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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1908
Page
4
The notice explains that Joan No. 21709 $1000 in Kansas City is entered and substituted for a semi annual interest. Investors avoid lost days of interest with this institution. They claim to fund loans with their own money and have them ready to sell, handling every detail through their system.
Chicago weather brief notes showers tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures. A garbled weather item mentions wind miles in four hours. Local ads tout a portable washing machine for travel and a local eye ear nose throat specialist with glasses fitted at an office near Dick Drug Store.
Minnie Lang, the fugitive in Topeka, will stay there after authorities charged her. her arrest prompted a state case for escape. A Baldwin brass band is forming under Paul Lawless with James Brockway and others, aiming to entertain before summer. Circus arrival reported via U P line, and Mrs Amelia Candee dies eight miles south of Lawrence. funeral at 2 from her home. New sprinkling wagon weighs 9,500 pounds when full. Charles Kalb and Edna Gardner, and Orlando Dimery and Lena Wright, receive marriage licenses.
City Clerk's office of Lawrence Kansas issues notice that poll books for voter registration will open 9 am to 10 pm through Friday July 24, 1908. After that time they will be closed then reopen for primaries held August 4, 1908.
Special bargain day at the Lawrence Daily Journal office on August 3 offers three subscription deals. One year in Lawrence or the outlying district costs 4.80 and yields 5 000 votes. Mail subscriptions to any address within city or county cost 1.50 and yield 1 500 votes. The Lawrence Weekly Journal mailed nationwide costs one ave and can vote for city or county contestants.
Dave Littell, long time county resident, announced his candidacy for register of deeds. Praised as competent and diligent, he campaigns across the county urging Republican and other voters to support a proven, conscientious party man.
Eugene Corel a year and a half old son of Mr and Mrs James Corel on Eudora road east of Lawrence was nearly killed when a team driven by Bertram Perkins trod him as he slept in the yard. The child suffered a broken leg but survived, with reports noting he is doing as well as can be expected.
E W Kraus sues Jaos H Peterson Frank Roach Conrad Gutmann Louiss Brosset Friedrich Ohnesorgl Johann Reichel Joseph Stradel John Scheffler R K Taber Albrecht Born Joseph Schmidt William G Schubert Julius Gerhard Carl Gulzow Jacob Freund Johann Schmidt Edward Ederer Junny Dickensen Charles Augustus Joli Woegelin Freiderich Rechardt Philipp Schweinfurih Frank Kuhn Fridslin Madlena Freiderick Lange Bernhardt Perlinsky Albert John and unknown heirs trustees of Eudora Town Company and successors seek to bar defendants from Lots 2 4 6 8 18 12 14 16 18 20 Block 74 and Lots 2 4 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Block 94 Lots 2 4 6 8 10 22 14 16 18 20 Block 05 and Lot 8 Block 170 in Douglas County Kansas enforcing the plaintiff's title to the real property. Defendants must answer by August 31, 1908.
D E H Reding office F A A Bldg offers eye ear nose throat care with glasses fitting. Ice cream flavors listed Vanilla Chocolate Pineapple Orange Cherry Caramel. Advertisement for Wiedemann's cigars with slogan The Taste Tells and claim of quality beyond wrapper.
In the silks and dress goods departments the store advertises the grandest lot of specials ever offered with a special in every piece of dress goods in stock.
Gustafson the Strong Man appears with the Barnum and Bailey show touring Lawrence. The act combines strength with skill and long training, promising a display that will astonish audiences. Meanwhile Gustafson the jeweler at 911 Mass remains focused on his jewelry business.
JAEDI announces a state board directed special examination for teachers certificates to be given July 24 and 25, 1908 at the courthouse. The notice confirms the location and governing authority for the testing period.
Eben Baldwin purchased a Buick roadster from Thad Stevens and proudly drove the car home unaided the first day. Stevens reported Baldwin proved his skill by navigating to his house without assistance, while onlookers noted growing interest in the small white roadsters and a forthcoming sale in Lawrence. A local advisory urged Lawrence drivers to avoid overheating horses and engines as new autos gain popularity.
Markets by Wire reports on grain and provisions with prices for rye and timothy hay, butter, eggs, and live stock receipts. It notes receipts of 14,000 cattle and calves and mentions prices such as choice timothy and creamery butter, along with an advertisement for Latin skin cream at 26 cents.
Loomaas Studio offers up-to-date photographs and services. The advert promises contemporary imagery and a photography session tailored to client needs.
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