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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
4
Advertisement notes a sale featuring Turkish rockers and couches with a 3 piece bedroom suite and beveled plate mirror priced at 20 dollars, plus lawn rockers and iron beds with slats listed. Items appear as a catalog blurb with varied prices and incomplete details.
Wind related notation appears in a fragmentary line from a reader’s note in the IW Society column. The text lacks clear individuals, places, or events to frame a full item. Further readable context is required to identify people or actions.
Kansas City society items announce the pending marriage of Miss Anna Mary Rogers daughter of Dr and Mrs B F Rogers to Adolph Louis Hubach a Kansas City businessman The ceremony is set for June 18 at Linwood Boulevard M E Church with a large wedding party and formal reception planned at 3021 Park Street Bright yellow and white decor follows the color scheme.
Local business notices advertise Lawrence undertakings J E Bowlin successor to Robert son Co at 907 Mass Street Beth phones 392 piano tuning by Carl Hoffman in Kansas City. Also numerous storefronts tout fire sale cigars grooming products and social club notices with events at Meyers Hall and the Christian church.
State bank document highlights Merchants Loan and Savings, described as the robust infant of Merchants National. The piece notes its significance and potential to stand alone in the financial landscape.
Tam a candidate for renomination as county attorney subject to the Republican primaries on August 4. J Willis Gleed recounts a long Lawrence dispute over the first sale of Lincoln pie and local history, recalling a flood era boat trip and a tale involving a clock and a catfish as remembered by Judge Norton.
The piece extols Civic Pride in Lawrence boosting home decor and furniture trades. It lauds Robertson Furniture Company on Mass Street as a Western pride, linking tasteful homes to community spirit and local commerce.
The notice extolls electric light as cool pleasant and safe for summer use and mentions comfort versus gas or coal oil lamps. It highlights photo topics on Haloid paper and Loomas Studio, with ice cream flavors and a display prize of solid silver spoons at The Leader for best kept lawn valued at $365.
Purely personal notes list residents from Endora Marion and nearby areas visiting relatives traveling or ill. Entries mention J B Perkins James Penner J L Hoover Mrs Dan Gannon Mrs O C Brown Miss Maude Reatz Dr H L Chambers John Bunce Mrs J N Gordon Ed Briar T Townsend Luella Connelley Welburn Fred Mervine Myrea Noyes Vlanche Simons and travel to Gault Coffeyville Abilene Indianapolis Detroit plus Union Pacific trains resuming service after flood delays.
C C Dulin and Nora Matthews of Lawrence who eloped from here weeks ago have been found in Leavenworth. Dulin is held there while the father of Nora goes to bring her home. Dulin recently returned from active service, eloping with his wife's sister after returning to Lawrence where his wife resided. A dramatic note on local theater and a school certificate exam in Douglas County, Kansas are also mentioned.
Frank Mickadiet a freight conductor on the Union Pacific was injured this morning when he stepped from a boom and fell near Hismark. He broke his right ankle and was taken to Kansas City for treatment. The item blends with classified notices and illegible snippets from the same page.
An advertisement highlights a local photographer in Lawrence offering photographic post cards. It notes P B McCulloch Drugist at 847 Massachusetts St and promotes lawn mowers wishing machines and refrigerators as top products. It also lists tin work by C H Setterberg at 510 Mass Bt Floor paint and stains at Raymonds Drug Store and Julius A Eriksen for lawn mowers.
Market notes show wheat with July at 82540 and September around BV%je, December B2%40. Corn July 665gc and Sept 53%e with Dec 53%. Hay prices for Timothy and Prairie varieties listed from 10.50 to 12. Eggs and pork values noted, with mixed Chicago quotes for July and Sept deliveries.
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