Lawrence Journal and Its History in Kansas Territory
The Lawrence Journal, founded in the Kansas Territory era, traces its lineage to Law rence republican and state papers, absorbing rivals like the Herald of Freedom and the State Journal. It claims status as the oldest, widest circulated paper in the territory tributary to Lawrence, with daily, weekly, and Sunday-less editions and a schedule to reach county post offices. The piece notes subscription terms, publication dates, and territorial editorial tone, contrasting national events and local issues of the era.
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Tao J 4
Lawrence Blican
Econ Alder
State Journal
Herald of Freedom
Lawrence Tribune, Daily and Wealtly
Batue
Ins
Joranal
Lawrence
Jonusan Controla
Abushes
Valsidéof
the Journal
Kansas
Lawregate
Man
Democrata
5 Newport girl faces breach of promise action
A 5 Newport girl who prepared a wedding outfit to marry Mr Leavitt is about to sue for breach of promise. The piece notes other items from politics to labor issues and local commerce, including Kansas wheat marketing and Lawrence merchants promoting home trade over big cities.
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Newport
Leavitt
Isabout
Flesult
Christmas Gift Library Ticket and Local Ads
A vintage library ticket proclaims a yearly rate of 1.00 and calls the greatest Christmas present. An advertisement offers sweet cider from New York apples at 30 cents per gallon and boked elder for cooking at 40 cents with delivery. Phillip fruit farm advertises Tel. 528 Green. Holiday photographs by Miss Juno Shane at 615 Mass. Street with prompt attention to orders.
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New York
Phillip Fruit Farm
Tel
Associated Charities of Lawrence pledge benevolence acts
The Associated Charities of Lawrence vows to provide temporary employment in wood work and other aid to men and women, investigate applicant conditions, secure legal advice for those unable to pay, assign a visitor for every needy family, hold conferences on relief methods, run an industrial school for poor children, and run summer garden programs. J. D. Faxon, secretary.
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Associated Charities of
Lawrence
J. D. Faxon
Lecompton Merchant in Trouble in Bankruptcy Case
Hugh Larimer, a Lecompton merchant, faces federal bankruptcy proceedings. Principal creditors Townley Metal Company and Harrison Metal Company of Kansas City and Gojon Fence Company allege he tried to transfer his property to the Perry Bank and obtained a restraining order to stop disposals.
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Hugh Larimer
Lecompton
Sait
Townley Metal J Company
Kansas City
Harrison Medica Company
Gojon Fence Company
Larimer
Perry Bank
Fire at Frank Sauers House Damages Clothing and Wardrobe
Last evening between six and seven a blanket thrown over a chair at Frank Sauers home sparked a fire that spread to a nearby closet. The blaze was checked without fire department aid. Sauers suffered significant clothing damage and his wife lost several dresses.
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Frank Sauer
Gasoline Burns Fatal In Home Explosion
Mrs Alea P GM widow died from burns after a gasoline stove explosion a week earlier at her daughter's home Mrs William A Grant 1007 Beleview avenue. She was 49 and widowed. Kansas City Times reports the fatal accident occurred at the Grant residence with the injured victim succumbing at 10:35 p.m.
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Alea P. GM
Wiliam A. Grant
Beleview Avenue
Grant
Kansas City
Mr Jolly of Joliet comes to Bower sock opera house
Charles Newman writes a clean farce with many musical numbers and high class specialties. Edward Carvie is a popular eccentric comedian with a quaint personality a good singer and nimble dancer. Mr Jolly of Joliet arrives at the Bower sock opera house on Thursday December 17.
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Mr. Jolly
Joliet
Charles Newman
Edward Carvie
Bowersock Opera House
Annual Banquet of New England Society to Nominally Happen
The Sons and Daughters of New England announce their annual banquet for Monday evening December 21 at Journal hall. A business meeting precedes the banquet with by law No 3 granting eligibility to natives of New England or spouses or parents born there. Officers invite eligible members to join. dues fifty cents yearly payable to Mrs Harry Raymond. Members requested to add names this week. F H Snow president Anos L Dyke Learnard secretary
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Sons and Daughters of
New England
Journal Hall
Jones
Harry Raymond
F.H. Snow
Anos L. Dyke Learnard
Notice of 1905 shoeing price and business stock
We, the master horseshoers of Law rence, announce new shoeing price for 1905 at 31 50 and reselling aid 81.00. Signed by Schulz, Deney, Gillham and others. Also promotions for football line stock at Smith's news depot and winter coke supply from The Lawrence Gas.
