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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
5
Real estate listing offers 3 acres with smooth drainage and a fine 7 room house and barn. Surrounded by shade and fruit trees in a suburban setting. Price 5500 dollars with option to take a home in Lawrence up to 2500 dollars in payments.
Multiple short rental notices list rooms and modern apartments for housekeeping in a central location. Entries mention furnished spaces, front and back porches, good water, and reasonable rents with contact references at Bell and local addresses. Includes single rooms, two front rooms, and 3 to 4 modern rooms suitable for a business person or couple.
City Clerk certifies true balance statement for May 31 1917 covering numerous funds including General, Park, Paving, Water, Sewer, Fire Department and White Way Light, with total listed as 369,287.01 dollars. Clerk D Brooks signs.
Real estate transfers record Will W Simic to Martin Ziegier with $1 and other value for Lots 18 and 19 in Block 13 Lane Second Add. North Kansas City area. The notice also lists a long stream of local social updates with residents visiting relatives, attending funerals, and traveling to Kansas City, Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Lincoln Neb. including names such as Miss Josephine DeVor, Mrs. Lavrense Campbell, and Mr. J. McNaughton, along with various farm and town movements and routine errands.
Market steady across cattle hogs and dairy items. Prime fed steers fetch 12.50 to 13.50, dressed beef steers 10 to 12.26, cows and heifers 6.50 to 13, steers feeders 7.50 to 11. Calves 7 to 13.25. Hogs receipts 500 with heavy 15.70 to 15.85, light 14.75 to 15.45. Butter unchanged eggs unchanged, cash wheat 2 to 6 lower.
Chicago market wires show wheat and corn prices mixed with July and Sept figures. Receipts listed for hogs and cattle with price ranges. A stray note discusses lacquer substitutes from Burmese and Japanese sources and a brief dialog scene about a boaster.
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