30 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1907
Page
1
Joseph E. Riggs, attorney at law and examiner of titles, publishes notices on fire insurance and claims in Massachusetts. The brief item lists his office at 704 Massachusetts Avenue.
Crowds gather in Canton as President Roosevelt attends dedication ceremonies in McKinley’s home town. Judge W A Day delivers the first address followed by the president. Weather turns mild and crowds fill hotels and public spaces for the day’s events.
Severe crash report from Dixon Hill area describes a freight or passenger train derailment on a steep grade. Engineer Chambers and mail clerk Frank J. Crissy are killed. Injured include Pivotinu Stiekstil. Firefighters and medics battled the blaze as trains derailed and carriages overturned along the line near St. Lends.
A混ragged fragment discusses a merciful man and a committee led by Attorney General, with Missouri figures and a storm day scene. It mentions farmers, horses left in barns or the sun, shade versus heat, and concerns about abuses of team owners, ending with a Swedish yacht club sending a challenge to New York for a foot race.
Sept 30 Berlin reports a fatal bicycle accident with one man dead and three injured, including American rider Bobby Walthour, in a track incident yesterday. A separate note mentions Geo H Smith moving his harness shop to 916 Mass St between Thad Stevens and Bell Metcalf Implement Co. and calls for honest dealers amid market claims.
A cautious praise of political machinery as essential as education and commerce, noting the Roosevelt machine as currently serving the welfare of all. It argues that any party with higher ideals would become the people’s machine, comparing political power to Lincoln’s guiding influence that defeated the rebellion.
The University gymnasium was finished this morning and ready to be turned over. The building is very handy and complete in every respect. Contractor Wm Nadelhoffer says material costs rose, preventing any profit. FE N Kulm, who held the contract for mining, had to add another coat after regents rejected the first. Net result is a worthwhile building.
John W Helmick died at his son's home in Chanute at 10 30 Tuesday morning after a decline in health. Funeral was at 10 o'clock Thursday at the residence led by Dr B S Murphy and Rev I B Pulliam. A veteran circuit rider of the Illinois conference, he was born in 1831 in Ohio and spent years in Illinois and Kansas. He moved to Chanute in July to live with his son Representative Parks Helmick and was known for his devotion to duty and aid to students. He rode in severe cold to fulfill duties and remained a prominent Methodist preacher.
Social notes report the camera club postponement. Mr and Mrs John Lewis of Oak Park visit their daughter Mrs Frank Banks in the city. Delegates travel to Richmond Virginia for Episcopal convention. Clergy and families visit local residents and attend Christian church events. Mrs R A Adamu returns to Kansas City from a visit while Mrs William McClelland and Mrs Henry Darland visit Mrs J P Cone from Toronto.
The University athletic board met this morning and formally decided not to stage the Thanksgiving game at Joplin. Kansas will not go to Joplin, and without a venue both sides risk abandoning the game which is a strong money maker. The board declined Mr. Tebean's proposal but said to pursue a contract with the Kansas City Athletic Club if grounds can be ready in time, though they doubt this is feasible.
The Methodist Sunday School held a three day rally described as marvelous with high enthusiasm. A large crowd gathered Sunday and the rally ended with a resolve to surpass past efforts, urging Post Cards and local shop notices from Boughton’s and Clifton J. Haat.
A student housing column argues that rooms heated by natural gas attract tenants faster than coal stoves. It notes gas eliminates coal soot, stove maintenance, and nightly fire chores, making gas heated rooms more comfortable and quicker to rent for nine months of study.
Cash price $350 buys a house and lot. Balance $6.00 per month. Contact D. L. Eddy at 1228 Rhode Island Street. Bell phone 1630.
Two mail clerks from St Louis were injured as a southbound passenger train collided with a freight near Anaconda Missouri. Two locomotives were demolished and cattle killed in the wreck. No passengers were seriously hurt. The freight tried to take a siding on short time. the passenger was speeding around a curve.
Havana dispatches report small bands of rebels roaming northern Santiago Province again exchanging shots with pursuing rurales. The pursuit continues, with signs unrest may spread. the situation follows months of regional instability.
W S Everett struck a boy named Haney on a bicycle at noon on Warren Vermont. The ambulance carried him to Dr Gifford's where no bones were broken though the wheel was demolished. Everett, a careful driver, said the boy swerved the wheel and the crash caused distress but the injury is not dangerous.
Judge in criminal court threatens indictments against theater operators who stay open Sundays. Police commissioners pledge arrests if forced to close venues on the Sabbath. Also mentions Eaton’s Highland Linen stationery offered by Houghton's in Lawrence and Warren St. Meat Market Reopening by Simmons & Son at 10 West Warren St. plus a note about returning a wagon burr at The Bell Metcalf Implement Co. and Black Sea Cigar sales.
Kansas City September 30 markets report Wheat receipts 298 cars. Prices: Dec 92 3/4 cents, May 97 3/4 to 104 1/4 cents. Cash No 2 hard 93 03 40, No 3 hard 90 94e, No 2 red 95 95 44e, No 3 red 91 44 94e. Corn Dec 50 5/6 to 65 cents, May 53 4/4, No 2 mixed 56 1/2c, No 3 mixed 56 4/4c, No 2 white 58e, No 3 white 57 1/2e. Date No 2 white 48 4/4e, No 2 fixed 47 1/4e. Rye 72 1/2e. Hay Choice Timothy 13.50 to 13.90, Choice Prairie 11 to 11.50. Butter Creamery 28 1/4, packing 20 0.
A jumble of short items including thanks for kindness after a death, a social dance ad at Everett's Hall with 50 cent admission, livestock price listings, theater job move, Chicago market quotes for wheat and pork, and osteopathy graduate Dr. Sarah E. Carrothers practice details plus various ads for goods at Boyles and farm novelties.
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