Architect’s plans lure builders to save costs in Lawrence
A promotional notice urges readers to consult W. T. Wellman, architect, for building plans and specifications. It touts savings on construction, fewer contractor disputes, and lists local business clients such as Judge Mitchell Otto Fischer Henry Moore E G Plurson A D Mackey J Y Constant and A Menley as proof of quality work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T- Wellman
Peoplea’ Hank
Ameb
Lawrence
Ike Judge Mitchell
Otto Fischer
Henry Moore
E. G Plurson
A. D. Mackey
J. Y. Constant
A. Menley
Infamous Thaw Case: Hummel Affidavit Read in Court
New York March 18 The Thaw trial saw the reader of a sensational affidavit deny drafting it for Evelyn Nesbit and reveal details of alleged abuse in Europe in 1903. The prosecution rested in rebuttal as Delmas admitted the document after a long argument, Nesbit accusing Thaw of repeated beatings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Flestine
Hummel
White
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Miss Nesbit
Europe
Delmas Sud
Jerome
Miss Neshiy
Uummel
Abraham Tummel
Allidaviy
Tellmas
Harry K. Thaw
Stamford White
Justice Fitzgerald
Delmas
Evelyn Nesof
Ehumeines
Bettt
Paris
Allidavic
Simonton
Landen
Aidavit
Otsett
Abraham Huge
Deronie
Fins
Delnas
Adler Neguiine
Hehnne
Evelyn
County New Yorks
Earley Wendall
Do Shre
Maris
Chote
Barhagta
Lender
Tiers
Viva Nesbit
Lasiitou
Austria
Switzerland
Intervala
Alise
Man Who Invented Basketball Named in City Journal
The report credits James Naismith, a Springfield training school instructor, with inventing basketball in 1891 during a winter session. It notes prior claims against his priority and explains the thirteen original rules that shaped the modern game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yalili
Naismith
Springfield
Rotafedeor Sport
Avithamr
Nanaan City Journal
Personal notices and local ads from early 20th century paper
Miss Belle Woodbury spends time at home while Arend of Eudora Wisconsin and a Lawrence visitor pass through. Mary Lewis of Trhaca Ohio visits Mr and Mrs L H Lewis. Eruptions cured by Straffon's Mentholis with first application relief. Easter novelties and cards at Boyles 725 Mass St. Base Ball goods at Boughton's 1025 Mass St. Piano tuning offered by Paul Lockan 906 New Hampshire St Bell 1906. Seeds in boxes then transplant for best flowers. Raymond's Fine Flower seeds. California Sweet Peas and Nasturtiums yield bright blossoms. Spring wallpaper stock from 5 cents a roll. Wolf's Book Store.
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Belle Woodbury
Arend
Eudora
Wis
Lawrence
Hope
Oklahoma
Texas
Mary Lewis
Trhaca
3. Y
L. H. Lewis
Raymond
California
Confession of a Negro Trooper Repudiated by Politician
Washington March 1. Senator Warren announces a dispatch from San Antonio denying the Galveston News story that Gray a discharged soldier confessed to participating in the Viet Meena attack. The chief of police of Galveston wired the confession and the editor at the News is to be summoned for a statement. Foraker notes the need to call the Galveston editor as the matter is investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warren
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
San Antonio
Mrg Plucksome Savings
Galveston
Gray
Ie Galveston
Titans
Blacksem
Foraker
Chalvesten
Collision and Wrecks Off Prawle Point In March Night
London reports indicate wrecks near Prawle Point after the White Star liner Suevic and Elder-Dempster steamer Jebba ran ashore in West Africa traffic. Passengers and crew were rescued. Jebba likely total loss with heavy damage and ashore craft scrambling to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
pThe Stemtier
Disorder Spreads as Protests Erupt in Unclear Locale
Fragmentary report notes unrest beginning March 15 with parliaments and peasants involved. Mention of St. Petersburg inspired disorder and unverified figures, including a large group in an unspecified Vinlunie area. Political tension and public upheaval appear to rise amid confusing local accounts.
