Keep the Meter Cool and Gas Savings Claim
A newspaper note jokes about cooling gas meters to manipulate readings, describing how heat affects expansion and speed of gas registration. It attributes the claim to a plumber in Topeka and notes a $100 reward for a cure to catarrh. The piece blends odd meter tips with an advert for Hall's Catarrh Cure, presenting both as local reading and product pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Pinwhang
Jobn Sheehan
J Plinth
Phaghine
Inspector Dada Sheehan Sahil Yiat
Uae
Medwern
Hall
Nature
Tors
Wace
F. J. Cieney & CO
Tolehau
Ton
Hu Chael
Conatipa
Bliss Is Named Physical Director at Y M C A
G A Bliss selected as new physical director by the Y M C A board meeting last night. Bliss, currently at Kansas University, spent two years at Baker University before three years at KU and is expected to arrive around early September to implement a formal program. Lola Register notes his basketball background and upcoming duties.
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G. A
CL. Bliss
Kansas University
Bliss
Stomes
Baker University
Baker
K. T
Lola Register
Regular as the man and the liver and bowel pills
An old expression is cited as the most regular act in the universe the rising and setting of the sun. The copy promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a liver and bowel regulator guaranteed by C P Barber Son druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
C. P. Barber & Son
Draggists
Deputy Kimberling Reception Next Monday Night
The note invites all EK and L. of 8 members to a reception for Deputy Mr. Kimberling on Monday evening August 12th, asking their presence at the event.
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Mr. Kimberling
Of Feminine Interest and the Coffee Coat Trend
A fashion note extols the coffee coat as a versatile garment for all seasons. It describes lace, jabot variations, and patterns suited to white lace, flowered silk, and new jabot finishes, with tips on washing delicate lace and a playful wax-on-floor tip. It also includes a nautical guessing contest and a coquettish ribbon rosette for young girls, highlighting fashionable London life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Cast
London
Everybody Should Know Says C G Hays on Bucklen’s Arnica
Bluf Missouri businessman C G Hays asserts Bucklen Arnica Salve is fastest and surest healing salve for sores burns wounds or piles. He claims personal use proves its efficacy. Guaranteed by O P Barber druggist at 25 cents.
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C. G. Hays
Bluf, Mo
O. P.barber
Prosperous potato harvest boosts wealth and wages
The Touganoxie Mirror reports a bountiful potato year with seed investors sharing crop profits, wages rising for pickers from four dollars a day, teens earning well, and land prices climbing. Other notes advise salt for silk preservation, veil care, and household tips, plus medical and pest remedies and a jail update on Walter Cook.
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Linwond
George Daugherty Dies After Long Life Of Local Service
George Daugherty aged 78 years 11 months 16 days died last Friday at his home five miles southwest of here from heart trouble and dropsy. He leaves a widow and three children. Funeral was held Sunday at 2 PM with burial in Eudora cemetery. Born August 16 1828 near Frederickton New Brunswick he married Lucy T Longfellow in 1854 and moved to Kansas in 1857 settling on the farm where he died after stints in Lawrence and this city.
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George Daugherty
Here
Eudora Cemetery
Miller
Frederickton
New Brunswick
Lucy T. Longfellow
Kansas
Lawrence
Eudora News
City to wage war on weeds as a business
The city abandons ad hoc weed cutting and adopts a structured plan to exterminate weeds. Previously residents hired labor to trim tops, leaving regrowth. now weed management becomes a formal municipal operation with ongoing, noticeable action.
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Japan
School board names teachers for coming term
The school board has elected the following teachers for the coming term principal Prof Kelley assistant Miss Beard grammar Rose Barker intermediate Lonize Leonhard second primary Ete Oberholtzer primary Alina Hed Endora News.
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Kelley
Miss Beard
Rose Barker
Lonize Leonhard
Ete Oberholtzer
Alina Hed
Endora News
Dunkel High Man At Elks Gun Club Shoot
At the Elks Gun Club weekly shoot Donkel, despite severe burns on his right hand, posted the high score with 40 hits out of 50. Dr E J Jones followed with 38 and Henry Weingartner had 32. Wind was light and targets flew higher than usual, challenging shooters. The Brown brothers were noted for a long run of hit targets, while another item mentions a story fragment about Adam and his baby clothes.
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Elks
Donkel
E. J. Jones
Jones
Henry Weingartner
Henry ‘Weingartner
Adam
Guard Keeps Watch Over Perkins Grave Amid Disinterment Bid
Legal battle over whether the body of Lucius F. Perkins of Lawrence Kansas should be exhumed to test poison death claims. Judge Smith McPherson took the matter under advisement promising a decision in ten days to two weeks. A night armed guard remains at the cemetery amid defense from Perkins heirs and skepticism about the insurance company action.
