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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
3
Fragmentary text appears as a long dialogue on gender roles, manners, and social expectations. The piece references nurses, a queen, private privilege, and public behavior, with discussion of masculine stature and refinement. Numerous disjointed phrases and garbled OCR hinder clear synthesis.
A plain woman on a streetcar confronts a purse snatching attempt by a pretty woman. The plain woman uses a firm gaze to deter three men and several onlookers, demanding money and warning they will be watched. The exchange ends with the pretty woman paying her fare, while the others react with relief and sighs.
A Miami county Indiana farmer faced three gangs erecting telephone poles in his field. After they displayed a so called authority paper, he quietly left then released a savage bull on them. The men fled as the farmer shouted to show the paper.
A varied old text lists kitchen preparations such as three cups sugar with corn syrup and boiling water to form a hard ball, egg whites beaten with syrup, and a lemon juice flavored oysters dish. It also describes White Mountain Pudding with fruit, Chocolate Custard Pie with chocolate icing, Linoleum for Pantry Shelves as a home care note, and several cookies and candies including Divinity and Ginger Puffs with detailed mixing steps. The tone reads as a miscellaneous women’s column offering recipes and household hints.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing treatment for impure blood and related ailments. It promotes All Healing Salve for open sores and asserts explicit ingredient disclosure. The copy references Buffalo New York and offers stamps for ordering by mail.
The January issue spotlights major articles by Elwin LeFevre and William Hard on finance and social issues, plus in depth pieces on the harvester era and social ascent. It features classic fiction by Casson and Lincoln, a climber’s autobiography, and critique of New York transit.
Dr King s New Life Pills claim to keep biliousness malaria and jaundice out of your system sold for 25 cents at Barber Son s drug store through this newspaper notice highlighting a patent remedy of the period aimed at general health concerns.
Representative Phil Campbell advocates replacing current packed desks in the house chamber with benches similar to the House of Commons. He argues this would improve acoustics and after completion of the new office building every member could have a room, allowing quieter debate and better work conditions. He notes pen scratching and desk banging disrupt the speaker and clerks and says members could retire to cloak rooms or offices to listen to debate.
Railroad men report lighter Thanksgiving travel than several seasons prior. The two cent fare, replacing former three cent mile rates, may spread trips over a week rather than a few days. Reduced advertising of special rates and evolving travel habits likely influence the shift.
The magazine features Henry Reuterdahl on naval needs and war readiness, Hendrick on Great American Fortunes, Carter on One Man and His Town, and Marion H. Carter's amusing anecdotes. It also covers hypnotism and crime with Munsterberg, John La Farge's painting series, Ellen Terry's memoirs, and Mary Stewart Cutting's serial The Wayfarers. Plus short fiction, poetry by Rosalie Jonas and Louise Imogen Guiney, cover art by Leyendecker and Stephens, and ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
The January Century presents the first two color reproductions in America using the Lumiere process by Edward J. Steichen. It includes fiction and short stories by May Sinclair, Jack London, and others, plus Beatrice Cenci narrative by F. Marion Crawford and an essay on civil service reform. The issue also previews Dr. Weir Mitchell's new novel The Red City and Hugh Wynne connections.
A consumer notes fifteen years observing Busklen Arnica’s effects and branding, implying long-term experience with the product. The fragment hints at a retrospective view on the item’s performance and market presence.
A public publication notice appears in the Lawrence Daily Journal dated December six, 1907 for a Douglas County Kansas district court case involving plaintiff Fans May Galbraith. The notice serves to announce legal action and related proceedings.
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