Turn of a Valve Makes Fire Easy for Gas Stoves
A vintage ad touts gas stove control with a simple valve turn to create slow, moderate, or quick flames. It promises instant fuel Ready for use and an easy shut off by turning the valve.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
3
A vintage ad touts gas stove control with a simple valve turn to create slow, moderate, or quick flames. It promises instant fuel Ready for use and an easy shut off by turning the valve.
G L Carter offers a catarrh and throat remedy claimed to relieve cold symptoms, sore throat, nasal discharges, and cough. The ad notes a singing box provides immediate relief and that long standing cases may require longer treatment.
Severe floods swept Jerome with heavy downpours creating mudslides on the Verde and adjacent riverbeds. Debris blocked tracks at an 85 foot embankment washing out the railroad and forcing traffic transfers to several digs for weeks. Officials estimate 100 men 30 days to clear debris and restore the plant for United Verde.
An accident on the Burlington and Quincy line near Medora Illinois resulted in the deaths of three tramps. A St. Louis fruit shipment passenger rider was severely injured. The freight train ran at high speed and derailed due to wheel-timing brake failure during crossing.
A circulated notice states no duty on personal effects of travelers while in transit or for personal use. It warns against using the relaxed rules to smuggle goods and stresses authorities will enforce the law for improper use.
The piece reports on alleged arrest actions against President Burt and describes charges as baseless. It also details a cholera outbreak spreading from Java to Japan, affecting many coastal and inland cities. Additional notes cover prison roadwork in Kansas, a Montana smelter fire with job losses, Welsh miners aiding U S steelworkers, and a Grand Trunk Railway passenger service with schedules and amenities.
A tangled collage of romantic verses notes a couple meeting in April, wedding in September, and divorce by Christmas, interlaced with brief quips from various papers. Tourist ads praise Grand Trunk Railways to Muskoka and New York routes with schedules and pamphlets offered by Geo W. Vaux in Chicago.
A farm guidance piece outlines selecting mutton sheep by age, head width, chest depth, back straightness, and fleece quality while considering wool and meat yield. It stresses breeding value, bone fineness, and proper water access for hogs, noting yearly needs and seasonal water availability.
An 1886 English Agricultural Gazette editorial praised the silage stack as the future silage factory. It notes two stack forms and a Royal Society prize for a compacting device. American reports mention shredded corn fodder trials and variable feed quality with weather and storage impacts.
A Shel! Lake Wis man reports his four year old son suffered a Celic cramps in the stomach. After a doctor gave morphine with no improvement the father gave half a teaspoonful of Chamberlains Celic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy. In thirty minutes the child slept and soon recovered. Sold by Harber Byos.
A garbled list of excursion routes and fares from Santa Fe to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Ogden Salt Lake City Minneapolis St Paul Duluth Bayfield and other points. Tickets go on sale various dates with return limits ranging from mid September to late autumn and multiple routes offering diverse stopover privileges and prices. The notices mention HomeSeekers Excursions and Tourist Resorts packages with complex date windows and promotional terms.
The notice lists travel deals from various cities including Washington, St Johns, Topeka and Libe ral stops with round trips priced from two dollars to four dollars and fifty cents. Tickets go on sale on multiple September dates with return limits extending into November and flexible stopovers. Contact Geo U Bailey, agent, for details.
The Lawrence Daily Journal urges subscribers to deduct from their bills any papers missed by carriers to ensure regular evening delivery. The item requests readers to note and report missed issues from the previous day.
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