18 Apr 1894
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1894
Page
1
General information on all transit fare rates to any point on the railroad and the Massachusetts office details. Sleeper cars on express trains are discussed, with cautions about ticket purchases at the City Ticket Office before travel. Includes agent contact and telegraphic accessibility notes.
Petition filed with the Downtown Division seeking a permit to sell liquor at a Lawrence address. The application lists 48 Merery as the site with DridgeDirect as applicant. Hearing set for Wednesday in county offices with notice to adjacent residents and Ward 9.
Odd historical note on an Egyptian cat cemetery cited as sacred. The piece then touts multiple patent medicines by Barber Bros and Begge, claiming cures for rheumatism, neuralgia, piles, and eye diseases with sales pitches and guarantees.
An article describes Hindoo cremation practices as ancient and sanitary, detailing a cremation at a Calcutta ghat. It recounts a rich and a poor funeral, the use of oil and wood, the gathering of human ashes, and the cultural belief that cremation cleanses and preserves purity. It contrasts vivid night scenes at the ghats with earlier visits to Maharajah piles and notes attitudes toward death and ritual.
A collection notes how historic figures from Feuerbach to Napoleon and Goethe linked diet to character and temperament, citing diverse favorites from honey and bread to wine and champagne. The piece touches on Goethe, Kant, Byron, Bismarck and Wilhelm II with quarried quotes and a Baltimore Sun brain surgery blurb on skull-splitting procedures.
Rome inns numbered over 700 with unique registered signs no other innkeeper could copy. The Canchu hotel at San Angelo, Texas, burned on the 14th with two guests killed and others escaping by window jumps. Barber Bros. promotes various remedies and wares with brief testimonials and ads throughout.
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