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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1905
Page
2
Scanner text from Lawrence Kansas issue shows publication details of The Journal weekly and daily editions, with a mix of early 20th century commentary on politics, reform, and personalities such as Fairbanks Roosevelt Hearst and Odell. It mentions rate regulation support and critiques on government and media, plus civic blessings and law.
Dispatches report the Spearance Investigation in New York will end December 30. The inquiry has exposed graft and spurred overhaul of life insurance company management, improving public trust and educating the masses on life insurance's role in saving earnings and protecting families.
A newspaper excerpt defends U S government irrigation literature as public education. It argues billions will fund irrigation across the arid western states transforming deserts into productive land, with settlers bearing eventual costs while the public benefits indirectly.
A short recipe notes small biscuits best baked just before serving. Serve hot with butter and honey marmalade or jam. Royal Baking Powder is essential to get them right.
Patchogue story recalls a bottle washed ashore by waves containing a note offering a piano to the finder. George Nesbit and his wife sent the note to a Brooklyn piano firm and a piano arrived prepaid. The incident began on a July 4 launch and drifted six weeks to Smith's Point in lower New York bay. An unusual tale of a maritime goodwill joke ending in a home piano delivery.
Sitrayed. Black sow, weight about 150 pounds. Finder please notify George Stuart on Jewett place. Tell phone 474. Wanted. A good steady white girl for general housework. Apply to op Indiana street.
A fragmented dialogue shows a couple discussing a potential mistake on their wedding day while a threatening presence lurks at the door. The text abruptly shifts to an unrelated medical advertisement about deafness and a patent remedy, mentioning Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills.
A fragmented article discusses W Burton praising scientific business training to solve production and market disposal problems, then veers into garbled notes about W M Sherman’s shooting incident, followed by a testimonial for a kidney medicine. The piece mixes industrial advice with unrelated contrived anecdotes and drug claims.
An old adage promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy amid a discussion of imitations and general travel lore. The piece notes barbers and druggists selling the product, touts its mild laxative qualities, and warns against substitutes while contrasting tourist sleepers with wealthier travelers on rail journeys to California.
The Ash hatchery near Spearfish has been improved to rank second in the United States. It now distributes over 5,000,000 fish fry yearly to points nationwide, with eggs shipped as far west as Portland and to Maine. The station sits in the Black Hills basin, features massive stone bulkheads, and a hydraulic engine installed to power water distribution, with total improvements totaling $11,000 after a previous spring flood destroyed the facility.
Inventive Denver resident Agnes G. Magnare claims a stocking darner invention for sewing machines. The device uses a three edge hoop and a thin edge bar to secure fabric and dense stitching, enabling repair of stockings. Also promotes King’s New Discovery for coughs and throat relief with a testimonial from William Myert of Ceartoss Maryland. Trial bottle offered.
Lawrence city records show on December 4 1905 the council adopted a resolution to grade curb and pave Lee Street between the north and south lines of Lee Street to the center of the first east alley near Tennessee Street. Two courses of vitrified brick with sand foundation and lime stone curb are specified with ten annual payments. The City Clerk is ordered to publish the resolution for ten consecutive days.
In Schillings account the ostrich terrifies the lion and can deliver a deadly kick. The bird’s speed and strength challenge even seasoned hunters who fear its eggs. He questions which game remains most dangerous but prefers rhinoceros risk to elephant or buffalo without rules.
An old style advertisement promises Dr King’s New Life Pills as a safe remedy for bowel and stomach issues. It touts protection against ailments like biliocescer and ecortiveness, claiming guaranteed availability at Brow drugstore.
James Allen, an old-time hunter, starts a bear and deer farm on an island in the Rainy River near International Falls Minnesota. He owns about 89 bears and 50 deer split between two sections, with deer kept in captivity and the bears confined separately. He plans to expand and manage the animals, following a prior farm venture after a previous fire.
An old advertisement touts Ely’s Cream Balm as a pure remedy for nasal catarrh hay fever or cold in the head. It stresses no cocaine nor mercury and warns against substitutes claiming deceptive relief. Sold by Ely Brothers 50 Warren St New York priced 50 cents.
First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal December 21 1903 notice that on November 15 1905 the probate court of Douglas County Kansas appointed WM Carter as administrator of the estate of Mont Cartier deceased all parties interested in the estate are advised to govern themselves accordingly
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