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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
3
An 19th century advertisement extols Dor Pierce's remedies for weak, overworked women and general debility. It claims transparency of ingredients, condemns patent medicines, and asserts endorsements by eminent medical writers. The text promotes digestive, liver, and blood-related cures with claimed universal reach across bodily systems.
In Prairie Farmer advice from a large family household outlines practical sewing tips to reduce loss and save time during washday. Strategies include pairing stockings by sewing hems, attaching cloth scraps to identify pairs, lightly stitching small textiles to keep items together, and using cords or wall space to organize items like bonnets, collars, and shoes for easy access and reduced misplacement. These “trifles that count” aim to streamline laundry, reduce rack space, and minimize lost or mixed items.
A recipe guide explains selecting firm fish with bright eyes and red gills, then boiling in salted water. It details timing for whole fish up to six pounds, lifting, draining, and serving with drawn butter sauce made from butter, flour, cold water, salt, and pepper.
A breakfast dish described as cup omelets made with bread crumbs and seasonings. Optional meat like brisket or ham is chopped and mixed with milk to fill custard cups, then baked in a water bath until firm. Served in cups or inverted onto a plate.
A dated instruction explains removing mildew by rubbing the woots with a laundry can, applying galt and Jemaw, then placing the goods in hot sunshine. The process may need repetition but is asserted to succeed in time.
Fragmented OCR text describes a health product claim by King’s New Life Pill as a daily remedy. It mentions germ removal, stomach relief, and claimed cures, with archaic endorsement language and garbled references to locations and dates, including a tepid warning about a march and a beating incident.
Fragmented ad text cites Foley’s Honey and Foley’s Kidney Cure with assertions of health benefits and refunds. Includes testimonials praising tonics for digestion, liver, and kidney issues, misc notices about real estate and services, and a quip on money buying speed versus reliability.
A sensational advertisement promotes Prof Palmer a renowned clairvoyant who claims to foretell lives from infancy to old age without questions. It touts abilities in clairvoyance hypnism and magnetism offering health, wealth, and love insights with testimonials from prominent people and a no money upfront policy until satisfaction is reached.
Public sale of lands in Douglas County Kansas ordered by the District Court. Jabo N Baker Tulford Clark Jasper Baker Bushe Vhomes Prather Keker and others are defendants. On May 1, 1896, at the west front door of the Lawrence court house, sale will offer the right title and interest of the defendants in several tracts: 64 acres northeast quarter section 41 township 14 range 18. 36 acres northeast quarter section 9 township 17 range 18. 37 acres west thirty seven of northwest quarter section 34 township 14 range 15. 80.04 acres southwest quarter northwest quarter section 13 township 15 range 1. Separate sales with minimum values set. Sheriff's Office Douglas County Kansas March 14, 1896. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Woodward Mitchellay Ghent.
A fragmentary bake and cook guide suggests affordable equipment for young girls including small pans a pastry board and a low shelf. It lists ingredients like fruit spices and basic pantry items and provides partial instruction for fruit cake and fruit cake variations copied from Orange Judd Farmer style. The text is garbled but centers on home baking lessons for children and simple recipes.
The Liliputian Bazaar notes the wide range between necessities and luxuries for a layette and lists essential garments such as bands, shirts, blankets, socks, napkins and bibs. It recommends ready made items to save time and effort, advises limiting quantities, and suggests adding pieces as the baby grows and needs change.
An OCR fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and Hall's Family Pills as best. It warns about mercury dangers and claims intranasal action. Also includes a sensational line about missionaries reaching cannibals through the stomach.
A garbled advert featuring Foley's Kidney Cure claims and other medicine notes, with broken quotations and stray phrases. Mentions Dr Wood's Pine Syrup, Bucklen's Arse Salve, and various personal anecdotes, alongside unrelated commentary on troublemakers and free speech.
A recipe for maple frosting uses maple sugar, maple syrup, water and egg whites, boiled to thread stage then beaten into a stiff froth and folded into layers. A chocolate frosting variant adds melted chocolate. The page also mentions a new lounging robe and decorative fashion ideas with lace medallions on a sundress.
Mrs George Walls of Forest City Maine reports King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as a godsend in climates with prevalent coughs and colds. It claims to quickly soothe la grippe and hay fever, strengthen weak lungs, prevent pneumonia, and is guaranteed by Barber & Son druggists with a free trial offer.
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