14 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
1
Fragmentary text listing numerous proper names, places, and phrases. Mentions streets, locales, and individuals in a garbled municipal or social notice style. No clear event, date, or actionable detail can be confirmed from the readable portions.
The Grand Lodge prohibits street fairs or carnivals by the order in Salt Lake City. A decree will not take effect until next January, with the committee recommending the measure.
Police in Catcage begin a systematic net of evidence in a double murder case tied to Mrs Agne Bartirolia and Misnie Mitchell. A mysterious woman identified later as Mary Talletday provided key ID details linking Oscar Thompson’s wagon to the Mitchell body. Separate items report Elks lodge deliberations in Salt Lake City, a coal industry note in Wilkes-Barre, and a fire at Iowa State College causing $10,000 loss.
A mob of striking workers gathered at the Warnkewashory barricade in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Deputies fired a shot injuring a man in the leg as the crowd retreated after blood was drawn. The barricade was cleared and order restored.
A grand parade of visiting Knights of Pythias took place in Oakland this morning. The event drew crowds as officers from the National Pythian Editorial Association chose W. L. Stahl of the Pythian Herald Kansas City as president.
Americans Charles Fair and wife Virginia Fair were killed when their car struck a tree near Paris while returning from Europe. Chauffeur injured. Charles Fair heir to a fortune, linking to noted Fair family and Virginia Fair related to Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. Details note a similar death years earlier of a Fair associate.
The telegraph brief notes multiple postoffice staffing changes across Kansas and Oklahoma including new millers and clerks in LaCrosse Perry Guthrie and Clinton. It also announces rural free delivery to begin October 1 with routes and population figures for Kincaid Osage City Tomawanda and nearby towns, plus facility quarters bids for Jackson City and Clinton.
A collage of items features Mrs George Monke caring for five children, Mrs Jennie Conrad running the largest Indiana farm, and Lady Lennox popularizing a gardenia accessory. Other notes mention portraits claimed by Frances Tallmadge, Hawthorne’s daughter Rose in charge of a Catholic home, autographs from Queen Victoria, and a broadcaster’s report on a perilous Paris to New York rail idea. The dispatches touch on Barcelona cable cuts, American warships in Haiti, and New Zealand style arbitration versus Victorian trials, plus weather and curious natural phenomena from around the world.
A fragment describes brown paper use for draining fried foods and offers hash gravy tips. It praises banana toast with hot cream, sugar, lemon juice, and salt. Mentions sugar as a garnish for soups and a rule for cooking vegetables by season with salted or unsalted water.
A collection of quirky biographical sketches lists Senator Hanna, General WM Tritlington of the Cherokee Nation, Mr Mooly the secretary of the navy, Senator Lodge, Henry Irving, Paul, General Chater, Thomas A Edison, Hassan Pasha, Perry Belmont and their eccentric traits. It notes drinking habits, ancestry, wealth, literacy, and club dues with a mix of errors and humor.
A collage of short scientific notes reports meteors often bearing iron and nickel, German doctors condemning postprandial sleep due to stomach activity, and whey used in typhoid fever lowering death rates. It notes Berlin hospitals widely use serum therapy for diphtheria reducing mortality to 12 to 13 percent, with higher death rate where not used.
A partnership should name individual partners for lawsuits and billing. A party presenting itself as a corporation cannot deny its legal identity. A purchaser who pays an agent on a forged order remains liable to the seller.
Census figures reveal 1900 farm values totaling over 20 billion dollars with 5.7 million farms. Iowa tops product value, followed by Illinois Missouri Indiana Ohio and New York. North Atlantic land values fall while northwest and southwest rise. The data frame supports national growth and rural wealth despite agricultural fears. Public notices touch Churchill's New Hampshire campaign and hydrocyanic acid pest control debates alongside other brief items.
A garbled OCR passage lists ward designations and city officials such as City Attorney and Street Commissioner, with references to cemeteries, wards, and measures. The exact names and actions are unreadable, but it resembles a municipal notice compiling ward leaders, cemetery staff, and city departments.
A damaged OCR record lists multiple county officials including judges, clerks, deputies and surveyors. Names such as Brownilt, JUMKO, Mizebe, and Sours appear amid scattered titles like Treasurer, Register of Deeds, Deputy Register of Deeds, County Surveyor and Poor Commissioner.
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