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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
4
Notice from F H Bennett & Co announcing the car pet renovator will be closed indefinitely starting July 1 for repairs. Customers are urged to place carpet cleaning orders promptly via phone white 5¢72-1011. Also advertising a full line of fishing tackle at Smiths News Depot.
Celery peppers cauliflowers cabbages and eggplants and tomatoes ready for sale. War teldes & Co advertise dry weather and sprinkling services from Lawrence Water Co with phone 150. An excursion to Portland Oregon is offered in July with J R Kenyon inviting travel plans. Mrs Connelly lists art goods and infant wardrobe outfits at 903 Massachusetts street. Try the egg drinks at Wiedemann’s.
Haskell plans a full commencement week with junior class day Friday June 23 featuring Alls Weil That Ends Weill. Rev W W Bolt preaches the baccalaureate, geplers present Biawatha, seniors receive a Tuesday reception, and Wednesday marks the twenty first anniversary exercises. Field day at 2, flag salute at 6, military drill 6:30 to 8, dress parade, and a band concert 8 to 10.
Spalding's Specials offers men’s two and three piece suits up to 15.00 now 10.00. Young men two piece suits five dollars. Blue Serge coats three to four dollars. Alpaca and linen coats and pants one dollar each. French neck night shirts 50 cents. Pongee shirts one to two dollars. Mohair shirts two dollars. Straw flats 25 to 50 cents. New lot of white and fancy vests available.
W. E. Spalding trims prices on all summer hats wares waists and ready to wear skirts and dresses for ten days in a clean up sale. Sale begins Saturday morning with Miss Wetherell assisting in trimming and finishing work.
Property listing offers a two story frame house with large barn on 125 by 250 feet lot and an immediate cash sale price of 4500 dollars. Also notes three rooms for rent and a local excursion to Kansas City with round trip tickets available.
A jumbled local page notes warnings not to purchase a product, reports John Juett’s gunshot wounds, and lists ad copy for L L Phillips & Co paint. It mentions a rain outlook, a grocery purchase at 447 Massachusetts Street, and other everyday items like cigars, berries, picnics, and Raymond’s Carbu le Acid Soap as light community filler.
A lingering dry spell ended with a good rain starting around 7 PM from a northwest front. Thunder and lightning followed as rain intensified, continuing overnight and into daylight with cooler winds. Expect more rain and a large turnout of country visitors to Law rence tomorrow. farm work paused, a full moon noted, and cherries offered by Dunmire.
Local social column lists visits and trips from Kansas City Topeka Ottawa and Lawrence. Notables include Louis Kelsey visiting Mrs A L Mitchell and Miss Winifred Slackmar returning from Lopeka. The West Side Study Club met at the Moran home with sixteen members then returned to Williamstown. Several residents plan travel to Chicago Ottawa and Victoria for summer engagements.
A student from Kansas enters the history course at the summer session of Nancy University. Mr T H Chalkley and Mr M Howland depart for Syoulder Colorado to cottage until mid September. Mrs A W Arnett and her mother plan a Chicago visit next week. A teachers’ gathering for Helen Way’s staff is postponed due to hardness. Eleanor Morse, Kansas University graduate, is elected math teacher at Junction City High School. Local ads note sales, trains, and travel deals, and a fatal bolt kills one horse in a gray express wagon barn, with insured round trips and various merchandise prices featured.
A local dispute centers on window displays at Aira Road with claims by Ladies and Mises and the Little Ones dn all Jfc lore. The case involves alleged mis placement and quality concerns, with sides arguing over rights to display space and associated penalties.
The Douglas County Horticultural Society meets at A. H Griesa's home with Prof. Percy Parrott from Geneva NY slated to address attendees. Also advertised are millinery sales at THI FAL and THI PAIK, a postponed lawn social at Trinity Church, and assorted local promotions including ice cream, coal storage rates, and egg chocolates at Wiedemann's. Mr Wilson McElneny shows slight improvement in condition.
An upbeat pitch extols replacing coal with a cleaner heat source that eliminates soot ashes and dirt on hot days. The ad promises a flame comparable to natural gas and assures absolute safety to use, inviting readers to see demonstrations or displays.
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