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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1905
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal reports varied items from politics and law to local business. It notes speeches by congressmen, proposed exams and civil service charges, naval savings, coal prices, and regional commerce. It also covers community stories including retirement celebrations, holiday shopping trends, and travel to Washington.
An advertisement claims ear inflammation causes deafness and offers one hundred dollars to any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It asserts the Eustachian tube condition as the source and promotes distribution of circulars from Cheney & Co of Toledo.
Disjointed OCR excerpt reports on hunters carrying deer in a scene with tangled garbled phrases. It mentions Holland Smoking Society and a London note on street trading suppression. Also advert lines tout Dr Kisg’s Life Pills and Becher & Gem’s Crackators with dubious claims.
Robinnor and Winey run a lifelike dummy in their shop. A Salvation Army collector entered the store and asked for contributions. A bystander challenged her, offering a dollar for a nickel from the dummy perceiving a real person. The girl fled as onlookers laughed.
Mrs Edna Conan fell while returning from town last Thursday afternoon around 3 o clock. The fall broke her right wrist and she did not realize the injury until reaching home. A doctor treated her and she is resting comfortably.
Experiments in extracting rubber from the guayule shrub show promise for vulcanizing use. The plant grows wild across northern Mexico and can yield rubber up to ten percent of its weight, with prices around 1.80 Mexican pesos per pound and 340 per ton cut.
A professor argues that while demand generally raises price, exceptions exist. He cites two corporate loan scenarios and a watch sale to show demand effects can distort value. The excerpt also advertises Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for catarrh relief with price and availability details.
The notice promotes participation in the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago from December 16 to 23. It highlights growth, expansion, and livestock production with travel rates via the Santa Fe from agent Geo. C. Bailey.
Attendance at the Elke memorial service yesterday afternoon at 2 30 o clock in the Merchants Athletic association building was the largest for a similar event. Lawrence lodge No 105 B P O Ells conducted exercises with a special program by a committee and music by Mrs Lyons and a quartet. W B Brownell gave the general eulogy to six lodge members who have died since the lodge formed. In Lawrence S Finch paid tribute to R W Ludington and Congressman Bowerrock had a letter read. Hugh Meses spoke for Loren C Wilson noting the first death in the past year. The hour long exercises drew members who do not usually attend.
An earthen Mohawk pottery jar, ten inches high with a triangular top, was found by R Harracks amid upper Sarcataya waters during a rainstorm. The well preserved specimen, labeled Harracks jar, features straight and diagonal top curves and is linked to three other large Mohawk pieces in Adirondack lake-area finds. The jar is currently with W Max Reid for sale.
The piece notes crowded cars on some New York subway lines while others sit empty, sparking fear of injury and prompting calls to improve system safety. It also promotes Hoffmeier’s Stomach Bitters as a health aid amid concerns over impure blood and general weakness, with warnings about various ailments and a sales pitch to buy from druggists.
The steamer Carlisle sailing from Vladivostok with arms and ammunition worth over 4.5 million dollars for Fort Arthur was intercepted by Japanese forces. Captain Jessen altered course to the open sea but failed to reach safety, eventually drifting and surrendering after a long search. The vessel then retired to Saigon with its dangerous cargo aboard.
Lawrence readers report months of relief from back and kidney discomfort after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Testimonial from J B Witbeck, plasterer of 437 Elm St, says prior pain hampered work but with Doan's he found prompt relief and now recommends the remedy to others. Sold by dealers. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Annie Ulrich and her husband Annet Ulrich once left Ryder County for the West. She yearns to revisit family roots and harvest, while the couple debates selling the farm to fund a new journey. The piece recalls decades of toil and a longing to see old neighbors and fields again.
Mrs. McCormick hosts an American ambassador styled garden indoors with roses nasturtiums and climbing vines. The space features glass doors bright lighting and decorative arches, creating a perfumed retreat praised as an improvement over damp hot houses.
The article discusses a Hudson Bay route bringing Saskatchewan wheat near Liverpool via a near rail line and future steamship service. It argues the route shortens haul to seaports, lowers costs, and supports a northern passage-like dream. It notes the navigable season extends into autumn and July, with January best. It also mentions Washington Naval Observatory as the nation time keeper.
A fragmentary historical piece discusses the Russian republics of Novo Sarod Psiot Vjatka and others that vanished in the fifteenth century as Moscow rose. It notes debates about republican ideals and references an Electern hypothesis from Wind of Paris, contrasting scientific theories with traditional views.
WAITED Is sie Lost About two weeks a child's gold chain and rocket the locket engraved with Mr 40 Leave at gagollice and re ward Cal 62/4 Wanted Married man to work on farm one and one half miles north west of Lawrence house furnished E P Garrett 1118 Tennessee street Found A bicycle Napoleon frame Inquire at this office and pay for this ad.
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