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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1910
Page
5
The New York Evening Sun warns patent leather shoes distract pedestrians and invite accidents. Readers are urged to avoid shiny footwear in traffic, with a humorous suggestion to reserve a street for those who insist on wearing patent boots in public.
The Cleveland Leader reports six year old Jobe Duncan living at 2056 East Ninetieth Street fell for a girl his age at Bolton school. He repeatedly kissed her, prompting a note to his father, a Perry-Payne Building lawyer. The boy defended himself saying the girl looked good to him and the inquiry ended.
Legal notices publish Ordinance No 564 authorizing city of Lawrence Kansas to issue bonds up to 40000? dollars to pay costs of building main intercepting sewers. Details include sewer routes from Pennsylvania Street to various streets and the Kansas River, bond terms five percent interest, thirty year maturity, call option after ten years, repayment secured by city tax levy, and miscellaneous procedural steps for issuing and recording bonds. Also includes public condemnation notices for land needed in Douglas County for sewer and related drainage projects with meeting dates and condemnation steps.
Commissioners appointed by Judge LAS Smart of the District Court prepare to appraise and condemn lands in Wak arusa and Eudora dra ma set in Douglas County Kansas. The plan begins near the southwest corner of Section 18 and follows Wak arusa Creek, taking strips 75 feet wide along the line and two cuts in Gaumer and Jarrett bends, with exact stations and measurements described in the notice.
City officials plan to petition Douglas County Commissioners to add several tracts to Lawrence. Text lists multiple parcels with metes and bounds including sections 6 and 7, and mentions streets and lots in Moreland Place and Maine Street. For sale ad and contact follow.
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