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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
9
Directory-like listing shows Joseph Eriggs attorney at law, G W Jones general practitioner, J Blair physician surgeon, and Rudolph specialist services with multiple names and addresses on Massachusetts Street. The fragment implies a neighborhood professional directory page with contact details and office locations.
The Fairfax offers meals and rooms at prices four fifty to five dollars per day as patronage rises. Advertisements list the New Santa Fe Hotel Opera House Livery Stable and Donnelly Shoes with contact details and local services.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a potent restorative for women, claiming it strengthens weakened parts, eases headaches and backache, manages menstrual issues, and supports overall female health. It emphasizes a glyceric extract with no alcohol, lists ingredients, and invites readers to request a free booklet for details and endorsements.
A factory announces new equipment and a boost to production with a three car-band of machinery installed at the Lacepene Tay Mill. Officials say output increases will be felt as workers prepare for faster assembly and shipment.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Lawrence, Walter, Jonas, Taip, Gawain, The Vaffodil, gasoline, and rivers. Content is largely garbled with missing or misordered words, hindering a clear event or identity. No coherent date, place, or outcome can be established from the readable portions.
Fragmented OCR text describes a quirky scene of selling maple seeds and education on propagation. It mentions a street, a school, and a homely setting with references to seeds, kernels, and planting methods. The passage blends dialogue and scattered actions without a clear single event.
Trustees present the city with a valuation of a painting gifted by Mrs Marvin wife of the Chancellor at the Methodist church. The library will receive a Lincoln oil painting from Mrs J T Shanklin family since 1864. An order for five hundred dollars worth of new books and McCarty's Irish literature has just arrived for two volumes.
Two hundred high school athletes compete in the annual interschool meet at the University May 1 and 2. Managers anticipate teams from four schools and prize cups for top finishers. Events include track field basketball and softball with medals awarded to winners.
The article lists Haskell's ten game schedule with opponents such as Washburn, Nebraska, Baylor, Texas, Louisiana State, and Crichton University. It notes returning players and new talent from the seconds team ready to fill gaps, with Barrell leading the squad.
A humorous piece notes students fixated on the Merry Widow hat while a lazy student dodges lessons by attending shows. Arthur J. Boynton aids preachers in millinery patent work. Gen. A. Selig heads a painting firm in Wielita. C. Adams returns from St. Francis to partner with Rep. Finley in law. legal career may follow after the June state bar.
An advertisement lists men’s summer undershirts and porous knit balding caps from Cogan and others, priced up to 60 and 75 cents respectively, offering budget knitwear options for warm weather shoppers.
The notice lists names seeking Republican nominations for County offices including Register of Deeds D W Littell J J Bunce Floyd L Lawrence and Clerk of District Court J J Eddy Frank D Brooks Henry H Asher for County Clerk A C Roller W R Green for County Superintendent J B Wilson C D Bowman Hugh Means and Commissioner 2nd Dist Gus H Brune Also reports Kansas City visitor Swope interests Lawrence residents and social visits note Spangler brother of late W C Spangler and travels of L C McIntire to Kansas City and Topeka plus Vera Wolf and Carrie Levy as locales visited.
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