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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1913
Page
8
A collage of quotable witticisms and brief asides from a 1920s style column includes remarks on fashion and restraint, humor, medicine, sin, and social mores. Snippets reference Galveston News, Sam Flash on a drug store, and a joke about a rejected proposal.
English actors trained in Dickens scenes travel to Merrie England to film Pickwick Papers in motion picture form. The Bunny party led by J Bunny and Lawrence Trimble plans two distinct episodes from the first part of the tale with Alfred Jingle and Pickwick preparing audiences for more installments if successful. Screens at The Aurora theater today and tomorrow with 7:15 and 8:30 showings and a 2:30 matinee tomorrow.
A jumble of classified notices lists eggs and poultry stock, horses and mules for sale, a room house for rent, cheap vehicles, farm animals, a Jersey cow, hens and an incubator, plus furniture and appliances. Also notes a local representative wanted and stray items including a dentist/veterinarian and a mystery bag found in a waiting room.
In Convention Hall Frank Goteh, hailed as the world champion trappler, won in straight falls over George Larich. The first fall lasted 18:10 with a toe and arm hold. the second 7:00 with a Nelson crotch hold. Larich pressed hard but could not apply decisive holds. Goteh outweighed Larich by four pounds and controlled both sessions. Associated Press Market Report notes Kansas City receipts and market moves alongside the bout coverage.
Real estate transfers list unruly property descriptions between Clara M Manter and Irving Hill and others, with multiple begin points, directions, and bounds. The fragmentary text also mentions Anna Edmon Douglas Co and a brief aside about cheese digestion, noting a quirky non-sequitur in the supply.
A brief Life magazine caption describes a con scene where a gunman pretends a loaded weapon while a companion exposes the trick, calling the exchanged cash stage money and the exchange a staged performance. The remark underscores deception during a staged crime act.
In the Loulaville Courier Journal readers hear snippets of gossip and remarks about a “dumb” waiter and a star with temperament. The column captures witty exchanges about secrets in the house and a thermometer dancing between extremes.
Britain covers 56,799,994 acres with only about 9,000,000 acres unused for farming. The figure highlights extensive agricultural utilization across the realm, underscoring the dominance of farming in the national land use profile.
A fragmented advertisement mentions luck and preference for luck over work, urging readers to try Ambrosia Tea at Wiedemann’s and to buy a new camera from Squires Studio. The text reads like a chaotic, period-style classified ad with lingering brands and phrases.
Miss Hat Swart spent the day in Kansas City. Edith Harvey plans Edinburgh home. Brook Godding funeral attended in Leavenworth with Henry Champion and Brace Hardy. Jionald McKay from Oklahoma City at the Beta house in Rover. C E Dever and L Garnett traveled to Kansas City. G Gravenor able to be out after illness. Joly Winey and father to Paola for a few days.
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