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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
3
The document records overdrawn balances and warrants in a Douglas County treasury, noting receipts, expenditures, and public funds issues. It mentions specific entities such as Maple treasury, special improvement funds, and bonded debt, with references to dates, payments, and administrative actions leading to unsettled balances and pending warrants.
The notice urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar to stop coughing and heal the lungs, warning against untried preparations and stressing to remember the genuine product.
A Batesville ind letter recounts a three month severe cold cured by Foley Honey and Tar. Notes on stockholders meeting at Lawrence National Bank Kansas January 5 1907 and a guardian appointment for James MeNees estate from Osage County Kansas. Also references Ducklinsk Arnic Salve precedents and local ads for Barber Son drugstore and Cabbages remark.
The article recalls old beliefs about All Saints Day and the dead, noting lingering customs in Brittany and other regions. It describes superstitions about guarding horses, avoiding certain rites, and practices aimed at warding off the dead as winter approaches.
A collage of clipped notes from a Philadelphia Record style page recounts strange cases from public life and science. It mentions a professor with a private practice, drifting into a pond during a dual fall, a curious epidemic around roller skating, and historic local tales from Pawtuxet valley about Uncle Stephen and a 12 mile meat haul. The piece then shifts to malaria in Greece, odd quotes, and ad copy on Dr King’s New Life Pills and other health remedies.
The Lawrence paper touts its status as the oldest in Kansas with wire market reports daily and expansive real estate, offering a yearly subscription for 1.50. It emphasizes high circulation, broad readership in rural districts, and authoritative telegraph news coverage.
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