Prohibition and Political Rows Highlight Lawrence News
June 24 1903 Lawrence Kansas headlines note Folk demands to make good on a blot. Japan aims to force Russia into armistice during peace talks. Kansas boy wins a prohibition oratorical contest as weed notices and road-rule enforcement spark town debate. Union Pacific plans mile-a-minute schedule Kansas City Topeka. Meat prices drop but vegetarian diet cited. Lawrence celebrates founding and church progress. Oregon Senator Mitchell trial influence noted. Local bribe conviction in Kansas City school board case. Loomis Bowen diplomatic clash eyed for ambassadorship. Roosevelt cabinet favors Chinese law changes. Douglas County schools showcase strong commencement programs with rural and city students excelling.
Kansas Green Garden Vision and Warning in One
Kansas rises as a green garden amid storms and light, praising the land’s beauty and abundance. The poem shifts to a prophetic warning of fire and ruin, then promises renewal as Kansas becomes purer and more glorious through suffering, guided by faith and vision.
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June
Lawrence
Adam
God
Transon
Garth
Kansas
Iy Loury Stevenson Waschburn
The Baptists and Mr. Rockefeller
Under date of April 4 the editor of the Watchman defends gifts from Mr Rockefeller and criticizes harsh condemnation of charitable offerings. It argues such judgment contradicts Jesus spirit and warns against self righteous condemnation.
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The
Watchman
Baptist
Boston
Baptista
Rockefeller
Jesus
Jeans
The Easter Confidence and Immortality Thought
A reflective piece discusses why immortality doctrine emerged in the Bible era and how Jesus clarified it, noting Harnack’s view of soul, God, and redemption shaping early Christianity. It cites the rise of universal moral unity, human love, and the optimistic habit as forces guiding belief beyond death, with quotes and anecdotes sprinkled through various sources and authors.
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Solomon
Jeans
Pone
Jesus
Harnack
Barnack
Christian Register
Commencement Week at Haskell Opens with Class Day Program
The junior class day program opened the commencement week at Haskell in a simply decorated chapel with purple and white. The program featured an overture, Haskell man dolin club, songs, retrospects, the class president Henry Simmons address, class history by Bessie Welx, a monologue Mr Brand the Grocer by Addison Walker, class poem Frank Fish, a duet Bolly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins, short orations, a farce Alls Well That Ends Well, and a class song to close.
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Haskell
Palma
Haskell Mandolin Club
Henry Simmons
Bessie Welx
Mr. Brand
Addison Walker
Frank Fish
Bolly Hopkins
Tommy Tompkins
Weeds to be cut on all premises urged by city marshal
City Marshal George OConnor orders immediate weed cutting on all pred Isea properties especially vacant lots. He also warns residents to keep grass and refuse from clogging drains and sewers, enforcing city ordinances if not complied with.
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George
O’connor
Good home for sale on South Massachusetts street
On south Massachusetts street a two story frame house in good condition with a large barn is offered for immediate cash sale at 24,500. Terms suitable to buyer. Apply to WT. Sinclair.
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Massachusetts Street
WT. Sinclair
Prom Art Carmesn Art and Yukon Connection
Lawrence youth W. Carmean serves with North American Transportation and Trading in Yukon Alaska sending a pamphlet on the company’s work and growth. The note mentions a prior responsible role and conveys best wishes for his prosperity and success. Also listed are livestock and wall covering items with low prices and catalog notes from local merchants.
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Art. W. Carmean
Lawrence
North American Transportation and Trading Company
Yukon
Alaska
Carmona
Notice to Nouns Cleaners Comrendihy on duly ist
Our car pet renovator will be elon down the dot initiary for repaira. Paraons wiai ng carpets cleoned should put their order inac dice. F. H. Bennett & Cos, Phone white Sr72-JOLL Mass'St.
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F. H. Bennett & Cos
Local Advertisers and Notices in Massachusetts Street Area
A mosaic of local business ads and community notices includes eye fitting services at 10 Maxtaphusatte, hardware and tinshop offerings, a Haskell commencement sermon, a senior class Hiawatha play, plumbing and gas fitting at 712 Massachusetts, a new second hand store at 734 Massachusetts, D. Litwin’s second hand shoes, a Central Park band concert report, W. & Beattie painter services, Fred Below’s restaurant and confectionery, Stephen Freiler’s lunch counter and tobacco, Geo H Beattie painter, J Q Pickens painter, and Russell Sparks coal prices. Also mentions electric lighting benefits and a note about the last quarter moon.
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Hiawatha
Frank Rahskopf
Massachusetts Atreet
Stephen Freiler
Vermont
Wiedemann
Geo. H. Beattie
Pftics
Massachusetts Street
Love and drama in a convent school remembered
A writer recalls winter performances at a convent school where romance was banished from plays and lessons, plus excerpts on Romeo and Juliet and She Stoops to Conquer edited for propriety. An untitled patient account praises Dr Kings New Discovery and Chamberlain remedies for coughs and cholera related ailments.
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Piaye
Athwde
Dasaling Eplundoe
Achal
St. Omerco
Juliet
O. D. Moore
the Baptist Church
Hirpersville
Dr. King
Salesman Charms Pickle Maker Then Is Shown to Sell
A Pittsburg pickle maker, famed for attracting many salesmen, invites a visiting elevator salesman to repeat his pitch to hundreds at a general convention. The elevator talk impresses yet leaves the audience unmoved as the sale collapses amid brisk applause.
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Pittsburg
Atecmak Ord
New York Tribune
The Last American King and Miscellany Notes
A fragmented column mixes a March report on Maximilian in Querataro and a praise of his dignity with a critique of democracy, plus stray items about a restaurant waiter’s pedometer, quips from periodicals, a catarrh cure advertisement, and a Wabash railroad jingle. The piece threads historical bravado with light society items and commercial notices.
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Maximilian
Querataro
William Carrot Brown
Atlantic
Seward
Lopez
Carlotta
Miramon
Rent and sale notices from Lawrence Kansas ad page
Classified column items offer house to rent on Ark, exchange for reliability, good home with orchard and berries. Job ads seek dining room staff in Lawrence and a Kansas sales rep for Lame Manufacturing with weekly pay and exp. advances. Real estate lists include two lots on New Hampshire Street, several North Lawrence lots, and multiple Henry and New York Street properties with payments and 6 percent interest terms. Address contacts: Selig, J. H. Moore, L. C. McIntire, and GO. Sexton at Star building.
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Prica
Ienry Street
Doctor Phillips
New Hampshire Street
North Lawrence
New York Street
L. C. McIntire
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