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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1905
Page
4
An oil-starved automobile stalled on a bridge this morning. While waiting for power, Chris Hunninger’s horse became frightened and leaped from the harness, plunging into the water but swimming ashore. The rig and harness were damaged, and the driver was not at fault.
Members of K and L of SA I are urged to attend the regular meeting Sunday evening September 4. Important matters will be discussed including the election of officers. A Y Guilio president. Eric Owes cor secretary.
The Wilder homestead offers a brick house with a large stable and outbuildings on twenty acres, half in fruit varieties. Despite two years of neglect a bit of cleaning up could restore it as a desirable Lawrence area home. For details inquire of Q. E. Learnard.
Notice asks parties knowing themselves to be indebted to settle accounts at once after disposing of a lumber business. Also mentions the burial arrangements for Alice Fillpill, aged 70, to be brought to Lawrence from Wheeling, burial at Fairview. Includes laundry service ad and thanks for support after a death, plus a birth announcement and a remark about using electric light to cool homes.
The fundraisers for Old Home Week report solid progress and ask for help to complete the solicitation swiftly, noting they have business duties but urge supporters to accelerate work and wrap up within the next day or 80.
Brick house with eight rooms and large halls. Ample store and closet space, cellar under entire building, first class furnace and porcelain bath, two wells and large cistern. Small outbuildings and a detached building for helpers. Nearly six acres of improved land. Desirable location. Price 37,000 cash 92,500 balance. Inspection invited by buyer. Sam A. Riggs.
Bargains in stoves and ranges for next thirty days at F H Bennett & Co 1012 Massachusetts street. J N Schrelner successor to Adam Schirewan offers restaurant meals lodging cigars tobacco and confectionery at 9n Massachusetts street. L Edwards sells coal on West Warren street and offers tire and tornado insurance in beat companies at low rates. City council committees meet to discuss franchise ordinances. Miss Wiedemann begins at University studio Friday September 1. Fresh country butter and eggs at J F Strong 725 Massachusetts street. Household goods for sale at 729 New Hampshire street. B G Gustafson graduate optician offers free eye examinations.
Labor Day in Lawrence saw general suspension for day laborers but most stores offices and banks remained open or took holidays. Two excursions went to Leavenworth and Kansas City as railways handle Denver traffic. Local businesses move offices and services as residents prepare for the student return.
There was growling this morning as the Santa Fe could not furnish enough equipment to carry all who wished to go to Kansas City. Promoters warned no extra cars could be provided since rolling stock was in demand for Denver. The plug and a late through train carried all possible. 100 more tickets were refused.
Mrs J H Shearer sells Senderson corsets at 41 Massachusetts street with new fall styles and guarantees. Elllis and Letterberg advertise a gas tight Welr steel furnace at 810 Massachusetts street. Prof Hod sop fills a Kansas University vacancy and rents Miss Jules Righters Tenn essee street home. Fantas suits and pants advertised at 4125 and up. Billy Williamson promotes Baby Ribbon cigars and Little Duke. H W Henderson offers saddlery repairs at 635 Massachusetts. Morrison & Lemon offer farm and city loans at 5 percent. R S Boyd promotes horseshoeing and rubber tires at 705 Vermont street.
The University of Kansas opens registration for the fall term tomorrow morning at the registrar's office in the main building. Registrar Mr. Foster asks all arrived students to register early to lessen the usual rush at the start of term. Classes begin Wednesday morning.
Andrew Tweed aged eight died at the family home on 925 Connectcut street Saturday night at 11 oclock of old age and debility. Funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 oclock conducted by Rev Willis G Banker. Survived by son Archie Tweed sexton at Oak Hill cemetery and Miss Ilda Tweed who lived with her father, plus Mrs Lawson Carter of Kansas City. Oldest resident of the community after a long illness.
A Lawrence Saturday night showed no electric arc lights in the business district, only gas and Salvation Army lamps. The town buzzed with shoppers while merchants faced dim storefronts, lamenting recent lighting failures and poor gas pressure. Various ads and notices run alongside city items, including calls for clothing, groceries, and local services.
The sale offers savings from two dollars fifty cents to five dollars on any Bug rug in stock. No delays on any work ordered from the Carpet room. Call 166 Red, the Carpet Room phone, for immediate attention.
Miss Mary Johnston hosted a pretty afternoon reception at a North Ohio Street home in honor of Miss Marie Sinclair who departs tomorrow for Finbugie Ta to study music at Mount St. Joseph college. Guests included Miss Elizabeth Stephens and many local residents.
An analysis notes Germany and France have large deposit totals with France averaging $75.11 per depositor, indicating savings banks are less used there. The UK and Denmark show differing deposit levels. The report adds local notices of residents traveling, visiting, and returning from trips across Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado, with many names and small community movements.
An aged London scene depicts a renowned swell mobsman among well dressed crowds as a detective and thief mingle. The pickpocket is challenged at the door and led into a room for ceremonial theatrics, where he is kept under watch until departure to avoid recognition by constables.
Technical writers point out wheels on road vehicles lag behind other carriage parts. Experiments with heavy vehicles show wheels should be higher and broader. In England a maximum axis load of eight tons suggests tires about ten and a half inches wide. Increasing wheel diameter may better protect roadbeds than widening tires.
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