05 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1905
Page
1
Fragmented OCR listing several attorneys with offices in Lawrence area. Mentions W B Brownell Lt Menger Akker Means and notary mobile services. Includes locations near Lawrence National Bank and Opera House block with street fragments and padding.
This morning at 10:50 o clock Mrs. Ann Beal died after an illness of nine weeks. A Lawrence resident for 34 years she was a widow for 11 years. She is survived by two sons George Beal of Leavenworth Kansas and Eff Beal of Davenport Iowa. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Fraternal Day drew large crowds as Lawrence hosts a bustling Old Home Week with a towering parade featuring Elks, Woodmen and other orders. German Day events follow with ceremonies, speeches and a band concert at F A A hall. Officials expect crowds to grow, schools join Friday and Saturday processions, and local merchants close to view the festivities.
The Atlantic Monthly for October presents incisive discussions on mortality and culture, notes on Franklin’s fame, Roosevelt policy, and constitutional change, plus fiction by Lisle, a short novel ending, poems, and sketches. Contributors include White, Higginson, Ripley, Macy, and Repplier.
Large crowds attend Lawrence events this week drawing steadily from poutry and garden displays to private exhibits. Families and townspeople fill the streets as afternoon and evening hours bring heightened activity and enjoyment of the Old Home Work celebration. Exhibits show farm products and feature entertainment throughout the fair.
Lawrence residents praise the week long display of agricultural and horticultural products calling it a model exhibit for Kansas. George A. Flory, chief clerk in the state treasurer’s office, says the Lawrence display has never been equalled and should become an annual attraction in the business district. Public support grows for repeating the “Old Home Week” style event in future years.
A chaotic outdoor attraction on the pike features two scantily clad assistants and a ventriloquized barker promising a free spectacle. Amid the crowd a performer threatens violence with a sword while others push forward for coins and rings, turning the event into a risky sideshow.
The agricultural and horticultural awards were finalized with prize ribbons awarded to numerous entries. Judges W G Pandleton J Underwood and J G Watt oversaw the event as dozens of crops and fruits were recognized for best varieties and displays including corn oats potatoes beans apples and squash with many named exhibitors and firms noted for top prizes.
Fort Scott Kans Oct 5 One of the leaders in a mob chasing George Riggin his wife and his step daughter was knocked down by running horses as they fled to Girard Crawford grohpry jail. The family escaped with their lives after alleged starvation of their child and a sharp clash with pursuing riders. The 2 year old daughter suffered abuse but was reported slightly improved though unconscious days later.
The items report 220000 missing from an Alamosa bank that closed, with 370000 of depositors funds diverted to an Idaho Springs mining venture. A Springield bank vault was dynamited, yielding 52000. Other notes mention officials in Japan, portsmouth treaty greetings, and General William R Shafter displaying Jersey cattle at a California fair.
At a New York dinner Bishop Potter argued for higher education while a self made millionaire, who never attended college, quipped that he thanks heaven for his ignorance. Potter replied that the man has much to thank heaven for and the exchange drew laughs.
Topeka reports that since July 1 Kansas has issued 2427 government liquor licenses. Wyandotte leads in licenses with Leavenworth second, Crawford third, Shawnee fourth, Sedgwick fifth, Cherokee sixth, Atchison seventh, and Montgomery eighth. Nine counties remain free of government liquor dealers and have not issued tax stamps, often housing two vendors or none.
A jury in Indiana court awarded Miss May Mendenwald a 500 verdict against Theodora Kevekordes, recorder of Vandenburgh county. Mendenwald, a singer known as May Melbane, sought 220,000 for breach of promise to marry. New York testimony revealed 325,000 received by W E Thunsmell from Vice President Robert A Grandis and paid to the Republican campaign chairman.
A four story Reid Avenue building in Brooklyn caught fire, leaving three occupants burned to death. Parents were rescued in dying condition and sent to hospital, five other tenants hospitalized for burns, two more injured.
Prear den McCall of the New York Life Insurance company asked if he planned to resign amid agitation. He stated that life insurance men never resign they die with their duties.
Lawrence Kansas minutes show two city council resolutions approving street improvements. One authorizes paving Quimcy Street to Delaware Street with brick courses and stone curbs, funded by ten annual installments, published by the city clerk. The second orders Ohio Street paving from Winthrop to Henry with brick courses, sand foundation, and installments, plus a note of a forthcoming M C A meeting for women residents.
Kansas City reports mixed futures with Wheat December at 4% for May, May corn at 4 7/8, No 2 mixed at 44 1/2, and Oats steady. Butter creamery and lard/fat prices noted. receipts show wheat car loads andChicago prices also listed.
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