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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
3
Salina forms a new auto rate trust described as a developing, active organization with tentacles across the market. It grew from fears that riders had faced high costs and the hope of regulating car travel through collective action. Local notes suggest future legislative action may follow to adjust passenger rates or curb competitive practices.
Real estate transfers and warranty deeds appear in the record. Mentions of individuals and property transfers indicate ownership changes and claims recorded by local offices.
In a promotional note Barber & Son's drug store advertises Dr Wing's New Life Pills claiming they aid digestion and liver function to help readers feel better. The item presents the product as a remedy and invites purchases.
The Journal offers official petition blanks required for all candidates to secure signatures for the primary ticket. Forms cover city and country positions from precinct committeemen upward. Blanks sell at 50 cents for 25 or two for five cents in smaller lots.
Public notice items from Douglas County Kansas court actions include petitions to quiet title on Lots 102 104 106 King Street Baldwin City and other real estate, with defendants urged to answer by May 6 1908 or face judgment. Plus notices naming heirs administrators and trustees in various estates and unsettled real property disputes.
Sunday lesson material from Ridgway Pa stresses Jesus as the Good Shepherd and the door to salvation. It questions worldly temptations, urges moral reflection, and notes Christ’s sacrifice as central to Christian duty.
In this lesson style note the text argues entry motives for ministers and teachers. It links true calling with humility, warns of selfish aims, and cites biblical references to urge self examination among leaders and lay teachers. The piece questions why people are drawn to sheep imagery and warns of moral risk.
Verse reflecting on Christ as knowing each believer by name and valuing them as individuals. Mentions Bonaparte knowing soldiers, and cites a Philadelphia manufacturer famed for knowing workers personally. Describes a daily walk where the owner inquires about workers and their families.
A sermon fragment argues all people share common human fate and equality before God. It rejects racial distinctions by citing Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, First John, Philippians and a Tennyson line about the world bound by divine order, urging unity in Christ’s flock.
An art lecturer argues beauty ideals urge grace while insulting fat women as hindrances to artistic uplift. A so called fat reducer recipe circulates, touting dangerous weight loss with Marmala, Cascara, and Syrup Simplex. The piece ends with sharp aphorisms and a curious medical claim about recovery from hemorrhages.
Florists, stationers, confectioners, and even hens prepare for Easter as lilies, hyacinths, and daffodils may flood stores. Postcards will be widely mailed, and candy nests charm children while adults seek flowers and potted plants. Lily shortages unlikely. lilies of the valley seen modest demand. University Meat Market advertises young beef and baby ribbon cigars.
Jaedicke B. Sarah B. Carrothers a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy under founder A T Still offers roller skates of all styles. Office 913 Mass St upstairs with hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 2.
E. 8. Lopez, a Manilla carpenter, reports many severe cuts healed by the TS Lae product. The record notes his testimonial about wound recovery and effectiveness.
An assortment of local advertisements and notices including a house mover R. F. Ingalls promoting machinery and services, Barber & Sun Druggists handling related work, and a call to view a pneumatic letter cutting plant for memorial granite at Douglas Co. Marble and Granite Wks. The University of Kansas gains a sub-station mail delivery improvement from Washington. Also brief mentions of Doan's Ointment for itching and a general sell-your-groceries pitch from Johns Bros.
The Lawrence Journal reports residents insisting the water company fix the supply within a week. Efforts focus on cleaning the large settling basin to restore normal, filtered water. Meanwhile iron contamination and unfiltered pumping provoke public concern as repairs proceed.
A doctor endorses a home treatment for rheumatism claiming it stems from kidney trouble and toxins in the blood. The regimen uses Fluid Extract Indelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrupaparilki mixed in a bottle and taken after meals to relieve joint pain and urinary troubles.
Miss Lena Miller travels to Kansas City while Dr. O W Murphy and family spend the day there. Dozens of locals visit relatives in Kansas City and nearby cities including Topeka Wichita St Joseph Ottawa Chicago and New York as engaged and visiting plans unfold.
Miss Thresa Seufert wed Praunk Innbbel with Rev Jacob Barker of Linwood officiating. Floyd Mills served as best man Amelia Seufert and evergreen decor filled the church. A wedding supper followed as guests celebrated in Neely neighborhood. Nearby, four school districts Eureka Eagle Stanwood Hazel Ridge consider consolidating and adding a high school with county funds. meeting set for April 1 at Eureka schoolhouse with Kelsey and Brockett attending.
The Kansas Natural Gas Company, serving the northern Kansas area, reported property valued at 1,846,866 to the state tax commission. The Kansas City Pipe Line Company, likely linked, listed 1,057,415 in property value and had been assessed at 355,000 in 1907. The Kaw Gas company, linked to Kansas Natural Gas, was assessed at 733,000 in 1907.
Forty names were drawn this morning to form a May term jury for the district court. The roster includes Walton, Haase, Henson, Boyles, Bell, Eastman, Davies, Hagenbauch, Deay, Busch, Hosford, Hitchcook, Perkins, Tobler, We Schell, Derby, Mayris, Mott, Sintr, Gray, Brown, Cree, Dunning, Selmidt, Andrews, Zellars, Gully, Metsker, Blein, Ewers, Bueheim, Holloway, Price, Dyer, Iams, Caldwell, Albright, Gowersock, Pippert, Stover.
An advertising claim touts Foley's Kidney Cure as essential for kidney health noting it strengthens kidneys and prevents disease. Oscar Bowman of Lebanon Kentucky says it cured his kidney disease permanently. Barber & Son. The aristocrat clings to his family tree, but the political orator takes the stump.
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