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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1905
Page
4
Full line of wall paper with all grades and prices offered by L. L. Phillips & Co. Large force of skilled workers ensures quick neat and quality work. Phone 1921 located at 620 Mass. St.
The March storm brought thunder lightning and strong winds followed by almost continuous rainfall. Pavements washed clean, sewers overflowed, and unpaved streets formed deep puddles. Dr. Snow reports inches of rain last night. Marshal Prentice urges residents to clean alleys and yards, warning of penalties for noncompliance.
Large two story frame house with a big barn, 125 feet frontage and 240 feet depth. Immediate sale offered at 4500 cash. Contact 7 Sinclair. Also notices for millinery, laundry, and rental inquiries appear with local business names and addresses along with weather and rail updates from Kansas.
The fire department has new, better equipped quarters in the city building. Sliding poles, repurposed rooms for sleeping and recreation, a tub bath, and improved paint and repapering enhance comfort and readiness. The department praises the workers and vows increased effort and faster responses to alarms.
Rain damaged building excavations causing bank cave ins and delays. Outdoor work was suspended for a day due to weather. Unpaved streets and country roads were bad, though rain was less harmful in that direction. Fresh moss and gold fists arrived at Naytiond s Urug Store.
At the Kansas Student Volunteer conference closing session in Topeka the association adopted a constitution. Officers elected include Leroy Heitzman president from State University, Mr Cappack vice president from Friends University, and Miss Jones secretary from Baker University. The next meeting was set for Lawrence.
GEO A FLORY promotes farms and city property for sale or rent, and real estate listings through Joan. Venetian dull finish at Woodward Co renews stands or fixtures, lustrous gold and silver finishes, and the best mixed paint at honest prices. Household paints in small cans. Also notes a well attended company picture show at the opera house, and advertises Coke as economical fuel from Lawrence Gas Co. Dr Owen Osteopath at 927 Mass St with Wednesday and Saturday office hours.
Dust Arrived. Another car of that good Sold Coin and Standard A Flour. Also a car of Feed. Good Butter, Fresh Eggs. Try our Clipper or Steel Cut Coffee. Nothing better on the market. For anything in Groceries call up.
The Journal highlights an advertisement for a jacket lost Sunday and a tip led to recovery within an hour, praising newspaper advertising. It notes a city case on trial with subpoenas for thirteen witnesses, involving Nhode Island street objectors and city heirs, with limited progress expected today. Also mentions Rowlands Stevenson Wall Paper and bulb listings at F Barteldes Co with flowers and bulbs at 40 Massachusetts street and Illinois Winthrop corner funeral notice for Mrs Asther Hutchings Cleveland.
Purserymen continue tree shipping operations in a busy season. The Elks lodge will hold its annual officers election tomorrow evening. Community notices urge participation and support local events.
Grant Garrett, north side councilman, found a wet, drunk man asleep in his home workshop after returning from a theatre. A window screen was removed and the window fastenings broken. Police arrived, and the intruder claimed to have been confined, giving a name after a nighttime incident leading to a possible arrest.
Fragmentary notice lists fabric items and textiles with discounted prices for a new department. Mentions linoleum, curtains, tapestry cloth, trim, and other decor items. Located in New Orleans area with references to price per yard and miscellaneous shop names.
A historical listings note describes witches as poetic embodiments of evil in Macbeth and announces their appearance on Wednesday evening March 20 at the Bowersock opera house. The text also mentions unrelated local notices about street washing and store purchases.
Retail notes highlight navy blue and brown fabrics as the season's standard colors and highly modish. Demand remains strong for the right shades in new dress goods.
Mr F Te Holyoke of Kansas City stayed with Mrs G T Dodds. Miss Geneve Lichtenwalter hosted friends in Lawrence. numerous visitors from Topeka and Kansas City attended events. The Music Club hosted a Parsifal lecture at the University. several locals planned trips to Kansas City for opera. Highlights include civic figures visiting, theater plans, and ongoing spring social roundups.
A well attended Christian meeting featured Mr Holmes delivering a clear testimony on Christ's enemies and the divinity of the Lord. He spoke earnestly in simple terms, leading to conversions and baptisms, with more planned nightly as Mr Veleessi discusses "The Divinity of Christ."
Miss Inez Kilgore reports the US went home after an illness as the university notes an attack of malarial fever. Professors Cranew and Ray present an illustrated lecture on Crystal Growth. The baseball team held a captain appointment meeting. Henry Miller has recovered at home after fever. Spring vacation starts tomorrow and runs to April 4. Mandolin club provided music for a high school play with two short pieces, The Everie Dress and A Case of Suspicion, in the high school auditorium.
A conservative group of Moscow government nobles met in St Petersburg to push for limited popular representation while defending landed property amid peasant unrest. They fear rising lawlessness and urge government cooperation. Landlords in several districts organize guards as strikes send workers home from cities to their villages.
Artificial milk powder process patented in Canada mixes milk with milk salts to reform the alleged soluble like calcium nitrate and potassium phosphate, then evaporates and adds noncrystalline sugar to prevent decomposition. Count zu Eulenberg receives his 75th decoration, a German record. Count Kbuelow wears about forty decorations. Wanted by student, place to work for board and room, address this office.
An Ottawa, Kansas woman, Mrs. Caroline Jates, was attacked at a sanitarium during a crime spree with an unknown assailant. Her skull was fractured by an ax and her body mutilated. Authorities report no clue or motive, comparing the scene to a prior sensational case in Topeka.
In a six story New York waist factory panic broke out as 300 girls on the upper floor surged toward a single exit. A trampling stampede caused around a dozen faintings while male workers pushed past women delaying the escape. the foreman opened a door amid threats of violence.
Washington March reports the Supreme Court decision in the Kansas vs Colorado waters case, signaling a shift from the old Bدادi law to a new national approach. Denver attorneys file depositions as both states prepare for nine months of court arguments. a full digest of all depositions may take a year before any ruling.
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