100 years ago: G.A.R. soldiers arrive in Lawrence for 3-day encampment

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 15, 1911:

  • “The members of the G.A.R. and the auxiliary orders are coming for a three day encampment. The advance guard is already here and many more will come in this evening. It is a great pleasure on the part of our people to have these honored guests. To them this city owes much. To their courage, their thoughtfulness and their lives we of Lawrence have a special debt.”
  • “Washington Bulletin. — The government today won its suit to declare the Standard Oil Company a trust. Prosecution will now be commenced at once under the Sherman anti-trust law to dissolve the Rockefeller company as a pernicious monopoly.”
  • “The last visit of Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous actress in all the world, comes to the Auditorium Theatre in Kansas City, for three performances, with her company and complete productions. The engagement is of such magnitude that all the railroads entering Kansas City will make a gala day of the event by placing on sale cheap round trip excursion tickets.”