Too Young for Promotion In Army Outlook At Roosevelt Era
Washington march 18 Brigadier General Fred Funston is deemed too young for major general under Roosevelt. Punston looks to be promoted April 1 but will be skipped in favor of another officer. Rumors of future promotions swirl as changes in rank are debated amid the White House push for rapid advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred Fongton
Tego Inc
Roosevelt
Punston
Kineton
Funston
Isnel
Lost gold watch and reward claim near depot
Lost between U. P. depot and Journal office a ladies gold watch with K. VU seal fob. Engraved R. E. P. on front. Reward is returned to 1333 by St. Bell Phone 421. Wanted a claimed man to work on a farm 4G. G. Clevenger 17 Tenn. St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P. Depot and Journal Office
St. Bell
G. Clevenger
Tenn
Hold Revival Meetings At First Christian Church
The First Christian church will begin a series of revival meetings next Sunday under Evangelist Wilhite. Evangelist Tuckerman will direct singing and arrive midweek to organize choirs. The church plans a new gas heated tabernacle with electricity in South Park near Mass Street, seating 1200. Sunday school starts at 9:45 am. revival could last four weeks. Wilhite previously held four revival meetings in Kansas City adding 300 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Evangelist Wilhite
Evangelist Tuckermane
Souths Park
Mass
Bundiy School
Withite
Kansas City
Woelta
President Roosevelts Finger Touch Opens Louisville Expo
The event marks the president pressing a button that set off whistles and bells signaling the opening of the Louisville exposition in the White House era scene. Foreign works are excluded from the exhibit though the ceremony highlights local production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lousville
Roosevelt
Aggie Myers Case Advanced by Supreme Court
In Wiehingina on March 18 the Supreme Court advanced the hearing in Aggie Myers Missouri woman under sentence of death for murder. The case was set for April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiehingina
United States
Aggie Myers
Missouri
Three Masked Men Rob Wabash Station
Three masked men entered the Wabash passenger station in Macon Missouri on March 18. They held up two coal miners in the waiting room and dynamited the safe, stealing about 200 dollars in cash and a draft before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Wabash
Market Excitement Follows Stock Break in New York
New York stock market excitement rose March 18 as a sizable stock outpouring followed a hoped week end wash. The session closed weak with no rally and investors reassessed Briamb Saturday recovery expectations.
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New York
To Kill Grasshoppers and March Field Dikes Plan
University of Kansas entomology professor urges early March dikes and cross bars to curb grasshoppers, claim frost aftereffects will help reduce hoppers and weed growth. Rest of text notes showgirl mishap at an event, Boys selling baseball goods, gas mantles promoted for natural gas, and a Sunday boast about pleasant weather and a cynical remark on trusts as money machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. 2. Hunter
Entomoligion
University of Kansas
Aind Cross Barrew
Markets by Wire Kansas City Wheat and livestock prices
Kansas City market report lists wheat receipts 183 cars with May 60, July 104, Sept 715ge. Cash grain prices shown for No 2 and No 3 hard and red wheats. Corn bids for May July Sept plus mixed and white categories. Oats rye hay butter eggs and cattle hogs prices with receipts noted. Cattle receipts 22000 with price ranges. hogs receipts 8000 with price ranges and special packer bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Prominent Nebraskans Sentenced in Land Case
Omaha March 18. Bartlett Richards and Wm G Comstock, noted Nebraska cattlemen, receive $15 fines and one year in Douglas County jail for conspiracy to defraud the United States of public land. Charles C Jameson and Acquilla Triplett fined $500 and eight months in jail. trial held after May 1906 indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
W. HH. Munger
United States Court
Bartlett Richards
Wm. G. Comstock
Douglas County
Charles C. Jameson
Acquilla Triplett
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Richards
Comstock
Asquille Triplett
Mexico
District Court Grants Divorces. Appraisers Appointed in Partition Suit
District court sessions split between civil and criminal matters with verdicts and fines. Nellie Hose was granted a divorce from Jap Rose. Costello and Keck, deputy game wardens, were fined five dollars each plus costs and paid. The partition suit of Faringer and Hickox was decided and appraisers appointed. A divorce case for Enloe was on trial this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Hose
Jap Rose
Costello
Keck
Faringer and Hickox
Enlow Ve. Enloe
Hospital for Insane Destroyed in Leavenworth Fire
