From the Lawrence Daily World for March 12, 1906: “The Republicans of Lawrence will nominate a city ticket tomorrow. The mayor holds over until next year, so the only candidates are in the council and for members of the board of education. : Charles Curtis was renominated without opposition in the First Congressional District primaries. Two years ago he had a terrible fight for renomination but he defeated his enemies so badly they dared not oppose him this year. : The recent French mine disaster near Paris may claim more than 1,200 lives and it could become the worse such disaster in French history. “