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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
2
A fragment from the Lawrence Journal news column discusses paper circulation prominence, editorial orders, and subscription terms. It comments on political leanings, populist party notes, and public figures, including Ballie Waggoner and Bellamy Storer, referencing ongoing legal and social issues of the era.
The page mixes praise for Theodore Roosevelt and Emperor William as peacemakers, critiques postal department deficits, and lauds Frank Grimes for voluntarily paying state money. It cites medical ads and light humor, reflecting a cluttered late 19th or early 20th century newspaper blend of opinions, ads, and jokes.
A dated guide presents methods to repurpose feast scraps into complete meals. It details hashed beef with onions and claret, left over meat brasied dishes, fish balls from scraps, beef with egg toasts, and a salted peanut method. Also includes preserving pumpkins with benzoic acid, ironing tips, grape preparation for jams, and a travel laundry bag novelty.
A jumble of classified wants and lost items: two furnished rooms for light housekeeping, boarders for 1198 Tennessee street, a travel escort request, a mercantile job posting in Lawrence, a branch manager need for Morris Wholesale in Cincinnati, a Jersey cow for sale, afternoon work for a white woman, a man to work around a furnished place, four or five room cottages for rent, second hand dresses shoes and clothing for sale, a girl for general house work, several lost items including a plate with locket and a heavy silver watch, shoe maker advertisement at Vermont street offering guaranteed work and proper shoeing services.
Advertisements offer exchanges for Encyclopedias and deal in Western Kansas land near Garden City Finney county with acres for sale. Also listings for farm properties four miles from market, a rubber tired road wagon, and a dealer seeking bar gain partners. Contact details include multiple street addresses and phone numbers.
Property offers 20 acres three miles northeast of town with four room house, outbuildings, small fruit orchard and abundant water. Price 675 per acre. Inquire 006 New Hampshire Street. McKenzie and Stockwell, 733 Mass. St., advertise a well located, fine paying rooming house, at bargain price for a short time.
For sale eight room house with 60 foot frontage at 906 New Hampshire Street seeking buyers at 16 percent return. Also Poland China herd boar Raid Transit for sale by Geo West Maffei southeast suburbs, first check to 15 dollars. Large building site on west side and a 5 room cottage at 935 Tenn Street tel 688 Home.
An aged listing shows a front bedroom for rent in a modern house at 1021 Tenn Street with light housekeeping options. It also references live stock auctions, local bar yard notices, and a Burr McIntosh Monthly Christmas issue offered for sale with a price of 50 cents.
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