Lawrence Journal and its history in Kansas
The Lawrence Journal, founded as the Lawrence Republican and later absorbing the State Journal and Lawrence Tribune, is described as the oldest, widest known paper in the territory. It controls morning dispatch reports and telegraphic coverage, with a daily evening edition and a weekly sixteen-page edition reaching every county post. The piece also notes 1903 subscription terms and references a variety of 1903 local and national items, including political moves, crime, industry, and international affairs.
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Lawrence Republican
the Journal
Lawrences
Kansas
Egypt trade and public roads in a shifting world
A long column surveys multiple topics from New York charity strains amid labor strife to U.S. Senate talk of a public roads bureau, Egyptian iron and steel trade and a Petrie discovery at Abidos. It notes French wheat supply prospects, Yankee grain selling abroad, and political shifts in Missouri and Topeka.
Wedding Plans for Rev F H Smith and Gertrude Bamford
Cards announce the Christmas eve wedding of Rev F H Smith of Evanston Indiana to Miss Gertrude Bamford daughter of Dr and Mrs Bamford formerly of this city. Ceremony at 5 o clock. Afterward they visit Lawrence relatives then proceed to Chicago or Evanston where Smith studies. Smith intends missionary work in China a year after next summer. Bamford is the second daughter educated in Lawrence city schools and at the State University. Smith is a Kansas graduate and has performed with glee clubs.
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F. H. Smith
Evanston
Til
Gertrude Bamford
M. Bamford
Lawrence
Chicago
Funeral of William Young at Warren Street Baptist Church
The funeral for William Young, accidentally shot by his son, was held at Warren Street Baptist Church at 2 30 today. The body rests in Oak Jill cemetery. The Youngs, an industrious family, lived near Billy Hughes place east of town and two sons worked in the stone quarries west of town. The fatal shot entered the skull behind the ear with slight facial burns.
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William Young
Warren Street Baptist Church
Oak Jill
Mr. Young
Billy Hughes Place
Youngs
Roy Vrooman Dead in Lawrence Boston Death Notice
Roy Vrooman of Lawrence died in Boston on December 5 from stomach trouble. He was the son of Judge PB Vrooman and lived in Lawrence for over a year with his parents, leaving in 1599. The family made many friends here and the news is deeply felt. Circulars arrived in Lawrence from the National Reform association where Rev J R Millin, formerly of Lawrence, is financial secretary. The association’s home offices are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Lawrence
Roy Vrooman
Boston
Ile Wis
Ys. PB. Vrooman
National Reform Association
J. R. Millin
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Worxp
N. Y
Social notes and visits from Lecompton and beyond
Geo Smith of Lecompton visited Lawrence today. Miss Minnie Owens returns from Emporia College for the holidays. Mrs. J. R. Bechtel called for her ill mother. Mrs. Paul R. Brooks to entertain the DAR commemorating the Boston Tea Party. Colonel Coffin and daughter Amanda Colin plan to move to Fort Scott. Upcoming Phi Kappa Psi party set for January 6 in Everett hall. Bert Thompson from New York visiting his parents. Trettie Mosster to Chicago for holidays. Mrs. EF A Wood hosts a cards evening. Judge Barker in Chicago. Blizzard conditions noted in the city. Mrs. O. K. Learnard travels to Teaiwatha to visit sister. An editor writes on Celina Ohio municipal ownership with waterworks and electric lighting costs and savings, citing private versus public provision and gas usage. The day is frigid around 12 degrees above zero.
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Geo. Smith
Lecompton
Lawrence
Minnie Owens
Emporia
Emporia College
J. R. Bechtel
Paul R. Brooks
Boston
Colonel Coffin
Amanda Colin
Fort Scott
Colonel Coftin
Aikman
Everett Hall
Bert Thompson
New York
E. By. “Thompson
Trettie Mosster
Chicago
Gertrude Mosster
EF. A. Wood
G. J. Barker
0. KE. Learnard
Tiawatha
L. M. Mathews
Ohio
Celina
Oho
Celiquek
Board of Public Works
Lima
van Wert
Indiana
Srelsbach
Geo. W. Matter
Refreshing Adams Sawyer Delights Theatregoers At Bowersock
A middle states critic lauds Adams Sawyer as a tonic play with fresh rural charm. Its comedy is gentle and unobtrusive, never burlesque, leaving audiences refreshed and amused at the Bowersock opera house on January 85, 1904.
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Fife
Bowersock
Quincy Adams
Holiday travel and shopping surge boosts local post office and roads
Holiday business at the post office has risen sharply and will grow for the next ten days. Rival road skating continues attracting town youngsters in large numbers. A southerly wind and bright sun bring many shoppers to streets. Express companies have added extra staff for holiday handling. Ground is muddy where the warmth softens it.
