Silks, Schemes, and City Councils in Early 1900s Notes
This cryptic clipping mentions hats in fashion for a century and a city commission in Ft. Smith donating cash to aid local work. It discusses California versus Japan law parity, Philadelphia’s one-house council push, and forecasts about state legislative houses. A Lawrence artist studies futurism and cubism, painting Walking along on the top rail of a slake and rider Leave. Public utilities bill is reported killed amid progressive efforts.
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Ft. Smith
Arkansas
Wats
Lawrence
Marion Record Denies Standpat Label Amid Claims
The Marion Record rejects the claim it is a standpat newspaper, asserting it is among the most pronounced in the state. It says the Indepmacienes Tribune and its editor have declared it new and feisty in its stance.
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Indepmacienes Tribune
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New Fe Bis Fiehd
Journal World Publishes Daily Notice on Water Plant Ownership
The Journal-World announces daily publication and urges Lawrence residents to support ownership of their water system and join the drive to ensure reliable service and civic control. The message calls for public attention to the necessity of owning the water plant and can be read as a call to action for the community.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Campaigning for Tatt Sparks Colorful Orator's Parade
A garbled, fragmented report recalls an imported orator from Kansas City speaking at a late night event about Tatt Jost and a supposed joke. The text is muddled with illegible phrases and misread names, but hints at political oratorial campaigning and public reaction.
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Kansas City
Jost
Unclear fragment hints at labor strife and government response
Fragmentary text references strikers in Denver and government actions. Mentions hunger, resistance, and potential harm if demands halt. Source readability is low and many words are garbled.
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Denver
Nelson’s Kansas City Star editor faces jeers and legal threats
An editor from the Kansas City Star endures hostile foes and a fierce fight over press freedom. Protests target his editor, while critics push to jail the paper’s leader, highlighting tensions between press and authorities in a heated public clash.
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Col W.orl Nelson
The
Kansas City Star
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Nelson Las
Natsas City
Atte Live
Return to Old Convention System Debated in City
Residents in Liwrente discuss restoring the prior convention system, arguing for a return to traditional methods while opponents warn against reactive changes and favor current procedures. The exchange highlights local tensions over governance and electoral practices.
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Liwrente
Journal-World backs Billy Sunday in editorial stance
The Journal-World defends Billy Sunday saying he is doing great evangelical work and should not be criticised by a newspaper in Lawrence. The piece likens criticism to extortion and notes tariff battles and political patronage shaping legislation and schedules.
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The
Journal-World
Billy Sunday
Sunday
Journal- World
Shadows and Serpents in a Fractured Tale of Love and Loss
A fragmented narrative follows a wife misled by a serpent figure. She pursues a barber romance across a city, seeking validation and wealth but faces tragedy when the first barber dies, leaving a vacancy and a bleak twist in the tale.
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Hove
Thacair
Frey
Handel
von Maher
Barber
North Side prejudices probed in commission question
An effort is underway to address local prejudices on the North Side regarding the commission issue. The move aims to understand voters and encourage informed opinions amid political tensions.
Uncle Walt the Post Philosopher Weary year of doom and hoodoo gloom
The verse voice laments a year of misfortune and superstition. It recalls historical woes from Britain and Europe, notes suffragette pressures, royal sickness, Balkan turmoil, and a grim procession of death. The speaker longs for a year with no hoodoo and better fame, hoping for relief from calamity.
Local Commission Dynamics Stir Lawrence Politics
The piece discusses commission representation in Dringles County, noting the north side's influence through long-serving members like J. C. Walton and Ike Hughes, and the at large school board. It argues living on a side is not decisive, yet political power often follows social standing and locality.
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Dringles County
Lawrence
J. C. Walton
Ike Hughes
North Side
South Side
Board of Education
Enriffits
I. Ig
Nevuli
Govurn
Commission City
Wonder Cure Claims Kidney and Bladder Relief
An advertisement promotes Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles and related ailments in men and women, with claims of dissolving gravel and curing diabetes. It offers mail order for 2.00 and notes a two month supply per bottle, plus testimonials from Kansas and Dr. E. W. Hall of St. Louis. It also references druggist availability.
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Texas
Kansas
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
The Best Gough Medicine Promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
L. C. Lames of Marbury Alabama praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as one of the best. He has used it while keeping house and says it works like a charm for coughs and whooping cough. His children have all taken it, and he considers it excellent. Sold by all dealers.
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L.¢. Lames
Marbury
Ala
Scotland the Land of Song and Scenery feature
A fragmentary article discusses Robert Burns, his origins near a Scottish farm, early education, and rise as a poet. It notes his life’s struggles, excise officer job, dissipations, and death in 1796, with Burns Cottage preserved as a memorial in Scotland and a weekly illustrated feature promoting related literary content.
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Scotland
Robert
Burns Cottage
Siefin
Feinborgit
Dia i
Tutt
Wilder
Frei
Burns
Nieutenitia
Jones-Ward
Monte
Rovers Theo
Rile Tolay
Associated
SchoolRourth
Sind
Sinelwenth St
New York
Woman loses fortune in Belgravia gaming house raid
An appeal from a reader who lost 700 during one-night gambling ends with a Westminster police court conviction for keeping a gaming house at Wilton Crescent Belgravia described as one of the metropolis’s largest. Roy Mackay and William Bow fined 42,500 and months imprisonment. three others bound over. Premises let for about 375 a month.
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London
Belgravia
Westminster
Wilton Crescent
Belt
Roy Mackay
William Bo
Fis
Lansdon Announces Senate Candidacy in Fort Scott
Former Fort Scott editor and Republican figure W C Lansdon of Salina announces plans to seek the Democratic nomination for United States Senate next year. He disclosed his bid during a visit to Fort Scott, noting a shift from his earlier Republican alignment and previous Second District nomination bid decades ago.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Anwither Ranson
United States
W.C. Lansdon
Jima
Lansdon
Mort Scott
Port Scott
Old
Ralph Barton
Beggs Mfg Wall Papers Sale Offer in Chicago
Fragmented ad copy promotes Be ggs Mfg on Orden Ave Chicago selling wall papers postpaid on receipt of price. Includes garbled text about unrivaled tor meat shoulders and chapping and urging a sad look at their products.
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Ean Orden Ave
Chicago
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Lane Syne
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