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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
4
Frank Vaughn recently left Farare Harbor shop for WE Wels and invites friends to visit KU Harbor shop. The shop markets an electric man mage battery and offers a four chair setup. Tickets are used on Saturday night to control turns. Barhs.
An old advertisement touts bath soap as inexpensive and effective at the Round Corner store. It promotes a 5 cent soap and urges customers to call. The ad also highlights fishing tackle at Kennedy and Erest 426 Mass St Select. Rowlands and Stevenson offer wallpaper and cider vinegar prices listed with two and five gallon deals. Phillips Fruit Farm advertises red telephone number 846 Bell.
A Lawrence Automobile club was formed last night with fifteen charter members. Dr A P Aults, Paul Dinamoor, J A Henley, and Ernest Crawley were elected president, vice president, and secretary treasurer respectively. The group plans touring trips, summer rate arrangements, and a July Fourth series, aiming to include all local auto owners.
A jumble of storefront notices features Lawrence Transfer Co offering packing and shipping, Wiedemann's Ice by A. W. Henderson selling saddlery, Meriden Creamery's cream buyers, Hierd and Jones selling creamery supplies, Rahskopf advertising gas ranges and plumbing estimates, and A. Lawrence promoting photo cards with early 20th century pricing and services.
A forenoon visit by a class from the International Correspondence School studying engine operations on a San ta Fe No2 trip from San Francisco via Topeka to Chicago. Prof PE Walker joined later, with campus news and local notes on strawberries, ice cream, and upcoming events.
An assortment of small notices and ads including loans at low interest, Turkish baths, carpet renovations, post office update, electrical supplies, optical services, lost and found column, and coupon price comparisons. Names include Mortison Lem on, F A Bennett & Co, Miss Jessie Linton, Fred W. Fain, J F Brock, and Grillin Ice Company. Street addresses and phone numbers appear for several services.
The Uncle Sam Oil Co is ready to deliver coal oil to the trade and others in wholesale lots from this date. Let every lady using kerosene in any quantity give this in dependent Kansas product 2 trial, it is high grade. U. S. Freeark, Lawrence Agt. Home Phone 724.
Lawrence Kansas May 12 bid solicitation from Haskell Institute invites vendors to furnish and deliver machine tools and wood working equipment. Bids must include itemized prices per arch type, with 5 percent bid bond and certified check. Rejection reserved. bids opened in strict accordance with prior notice.
Lawrence city council on May 7 1906 adopted a paying resolution to grade curb and pave Warren Street and intersecting streets from New Jersey to Delaware within a 30 foot roadway. Payment to be made in ten annual installments with limestone or concrete curb and vitrified brick pavement. City Clerk F D Brooks signed.
An examination for teaching certificates in the city schools will be held Saturday May 19 and Saturday May 26 The May 19 subjects include Reading penmanship political acts physical geography history of Kansas and the United States physiology didactics bookkeeping rhetoric and constitution The May 20 subjects are orthography arithmetic English grammar botany drawing manual school law and elements of physiology Frank P Smith. Srpt.
Outing reminder advertises Kodak supplies with cheap developing and finishing. Cramer's 4x5 plates priced at 4 cents per dozen. Address: A. Lawrence, 734 Mass Street.
Lawrence Kansas city council convened May 11 1906 to approve Adams street paving from alley east of Tennessee street to Conardti cut street. Plan calls for 20 foot width with limestone or cement curb limestone brick paving and sand filler with assessments payable in installments.
Racine Wisconsin reports multiple loud blasts mistaken for earthquakes. Citizens evacuated as shocks rattled buildings. Reports note a tunnel inauguration in Domedessola and a death in East Northfield.
Paris May 1 Countess Boni De Castellane confirmed the report that she expected the funeral of Henry Hart to return to America within a few days. This statement followed months of aid by Helen Gould and other settlers as her sister, Miss Helen Gould, accompanied her.
Mrs Wm A Simpson of Kansas City visits Mrs A Pren kiss and returns home from Topeka. Topeka Bishop Thatwell spoke briefly to Phi Joann boys, receiving appreciation. Mrs RE Preuseuer was in Topeka yesterday.
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