This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
2
Lawrence Kansas items mix local news and society notes with scattered rural anecdotes. The column mentions tax decisions on a haunted house, a Oklahoma farmer’s troubles, visitors and gatherings at area homes, crop notes, prize cake contest, and social acknowledgments from Mass Avenue Massachusetts Street massachusetts street vendors and local businesses.
Independent community reports visits and travel among residents. Mr and Mrs George Tlartartar called at James Gale home. Mr and Mrs Harry Sutton and others visited relatives in Baldwin and Opalom. Cattle shipments to Kansas City, local illnesses, visits by Lazelle Hrubiker and others. Various personnel stopped by homes in the Independence area over the past week.
In Atlanta a 32-year-old divorcée, Carolyn Reynolds-Duncan, appeals a court decision allowing her former husband to appoint a so called official spanker for their child. The ruling, contested by Reynolds-Duncan, centers on disciplinary practices within the family and the legal reach of divorced spouses.
Walter Barckett and his wife visited Monday, with Frank Donetlas joining for a home meal then headed to New York. Roy Catuan wife and children stayed with Mr and Mrs Lovette, Mrs Chas Manwarkies and boys traveled to Topeka for Moss Mauuvar birthday. Godding and Ahumpaeia drove from Lawrence for Mrs Laura Martin’s gathering. Tedbies at Geas. Mrs John Mye returned from Iowa to visit daughter. Jeffries family events and Lawrence visits noted with local couples joining weekend plans.
Crowder family movements include a Wednesday trip to Florida with mentions of Miss Minnie Bitton visiting Lake View and others in the region. Numerous social notes cover visitors from Lawrence Topeka and Perry, funeral attendance, and various relatives gathering across towns. A church sermon by Rev Frank Brun condemns the notion that all women must marry, arguing it was not God’s plan for all women to wed.
A reflective poem laments summer's end and anticipates autumn. The speaker invokes seasonal imagery of the river of the past, ghosts, and frost. He envisions cooler evenings, pumpkins, and the return of rest and calm as summer yields to fall.
Fragmentary reminiscence cites Florence Nightingale Clare Barton and Elizabeth Willard, praising their lifelong devotion to suffering and reform. It reflects on women outnumbering men, the Bible not condemning female isolation, and hints at a vast history proving many spinsters were meant to exist.
The Texas Statehood and Dray at s crusade for telean has filed the first complaint in a Dallas court. The commissioner says prosecutions will follow for all violations of impure and contaminated food products. A wholesale dealer in Dallas is charged with selling tainted goods and the commissioner plans to file twelve more complaints soon. Chemist Gilagree testified about saccharin in soft drinks. Trial dates for related cases have seen delays.
Lucas County oath from Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co claims the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each uncurable case of catarrh. The notice asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cleanses blood and mucous surfaces and invites testimonials and orders from pharmacists.
The city faces a dreary end to the holiday season with wet cold weather driving crowds homeward from seaside and resort towns. Only grouse hunters remain cheerful, continuing their annual trek across Yorkshire and Scottish moors. Bird bags are reported fine, boosting prices at the London market where shoots fetch about 10 to 11 shillings per bird as landlords and hosts see renewed activity in Scotland and beyond.
Berlin reports a commission found some Bonn University students misusing funds and living extravagantly due to generous parental support. The panel says sensational stories were exaggerated but notes many have unwisely spent money. It proposes parents cut allowances to curb excess.
In San Bernardino a three month old child of a California professor is described as never wearing clothes and free from common ailments. Humine Officer J J Arhois investigated allegations of cruel treatment and found the infant healthy and well developed for its age, despite a noted tumble near a rural area. The report cites Prot Louis Kletz making the statement about the child. A moving company and a drug store ad appear in the surrounding text.
Lieutenant Colonel Brett reports to the Secretary of the Interior that the herd in Yellowstone National Park has shown more buffalo than in earlier years. He counts forty eight animals, with most in fine condition, the herd kept in an enclosure and part of the larger United States buffalo population in the region.
A nobleman will marry a teacher in a prominent social union. The couple, linked by recent marriages among top families, reflects ongoing matches among notable lineages. The announcement highlights partnerships between distinguished households and rising professionals.
An Elgin report notes two youths arrested following a car incident described as a young arsenal affair. The fragment references Indians and gunfire context, but details are unclear. Further readable text needed to confirm names, places, and exact charges.
Three men were arrested here after fleeing to West ands hyot n from their homes. They claimed names Cz Vrier and Warley Hinting ten sin thy giolive. They possessed a repeating, mentions of a revolver and several hundred rounds.
Lawrence Transfer Co. advertises packing and harling services with experienced men. Contact via phone 15 for transportation and delivery needs. The terse copy mentions a chauffeur with horse and unusual wording about a soda brand and bottled water, reflecting an incomplete OCR.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.