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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1899
Page
4
Shearer and Co promotes a days sale through Saturday December 2 offering surplus stocks at deep discounts. The Cloak Department features castor jackets and a dozen plus jackets and capes. 21 Womens jackets and capes at 2.98 from higher prices. Special linen table sale and blanket discounts accompany assortments from La Porte mills. Sale runs into Thanksgiving week with prices claimed as the lowest in years.
Prof Sayre has a letter from George W Wagner who is spending the year in Ann Arbor to study zoology histology and French. Registration by states totals Kansas 939 Missouri 41 Iowa 5 Oklahoma 1 Ohio 3 Nebraska 2 Vermont 7 Michigan South Dakota Arizona Montana Washington Pennsylvania Arkansas Colorado and Japan 1 each. Three Kansas university graduates hold fellowships at the University of Chicago Win Logan Howell E Davies and Teeny Frank. C A Krause has a scholarship at Johns Hopkins and Walter B Graham at Columbia University New York. The art class begins painting from life with ten sittings of three hours each.
The Kansas Missouri Thanksgiving game will be played at Expo sition Park with a side view from the grand stand. Upper deck seats are reserved for the two universities, tickets on sale in Kansas City and at the university, one fare return home by Saturday, railroads grant. Large attendance expected from Lawrence and other towns.
Lieut Ed Carroll son of Geo Henry Carroll of this city received from the war department a notice of his assignment to the First Infantry now stationed at Fort Leavenworth. He will report for duty as soon as uniform and equipment are ready. The Twentieth Regiment remains among the few in the regular army, and the Fort Leavenworth posting will be pleasant for Carroll with many friends nearby. The weather bureau forecast for fair weather verified with a clear morning and heavy frost. Dr Bechtel will relocate his clinic to Wednesday evening for a Thanksgiving stay. Best coffee tea and spices offered at Home Store.
Advertisement touts drastic discounts on Innes Wichita stock now in stockrooms as prices drop 25 to 50 percent. Offers cloaks jackets capes and garments, plus carpets rugs and curtains with a stated finish date within ten days to clear fire sale goods before new holiday lines arrive.
A severe blaze at Baldwin at 1 30 yesterday morning caused extensive losses estimated around 10000 dollars with over 5000 dollars insured. Fire from Apples grocery stove burned frame buildings, destroying properties owned by G B Lanning George Nott S K Kidder C P Ives T Hawkins and four more held by Lawrence Building and Loan. Goods of Apple Williams Lockwood Hawkins Martin Findley and Hyde were ruined. partial losses attributed to Crider Leggitt Wear Webster Price and Frye.
The Zodiac club presented the high school with a historic picta featuring the Castle of St Angela in Rome and related landmarks. Mrs F Smithmyer praised club efforts to beautify public schools and inspire noble character through art, noting the picture's educational value and historic notes.
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