Local merchants advertise goods and services mix
Classified notes request money and promote household goods from Smyrna to Axminster rugs, lace curtains, clocks, watches, and clothing. Offers include telephones, electric supplies, flour, confectionery, harness, and groceries with emphasis on quality and quick service. Partial listings reference Masters Grocery and W J Francisco & Sons barn. messages mention telephone ordering and house wiring services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
Axminster
Seth Thomas
Elgin and Waltham
L L Allog
City approves street grade and paving plan for Quincy Street
Lawrence city clerk notes a July 2 1906 council vote to grade curb and pave Quincy street and intersecting lanes from Delaware to east of Oregon with brick paving and limestone curb. The project to be paid in ten annual installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
Offeral City Paper
Quincy Street
Quincey Street
City of
Lawrences
Delaware
Oregon Street
Unclear Local Ads and Notices From Lawrence Area
An OCR fragment shows a jumble of old ads and notices. Prominent items mention farm loans with low rates and no prepayment penalties from G C Hawk at 7 Mass St, Lawrence, MA, plus assorted promotions for barber products, medical salves, and sweets. The legibility is too poor to extract coherent events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass St
Lawrence, Kao
Joan
City View
Morrison & Lemon
Warren Street Improvement Ordinance Passes July 1906
The ordinance directs notices after thirty days if assessments on Warren Street are unpaid. It outlines tax roll placement by August 25 1906 and annual repeats, with one tenth of unpaid principal and interest due. City of Lawrence bonds fund the Warren Street project. ordinance takes effect after publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawranca
Warren Street
Journal job department staff still with paper
The men who made the Journal job department famous remain at the paper. The department is doing more and better work than ever before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Job Department
Jerry Ewern Tries Say So Ice Cream in Lawrence
Jerry Ewern develops Say So ice cream cones and touts them as the most delicious in Lawrence. The ad notes Divine Healing and Absent treatment as specialties with daily consultations by Mrs. M J Martin at 837 Rhode Island Street. Both phones are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Ewern
Lawrence
M J Martin
Rhode Island Street
City finances show overdrawn accounts and looming debt
The Journal reports alarming city finances with multiple funds overdrawn including general, sewer, paving, sidewalk, and bond debt. It warns against another election under current conditions and calls for immediate financial reform, urging the mayor and city council to address the overdraft and rising interest costs.
Tragic double suicide and local deaths in city notes
Mrs Mary Hackbarth, 44, German born, died after two carbolic acid doses in a private tragedy. husband August Hackbarth mourns with their child Frances as funeral plans proceed amid sympathy from the community. Separately, Mrs Purnell died after prolonged illness, relief at last, funeral held with no relatives present. County assistance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hackbarth
Iacebarth
Battenberg
Germany
F Hackbarth
Mrs Purnell
Purnell
Ashe
Parne
Wheat export wins in Kansas City mill trade
Kansas City reports a steady export flow of wheat to Holland with Pierson Sailing Co shipping four shipments annually for fifteen years. Holland has long bought Kansas wheat for its quality, influencing Minneapolis mills to test Kansas wheat and continue the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Holland
Pierson Sailing Company
Holand
Kansas
Lawrence
Minneapolis
Marshal County's Boast
A fragment from Marshall County reports elation over wheat yields, claiming 45 bushels per acre in parts of the county. The note contrasts good wheat production in Marshall and Douglas counties, with several figures and names unreadable in the damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Lawrence
Douglas County
Gronor
Post card craze drives demand for leather cards and cushions
The fad for postcard themed leather cards remains strong with ornamental designs used in sofa pillows. People sew leather backs to create decorative cushions recalling senders and jokes. Lawrence residents hold hundreds of these card boards while shops offer high quality threshing coal and cheap copyright books at Walt’s. EC Bnuaaing, undertaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrance Peopla
Local car bids heat up in town sales race
Shoppers flood Smith's News depot as buyers snap up automobil es jousting for power speed and hill climbing. The field features Franklin Oldmobiles Smith Milwaukee Steam Ford Cadillacs and others as winter safety debates spark comparing outfits and gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Farlow
Mauiing
Franklines
Smiths Milwaukee Steam
Papa’a Tribune
Ford
Stevens- Thureyas
Cadillacs
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Harrison
L. L. Phillips & CO
Mass
W. A. Guenther
St. Beth
W J Francisco & Sons
Master's Gregary
Fred W Fein
Fred W
Feb
East Heory
How
H. W. Henderson
Massachusetts Street
Ipea
Master's Grocery Hoth
Soo Block
Miss. Street
Atlas Building & Loan Ass'n P
Perkins
St. Inquire of Hester Jeweler and Optician
White Mountain Ice Cream
St F. W. Jaedicke
Smith’s News Depot
Muse Ball
Gods
Spee ¢Hers
Mojica
Aberchants Baskc Sailéien
Lawresce
Ken
Hugh Blair
Telephors
Wiedemann
Chicago
Cilinuls
Keneca
Walr
Whathgk Report
Kurt
Éice
Lawrence Daily Journal
Brooks
Phillips’ Fruit Farm
Raymond
O P Barber and Son
F. H. Kennett
Sompapy
Oc Cigars
Billy Williamson
Lawranca Panta Torluz
Weat Warren Stregt Phon
KODAK
Eastman
Woodwerd & Co
Cee Ae
Account Eagles
Kansas City
Sale
Valencienes
Warren
Warren Streets
Mississippi Street
Michigan Street
City of Lawrence
Divinien
Divintus
Comipan
J A Kesler
City Clark
Master's
Plersons Alora
Nottingham
Ingrain
A.D. Weaver
Thia
E . Bussing, Undertaker
Mra Prentiss’ Home Store
L. Deaglags
Abe Wattson
Maas
O P Barber & Son
Oolunen
Innes, Bullene & Hackman
Madras
Crawford's High & Low
Ober
Macy Hackbarth
Boingtay ‘County Horticultural Sociaty
B. F. Smith
Theo
E Griesa
Mary
Savage
GI Davia
Milas Kenyan
Hoyt
Grapa
NS Macomb
Samuel Reynolds
Marshal County
Godwin Smith Shoe Co
Columbus, Ohio
Starkweather Shoe Co
Firtfio's
Walt's
EC Bnuaaing
Undertaker
Automobile Society
Smith’s News Depo
Ohio Natural Gas Supply House
T. R. Robison
Mer
Bell
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