Journal reports and nation notes from Lawrence 1903
The Lawrence Journal outlines its archival status as the oldest paper in the territory with daily and weekly editions. It reports on United States marines in Panama, Zion City developments, Kansas university football honors, Hutchinson fair plans, bank failures, Langley airship trials, and political shifts in Denver and New York. The piece links broader stories including Colombia Venezuela relations, Missouri extradition, and Christmas gift customs expressed through a St. Louis Democrat commentary on Present Giving.
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Jovrmal
Poon
Absurd
Herald of Freedom
Lawrence Tribune
Weelly
Joonmal
Lawrence
Jounaal
Aod
Sally
Prem
Taoraung
Jooxmar
Journal
Kanas
Jovera
de Iy
Chy
Quialdeo County
Geneva
Lane
A. Henley
St. Louis Ilubo Democrat
Posen
Kansas and national politics stir rumors of graft and probes
The article surveys a wave of investigations and alleged bribery in Kansas and across the nation. It notes postal fraud probes, legislature involvement in patronage scandals, and calls for congressional document access while highlighting business-led efforts to keep trade homeward in Lawrence.
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Wyandotte County
Kansas
House of Representatives of Congress
Lawrence
Bowersock a Popular Choice for Congress in Kansas
The article argues that a change in congressman in Kansas’ second district offers no public gain. It lauds Mr. Bowersock as a capable Republican, highlighting his legislative wins for farmers, immigration bill amendments, and a $60,000 Lawrence post office project, while criticizing opponents and political malfeasance alleged in the current administration.
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Mn Bowersock
Congress
Johnson
Miami
Wyandotte
Douglas
Haversock
United States Court For
Kansas City
Kan
Bowersock
United States
Capitol
Washington
Bonarsock
Lawrence
Bowersook
Kansas
Funeral Shock Over False Teeth Reveal In Gifted Coffin Tale
A Washington Times item recounts a Mountaineer district incident where a stranger was found dead beside a railroad, two rich women claimed him as their brother, and an undertaker unveiled a coffin. The gag ends with the morgue keeper quipping on an elegant funeral had they stayed silent.
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SSOO
Pierce
Order of Good Templars
Agnes Stebbin
Pores Fesorite
Joe’ Gaines
West Virginia
Washington Times
Railroading in Scotland and American views
President Vreeland of the Inter-Urban Street Railway notes Europe lags behind the United States in rail efficiency while recounting a Chicagoan’s tale of a Scotland line where a train halted in a barren area as guards fetched water for the engine, illustrating differing practices.
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Vreeland
Inter- Urban Street Railway Company
New York
Europe
America
Wvr
Scotland
Boston Post
Won Bride Through Cartoons in Honeymoon Story
A Philadelphia Post cartoon caption tale recounts Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York joking about how his wife fell for him, saying she loved his newspaper cartoon depictions. A Pennsylvania politician quips about abolishing cartoons ending marriages, highlighting press satire.
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Thomas C. Platt
New York
Pennsylvania
Hare
Philadelphia Post
Global notes from a world of oddities and dates
A roundup of curiosities cites values for pig iron and coins, Tolstoy on Shakespeare, Egypt translations, a 7000 volume Berlin gift, Filipino dagger collections, a large marriage count in Mason City, and plans around the Bonaparte Hotel. It moves to educational maps, Manila packing tips, and the Transsiberian railway’s rapid progress, plus a German report of a vast alum mountain in China and its uses.
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Canada
Leo Tolstoy
Shakespeare
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Prof. Virchow
Berlin Medical Society
Guild
Massachusetts
J. SM. Haughey
Mason City
St. Louis
United States
Ada Reian
Canadian Pacific
China
Lost bag and reward notice near Elm Street
Lost last Saturday evening a black seal chatelaine bag between the Journal office and 218 Elm Street. The bag held a card case and small change plus other small articles. Return to this office or 1001 A. I. street for liberal reward. For Rent to careful person a good square plane cheap inquire 745 Ohio street.