The Evergreen hospital in Leavenworth Kansas a private asylum burned down at 2 this morning. Fifteen inmates escaped with danger and the loss is placed at about 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth, Kans
Evergreen Hospital
Isle of Spice tops season show listings
Word arrives of Mrs. Oblfest death in Valparaiso Indiana. Mrs. Gibson gone there to be with her ill mother. The Isle of Spice praised as best show of the season by Fred K Corbitt manager Whitley Theatre Emporia Kansas and by manager Bowersock Opera House Arkansas City Kansas for the recent engagement on the 1st and 5th avenues theatres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Isle of Spice
Fred K. Corbitt
Mgr
Whitley Theaor
Emporia
Kans
Oblfest
Louis Gibson
Valparaiso
Ind
Bowersock Opera House
Sth Avenue Theater
Arkansas City
Kaus
Spring Quilts Offered by C. C. Callahan
Ladies urged to order Spring quilts now with fine workmanship and affordable prices. Contact C. C. Callahan at 9 East Henry or phone Bell 1627 for details on a premium free offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
C. C. Callahan
East Henry
Gillam Nearly a Hero Stirs Reader Curiosity
Henry Gillam spoke with a drunken street shooter and then with the man’s mother indicating he might have acted differently. The page also lists shop news including new 14 quart dish pans 2 dozen 6 quart kettles and local ads for baking powder and comics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gillam
Henry
Union Pacific Tea Store
Mass
Planting Potatoes Tied to Dark of the Moon Folklore
An article humorously explains seed potato planting by the dark of the moon. It traces a zigzag tale from South American farmers to Cortez, Irish growers, and Virginia origins, noting the moon phase as a long standing belief guiding cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chili Amt
Peru
Cortez
Spain
ORL Pvs
Virginia
Seventeenth Semi Annual Reunion Of Scottish Rite Masons
The Scottish Rite Masons of Lawrence begin their seventeenth semi annual reunion with a full program spanning March 18 to March 25. Degrees from fourth to thirtieth will be conferred, with thirty first and thirty second to follow later. The body, now 127 members, expects to reach 150 this year. The schedule lists conferrals each day, with meals and refreshments between sessions, and dates set for the higher degrees at Topeka Consistory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Econsistory
Topeka
Mareli
St Patrick Day Celebration Led by Fairbanks in Chicago
Vice President Fairbanks spoke at St Ignatius College and the University of Chicago as part of St Patrick day events under the Irish Fellowship club. He addressed the Chicago Press club where lunches were served and planned a fourth address at a fellowship banquet tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fairbanks
Police Court Fines For Drunkenness
Frank Miflin was fined eight dollars and fifty cents for drunkenness Chas McConklin a plain drunk paid nine dollars and fifty cents after the trial He left for Kansas City following the proceedings The remainder of the page advertises coffee options a Plymouth Rock and small hens needed farmers seeking loans cigars and local services at 5 percent interest with flexible payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miflin
Chas. McConklin
Kansas City
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Business Directory
Attorneys-At-Law
J- H. Perkins
Second Neer National Bank
Barker & Means
Opera House Black
L. H. Menger
Massachusetts Street
John
A. Norton
Gmice
First National Bank
Riggs
Massachusetts
C. J. Simmons
Phong
Anderson
G. W. Jones
Bell and Home
F.D. Morse, M. D
Otheveer
Woodward & Cova Drug State
J. R. Bechtel
Massachusetts St
Tennesare Street
George A. Banks
BON
Fire Bianrance
Gennelly Bros
Corver
New Hampshire
And
Winthrop
WM. T. Singlair
Real Estat Ioana
Architects
Bk. Harris
West Warren St
F. M. Perkies
Atlas Building & Loan Association
Dar Mentity Payments
K. U
Straffon
Mentholis
Boyles
Boughton’s
Jeountry
Paul Lockan
New Hampshire Street
Bell Phone
Wolf's Book Store
Galveston News
England
Rob Wuckles
Gustafsen
Mass St
Wiedmann's
Tabernacle
South Park
Aggie
Ste
Fred W. Fein
Jackson Block
Grain and Provisions
Jal
Tadeo Munger
District Court
Isle of
Gillam
Olgars
Bile Williamson
Gustafeon’s
Wiedemann's
Bytvan
Wiede ‘Mona's
Hunzicker & Wabrenback
Plymouth Rock
H.C. Waffle
Cigars Fc
Bille Williamacz
Morrison & Lemon
Mass. Street
Avery
Ewing
Chile
Neville’s
J. M. Neville
Maes
St. Eldridge House
Watkins National Bank
B. Watkins
Co. A. HI
Pincern
Ci Tucker. Cashier
W. BL Hazen
R. Cashier
J. B. Watkins
C. A. Hit
C. HL. Tucker
W. £. Hazen
J. House
Alc. Mitchens
J.C. Moore
Savings Department
State Bank
Capital
W. Bromellick
Trea
T. J. Sweenet
J. Hilkey
W. FR. Stubbs
W. E. Spalding
Geo. Innes
Luther N. Lewis
W. Bromelaick
T. J. Sweeney
Jacob Baiaky
HK J. Hilkey
Teansacta
Sanking Bualnesa
Manley
C. B. Hosford
Merchants National Bank
Kansas
A. Whitman & Co. Real Estate, Loans and Insurance
L.L. Phillips & Co
L. S. Steele
Attorner
Notary
Co. L. Edwards
E. Henry St
A. Guenther
Mises
A.M. Parker
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