The Journal Lawrence Kans oldest paper era notes
The Journal established 1857 absorbed State Journal and Lawrence Tribune forming Lawrence’s aged, widely circulated paper. It provides Associated Press reports, daily evening edition except Sundays, and a weekly edition reaching county offices. Subscription rates and contact details are given. The text also contains scattered editorial remarks and opinions.
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Lawrence Republican
State Journal
Herald of Freedom
Lawrence Tribune
Exaln
Anima
Territory
Lawrence
Journal
Moat
Kanane
Mass
the Journal
Lawrence, Ke
Texas City Council Sees Street Works And Paving Progress
The city council reviewed sewer projects on Penne and Fairs Hampshire plus paving for Vermont Street and Rhode Island Street. It authorized curb line marking on Michigan Street and sought bids for painting the city building while increasing fire department readiness with a new team.
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Mayer Barker
Coneilnen
Orr
Willey
Bork
Pete
Ube Pa
Kasolduke
Dusetta
Iitenteen
Aveth
al Qeetitiens Artich Ak
Natiens Ets
Quinney
Restead Shiek Tefasard
Etovrest
M.A
Geri
Thas
Russal
Pinekney School
Penn Street
Bethe and
Mathaalist
Owas
Genete
Conmedtiana
Bernds Odett
Electivie Hight
Mde
Supreme Court
Penne Street
Fair Hampshire Street
Rhode Island Street
Lee
Duis
Lindley
Union Pacific
Illinois
Mississippi
Vermont Street
Adams
Michigan Street
Henry
Warren
Not Alarming Flood Report Sets Minds at Ease
The Janna notes flood fears are overstated and urges calm. Reports say creek levels are high but not dangerous and that no further action beyond routine monitoring is needed. Journal notes telephone inquiries about the flood continue, yet officials maintain a steady, quiet stance.
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Local Advertisers Peddle Goods and Services
A run of early 20th century small ads promotes Sewall’s Chemically Pure paints and allied products from Kennedy & Ernst 826 Mass St, plus a summer subscription push by The Journal. Numerous merchants offer hats, carpet cleaning, groceries, photography, meats, movers, and upholstery services with contact details and delivery options.
Local Classified Ads Snapshot
A dense mix of small notices listing wanted persons and goods for sale. Wages, housework, farm buyers, seeds, horses, a $6000 house, various vehicles, a 12 inch AC desk fan, a standard typewriter, rental cottage, household goods, and real estate offers across Lawrence and Excelsior Springs with names like Wm F Helm, Fred Stimpson, Ben Gurley, Frank Gee and Mrs W N Rogers. Includes 919 Indiana street, 718 Mass St, 1221 Tennessee St, 620 Vermont St, and Louisiana/Rhode Island streets.
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Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Lawrence
Louisiana Street
Rhode Island
Frank Gee
For Sale Items and Rock Road Subscriptions
A notice lists sale items at 814 Mass St including a 15 horsepower vehicle steam engine and a creamery building with machinery and land on the corner of Mississippi and Pinckney. It also lists early rock road subscriptions from local men and notes the project is moving forward with more names to follow.
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Rock Road
John Tarpy
Care
Lawrence Iron Works
Mississippi and
Pinckney
Lawrence
W. H. Pendleton
Local Trade Card Listings Highlighting Services and Contacts
A compact 19th century style business card listing multiple trades. Names include Géo D Chambers horse shoeing service and 30 year veteran J H Gillham. Also shows shops and banks like Merchants National Bank People's State Bank and Woodward Co at 716 Vermont Street. Continuation notes open dates and contact details.
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Géo. D. Chambers
Salen
Innes, Bullene & Hackman
Trovillo
Kreider’s
Lum
Merchants National Bank
Ber Yard
J. N. Harah
People’s State Bank
Berger
George Bowman
M. Robinson
Robinson & Winey
Eesseee
J. H. Gillham
Dick Bros
Spalding
Ness
Vermont Street
Woodward & Co
Eldridge
Other Clothing Co
J. Griffin
J. A. Dunkel
Poehler Mergantile Co
R. J. Wagstall
Blind Medium Seeks Silver Stamp and Hair Lock
A Kansas City Kansas psychic business at 511 Minnesota Avenue offers to read a client’s future using a silver item a stamp and a lock of hair. The ad promises rial reading and spiritual guidance.
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Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City
Kansas
Publication Notice and Sheriff Sale in Douglas County Kansas
Notices from Lawrence Kansas in July 1907 announce a divorce petition in Douglas County District Court, a sheriff sale of multiple parcels for partition, and a Union Pacific timetable with multiple trains listed. Names include Gore and a long list of defendants and property descriptions in section 33 town 13 range 19. The notices reflect jurisdictional actions, sale procedures, and public transportation schedules of the era.
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Lawrence Daily Journal
District Court of
Douglas Couny
Kansas
Ora TL. Gore
Paul Isaac Gore
District Court
Douglas County
District Court of the
Fourth General District
John Sutters
Martha Wilson
Joh Boyd
Edward Boyd
Willi Boyd
Maggie Geldup
Myra’ Boyd
Joseph Neely
Thomas Miller
Joseph Miller
Lizzie Miller
William Henry Gailey
Annie May’ Gaily
James Ilinn Gaily
Edith Gaily
William I
Newly
Township Thirteen
N. BE
N. W
Lans
Lawrence
D. R. Woodward
Lucius Hiram Perkins
Lucius Hiram Parkins
Adolph C. Griesa
Wm. E. Hazen
Epworth League Social Sparks Sweet or Sour Pickles Debate
A light social planned by Epworth League on Thursday night stirs playful bets over Boss Bidgood supplying sweet or sour pickles. The item becomes a local talking point as neighbors anticipate the outcome and the festive mood continues.
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Lawrence
Epworth League
Friends of
Appetite
Boss Bidgood
Boss
Restler
Advertising in business needs keen insight and study
Advertising is the least understood department of business yet requires the sharpest insight and continuous study, as argued by proponents who ask if this view is correct.
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Department of Business
Men Labor Against Many Mules in Hard Harvest Day
Clinton Kanaga and Julius Uhr laub return from fields reporting plenty of work. They hired to a farmer with many mules and faced a daily routine of switching between about a dozen pairs. They endured the strain but vow not to repeat the challenge. An old saying notes an invalid rests easy while a tramp always does.
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Dinsmoor
Lawrence
the Journal
Lieber & Trussel
Imade
Clinton Kanaga
Julius Uhrlaub
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