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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1903
Page
3
Egg seller advertises Silver Wyandotte eggs at $1 per fifteen, promising fast delivery by wagon and urging orders before stock passes. Note offers no Sunday ice delivery and mentions office hours on West Willow Street with limited Saturday pickups.
William J. Kennedy died last night around eight o'clock at his home after illness. He was born in Ohio in 1832 and moved to Kansas, becoming a prominent stock raiser and farmer in Franklin and nearby counties. Survived by four sons and two daughters, including Mrs Underwoods of Gleed, Mrs Cowgill of Terre Haute, and three sons in Indian Territory. Funeral from his home tomorrow at 2 p.m. conducted by E Stanley of the Friends Fraternity. interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Kennedy served in the Civil War with the Franklin camp and held various posts, later leading local civic life.
Town youths trap and kill birds with rutals and slingshots, violating law as elm and maple worms threaten trees. Brackett-Deaglan district No. 54 Kansas calls bids for a new brick school building at 1007 Massachusetts, with plans on file. Lawmakers, railroad bulletins, and local commerce notes follow.
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