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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
1
Fragmentary text lists names and addresses including Donnelly, Sinclair, and Belk in Lawrence Kansas and mentions mortgages and abstracts. The legibility is poor and no coherent event or announcement is discernible.
Classified item list shows job offers for a sign company in Chicago and tea distributor in Topeka plus cement company work in Blue Rapids Kansas. Also livestock sale a Jersey cow purchase, rental housing, farm implements, a house for sale in Louisiana Street, and a lost watch charm with reward. Includes contact details and personal notices.
A large audience filled the tent to hear Champ Clark of Missouri discuss Congress and national politics in a non political frame. The program featured Sterling Jubilee Singers and Alton Packard whose cartoons and songs drew hearty applause. Packard received enthusiastic response and critics note Clark avoided sharp party contrasts while praising public figures.
Grain and provisions reports show Kansas City prices for Wheat Oats Rye and Hay with cash and July September and December figures. Cattle hogs and calves are listed with receipts and price ranges alongside a note of Hutchings moving to 832 Main Street and a closing remark about faithful girls and ideals.
A Kansas couple, the groom penniless and the bride from a rich family, wed as the father plans to give a wedding gift a house key. The check finally unveiled is for 100 dollars, leaving the groom fainting and the bride exclaiming about the old tight wad.
The notice urges registration before 10 o'clock tomorrow night. It counters claims farmers will skip the primary, saying they will turnout in force and name every man on the ticket. Voters must register at the city clerk's office to be eligible.
A night of wholesale shooting ends with one dead and another mortally wounded as two gunmen flee through Plain’s dense wards pursued by 300 officers and fire crews. One suspect dies in Forrest Hill cemetery. a second is captured. In athletics, Kerr of Canada wins the 200 meters, while the 300 meters is voided and rerun. Carpenter of Cornell is disqualified for alleged foul play.
The Stubbs rally Monday aims to break attendance records as supporters mobilize county wide through telephone and newspaper notices to back the popular home candidate. Debates between Long and Bristow collapse with no further joint events planned in Topeka. Wart Zurty begins a long Kaw River swim toward Kansas City, seeking a new world distance mark as part of river exploration.
Charles Bryan announces suspension of editorial duties for The Commoner and disclaims personal responsibility for content during the campaign. Chrs W Bryan becomes publisher and Richard L Metcalfe editor. Proceeds from The Commoner directed to the Democratic National Committee. Lincoln July text notes Democrats aim to win black vote and coordinate outreach.
In Fairview Nebraska on July 23 Bryan and Josephus Daniels debated the political situation in the South and the Republicans claim to win North Carolina Georgia and Virginia. Talks covered national committee leadership with Dan iels and possible Massachusetts governor Douglas as a prospective new chairman.
Newton Campbell a recent University of Kansas law graduate was severely injured when fragments from an exploding boiler at an oil field two miles east of Bartlesville Oklahoma struck him while he sat in a buggy. He sustained broken legs and chest and abdominal bruises with possible internal injuries. a companion escaped unharmed.
July 23 daylight exposes a divided town in two armed camps with race hatred rising. About 500 foreigners gathered after fleeing homes amid reports of injuries to Walter Simmons and a series of shootings between Americans and Italians the previous day.
United States District Attorney announced that a petition for rehearing in the government’s case against Standard Oil of Indiana would be filed. The petition aims to challenge two alleged errors in the appellate court opinion as decided by Judge Grosscup.
While stopping in Lincoln on his way East, National Chairman Hitchcock said he has no doubt Sherman will carry Nebraska in October. He warned Nebrinians of a likely bitter campaign and stressed the importance of the state in the national contest.
Douglas county plans a Monday afternoon gathering in the park from 4 to 6 to show state support for W R Stubbs and his governor bid. If rain forces it, the event moves to the opera house with town merchants invited to display his picture.
Topeka July 21 The Enemies of Stubbs plan week long exposes in state papers alleging past ties to an Indian in the Indian Territory and liquor and gambling involvement during the Chicago canal era. Stubbs manager Dolley denies the charges and defends him as a lawful business man.
A bomb exploded during a political meeting in Chicago as Governor Deneen spoke at Garfield Boulevard and Princeton Avenue. Women screamed and many fainted while the crowd rushed for exits. Deneen and others on stage attempted to quell the panic before order was restored. Police attributed the blast to exploit the crowd. no severe damage reported.
New York reports another witness, Blanche Hale, a hairdresser with fashionable patrons, claims she was offered money to give false testimony against Frank J Gould. Her statement echoes the earlier affidavit by Mabel MacCauslan, a milliner's apprentice, who described a similar proposition.
New York July 2 sources say the $29 240 000 Standard Oil case may not go to the U S Supreme Court or be retried before Judge Landis. The issues involve constitutional questions needed to take the action to the supreme court. Ceremonies Opened Quebec July 23 the Prince of Wales opened the 300th Quebec anniversary celebration reviewing pageant and monuments. Taft on the Way to Oyster Bay Washington July 23 Taft has word of his election and will leave New York for Cincinnati for a political conference. The Lincoln school in Leavenworth will receive thirty percent more pay than current rates. Sheriff J B Woodward returned from Kansas City to bring back James R Little on mortgaged property case.
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