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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1899
Page
3
The readable portion presents a chaotic mix of letters and fragments resembling a news page OCR. Names, dates, and locations are obscured, yielding no coherent event or clear subjects to summarize.
The Keystone hotel owner in Joplin recounts a chaotic night as Gen. Hagen and his wife fled a Kansas cyclone near Hayter Springs. In the midst, Mrs. Hagen played piano while the storm raged, doors strained against winds, and guests watched in astonished relief. The tale mentions Admiral Thayer’s trench and Manila maneuvers as distant context.
A fragmentary ad touts a four pound life preserver weighing food and water for five days. It claims tested, perfect protection from shipwreck and promises relief for weak stomachs and liver ailments through Stomach Bitters and a Revenue Stamp neck cover.
A garbled ad-like item promotes farming in Kansas City area with a claim of a vast tract of 8 000 acres and fruit-raising prospects. It promises a free farm and urges readers to send for details to J f Lacewon Kansas City Missouri. Bucdock Blood Bitters is advertised as a stomach strengthener claiming to cure indigestion.
A New York exporter extols Smithfield razorback hams as a premier export to England and France, detailing origin, curing, and feeding practices. The piece covers hog traits from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and notes the long tradition of curing with Liverpool salt and hardwood smoke. It includes unrelated agricultural observations and a small health ad mix.
A Homestead writer advises using cracks in lumber to build cheaper fences and gates, noting that more cracks reduce lumber cost and detailing a 4 inch fencing panel versus 6 inch. The Soy Bean is highlighted as a staple crop in Japan now common in the U S, with seeds sown in drills and valued for hay, protein, and as fodder for cattle.
A Kansas correspondent shares trench burial methods for roots to withstand frost, noting five foot wide trenches, straw or hay coverings, thin soil top, and ventilation. The piece also warns sheep to avoid wet cold, and promotes remedies like French Tansy Wafers for menstrual issues, Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, and Word’s Norway Pine Syrup for colds.
Informal community items include delivery notices urging subscribers to report missed papers by 6 pm and to deduct unreceived issues from carrier payments. A court scene with a boy named Jacob Whites and a boy named Peter Johnson appears amid anecdotes and legal echoes. Also included are health ad copy for Dr King’s New Discovery, a frontier travel-book ad for Kansas City area views, employment ads for Associated Charities, and holiday excursion offers for Memphis Route through Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis Railway.
Pension applications surge as veterans from Spanish American War and Philippines insurrection flood the War Department with claims. Attorneys spread agents to obtain next of kin details from enlistment records, prompting officials to consider barring such practices. Surgeon General Wyman’s annual report highlights yellow fever transmission by the respiratory tract and notes a potential protective serum, while Cuba sanitation efforts show best practices for disease control.
December 24 in New York, Salvation Army feeds thousands with 5200 baskets for five per basket and 6000 more served at the main feast. From morning to night, crowds in the Syndre garden witnessed hourly musical and cinematic entertainment as charity surpassed expectations.
Dallas records a sequence of bloody street attacks during Christmas festivities. Victims include Waller Meyer Coad and others as gunfire and stabbings disrupt neighborhoods. Police assess multiple suspects and fugitives, with several incidents reported across different city blocks.
Buffalo dispatch reports two unknown youths driven from the Niagara River promenade on the Canadian side. Tracks vanish in darkness as rescuers search the whirlpool area. authorities suspect murder or double disaster. کمک
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