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Lawrence
Chas. P. Schulz
Wm. Deney
J. S. Gillham
Helm & McKittrie
W. B. Tucker
Thompson & Goette
Boyd
Minor Roberts
F. L
Smith’s News Depot
Wanted to be Heard From Woman Applies for Testimonials
Advertises rewards for proof of the ailments of women and asserts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures weak or sick women. Claims testimonials justify the medicine's efficacy and offers a free Common Sense Medical Adviser with a mailing stamp request to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N Y.
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Wornp
Dispensary- Alerical Association
Proprietors
Buffalo
Ford
Haley
Mace
Common Sense Medical Adviser
Ddarese
R. V. Pierce
N.Y
Personal and Social in Eudora and Nearby
Dr and Mrs C R Dixon of Washkell were in Eudora today K G Clevenger was in Atchison today Morton Tarpy went to Kansas City to visit his cousin P Tarpy R Gilbert went to Wellsville to attend a sheep silo Mr Sheki of Lecompton is in the Jetty on business Mr William Leamer of Lecompton is spending the day in the city GC F Adams went to Kansas City to lecture before the Medical college Robert Holden who has been working for Contractor Collins went this morning to his home in Hesper for a few days An evening of good cheer at a card party given by Mrs F A Wood to meet her nephew Mr Donald Rice of Springfield Mass Guests for six tables enjoyed progressive whist The score cards were wind mill sketches and prizes won by Miss Harriett Robinson and Mr Marvin Creager A light luncheon followed the card game Mr Donald Rice of Springfield Mass is visiting his cousin Mr Fred Wood Mr Wesley Loomis came up from Kansas City to spend last night with college friends Mrs A M Jenkins who had been visiting returned to Topeka yesterday Foster Whist club was entertained this afternoon by Mrs A Monroe This evenings Mrs Monroe will entertain a few guests in honor of Mrs W A Darris visiting Mrs The Eutopia club will hold its annual Christmas dinner this evening The Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma sororities will enjoy their annual Christmas trees tonight Mrs E T Ketner and Mrs Catherine O Reilly who had been guests of Mrs J Copley and Miss Agnes Hansen have returned to Topeka
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Morton Tarpy
Kansas City
P.tarpy
R. Gilbert
Wellsville
Sheki
Lecompton
William Leamer
F. Adams
Medical College
Robert Holden
Collins
Hesper
F.A. Wood
Donald Lice
Springfield
Mass
Harriett Robinson
Marvin Creager
Donald Rice
Springgteld
Fred Wood
Wesley Loomis
A. M. Jenkins
Topeka
Foster Whist Club
A. Monroe
Money Drive Aids Manning Family Needs Though Growing
Sherif Myers and the Hughes circulated on the street to raise funds for the Manning family amid earlier Journal notes. The effort drew liberal gifts and should yield a tidy sum after their Tabors. The family already receives county help and Miss May Hoyt will lead church music during holidays.
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Sherif Myers
the Hughes
Manning
Journal
Best dental and warming ads at Ober's location
Amalgam fillings cost 60 cents and gold fillings half price. Painless extracting offered. Office above Ober's by Dr. Wheeler at 821 Massachusetts Ave. Open daily hours until 6. Fifteen years at this location. Also promoting Wilder Bros. Sane underwear and fresh lake fish at J A Spaulding's.
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Ober’s
Wheeler
Massachusetts
British Social Life by Lady Henry Somerset in Cosmopolitan
The December Cosmopolitan features Lady Henry Somerset’s article on the new fashionable London. She is a prominent aristocrat and writes a thoughtful critique of modern society trends and their excesses, offering both commentary and protest.
