Journal of Lawrence Adopts Old Style Editorials and Ads
The Lawrence Journal recounts its history and reach, noting it absorbed the State Journal and Lawrence Tribune to become a dominant weekly and daily paper. It details subscription rates, distribution, and editorial stance on local politics, crime, and social reforms while mocking civic issues and commenting on notable Kansas figures.
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Political tensions over state rights and secession status
The passage argues a governor should stay in office to best serve his people and warns against using him as a political pawn. It claims corporations probe southern states due to perceived bias against states’ rights, calls such prejudice unfair, and notes North Carolina and Arkansas are historical secession states but should not be categorized so today.
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South
North Carolina
Arkansas
The Texas Wonder Kidney Cure Advertised in Missouri
A Missouri mail order advertisement promotes The Texas Wonder Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatic complaints. It claims a two month home treatment, requests testimonials, and lists Lt. E. W. Hall at 2926 Olive Street in St Louis as the contact.
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Texas Wonder
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
8. Louis
Bend
Grain Freight Rates Cut As Wheat Farmers Benefit
Topeka Ang. th-S .8 Albaugh former attorney for the board of Ss NOW HRN at was railroad comission terney for the board of etaiy in Topeka today. The interstate commerce commission reduced grain rates, with a 2 cent rise for every 50 miles to Wichita to help farmers in the wheat belt. The commission ruled wheat from Kansas points should be priced at twenty five cents per hundredweight higher than base, with adjustments for distance. Judge Ash states the ruling is crucial for the wheat growth region and could boost farmer’s returns by two cents per bushel in western Kansas. The freight rate change was the core effect.
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Board of
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Ins Rulinss
Galveston
Wichita
Dudge Ash
Labor Federation of Labor Meet Topeka Plans
State federation delegates from around 150 labor bodies will gather in Topeka for a four day convention at Liberty Hall starting March 12. Henry M. Walker of Wichita will steer the event with officers from each city, aiming to strengthen union organizing. Notables from United Mine Workers and district No. 14 miners may attend. arrangements are led by George M. Buchanan Frank Curry and W L A Johnson.
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Topeka
American Federation of Labor
Keights
Se‘emity Hall
Henry M. Walker
Wichita
James Colville
United Mine Workers of America
Moberly
Missouri State Federation
Alexander Howatt
Robert Gilmore
Industrial Council of
George M. Buchanan
Frank Curry
W. L. A. Johnson
Representa Bs
You Can't Judge a Man's Pay by the Work He Does
A proverb says wealth or wage may not reflect effort. The saying contrasts giving advice with receiving lectures, noting the irony in judgments over earnings and labor.
The Conscience Fund and Its Odd Contributions
The conscience fund in the treasury grows from donations where donors mask their identity, sometimes with foreign currency and unusual motives. Reports describe large and small gifts, some linked to confessions or mistaken returns, while others appear from religious or personal guilt. The text also notes advertisements for Birdeek Blood Bitters as a separate, unrelated claim.
Appendix Surgery Rumor Circles Pittsburg Society
A Pittsburg afternoon paper reports an alleged social pressure for women to have appendectomies to preserve prestige. The inquiry followed a letter from a woman claiming a prominent club member had the operation in October, raising questions about medical coercion and publicity.
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Ruth
Pittsbar
Sommea
Thania
Endorsed Remedy in Ostega County Advertised by Local Drug Store
The Ostega Journal editor promises Dr. King's New Discovery as the most popular cure for coughs and colds and throat diseases. The ad claims it is infallible, with a house full of stock and guarantees customer satisfaction. Price 50 cents and one dollar, trial bottle free through C. P. Barber & Son's drug store.
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Ostega County
Wm. M. Dietz
Ostega Journal
Gilbertsville
N. Y
Dr. King
C. P. Barber & Son
Rail board may study posting train arrivals delays
Topeka August 9 The state board of railroad commissioners may require posting the correct arrival times and delays of all passenger trains. A bill to cover this was defeated by railroads and a senate lobby last winter. Frank Ryan of the commission asked the board’s attorney what can be done. If members agree a ruling may be issued despite occasional differences. Ryan has endured late trains when depot agents refused to inform passengers. Traveling men complain but no board has acted.
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Railroad O. Bulletin
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Fragmented social notes from a Lawrence paper
Local items mention Miss Grace Ghrinnes and Mr Pad Huddiger visiting relatives in Salt Lake City and Denver. Several names appear with addresses and engagements, including Mrs Woodland, Mr and Mrs Dal Hiliger, Bertha Alice Terkine, and Juno B Shane. Community notices cover meetings, a fundraiser joke tea, and classifieds for moving and upholstery services.
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Grace Ghrinnes
Mornerite
Mex
Pipers
Aletiene Hudroot
Fis
Pad Huddiger
Sela Cress
Woodland
Dal Hiliger
Salt Lake City
Denver
Kei Atkinson
Aviat
pRindiger
Geounddauelier
Alice Terkine
Ma Panikifmntiser's
Firewai
Bewall’s Chemically Pure Paints and Supplies
Local ad note for BEWALL'S CHEMICALLY PURE paints oils varnishes brushes offered by KENNEDY & BENS&T at 826 Masa Bt. Strong entities include brand Bewall's and store Kennedy & Ben's at a street address.
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Kennedy & Bens&t
Masa, Bt
Resignation notes amid Lawrence county notices and ads
The snippet includes a sheriff resignation statement and surrounding Lawrence Kansas notices. It also carries a long list of classified wants from WANTED to buy bicycles to farm help and domestic labor, plus business and legal notices, a marriage of public affairs, and a U.P. timetable. Also present are livestock ads, property sales, and a notice of appointment for Daniel W. Shaw’s estate.
Sale of Douglass County estate listed in Kansas court order
Notice of sale under an order of the Fourth Judicial District Kansas in Douglas County. Several defendants tied to the Lena McWilliams estate to be foreclosed at the Douglas County Courthouse in Lawrence. Auction set for two o'clock with cash in hand. description of property includes real estate and personal effects. Court-appointed administrator W. B. Browne authorized to proceed.
Personal Property Tax Payers List for Houglas County Sale
The Jueimal publishes a neat list of personal property tax payers outside Lawrence, available at Morrison & Lem on 744 Mass. Street for 50 cents. Money to Joan on farm and city property. Interest as low as 5 percent with optional payments. The Journal offers special summer rate and free address changes to keep readers informed as they travel.
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Houglas County
Lawrence
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Morrison & Lemon
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Sheriff’s Sale of Douglas County Real Estate in 1907
Lawful order of sale in the district court of the fourth judicial district allows John Sutters and Martha Wilson to auction per partition judgment. On August 13, 1907 at 2 pm the front door of the Lawrence courthouse, Douglas County, Kansas, the south half of the NE quarter of Section 33 and the south half of the NE quarter of the NW quarter of Section 10 in Town 13-14, Range 19, totaling 85 acres, will be sold to the highest cash bidder.
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Martha Wilson
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Maggie Goldetrap
Myra Boyd
Joseph Neely
Thomas Miller
Joseph Miller
Lizzie Miller
William Henry Gailey
Annie May Gaily
James Elmer Gaily
Lillian Gaily
Edith Gaily
William H. Neely
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas
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