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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1908
Page
4
Chicago weather notes a fair Sunday with possible east night showers and cooler air. Page includes a doctor furnished forecast and numerous local ads for books, clothing, gas globes, mantles, plumbing, subscriptions, buggies, and nursery offerings across Massachusetts Street and vicinity.
A permit is granted to a Lox man and Hyre to erect a 5000 dollar building on the lot at 1004 Mass Street. The hall, 50 by 171 feet, will be the town’s largest after the Robinson gymnasium, with sand used for a skating rink.
First Methodist Episcopal Church and Plymouth Congregational Bible school times and a joint evening service with Dr Lyman Abbott at Robinson Gymnasium. Pilgrim Congregational Church invites attendance for Sabbath school and services with "The Refreshing Life" and "The Sower Went Forth to Low." Lutheran Church lists Sunday school at 945 and services at 11 and 730 led by Rev F W Christ with Luther League at 630.
Salvation Army announces Sunday services at the Salvation Army Hall with a Holiness meeting at 11 p m a junior meeting at 3 00 p m a Young People's Legion at 6 30 p m and evening services promptly at 8 00 p m All are invited to attend Capt Eva Hayes Lieut Nora Leeds and officers in charge supervised the program.
There will be no Sunday meeting for men at the Y M C A tomorrow. Instead a meeting for high school boys will be addressed by Mr Porter, the international secretary for high school boys. A week from Sunday the men’s meeting will be addressed by Col. Golden on the subject Ups and Downs.
Lynne Mason local Bell Telephone manager was cleaning a revolver last evening when it discharged striking his left hand. The injury occurred as he prepared for a hunting trip. Medical opinion says the wound is not serious but painful.
Arnold & Co sold their stock of general merchandise to OO. W. Shepherd & Sonool Kay in a Thursday transfer. Senior Mr. Shepherd planned to run the business as before with du sime cmiplaves in charge. Shepherd has prior ties to the town, once part of the Ane time years-ago mechanidise firm at, juster & Co.
Eye ear nose throat practice advertises limited services. Treats catarrh and its results. Glasses fitted. Hours are 9 to 5. Phone 513.
Dr Lyman Abbott will lecture tomorrow afternoon in the chapel for students only due to crowd size. Tomorrow evening he will address all at Robinson gymnasium, with churches in the city canceling services to hear him.
Prof Preyer unveils a new concert piece for piano and orchestra published by Breitkopf and Hartel. Directed by Adolf Rosenbecker, the 65 player ensemble marks the largest tour orchestra yet. Gounod Faust will feature gallery chorus and an organ cathedral scene with the same soloists and orchestra performing in Seattle before the Lawrence engagement. D R Porter to speak at the Y M C A on Sunday 2 30. Porter, Bowdoin athlete and Rhodes scholar, travels from Oxford to inspire Lawrence high school boys.
The university states vesper services Sunday at 4 30 p m are for students due to seating limits in the chapel. Dr Abbott will deliver a special message to the university youth and seeks to give them a full opportunity to hear him within hall capacity.
R F Ingalls, a house mover, has purchased a complete hydraulic machinery outfit for his work. He handles all kinds of hydraulic moving work and performs with no unnecessary delay. Bell phone 1091, Home 302.
Fire alarm reported just after midnight at Spaulding's grocery at Vermont and Henry. A discarded cigar stub in a trash bin ignited debris, causing a small floor burn with no major damage. University of Kansas Mandolin Club delivered a strong program to a large Fraternal Order audience. one Kansas City student, W. Ferguson, was severely assaulted after the show with uncertain prognosis. A bicycle shop at 1017 Maes advertised repairs and services.
Kansas City Indoor Track and Field Meet capstone saw Kansas won the point trophy with 23 points, ahead of Chicago Athletic Club and Baker University. Kansas triumphed in the two mile relay and won the Kansas Missouri intercollegiate relay with a time of 9 09 led by Kansas runners Allendorpher Guthrie Bergen Priest and Latshaw along with Missouri’s Lillard Taland Douglas.
A Chicago dispatch said Carry Burton, alias Schindler, who faced minister swindle charges, did not reach Chicago and apparently escaped. Burton, once hired to gather police data, and indicted by a grand jury, was believed to come to Lawrence for work with I H Holmes. He left Chicago unexpectedly, prompting questions about his fate.
The page promotes Gardens Batter seeds from Bartelle Seed Co at 904 Massachusetts Bt and urges sending for a catalogue. It advertises home wiring for electric light with Fein estimates, spraying materials from Q P Barber & Son, beef from Bills Willsons, cistern water filters by Star Filters via O'Brien & Co, and groceries and meat from Johns Bros with low prices.
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