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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1905
Page
4
A Starkweather Shoe Company note lists environmental readings including thermometer, humidity, wind direction, and wind velocity.
In Eudora George Hrone reports saltwater intrusion at 600 to 700 feet halting gas flow and delaying drilling. Lawrence today sees strong business across clothing stores and souvenir postal cards, with merchants noting unusually busy mid July trade. Local ads promote insurance, saddlery, real estate, and services as summer activity peaks.
The report notes shipments of harness to several Native agencies including Shoshone and Ouray, with quantities listed to Ponca Shawnee and others across Oklahoma Utah and Colorado. Work progresses on a new hospital with plastering windows and porch and an active workers’ club. Local businesses advertise hardware jewelry and meat markets while the Lawrence transfer company and other merchants plan sales and services.
Local readers are promised Bar num Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth with a much larger band. Nearly a hundred musicians will join the performance with a promenade concert an hour before the arena show. The event is set for Friday July 1.
Albert Hamilton was adjudged of unsound mind at a Saturday probate hearing. The story notes a sister sent to Wichita, medical arrangements, and a nurse’s involvement. Additional items report river flood threats near the bridge, and local notes list prices for coal and gas, plus brief community notices and business ads.
A notice promotes experience and study in color effects for room or house decorating. It offers free guidance on latest materials and methods including fabrics and wallpaper to help choose the best style for any space.
Advertises a wash goods sale featuring White India Linen described as light and cool for summer waist. Claims India Linen never sold as low as 7 cents per yard, with event running tomorrow and all week.
A Lawrence business man notes a shortage of vacant first floor rooms on Main Street and Massachusetts Street as demand for commercial and residential space rises. An autos race through town and local notices mention Cavally soap and Raymonds Pure castile soap. Mr. L A Perkins unveils a new boat at Lake View with his sons visiting the lake.
Alla Deming Guminee and Mr I C Dougherty wed last Tuesday morning at the residence of Mr and Mrs A Graham on Lincoln street with Rev J F Porterfield officiating. The bride, a trained nurse and former head nurse at Dr Brownley’s sanitarium, plans a wedding trip to the coast and Portland Ore, then settlement in Tantus.
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