100 years ago: Longtime Lawrence business celebrates anniversary

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 15, 1915:

  • “On March 16, 1857, Lathrop Bullene started a dry goods store which is now known to everyone in the county as ‘Weavers.’ For 29 years he carried on the business, turning it over to Mr. A. D. Weaver on March 16, 1886. Since that time Mr. Weaver has conducted the business and he has conducted it along the lines and on the principles that are bound to make for success. This week the Weaver Store will celebrate its birthday with a big sale and the Journal-World takes this occasion to congratulate ‘Weaver’s’ on its past and to wish the store a like prosperity for the future.”
  • “Soft tracks are now causing the trains to run slightly slower than the schedule. The frost coming out of the ground and the recent heavy snows have made the tracks soft somewhat earlier in the year than this this condition is usually experienced. Orders along the Santa Fe are to the effect that no train shall run faster than thirty miles an hour. However there is no danger in traveling as the railroaders are exercising an unusual amount of care and precaution to prevent any accident.”
  • “Arrangements were completed in the conference Saturday between Mr. Heim of the Heim Interurban Company and the county commissioners for the Interurban line which is coming to Lawrence over the Kansas river bridge which is to be built at Lawrence in the near future. The interurban cars will run over the local car tracks when it reaches the city limits. They will come into Lawrence in Elm Street in North Lawrence unless there is some unforeseen difficulty. Mr. Heim was also in conference with the city commissioners on the right of way part of the way through town. All of the questions in the matter were settled in the conference.”
  • “A source of revenue which has hitherto brought a considerable sum to the county at this period of the year ha been cut off by the federal game law which prohibits the shooting of the ducks. Formerly a large number of licenses were issued this month of the year to the hunters of this game. This year scarcely a license has been issued since the first of the year.”
  • “County Attorney J. S. Amick has returned to his office after being out of the harness about ten days on account of severe case of grippe.”
  • “The spectacular career of Lincoln Beachey, one of the most daring of American aviators, was ended yesterday when he fell to his death at the Panama-Pacific exposition in sight of thousands of spectators. The fatal fall was attributed to the fact that Beachey attempted his ‘stunts’ in a monoplane…. Beachey was in Lawrence a few years ago to make a flight here and a large crowd gathered at Woodland Park to watch the flight.”