28 Sep 1906
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1906
Page
1
An old advertorial notes a trip to Western Kane and Eastern Colorado with low rates and good accommodations. It touts sugar beet and fruit farming, promising easy payments and high yields, with local attorneys and abstract offices listed for title work and real estate services.
Kansas City trades show cattle steady with feeders and stockers active and calves firmer. Wheat and corn futures move with September and December quotes while oats and hay values noted. Chicago markets list similar grain and livestock activity with standard rolling quotes.
Children draw on week off to gather wa nuts and highory cuts. Demand grows as public misreads shell bark and bull nose varieties. Prices rise with forecasted harvest yield, buyers eye fifty bushels, noting shell bark’s heavy shucks and market confusion.
A Mr Harper in Mt Sterling Illinois bought 18 gallons for a house based on a painter's claim. Edward Carper from Lawrence Kansas sought color advice and purchased 12 gallons for body and 6 for trim. Devoe lead and zinc paint endorsed by Devoe & Co is cited as a model of paint economy.
Yesterday the town added two new cases bringing total quarantines to forty one. One case occurred at New Hampshire Street and the other at Lee Street with no new cages reported today.
The last band concert will take place this evening at South Park. A large crowd is expected as it will be the final chance to hear the program until next summer.
New Orleans remains cut off from Gulf coast cities east of the city as a tropical storm disrupts communications. Reports indicate extensive damage in Vicksburg Brookhaven and McComb City with pine forests wrecked near Monticello Mississippi. One death is reported and railroad service east of Monticello is largely suspended.
Mrs Mary Wade Mitchell of Rockford Illinois attends Queensland Home Week festivities as the oldest child of Mrs Nancy Wade. Lawrence is her beat as she plans a celebration next week amid a Frat party visit from Mia Mitchell.
Alayana September 28 The leading moderates and liberals held an all night conference and decided to yield to all demands to stave off intervention. Fred Feio provides gas and electric light supplies and wiring for electric guts and repair. Bell phone 483 Jackson Brook Howe 143. High school youths plan Old Home Week to benefit the high school library.
The Grand Army of the Republic held an open meeting at the hall near the courthouse in Lawrence to observe a birthday. C W Smith acted as chairman, with speeches by Paul R. Brooks and the commander, followed by memoirs and refreshments served by the WRC.
Native born men and women are invited to meet next Friday at 11 o clock to form an organization. Col RB Blue will speak. At 1 o clock the old settlers will gather and Col Blue will address them.
Quartermaster Captain Roosevelt says orders to stand by for landing from 2 PM onward with no movement yet. The text also notes local ads about skin cures and nut gathering by farmers wives, reflecting wartime home front economy and community routines.
The second game at Merchants Athletic association between Brown and Kuhna ended with Brown winning 2 cup to 2,744. Courtney and Roberson led the winning side with 523. Hlatt top scored for Kuhna with 0.
Reports from Sept 28 detail Taft aides conferring with Hlavans and Montalvo as Senor Sanguilty appears as a potential liberal successor. Moderates refuse commitment while factions push for independent or dependent liberal candidates amid ongoing negotiations and political maneuvering.
Havana reports a marine detachment prepared to distribute tents ammunition and supplies among three battalions with orders to debark around two o'clock if landing occurs. Two battalions would occupy villa Nueva and the otbary at Pants Park while readiness is maintained.
Gen Funston boarded the U S flagship Louisiana at Havana and conferred with Captain Couen and naval officers. He said he was ready for any order and awaiting instructions as Cuban tensions rise toward possible peaceful intervention. Washington officials believe intervention is almost inevitable amid Cuban troubles. Separately a gulf storm hampers seeding marines and raises fears for gulf government property. Middleport Bank fails to open and deposits of 115000 are missing. Robert M Snyder and Frederick K Uthell indicted for bribery and perjury in connection with the central traction franchise bill. Uthell arrested and released on bond.
Havana dispatches report efforts to rally the government, urging resignation withdrawal and urging patriotism. A quoted reply suggests personal wounds and a resolve to endure. Rebels are active near Toledo plantation south of Marianao and near Mariana slave plant attacked.
Social and personal items describe visits and travel among residents and guests, with many heads of families James Marks and Lucile Leonard hosting and attending gatherings in Kansas City, Leavenworth, Ottawa, and nearby towns. Other items note invitations, lessons, church events, and a thimble party, plus reentries from trips and local entertainment.
In Wichita Kansas on September 28 2 shooting left Jesse Lesser 27 dead. Suspect Lewis Bloomfield allegedly acted over jealously toward Mrs Bloomfield and fired multiple rounds. A posse with bloodhounds pursues Bloomfield as the case unfolds.
Dispatches report Mobile Stilt off Map in Mobile Alabama cutoff from the outside with no word for forty hours making damage estimates unavailable. Havana notes public sentiment favoring intervention at resorts and local advertising shifts announce inside page changes.
The senior class completed officer elections with seven straight votes for each ticket and many scratched ballots. Elected were Roy Douglas president Ray Tripp vice president Roby Jackson secretary Roy Martin treasurer Chester Ramsey editors of the Annual Ivy Brock chairman senior play committee and Harry Gowan manager of the September play.
Mr and Mrs F M Ingrame express gratitude to friends and neighbors for support after the death of their daughter Stella Inez Ingrame. The note mentions appreciation for sympathy and help from the community. A separate line references a loan on farm and property with interest rates as low as 6 am in May.
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