka defeated 3 to 0. Lecompton showed strong play despite errors. A game with Topeka Eagles is planned for next week.
An OCR damaged ad fragment cluster lists vendors in Lawrence offering preserving kettles ice cream like Say So and grapeade products. Mentions stores Hoadley Weidemann Jarry Prantiss Home Store Leavy Bennett Abel Wolfson Lawrence Transfer Co and Pattersonorama with street addresses and phone hints. The readable pieces show promotions for cleaning wallpaper repairing garments and shoe sales amid scattered queries about spring wardrobe.
An old chest is unsafe for cash while a modern vault offers absolute safety. The piece contrasts the insecure storage of the past with the reliability of the bank's vault, urging customers to keep money with the institution.
Supplemental to the June directory of Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company listing new subscribers and addresses. Names include Caldwell E E, Carter Jennie, Dow Mrs, Kres Malin, Haworth Prof, Barr & Mendenhall, Kasold FA, Kuosho Cart, Lyope Mra Biacahe, Matthews Kifezis, Mohundro AJ, Mortis Fred L, Muzzy C, Peard ROW, New Jersey Mato, Amothers Mre, and Mohindro prop. Addresses span Main, Mass, 1218 to 1631 Mississippi Main 1631 and nearby streets.
A brief guided packing note lists storing garments before travel and purchasing travel supplies. Items include 2 inch kegs prime fresh Persian insect powder, toothbrush cases, and poop boxes from Woodwards and Company.
The July Burr McIntosh Monthly features Fremstad as Salieri in Slegnade with a colored cover. It presents pastel scenes including two bare footprints beside a lemonade prompt and lists other famous figures such as Parkhurst Rubenstein Harriman Schurz Ibsen Funston and Chen Tung Liang Cheng. A pastoral landscape series fills the issue and Clara Morris pens a story installment titled Strapped about the elder Sothern.
Lawrence Kansas city council adopted a paving resolution July 2 1906 authorizing grading curbing and paving Quincy Street and intersecting streets from Delaware to Oregon with brick on sand foundation in 30 foot wide roadway to be paid in ten annual installments. The notice also mentions completed paving on West Warren Street to Michigan Street hailed as one of the best jobs in the city and includes local ads for tin work by F H Henpett & Company.
Charle G Yale of the US Geological Survey discusses the 1905 Mineral Resources report on borax. Most U S production comes from California with colemanite deposits in San Bernardino County. Eastern countries are promoting new borax products. The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad will aid development of Arrasosa and Death Valley, boosting Nevada gold prospects and state growth. The 20 Mule Team brand traces to early deposits worked by mules. Output rose from about 600 tons to over 60,000, with borax’s growing roles in medicine, toilet and laundry, manufacturing, and drugs.
Menu lists Vanilla tea cream chocolate and cherry ice cream plus maple and pineapple flavors at Wiedemann's. Cider vinegar priced at 200 per gallon, two gallons for 35 cents, five gallons for ice. Also mentions Phillipe's fruit Farm, Bell 846, and a note to watch for new pictures in the window. An advertised sure cure for cures and warts claims a bottle by O P Barber and Son. Grapa fruit custard featured at Wiedemann's.
Handwriting experts questioned Mrs Hartste and coachman Madine in Pittsburg on July 11 about forty letters allegedly written to Madina by Mrs Hartste. Detective Creig accused of breaking into a trunk to seize letters, while Edward Moore the sailor was arrested for intoxication after a hoax call claiming to lead the president's secret force.
Secretary Wilson, touring Chicago area packing houses, said plants are striving for sanitary upgrades and will enforce revised regulations starting in August. He expects Chicago plants to be ready by then. The report also notes other local items and ads.
A Kansas City arrival announces Miss Fannie Lahmer will lecture at the summer school. Mrs A W Armstrong plans to Colorado Saturday with her nephew Walter, two weeks’ guest. Several locals visit Topeka Tecumseh and Colorado. camping trips noted. A Lawrence official refused a suspicious package from a distillery.
The Shoshone Indian Reservation lands will open to settlement August 15. Registration dates are July 26 to 31. Excursion rates under one fare round trip, daily July 12 through 19 from Chicago via Chicago North Western Railway, 828.70 to the reservation border. Write for pamphlets on securing a homestead. W.B. Koskeren, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago. Ice cream by Ewing’s mules advertised.
Tim Owens once from Lawrence has become a leading lawyer in Cripple Creek with business across Kansas. He traveled to New York for a leg operation, which was successful and left him greatly improved. The First Baptist church plans a quarterly meeting at seven with a building committee to review remodel plans awaiting final decision. The town faces paving, sidewalk work, and general improvements making the western part look revived. Dr. Troutman hosted a Kansas reception for Prof Franklin, drawing many former University of Kansas City students. Weather morning forecasts mistry and rally predicted. John Simmons of Dighton, Douglas county, refuses to answer questions, running on his county platform drafted by his party in Lane county.
Markets by Wire reports Kansas City July cattle with 3,000 native steers and 4,000 heifers at 2.00 to 4.40, calves 3.50 to 5.50, hogs around 4.80 to 5.25, packers 4.75 to 5.40. Chicago prices list cattle, hog receipts about 24,000 and wheat July to Sept futures around 7.70 to 7.74, corn July to Sept around 6.24 to 6.29, oats July around 3.18 to 3.24, lard July 4.97 to 5.0.
Bids invited for grading curbing and macadam along Ellott to Reed streets in west Lawrence. Plans and specifications on file with certified bid required. City reserves the right to reject all bids. Also mentions local ads for household products and services amid noisy OCR fragment.
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