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Kansas City Journal
Lucius F. Perkins
Lawrence
Kans
Chambers
United States
Smith McPherson
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Perkins
McPherson
Per-kins
Mr. Perkins
Gra
Jonewal
Tely
Archie Tweed
Oak
Ordinance Amends Law on Weeds and Property Cleanliness
Lawrence Kansas amends section 7 of Article 3 in Ordinance No 18 1902 to require owners and occupants to keep parcels of land clean and free of weeds. Parking areas graded by the city must have grass trimmed to three inches and kept raked. Violations incur a misdemeanor charge with fines between two and twenty five dollars. Approved August 6 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Lawrence
Kansas
Recreation For August magazine features diverse hunting and boating pieces
The midsummer issue spotlights practical text and lavish illustrations on swimming and water sports. It reviews Grand Alien handicap, brap-shooting at Shirage ho Derby, and the Olympic Horse Show in London. It also offers essays on yachts, motor trips, fishing, and a dog show review, plus local real estate transfers and a quit claim deed notice.
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Nate
Iit
Shirageho
Croker
Olympia
London
America
Royal Yachts and Yachtsmen
Riy
Hy Dadge
Torlay
Lillianmond Mallocks
Bordets H. Mills
Chousumd Islands
Venice
Charles F. Holder
Ernest McGatt
Clare Tinan
A. By
Manhattan
A. B. Tucker
James Watson
The Limit of Life and the Call to Longevity
An essay argues life can extend beyond common limits with modern knowledge. It identifies midlife as a critical period and urges attention to health to avoid mortality. The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic for revitalizing body organs.
Was Sure a Mule
An old colored woman was seen leading a mule on the ride streets. After three blocks the mule backed up and resisted every effort to move it. The woman tugged at the rope in frustration and cried out, Well, you! Jeore a mule.
The New Burr McIntosh Monthly August Issue
The August issue expands to a larger size with enhanced photographic reproductions. It features Auguste Rodin’s life and work in detail, portraits of stage stars Lillian Hassell Arnald Helen Ware Florence Reed Adele Kitchie, and a portrait of the heir to the Russian throne in his first trousers. The panoramic section showcases many beautiful images and color reproductions from Albert Neh-Borr.
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Bure McIntosh
Colar
Seasm
Department of Painting and Sculpture
Auguste Rodin
Augext
Humber
Albert Neh
Borr Publishing Company
W York
New Telephone Subscribers Supplement for July Directory
A supplement to the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Directory dated August 1 1907 lists new subscribers. Entries include J J Allen & Son Meat Market 167 Bridge Main 1757. F H Billings KU telephone 31 res 1536 N H. Chas Coates 824 Tennessee. J Cooper res North end of Delaware. W R Dillon res 1304 Rhode Island. W Dixon res 1017 New York. Geo Gilbert Main 1121. S J Hurd res 1 mile north of city limits. W C Hoad res 1108 Ohio. S K Hood res 401 Elm. Charley Jenkins res 846 Delaware. Chat Jennings N E corner Main and Lake. C F Kennedy res 6 miles south. Vernon King res 1 mile north. Albert McNish bottling works 834 Vermont. J W Miller res 608 Kentucky. S M Morrison res 937 Missouri. J W Murphy res 1536 Main. L Byers res 1 58 Locust. W T Neate res 43 New Hampshire. Physics Bldg basement S W room Main 2105. C C Pringle res 200 Michigan KU. Robinson Gymnasium Main 1537. E N Reno res 45 Massachusetts. Wm B Senseman res 1633 Vermont. C W Stephens res 192 Locust. R Wayret Staneart 14 miles southeast. W Wood res 21 miles southwest.
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Missouri & Kansas ‘Telephone Directory
Delaware
Dillon
W. R
Rhode Island
Davenport
Res
Dixon
W. S
New York
Gilbert
Geo
Hfird
S. J
Hoad
W. C. Res
Ohio
Hood
S. K
Jenkins
Charley
Jennings
Chat
Tes
N. E. Cor
Main and
Lake
Kennedy
C. F. Rea
King, Vernon
McNish Albert Bottling Works
Vermont
Miller
J. W. Ree
Kentucky
Morrison
S- M
Missouri
Stephens
C. W. Ree
Main
Staneart
R. Wayret
Wood
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Tave * A
Lee Tae
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Walter Cook
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Pait
Dunkel High Man
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George J. Barker
F. D. Brookes
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National Biscuit Company
Dean
Chas, Snow, Sr
Kansas City
John R. Sphar
Lota
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