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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1905
Page
4
A notice from City Marshal George O Connor assures ample police protection during Old Home Week. Public order will be enforced daily and nightly with no carnival activity allowed. Permanent headquarters are at City hall and the public can contact telephone number 62 day or night.
Coal sale offer from Pinxrey and Blood at 744 Mass Street. They advertise all kinds of coal with full weight and best quality at low prices, prompting customers to buy while cheap. Telephone 684 red.
Elmer Myers, formerly sheriff, is back from his farm near Lecompton after six months away. He settled to farm life after leaving office last winter and avoided town visiting, though he bet $100 he would stay six months and has now won.
The Indian pictures exhibit at Dick Broa Drug Store features Col. J. D. Miles’s sixteen year government collection. It includes photographs of Native leaders and frontier scenes, a tepee display with buffalo robes, and top corn specimens. The display has attracted crowds and offers insights into Indian warfare and encounters from Miles’s career.
Mrs. Julia A. Wiley, a renowned western caterer, plans a two day course starting October 10 and a free lecture at 3:30 p.m. on October 10. Also mentions Coal dealer near Warran street offering low cash prices and tornado insurance, with other local services listed.
Miss Maude Cooke hosts piano lessons at University Studio in the Dick Building from 10 to 12 and 1 30 to 6, with Miss Augusta Finntom offering VOICE CULTURE lessons. Carriage and Wagon Painter J B Churchill advertises services at 1016 Massachusetts St, as does Phillips & Co with new wallpaper stock and repapering. Shelley's remodeled studio invites sittings. F F Hen n et t & Co offer goods at 1011 Mangandunetts street. Marriage license issued for L S Griffith and Maude H Allen. Restaurant and furnished rooms available at 632 Massachusetts. Typewriter ribbons at Smith's News Depot.
George Glenn a 30 year old farmer living with his parents near Lecompton was found unconscious at Kelth's hospital Topeka with no hope of recovery. Coroner Keith states Glenn was a morphine victim. Suspects William Trhobell William Briggs and Mike Kelly are jailed on suspicion of foul play. Glenn had left Lecompton that morning with wheat samples to test at Topeka mills.
The G A R Comrades of Washington Post No 12 will meet Friday at 12 45 p m to attend the funeral of Col sius Holloway at 1923 New Hampshire satreat 1 T at 1 30 p m with burial at PleasantHove cemetery services at the grave by order of H W Exgart Post commander and J Churchill adjutant Pierson Milling Co invites attendance to exhibit this week offering coffee and hot buns C Erickson ad Wey are in every part of Lawrence BLEES BUGGTES Best for the money see Scholz Ritner Squires Studio Smiths News Depot Wiedemann’s ice cream and fing logs in see also tennis balls and rackets.
Fire chief Frank Trott of Junction City Kansas discussed with the Lawrence Committee the possible return of the annual fall firemen’s drill and tournament to Lawrence for the first time in the region. The event would showcase drills, speed contests, hitching contests, athletic exhibitions and a display of apparatus, with Lawrence hoping to pair it with Old Home Week and local fairs. Trott gave a favorable impression but did not commit, and the plan will be considered as part of the current celebration season.
Barteldes Co announces new fall bulb varieties such as hyscloids tulipa nerclmua Clinesd Misses and more before stock runs out. Wiledamano's offers fruit sundaey with or without wits. Dust receives a good assortment of books at Woll's Book Store.
A sensational town notice presents a cautionary tale of a boy clinging to a rope on a moving wagon with shoes worn thin, urging sturdy footwear. The piece also lists family visits, travel to Kansas City and Chicago for events, Old Home Week attendees from Lecompton and Baldwin, and local social movements through Mr Manley and Mrs Benedict, with travel plans to Memphis.
Starkweather Shoe Co. events and numerous wedding notices fill this Lawrence column. Mrs Cara Bangs and Charley Terry wed at the bride's Wyandotte home with Dr Roberts officiating and Grace Bangs as maid of honor. Guests include many local families and society figures. The page also notes arrivals, visits, parties, church events, and a Philippine trip by Congressman Scott, with various Larwrence residents traveling to Kansas City, Wichita, and Arkansas City.
The Kansas Jayhawks trounced Emporia College 39 to 0 in Topeka, led by Captain Wooler at left half back with multiple long runs and a field goal from the 30 yard line. Donald and Saunver, Reed, Myers, McNaughton, Hart, and Absom contributed on offense and defense as Kansas demonstrates strong football for the season. The team plans to travel to Arkansas and Drury College next, with continued improvements and a confident outlook for fall play.
Kolb and Dill comedy act at the Bower Opera House last night kept the audience in laughter from start to finish. The duo staged clever dialogue and feats, with pretty costumed girls and entertaining drills, though some portions grew tiresome during the three hours. The performance pleased a large audience and was considered a satisfactory season highlight by managers.
Three more young men professed conversion at the First Methodist church during ongoing revival meetings. The afternoon service drew the largest crowd yet with strong evening attendance. Tonight at 7:30 Evangelist Hauden schield preaches Does it Pay, followed by special music. Tomorrow morning cottage prayer meetings are listed at various addresses under multiple leaders.
Jog Oppanheimer's Fay Foster teampan burlesque and vadderite artists headline this season at the Bowarsock opera house. A standout attraction is Master Willie Nelson the boy soprano famed for Trinity Church choir New York City. Nelson's voice described as sweet and thrush like, captivating audiences.
An elderly Douglas county resident, C Motloway, died at his home on New Hampshire street at 2:30. The funeral will be held at the home Friday afternoon at a local time, with Rev. Winey in charge. Washington Post No. 13 will conduct the service at the grave, burial at Harman cemetery seven miles south of the city.
Doctors reported this afternoon on Mr. Ludington after the confl ict at his home noting he was not better. Morning symptoms appeared more favorable but later the day showed no change from yesterday. Public interest and sympathy remain high as inquiries continue.
George T. Nicholson, traffic manager of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, is named second vice president and will oversee freight and passenger traffic. Paul Marton formerly held the post. Prof. Hiske leaves for private business in Denver then Boston to join submarine cable work next year. Prof. Lill to fill Blake’s California physics chair during absence. A court argument occurs in the Barclay v Blakley case. Local notices mention penny pickles, toilet paper, and new egg cream sundae flavors.
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