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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1907
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text advertises Gobertsons Furniture and Mrs Pran tis Home Store offering books serious supplies tea coffee and assorted goods. Contains garbled phrases and nonsensical units.
An old classified style notice advertises Smoke Black Sea Cigars at 5 cents and Bargains for sale nearby. It mentions 20 a. good improvements fenced with 500 young apple trees, 1 mile from Selinoksy, priced at 1 900.00, plus another property 150 a. under cultivation with a never fail spring, 55. acres to be cultivated, water supplied, priced at 10 000.00, 0 bargain if taken at once. Contact GEO. BRECHEISES JR at R No. 1 Eudora Kansas for details. Also promotes Eaton’s Highland Linen writing paper sold at Boughton’s 1025 Mass St.
Mission Rockers offered at ten to twelve fifty each, sturdy enough to support a 1000 pound man. Also listings for remnants of embroideries and ribbons, a boarding barn with new owners, a home store leans on horses, and several local trades including clothing, undertakers, and funeral services with contact details across multiple streets and firms.
Various small ads and notices include Pierson's Black Seal Cigars request, Bell Metcalf Implement Co offerings, bicycle repairs and puncture service, sewing papers at Boughton's, satin skin powder promotions, Eriksen's home furnishings, Dr. Reding the oculist, inverted gas lights by F W Fein, L. F. Conklin ironworks, Schniz tailor, and loans on farm and city property with low interest rates.
The Kansas State Agricultural College regents directed the extension service to promote elementary agriculture in rural and county high schools. Supervisors visited teachers' institutes to spread the concept, creating demand for trained instructors who can adapt science teaching to country pupils. Topeka
Mrs J M Sullivan died in Topeka at the home of her son Ben on Saturday. The remains were taken to Baldwin for burial. She was a Baldwin pioneer and friend of Baker University, and she had lived with her daughter in Kansas City for two years before visiting Topeka. She was about 70 years old. Her husband Mr Sullivan predeceased her.
Mrs. Barden announced the four babies weighed sixteen pounds total at birth and four pounds each when scaled separately. She felt well but would not name them until able to sit up, expressing displeasure at the sudden notoriety as visitors arrived from nearby towns to see the infants.
A notice warns shoppers of a special sale on Long Covert Coats. Limited quantities, marked discounts, and purchase details to be announced at participating stores.
A notice promoting A D Weaver as a convenient source for satisfying the inner man with meals and drinks. It mentions open hours, drinks, and fish and oysters served. Also promotes various pens, a wagon burr inquiry at Bell-Metcalf, Opie Read as a guest lecturer with a description of his reputation and works.
A fragmented item notes a display in Haytend's window with cotton as it grows and mentions a lecture series at the Minis terial Lecture course in the evening. It references Opie Read and a program at the New Nickle including The Japanese Girl and William the Poacher, plus a piano pupil Nema Phipps at 920 Ohio Street.
The Sunday Forum met at 4 30 p m with stronger attendance. F C West Wilburn and Miss Mary Jane Dillard were elected delegates to the Inter State Literary association meeting here during the holidays. Rev J M Brown presented a paper on a Review of the 19th Century. Next Sunday promises one of the season’s best programs and a wall decor preview notes neutral stain effects metals and soft brown gray tones. L J Phillips Co showcases many top pieces.
D H McCreath brought fifty go pher scalps to the county clerk on Saturday and collected ten cents each. Frank P Shoeffer of Eutlers also delivered 18 scalps for bounty. A note warns turkeys may reach $8 this year amid the usual scare. Baby Bibbon Cigars ad copy and a shipment update from a packer appear in the fragment.
The clipped data shows multiple price ranges across various items with units and amounts transforming from higher to lower values. Notable entries include shifts from 1.35 to 1.10 and 2.50 to 1.25 with several other pairings such as 1.75 to 7.65 and 1.75 to 1.50.
Miss Mary Heck and many others were seen in Lawrence area as residents and guests traveled from Kansas City Wichita Topeka and Chicago. The report records numerous social visits, trips to nearby towns, and a death of William Whitney with funeral plans and interment set near Emfors.
Joe Walters, a man arrested for being drunk, appeared in police court this morning. He was found guilty and fined 8 shillings.
Community notices list cottage prayer meetings Tuesday at 9 30 in various homes including Mrs Oliver in Tennessee Street and Mrs Scott in the Third and Fourth Wards with leaders named Mrs Luellen Meserwell and Mrs Edwards Also mentioned are local banking and protection plans and a report on Kansas City clearing houses amid regional concerns
Real estate transfers show warranty deeds from EB Brown and others in Douglas and surrounding counties, including J PoGergen, A W Lamb, J P Gergen, and Thomas Welsh. Transactions cover multiple lots in Eudora and Lawrence, with prices ranging from 1 500 to 13 350 dollars. Also notes business openings and cigars made by Billie Williamson and Alex E Protschow opening 842 Fost street tailoring services.
Kure at Raymond's is mentioned along with Eriksen's big stores offering furnishings for one room or the whole house at low prices. It notes contact options with Chris Hunsinger and lists Mass street phone numbers. Also mentions Black Seal Cigars and various ads including Atlas and W. L. Douglas products.
Lawrence rises to prominence in the wallpaper assortment while Birga tine for 1908 remains offered by L L Phillips & Co. Beata them all. Black Seal Cigar and Mrs Prentiss invite a brief visit at the Home Store. a quick call is requested.
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