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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1903
Page
2
Lawrence Journal Go absorbs Lawrence Republican in a sudden media consolidation. The decision, noted amid editorials and remarks from city officials, follows a busy period with comments on strikes, public works, and the Panama Canal treaty impacting local opinion.
The state board of agriculture estimates Kannan farm wealth in 1903 at 23 964 508 dollars, nearly double its value a decade earlier. The piece blends other items from a broad news reel including Langley’s airship readiness, Kansas veterans coverage, and various ads and notices.
A New York excerpt notes captains and chiefs stay at wheel year after year while winter months find many steamboat leaders farming in Sullivan County. One captain reportedly guides his boat after seed planting and returns in October while his family enjoys a lavish week in the city.
A long fragmentary excerpt mixes mock veterinary lore with testimonial quackery about Dr. Pierce remedies and Golden Medical Discovery. It weaves patient anecdotes, misheard diagnoses, and promotional notes with brief asides on maritime excursion boats, season work for deckhands, and shifts in New York harbor steamboat services during winter months.
The ad notes Liquid Cream Balm as popular as Ely's Cream Balm, usable in atomizers and sprays, with the full medicinal virtues of the famous cream. Ely Brothers of New York distribute by mail via pharmacists, touting its efficacy and suggesting medical endorsement.
The report describes twelve foot long timber lined silage pits built with upright ironbark planks, heavy framing, and a six inch drain to keep soakage out. The pits are about 11 feet deep, with a semi circular roof and a carrier under the crown to move silage to drays. Construction cost runs to about 10 dollars per ton capacity, and while sturdy they are deemed not the best choice despite lasting a lifetime.
At the Holstein-Friesian annual meeting Prof H H Deno stresses education and groupings of 25 to 40 dairies with an expert in charge to improve cows, milk and cheese quality. He notes previous scattered instruction failed to reach farm workers and urges cleaner milk rooms, better water, and proper utensils to prevent disease through contamination.
A Paris report details quails moving from Africa to Europe each spring and autumn. Tens of thousands are captured or shipped alive in flat cages, with high mortality on journeys. The trade grows as markets in Egypt Morocco and France demand birds for food while authorities ban some sales to protect game.
A notice offers a cod square plano for cheap with inquiry at 746 Ohio Street. A lost item note reports a blue gingham dress, framed photo, pillow tops, and a plaid silk handkerchief in the Eldridge area. Return to Mrs. W. T. Sin clair at New Eldridge.
A faulty tale recounts a California court ruling over a debt of kisses, involving Miss Green and Adal, with judges deeming the kisses a binding obligation. The piece notes earlier cases in San Francisco and Pasadena where kisses were traded for money and schoolhouse funds, ending with a counterclaim over payment to a treasurer and a public dispute resolved by local act.
A collage of recipe fragments and ads from a bygone issue. It includes an old fashioned nut cake recipe with butter cream and hickory nut meats, a marrow bone cooking method, and several anecdotes. Also features medical quackery promotions for Foley products and Hemorrhage cures, plus light social jokes and a Pine Syrup cough remedy.
Fragmentary OCR captures a chaotic talk about cream, sugar, and a plan to send a boy to Tara, with characters including a housekeeper, tramp, and others. The Philadelphia Press fragment shows disjointed dialogue and a tense exchange about a death and threats.
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