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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1938
Page
2
Twenty six Lawrence business men sponsor a weekly Journal-World series titled Do You Know Lawrence to highlight local industries stores home building and service organizations. Each page promises new facts figures and statements about Lawrence leadership and per capita metrics.
The Kansas Electric Power Company employs 140 people in Lawrence. The General Office has 40 workers, the Local Office 3, and 57 additional employees work at the new power plant under construction.
The World Company's payroll rose by 19 128 30 dollars beyond local display and classified ad income in 1987. For every advertising dollar spent by Lawrence residents, 1.26 dollars returned as payroll. Hundreds of outside customers regularly send new money to Lawrence.
The piece traces knife evolution from stone to bronze iron and steel, noting the crude early forms compared to the refined solid silver blades showcased by Towle for the 1938 June Brides.
The general hardware and implement business started in 1914 and now occupies a 75 foot front, three floor building at 63335 Mass with an additional room next door.
The first carloads of merchandise shipped by the Union Pacific to Lawrence in 1854 arrived on flat cars seven years after the store’s founding. The virgin trip reached only within two and a half miles of Lawrence, so goods were unloaded on the prairie and wagoned into town from Weaver's.
In 1915 Fritz Meyn started a motor car service with a Monroe Roadster repair of $16.50 using an abandoned stable as a shop. He opened shelves, a single catalogue, and earned a loyal KU professor customer who bought five tubes and gear. Meyn grew the business, moved to 942 Massachusetts, expanded five times, and by 1938 had sold 60,000 tires and $3,000,000 in auto supply sales.
The company asserts an exclusive bottling franchise in the territory and states the plant must meet strict equipment and sanitary standards to maintain the rights. It urges consumers to buy Dr Pepper from its bottler as policy.
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