02 Dec 1890
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1890
Page
1
An 1890s dental guidance piece explains toothache causes and treatments. It outlines enamel cracks from temperature shocks, dentine irritation, and pericementitis, then describes at home relief using lime oil and peppermint, and professional steps for infection, pus, or dead pulp with root canal or extraction when needed.
A judge defines the scene with a wry exchange about a woman’s possible impact at a lunatic asylum while a man extols her appeal. The curt exchange hints at character clashes and judicial tone in a restrained dramatic moment.
Birds nest near stream while mother ducks hatch yellow downy ducklings. A swift river swirl brings a snapping turtle that snatches several helpless ducklings. Parents hurry ashore as foxes, minks, and weasels prowl nearby in forested bluffs.
A fragment on global engine power notes that four-fifths of world engines were built in the last 25 years. It cites France, Germany, Austria, and the United States with counts of locomotives and stationary engines, and totals horsepower for several nations. The piece ends with garbled text and an author name.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a person’s alleged eating feats and meals at various residences in Kent, mentioning Sir WiBac Silley and Ler Wa. It references large quantities of food such as pudding and damsons, with dated timing unclear, and includes odd spellings and illegible phrases.
A Perkins family travels through Ar county Els. The man lost an eye and his left arm, the woman lacks a left arm, one child has only one eye, another is blind, and one is sick. He carries 65 in cash a tobacco bag a clay pipe and a yellow dog yet he appears as happy as if owning half the state. In another joke a mother asks if a suitor is of good stock while the daughter cites Mayflower colonial lineage and a cough ensures approval.
A column argues for mixed gender clubs in New York, praising women’s access to social centers and discussion with men. It envisions a two-house club with shared reading rooms and dining, claiming benefits beyond male only or female only spaces. The piece also notes social complexity and urban leisure limits. It also mentions fashion notes on watch chains as bridal gifts.
A St. Louis Republic report notes D. S. Wingrey found a vein pattern that forms a vivid picture of Johnstown after the flood. The image shows sky, hills, mountains, and ruin piles with toppled structures, hailed by scientists as a remarkable natural formation in America.
In a New York Weekly quip a little girl asks what austere means and a boy retorts that if she says the preacher is agreed she means he is a bully preacher. The joke hinges on slang interpretation within a parish setting.
Readers discuss the saying beaten to a mummy and its link to be beaten to jelly. They question if it refers to an old medicinal substance once thought to macerate flesh and bones. The letter argues about edible preparations and historical usage in kitchens and medicine.
A Chicago Tribune summary notes the Italian singer Tamagno as a witty conversationalist with a fondness for music. It recalls Verdi teaching Otello parts and recounts Tamagno’s brusque moment before the czar in St Petersburg, when the audience was charmed by the incident.
A fragment describes an evening gathering where people play a game resembling Go or chess. Dignity and focus mark the scene as players whisper and keep tally, with mentions of a host named Lavap and others observing.
Two young men met in the Chatham hotel billiard room in Paris. The elder, Mr. Tennant, claimed kin to the lady who married Mr. Stanley, while the other, Mr. Chanler Tin, said he was the brother of the man who married Miss Rives. Eugene Field reports the encounter in Chicago News.
Milton Nobles recalls 1867 Wisconsin tour with a Black Crook company. In a one roof hotel owned by a notorious miser, actor in devil costume spooks the landlord who hides gas, steals wardrobe items, and is startled by the staged apparition. After the fright, the owner flees, later dies a miserable millionare. A fragment ends noting paper made from waste materials.
A San Francisco Chronicle reprint argues war costs nations in lives and money. It cites French and German casualty totals, total expenditures, and long term economic damage from major 19th and 20th century wars, noting millions dead or invalid and vast material losses.
On a rainy Fulton street near Broadway two women debated picking up a ruined handkerchief. A young man pushed through the crowd, lifted the item from the gutter, shook it, then handed it to the younger woman amid surprised cheers as a note revealed the name Amelia.
An interviewer quotes a New York Sun piece about cranky threats tied to market activity. A writer warns of danger to a trader named Mr. Gould and notes a chilling claim of harm if stock actions proceed. The fragment references flying machines and a tense comment about a 3 o clock deadline.
A clipped exchange ridiculed a girl's weight as five cents outrages readers. Susie Jones is mentioned with a precise 130 pounds, while references to Panjab and Punjab contrast contempt for cost of a weigh in a skeptical American voice.
Rita Rustle resists a rushed marriage as Jack Hustle presses for a yes after demanding she be 26. The dialogue unfolds with hedging lines and a plea for time.
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