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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
4
Report notes St Marys fell 10 to 2 yesterday in a baseball game, a rare setback for a team famed for its numerous wins. The crowd drawn by St Marys reputation and the game at Kans Servie is mentioned, with a nod to P F Remingtons at 1030 Mass as a local highlight.
The notice urges preserving strawberries now and mentions special prices on one lot at Indiana Cash Grocery. It lists two phone numbers 659 and 182 for contact. It notes present weather is good for now but ground remains too wet for farm work and more showers have occurred this year.
A cluttered notice enumerates services across multiple denominations including United Brethren, Pilgrim Congregational, Faith, Christian Church, Christ Scientist, and Trinity Church. It notes sermon times, Sunday school hours, evening services, youth programs, and cordial invitations to attend, with various pastors and leaders named and several midweek meetings scheduled through the week.
In New Jersey and North Lawrence areas church notices urge parishioners to attend upcoming services. Epworth League events, sermons in English, piano music, and youth meetings fill the schedule. Clergy members from Ward Chapel, Shene No. 1320, and First Methodist preach on themes of faith, mission work, and Alaska.
The Unitarian Church announces a Children’s or Flower Sunday service with songs and recitations by the children at 4 o’clock. Vesper sung service follows, tea serv is offered, minister F. M. Bennett invites attendance. Also noted are local vendors and medical ey e specialist G. A. Hamman, plus photographers and a soda fountain at the Soxmann Company.
Weather season prompts shoppers to plan outdoor comfort items. A Ray mond's Drug Store offers Sisparene for potato bugs in multiple keg sizes. Conklin is pitched for bicycles and motorcycles for the season. Mass St. accepts magazine subscriptions. Smith's News Depot also advertised.
Weather records show Memorial Day is not unusually rainy. From 1888 to present, 10 memorial days were dry and 9 rainy, often with only showers when rainy. The forecast notes a high barometer near the Burky mountains suggests fair weather if trends continue.
A Lawrence school group shares summer ideas from finishing a boat to running to the river and buying a secret item with a quarter. Girls on the porch discuss keeping quiet in class while a teacher redirects their play as they imagine a summer spent with games and reading. Additional notes mention Black Seal cigars, Dec orations, and carpet cleaning services in the ad text.
Loomas Photo Studio and Union Pacific Tea Co have closed their city store for the summer while deliveries will continue to any part of the city. Home phone 768. Visit E. G. Sox man and Co for after dinner cigars.
Five years ago today Lawrence faced a devastating flood with the mill at Kaw failing and the city darkened. Residents recall the river’s surge, the mill’s collapse, and a communal mourning that shapes Memorial Day observances in the town.
A collage of quirky notices and local business lines. The piece mentions the University Meat Market, a Windmill poem recital, and multiple ads for druggists studios transfers and shoe repair shops. it notes a June 25 move out and fixtures for sale, plus street addresses and phone numbers.
An assorted vintage classified ad fragment promotes sidewalk work with easy payment and guaranteed quality from Lawrence Granitord Mfg Co and mentions Disparene on potato vines as rain resistant. Also notes Raymond's Drug store and W L Douglas shoes sold by Abe Wolfson at 637 Massabreet.
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