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Journal Ofice
Elm Street
A. I. Street
Portia M. Losey
Ohio Street
Hentetter's Dinstrated Almanac for 1004 ia now ready
A promotional note touts a free distributed almanac featuring Malletics, jokes and instructive reading. It claims testimonials for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters cure stomach, liver and bone disorders and promises health benefits for the weak and run down. It endorses insomnia, indigestion, belching, dyspepsia, constipation and fevers.
Diners, Doctors, and Storytellers Echoed in Chicago Record
Fragmentary quotes recount a dinner remark about warmth for a pet, a compliment to a husband as a raconteur, and a doctor’s warning to Josiah about overindulgence. The snippet hints at social chatter and personal idiosyncrasies from a Chicago publication.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted With Reward
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh, claims internal action on blood and mucous membranes, and offers a $100 reward for a cure not achieved, inviting readers to send testimonials and free samples.
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Ball
Hall
Satore
An assortment of Victorian witticisms and ads
A jumble of quips from jokes to notices and ailments. It includes puns about letters and critics, a joke about a failed romance, a tongue in cheek exchange, advertisements for Ely Cream Balm and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and short itemized snippets from humor pages and local notices.
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Indiana
Turkey
Associated Press
Uncle Sam
Bo Qatek
Chamberlain
Little Mars Mary fad a 1 teeit War a tarkes on
Fragmentary OCR text shows a local item about Mary in a small scene titled Little Mars. Names and specifics are unclear, but it reads as a brief note or social mention from a period newspaper page segment.
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Little Mars
Mary
Cleige
Fragments of Nostalgic Ads and Humorous Quips
The excerpt blends mock dialogue and ad blurbs from various papers. It mentions Dane's Ointment at Crug etore, a remark about a “Supermetyrs” and a reference to Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. It captures old style slang and quirky product mentions.
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Dane
Washirston Star
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Lawrence Daily Journal
Lawrence Journal ‘Co. Publishers
the Journal
Lawrence, Kansas
Panama
Elijah
Zion City
Weeks
University of Kansas
Hutchinson Fair Association
Albaugh
Langley
Potomac River
Col. E. de Thompson
Col. Thompson
City
Denver
Colombia
Venezuela
Missouri
William Ziegler
Baking Powder Trust
Nebraska
Post Office Department
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Topeka
Bailey
Hutchinson News
The
Kansas City Journal
Brat
Nemaha County
Erective of Ien
Ita
ROYAL
Bar of Justice
Leavenworth
Wichita
W. Grove
Around
Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
Presque Isla Bay
Bates
Ciencral
Robert E. Lee
United States Engineers
St. Louis Board of Education
Circuit Court of
Miss May Goelet
Duke of Roxburghe
Goelet House
Manila
Collins
Amur
Fchita
Sam H. Rench
Russell Sparks
Christian Church
Postofice
Pearla
R. Stubbs
Hale
White—L. O ‘Melntire
Conneticut Street
Louisiana Treet
Peninsular
Comstock & Castle
O'Brien, & Co's
Mississippi Street
P. Hi. Pierce
L. Bullene
Indiana Street
Obie Street
C. B. Andrews
A. Whitman
Aissari Abbecoee Ace SD
Hormes
W. B. Tucker
Uneeda
National Biscuit. Company
Hentetter
Fido
Milwaukee
Jor
H Chaney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Drogglita
Chicago Daily News
Ely
Man
Ely Brothers
Warren St. Wew York
Vurinule
Mamama
Storm Center
Puck
Mr. Malaprop
Gussip
Seward Gussip
Bimler
Foley
N. Y
Croup
Thomas
Atlantic Monthly
Emerson
Kwiph Waldo Emerson
Firat
Fowenr
Chicago
Bert Sudtaimce
Weiter
Bevina
T. W. Higginson
Dein Velu
Max
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Tira Bhper
Froteasor
Busi
Heaven
John Graham Brooks
Publicbe
Houghton, Mifflin & CO
Park St
Boston
Barber Bros
Li Ce
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