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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1908
Page
1
A cluttered advertisement page lists lawyers doctors and real estate firms serving Lawrence Kansas with names such as JOSEPH RIGGS M.D MORSE BLAIR RUDOLPH and firms like M and M CHILDEE and DOR DONNELLY BROS and SINCLAIR real estate and mortgage services. Also shows Livery stables run by MURRISON MORK BROS SHARP and DONNELLY BROS with contact numbers and street addresses.
Fragmented sale notice notes a play titled The Road to Yesterday in New York with unclear dates and an offer at Worland & Co. Drug Store. Names and lines are garbled but indicate a performance or publication linked to Kasieas Chen and a captain.
On Saturday afternoon in October Misa Lena Balsky opens a new art studio teaching painting drawing and china decorative arts. Located on the second floor of the Peoples Bank building the inviting event welcomes all. Beth Dann will play violin at the Baptist concert.
Presbyterians in session at Tola and Olatie will plan a Westminster House endowment seeking $30,000 to fund a facility donated upon securing funds. Lawrence leaders, including Wells, support the effort as part of Presbyterian education and outreach connected to the local university. Dr Wilber’s return from Chicago signals further backing and a pledge to advance the project.
Governor Hughes of New York visits Lincoln to assail Bryan's economic principles and labor policy platform. The speech signals a sharp campaign contrast as Tugwis greets supporters and Hughes outlines policy differences during a Nebraska stop.
In New York Edward Cornwall, a chauffeur, stood over a dying boy after the auto accident that crippled the child. He raised his eyes to heaven and swore never to drive an automobile again. The boy, Tommy Ward, lay on the sidewalk as an ambulance team worked. The piece also notes political and heroic vignettes from Chicago and New York, including a policeman who died saving an elderly woman and a veteran returning money.
In Crete hostile moves brew over independence and union with Greece as authorities warn of possible upheaval. Dations of pro Greece sentiment are rising amid regional tensions and a looming arrest threat.
The Topeka Capital publishes a rebuttal denying a Botkin Botkin Leland alliance as untrue and injurious. Cy Leland is defended as a long time loyal Republican who has served the public and the party honestly, with no desertion or deceit. The Journal is urged to provide stronger proof than Botkin’s word to doubt Leland’s fidelity.
Local people crowd to learn National and American League outcomes as gate receipts rise. Reports say New York and Chicago battle for first place with tied records possible if outcomes shift. Detroit clinched the pennant after defeating Chicago in a dramatic finish, while Boston and New York fans watched at the Polo Grounds as Ferguson and Wiltse pitched in a tense game.
Manila hearing for Lieutenant Evans of Lens islaya on charges including absenting his post and disrespect to a superior. Counsel sum up as testimony focuses on alleged intoxication defenses with Sirzeva Wentworth testifying Evans was not intoxicated. Evans acquitted after evidence showed he left deck briefly during a wartime watch but returned below decks after a disturbance.
San Francisco report on the second day of the Trans-Mississippi congress with Stubbs, director of trade, among speakers. The session featured Hapirtatian Ethies and pledges about Western Insurance and cotton seeds, with Pardoe and Blanchard named among others.
Fragmentary Philadelphia news item reports detective action arresting Mrs Clayton T Weir linked to a fatal shooting of her brother in law near Glen Hiddle Virginia. Also notes a missing Miss Edith Griffin replacement teachers and a school staff change at Starvard. Other brief items include a French schooner disaster survivor and a marriage in Ottawa.
The Yearly meeting of the Friends church begins tomorrow at 10 AM in the old meeting house. About 1000 attendees are expected, including E. Stanley, president of Friends call at Wichita, and guests Nathan and Esther Frank from Indiana. Leaders from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and other states will attend multiple sessions and committee meetings.
Leavenworth Kansas October 7 identity mix up surrounds Ralph W Eddy listed with Company A 13th. Eddy, a traveling man, appeared in Milwaukee August 12 before an intended marriage in Wenster Ohio. Likely two men share the name as Eddy at Fort Leavenworth is said to be a Kansan.
Sheriff J I Woodward arrested two campers Heber Worley and Karl Wagner on the Eudora road after a complaint they shot a chicken. They were brought to town and scheduled for trial before Justice John Clark. The men said they had been traveling in a covered wagon west of here.
Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, is in Lawrence to see Harry Kemp while Charles Levi is banished from Topeka by judge order after arrest on vagrancy. Springfield, Missouri reports a $1 million rail bond judgment favoring John C. Tenderson of Washington, DC against Dallas County, with the project long abandoned. Police, courts, and local notices intermingle in a crowded urban page.
In Hobart's Lint section early today John W Richardson killed his sister-in-law Miss Josephine Cromwell and his father Bevel Cromwell with a shotgun after domestic troubles. He then shot his father-in-law, Richard Richardson, and fatally wounded Cromwell before killing himself. The episode followed marital strife and a reported attempt to take a boy.
The article describes Taft and Syan presenting at a Deep Waterways convention. It covers speeches on national unity, the need to expand inland navigation, and a proposed plan to connect the Great Lakes system with the Mississippi and Gulf, urging careful feasibility studies and rapid funding through bonds while stressing conservation and coordinated rail cooperation. It notes political dynamics and mentions Governor Charles S. Lane and other figures, plus a local ad for wall paper at the end.
In West Lawrence a brown spotted fox terrier puppy missing since Tuesday evening. Reward advertised by Carl Newby. Contact Bell 0 or ? for return. Also notices seeking boarders at 906 New Hampshire Street and a first class cook for a Kentucky family. Animal sale and trade ads list young sows and pigs priced from 5 to 2 dollars with possible trades or driving horse. Phone 407 for details.
Washington Oct 7 President Roosevelt told Senator Hemenway he did not think it necessary to stump for Taft. He said he had received many requests to speak on the campaign but would not accede to them.
Grain and provisions listing at Boyles Kansas City page shows wheat receipts 127 cars for December and May, various No 2 bar varieties, hay prices with timothy and prairie, butter and eggs rates. Live stock data includes cattle receipts 15,000 with prices for native steers, cows, heifers, stockers, and calves. hog receipts 16,000 with packers prices and hogs values. Chicago markets note wheat futures and corn oats distant quotes, Park and hogs price summaries.
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