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Adviser offer and a water joke
An odd ad promises Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Adviser with mail purchase terms while a humorous Chicago Fest quote shows a drowning man recalling his clothes theft and a stranger suggesting swimming again as a joke. The fragmentary text mixes product promotion with a stray literary line from a festival scene.
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Chicago
Our Rivera Wealth and Health Remedies Ad
An old notice extols American mineral power and medicine, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive issues, Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy, and Dr Thomas' Electric Oil for injuries. It lists publishers, druggists, and a 1004 almanac, with marketing claims and addresses, in a period tone.
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Rivera
Welch
United States
Classifieds: For Rent and Farm for Sale Near Lawrence
Want column notes vacancies and a farm listing. Inquire about a care position with a piano at 745 Ohio Street. Farm for sale 160 acres with good improvements eight miles west of Lawrence. Beach area. Also four furnished housekeeping rooms for rent at 1244 Rhode Islands Street. Rates stated as very reasonable.
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Ohio Street
Lawrence
Rhode Islands Street
Counterfeit Coin Machine Tells a Long History
In the dooryard by Edwin L. Parker in Pittsfield Massachusetts stands an old counterfeiting machine with roots traced to New York and Philadelphia in the 1770s. It moved through the war era to Pittsfield and later vanished from active use, its dark record fading after decades of illicit stamping and a series of captures by government officers.
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Inu
Edwin L. Parker
Quota Jake
Pittsfield
Masa
New York
Philadelphia
Plladelphia
Lemuel Pomeroy
Mir Pagher
Cough sellers push Foley’s Honey and Tar as cure all
A barbershop ad urges customers to ask for Foley's Honey and Tar claiming it cures coughs and colds quickly. The message warns against weak medicines and implies the product is a great remedy, noting it as dangerous.
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Chamberlain
Barber Brow
Foley
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Lawrie Dal Journal
Lawrence Journal Co. ‘Publishers
Kan
Chanute
Unis
de Boissiere
Wos Y Gil
San Dominican Republic
Grant Gillett
Mexico
Ransits
Steel Trust
Stee Trust
Missouri
St. Louis Exposition
Congress
England
Topeka
Caele Saw
Fanama
Colombia
Panama
Hoot
Leonard Wood
Wood
Sam Parks
Parks
William
Germany
MacArthur
Edward Everett Tiale
United States Senate
Associated Press
Hale
Washington
Washington Post
New York Commercial
the Post
Sing Sing
Department of Finance
City of
Charity Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Thea Department’ of Agriculture
Blanche Boles
Egypt
Yanama
Missouri Supreme Court
Falk
St. Louis
Atchison
Ed. Howe
New Jerusalem
Kansas City
Atch ' Harger
Abydos
Prof. Petrie
Prof
Petrie
Chariton
Abidos
Frank H.smith
The
United
Quincy Adams Lawyer
Pierce
Golden Medical Adviser
N.Y
Healy
Druneiata
Ely Brothers
Warren St
Aleo Markes
Midatehe
Virginis
Kantucky
Igat
Acienoc
Halt
Cora
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Obis
Dragaicum
Dr. Thomas
Belectris Gil
Healy Buros
New York Street
Fred Brooks
Russell Sparks Co
Christian Church
Postoffice
Journal Ofice
W. R. Stubbs
Hare’s
White
L. O. McIntire
Conneticut Street
Louisiana Street
Peninsular
Comstock & Castle
O’brien & Co
Indiana Street
W. B. ‘Tucker
Vermont
Winthrop Streete
National Biscuit Compar
Hrushville
Jad
Mesers
Ely
Bentley Mesars Ely
Dell M. Potter
Geo. Bfgr
Arizonne Gold Mining Co
Miles
Pape
Romemble
Minerva Smith
Danville, Il
Barber Bros
Skups Asinvr
Gue Rateligh
Gaperinivsse Set
Seadsterrueh
Thalar Ciagie Rust Dante A
Uae
I Genel Telarum
Aden
Norway
Chicago Post
Celdphiz
Weary Wilkins
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Treachly
Perth
Ofinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
Indies
Cleo Rue
Ard Gieres
Innes
Balvane & Stacherag
C.F. Cornwell
Valley Street
Saugerties
Wikita Busey
von Blumer
Brooks
the Atlantic Monthly
Journal
Gentelbuttuis
Dawn
Dilbert
Ralph Waldie Kmersog
Bouner
Thaklys
Urpurth
Charles Sufford Joulison
the Ethics OF Business
Weyllep Ly
Julio Grahen Urouks
Atlantic Montug
Ulfurthren
Ulawb
Auaipbion Furbrcenta
Et. le Dow
Holgnton, Mifflin & CO
Park St
Basten
Goa
iCo
Mare Pleasant
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