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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
4
A promotional note encourages all readers to open checking and time deposit accounts. It promises a banking connection for every amount of money and invites customers to choose the issuing institution, asserting satisfaction with service and urging action.
The Sugar Bowl markets confectionery and a wide array of goods including household specialties, Emyros and Axminster rouge, clocks like Seth Thomas, Rogesa silverware, lace curtains, tapestries, bed spreads, blankets, clothes wringers, Elgin watches, mens suits, overcoats, ladies cloaks and furs, and musical instruments. Also features bargain prices on wheels and new wheels and promotes ice cream and candies. The Journal job department notes improved work.
An old humorous ad note promotes tailoring and resale values for spring wear. It riffs on updating last season's suit instead of buying new. The snippet also mentions a Lawrence street address and a quirky offer, including a few product mentions like phones and bottled goods, in a casual local advertisement style.
A fragment lists Turkish and medicated steam baths at 446 Vermont with expert attendants and bathing suits for boys plus ladies caps from Smith's News depot. It mentions a city forecast with humid weather, wind direction and speed, and a separate note praising Stiner's improved wheat yield of 47 acres averaging 301 bushels per acre with some fields reaching higher.
The Merchants athlete association hosts a smoker Saturday evening in the club rooms to honor Mr Theodora Poehler who has spent four months abroad. Mr Poeshler returned Monday evening.
State Benevolent meeting opens in Lawrence with large attendance of delegates from across the state. The First Grand Benevolent Society event drew notable lodges and local business support, including mentions of vehicles and displays at the venue.
A collage of small ads and observations from Lawrence Kansas mentioning premiums on teas and ices, a comment on a vacant store, street improvements, a local frame shop and a peanut vendor. Also notes on a home loan offer, a horse barn and a rubber tire rig business with prompt telephone service.
Kansas observes the 100th anniversary of the first US flag unfurling with a public school event on September 25. The article notes uncertainty about a brick trust involving Lawrence and Dermott plants and mentions Wiedemann’s shoe shines and up-to-date cigars at 77 Mage Street.
Go to Colorado for pure air and grand sights. East Gulf recreations like polo boating hunting fishing tennis riding are available with new mountain country attractions. Low round trip rates to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Union Pacific. For rates and literature, inquire E E Alexander, city ticket agent Eldridge House block.
A Kansas apple crop outlook favors a record harvest this season with conservative estimates predicting a bumper yield across the central region. Quality is expected to be high, with officials noting the fruit appears exceptionally sound. Governor Hooh’s Journal statement defends campaign actions, urging voters to read the lengthy reply as a Republican guide. In other news, Dr Bumgarteer reports a missing diamond ring incident, later recovered by Officer Bonar. A closing note invites readers to try egg chocolate soda.
European Busslog proposes home purchases with Atlas guidance and a 6 percent monthly payment rate. Grinin's advertises best quality threshing coal, highlighting local supplier offerings.
A short item notes a feature called the Journal I Want column promising to bring people together. It mentions a price of 25 cents per week for four issues.
Jerry Ewers crafts Say So ice cream cones and guarantees their tastiness for La Lue, asserting they are the most delicious treat Liswren serves.
Local university project aims to tab—barry to elegant shelving for 48 000 books and prepare for another prosperous year. Horticultural society features a poem by Mrs Savage with separate printing forthcoming. Advertisements promote Talking machines records electric motors sewing machines and home wiring services. Also notices for lost items, transfers, loans and assorted consumer goods from local stores.
A Washington coachman testified in the Hartje divorce case about alleged statements by Blanche Ashby and an offer of money for false testimony. The witness described letters suggesting payment for truth or lies, while rumors of arrests around the trial circulated without traceable sources.
Emmett Eastman reported finding several boxes of hosiery stored near his farm and empty boxes that had held silk. Police found forty boxes in a barn and many empties addressed to a recipient in El Paso. Theories point to stolen goods from a robbery tied to a Kok Jat operation, with steps to trace the origin underway. Nearby notes mention vinegar and fruit farm products, while statewide primaries draw Democratic votes and locals try egg drinks at Waeldemann's.
Lowing score to the summer bowling tournament on the Marchants alleys shows the Barteldes team totaling 284 with captain’s high of 570 and the Barger team at 2 win with Berger’s high of 524. One more game remains next week between Kohne and Gustafson as the Stevenson Hopper Book Co advertises stationery and paper supplies.
The article blends a montage of French rail advances with Paris to Bordeaux rapid transit claims and lifting speeds. It also mentions wrecking cranes and self-propelled machinery improvements while drifting into industry adverts and a slice of wheat export policy and local temperance debate.
Mid-Summer sale offers various pianos with Mahogany and Oak cases. Items include Strohber Katey Voitman Wilding Marshall Wendell and George Sterk models with down payments and monthly rates. Some descriptions note near-new condition and oak or mahogany finishes.
A jumble of items from Nashville and other places includes a baby birth in Williamson county and a death in Lawrence. Reports from Kharkov describe troops at rail stations and political tension with confiscations and peasant unrest. A local death notice for Robert Lloyd notes heart trouble, and a New York note denies Russell Sage estate bequest to Mrs Sage.
Nomination papers for a Democratic state ticket faced a protest by J R Burrow, secretary, over Harris as a governor candidate. Burrow questioned Harris residency. The article also notes Hickory Wood’s value for hickory wood and global demand impacting American forests, plus a brief on German Jewish emigration and orphans being resettled.
Charles Whitaker editor of the Clinton Hemocrat and longtime newspaper man of Missouri died aged 70. The obituary notes his original approach and warns against imitation. It reflects on the wisdom of thinking for oneself and the value of individual judgment.
A series of real estate transfers in Lawrence names Frank Endacott and wife, Lawr ence, Eben Baldwin, Alexander C. Mithhael, Henry Gay and wife, Connecticut, William O. Whipple, Maryis Moore, Thos Harley, Learnard, Douglas county, Gao W. White, Eddy, John W. Wilson, Steele's Sol-div, and E L Fink and wife. Entries state lot and block numbers and stated monetary consideration, with fragmented OCR text.
Market report from Kansas City lists steady cattle demand with steers 4.00 to 6.20, stockers 2.60 to 4.50, cows 2.50 to 5.50, bulls to 4.00 and calves 2.50 to 5.50. Hog volume 10,000 with packs 8.60 to 8.62, gains 5.50 to 6.70. Concurrent Chicago prices show beet steers 3.85 to 6.40, hogs 10.00 top, corn and wheat futures mixed. hay and butter quotes included.
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