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America
Henry Somerset
Somerset
London
The
Times
Outlook magazine preview features Roosevelts first portrait series
The Outlook December issue highlights a first installment of Jacob A. Riis’s Theodore Roosevelt series, with a new portrait by George T. Tobin from Arthur Hewitt’s photo. Other major features include Mabie on The Land of Scott, Hapgood’s Morley review, Canfield on the Three Greatest Libraries, and season’s books review as the fiftieth holiday number. A Christmas anthem by Dean Stubbs with music by Dr. Noble accompanies the York Minster choir piece.
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Jacob A. Rlis
Theodore Roase
Roose
George T. Tobin
Outlook
Arthur Hewitt
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Scott
Normal Hapgoon
Morles
Gladstone
James H. Canield
Columbia University
Dean Stubbs
Ely Cathedral
Noble
York Minster
New England Magazine Christ mas number features and authors
The New England Magazine’s holiday issue highlights a winter Boston Common cover and many illustrations. It includes Tarbell’s photographs of a southern Negro, plus articles by Tarbell, Alcott, Marble, Lee, Smith, Gesre, English Brown, and Graham Mac, with stories by Spearman Hulling Schack Tibbet Blanchard and McBrayna.
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New England
Boston Common
John H. Tarbell
Winfield S. Alcott
Annie Hassel Marble
Philip Freneau
America
Olive Lee
Grant
Katherine Louise Smith
Randolph J. Gesre
United States National Museum
Abraham English Brown
Graham Mac
Frank G. Spearman
Paine Hulling
George Schack
Nina Welles Tibbet
Edith R. Blanchard
Lewis E. McBrayna
Young Klondike Miners Return to Seek College Ed
The two youngest gold miners from Alaska, aged 16 and 14, return to the states with about $2,000 earned in the Klondike over three years. They plan to attend Newberg, Oregon, to pursue higher education, using their earnings to fund college and future studies. Their father is Edward C Heacock of Grand Forks.
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Klondike
Edward C Heacock
Grand Forks
Soil Fed
States
Skaguay
Sharuay
Dawson
Yukon
Skookum Gulch
Newherr
Ore
Fragmentary verse lines from a 19th century style poem union
A garbled excerpt presents fractured rhymes and odd phrases with names like Coin and McLane, plus stray lines about marriage, a turkey and a peacock. The text resembles a fragmentary literary collage with no coherent narrative or clear event.
Cateract Cure Claim Promises Universal Relief
An advertisement alleges Catarrhal Cure can cure a single disease across all stages. It touts Hal Catarrh Cure, claims it targets blood and mucous surfaces to rebuild constitution. Proponents offer $100 for any failing case and invite testimonials from F. H. Cheney & Co Toledo. Also promotes Hill's Family Pills as best.
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Sciences
Actii
F.h. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Draggis
Hill
The United States Mineral Wealth and Its Global Reach
An excerpt discusses vast U.S. mineral wealth in iron, coal, and copper and notes a historical medicine ad offering Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive and other ailments. It references genuine products, almanacs, and a few casual dialogue snippets from a period piece, reflecting a mix of commerce and literature.
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United States
Cstetter
Ely's Cream Balm Cited By Readers From Rushville to Arizona
Letters from readers praise Ely's Cream Balm as a lasting relief for catarrh and hay fever. Endorsers include R. M. Beotlay of Rushville and Dell M. Potter, general manager of the Arizona Gold Miclog Co., who encloses 60 cents for a sample.
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Rushville
Ind
Megara
Ely Brow
Catarrh
R. M. Beotlay
Miasra
Ely Bros
Plesme
Dell M. Potter
Mgr
Arizona Gold Miclog Co
A Connecticut river tale of radishes and meals
An observer recalls paddling a Pleuresque Connecticut stream from Long Island Sound up a tide river. They encounter farmsteads, a cultivated plateau garden, and a family dinner under a crape arbor where residents share a simple radish and bread meal. Italians in work clothes, hearty and healthy, live nearby and fish for fortune.
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Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Eople
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