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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
3
Strawberries arrive daily at 20 to 25 cents per quart from the south. A few onions radishes and lettuce are carried by local dealers but most trucked produce still comes from the southern counties. Radishes five cents per bunch or three for fifteen. other prices vary. Candy peaches are twenty to twenty five cents per pound with rain and warm weather expected to boost local fruit soon.
In a humorous tale from Eagle, Silas recounts a church event where hats drive attention during Easter preparations. Women parade elaborate headwear while men dodge service drama, culminating in a surprised reaction from the pastor and Deacon Williams as hats become the sermon’s centerpiece.
Cures stomach and liver trouble and indigestion with mild laxative action. Stimulates liver and bowels without irritation. wards off nausea and griping. Refuse substitutes. Barber & Son. Public notice record notes a 1908 district court filing in Douglas County with multiple defendants and heirs.
Lecompton reports suggest a hard freeze hurt the potato and fruit sectors with many growers optimistic about recovery. Local politics see J Bruce and J Burnette seeks offices while Prof J B Wilson enters county superintendent race. A Friday Lecompton High game beat them 10 to 6. Community notes cover weddings births illnesses and local humor.
Readable fragments show a heated city election with Fifth Ward clashes and ward by ward contests. Republican and Democratic candidates including Dr Lindley J Woods and J Woods face off while education bonds and manual training bonds stir voter interest.
Advertises Dr King's New Life Pills at Barber and Son's drug store. Claims the pills regulate stomach liver and bowels so the user feels good. Includes promotional tone typical of older health ads.
Town residents react to a dramatic fire scare sparked by Dr Stross buy as students rush to the hill to aid. They later learn the truth behind the alarm and feel deceived while anxious for a planned holiday.
A. M. Ake of Wood Indiana details years of severe lung problems with multiple doctors yielding no relief until Foley's Honey and Tar was taken. He reports the lungs are now sound and urges use in advanced lung trouble.
More than 400 people protest parole of Will Herbert at the penitentiary hearing. A remonstrance signers can contact the Journal office to add their name. Organizers condemn release of Herbert as an outrage and call for continued confinement.
An unusually timely rain fell Saturday afternoon and evening, starting around 4 PM and continuing into the night. It was described as one of the greatest rains the city has seen, improving crops and benefiting the community.
Two men entered Dick Brothers drug store on Saturday where a group talked briefly. As the talk ended the men left and were thought to have fled. Harry Dick explained the disturbance as a protest against Will Herbert's role. W. S. Pitts was the only one not able to be summoned back.
Notice to Our Customers states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affecting purity and contains no opiates. Barber & Son notes it is a safe remedy for children and adults. Also reports McCookfield baseball opener against Ottawa University ended 5 to 1 for the State University before rain halted the second game.
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered phrases about Republicans, Agent Bapuert, conventions, seating, and rates. The readable parts suggest a convention event with references to seating and leadership but lack full context or clear outcomes.
A YMCA student meeting describes a future national style gathering at Cascade Cob near Chicago, with volunteers from across the county participating. The aim is to study association means and methods, modeled after the Geneva sessions, and to prepare for a large western gathering at a secluded country site.
Mrs. W. O. Mackey and Mr. Mackey depart for Northwest to establish the Mackey Wall Plaster company in Towa. Mr. Mackey becomes secretary and manager, with a 300 ton mill planned to open by September 1. A. D. Mackey of Lawrence Kansas will be company president.
Now is the time to build, say contractors who claim housing costs are ten to twenty percent lower than a year ago due to price reductions in building materials since the last financial downturn. Yet the latest activity remains about normal with residences and other new structures underway.
Congratulations pour in as E F Ware becomes grandfather to a son named Eugene Spencer Ware. The boy studies voice culture with plans to practice law in Seattle. Mrs Ware, a Spencer girl, has spent her unmarried life in Lawrence.
Stubbs defends his political stance and accuses Mulvane and his machine of corruption and hidden influence. He claims Mulvane denies leading the railroad lobby and accuses party bosses of steering the Kansas Republican ticket to protect corporate interests. The letter denounces machine politics and calls Mulvane a divisive figure in state politics.
Reports from Grantville and surrounding Kaw Valley describe a wave of mad dog threats. Two dogs were killed last week amid fears of hydrophobia, with residents Kesginger and Stegall noting possible poison. A second dog was shot near Grantville on Monday, with farmhand Andy Urble nearby observing events on the Shirley farm northeast of Grantville.
While riding his bicycle in the 600 block on Mississippi Street Shore collided with a culvert and was thrown from his bike. His jaw was broken and one wrist injured. He was taken to Simmons Hospital and was listed as doing as well as could be expected. Shore is an agent for the Tekla Capital.
University student Lawrence Pierson who was rushed to Simmons hospital Saturday with blood poisoning in his foot is improving rapidly. Doctors now say amputation will not be necessary.
Special services will be held at the Lutheran church every night until Easter starting at 8 o clock. The public is invited to attend. Tonight we focus on the topic "4 New Commandment."
An inquiry asks what the term Clever Widow means. It designates a traveling man's wife in local usage.
The Ladies Aid of First Methodist church will gather at the church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, changing the time from Thursday as noted in yesterday's church bulletin.
The article describes a large migratory wave of mostly American born people moving from the Mississippi and Eastern states toward the South and Oklahoma. It highlights land value shifts, farming modernization, and the rise of towns as the Panhandle and Texas Gulf coast transform into a winter garden for the North and East, with cattlemen turned land agents profiting from sales.
Local item notes Jake Hill’s stance on road work and willingness to drag his route with an army-like effort. The fragment references dragging an axle and Lecompton as a place, indicating a rural or municipal project. Further details remain unclear due to damaged text.
The Relief Corps held a meeting with initiation of new members and a social tea for attendees. Visitors included Mrs. Muephey of Kansas City and other members planning to attend the Heperiment convention in Kansas City in May. The group discussed local church matters and urged members to focus on practical business.
KE Lopez of Manilla New York, a carpenter, testifies Arnica Salve healed severe cuts and saved him pain and money. The product claims to heal burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles priced at 25 cents from Barber Son Druggists.
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