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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
2
A digest of Kansas and national items from The Journal, including oil price signals to lawmakers, church revivals, proposed Sunday laws, university probes, and railroad and rail policy discussions. Mentions Standard Oil, beef trust, state taxation, and civic notes with multiple named places and entities.
A Madrasa Times writer recounts treating a snake bite with passes and ligature therapy guiding venom away from the heart and limbs. The patient regained movement and speech within thirty minutes, then recovered after hospital transfer. The piece also notes Philadelphia's growing communications system and wartime cable flows to Japan.
Clarence Ashby, a public school teacher in Indiana, escaped a student prank by climbing a tree. The boys felled the tree with an axe, Ashby was injured, and he later distributed $2 among the students. The article also notes ongoing work of the Plant Industry Bureau, highlighting staff and focus areas.
Supplementalist No. 2 Feb lst notices new subscribers with names and addresses across Red Lea Haskell and Main areas. The list includes Arthur Crispie John Pierson J W Piper Rodell Rudiger Shearer Geo W Soxman Stanley Taylor Wilder and Zimmerman among others with residences and farm locations. A promotion offers delivery of new subscriber books in January.
Advertisements claim Liquid Cream Balm contains all properties of the famous Cream Balm and is ready for atomizers. Ely Brothers of New York offer it by mail. Also noted are Frisco System sleeper services between Kansas City and Jacksonville and a Brudak Blood Bitters health claim.
The passage rails against mercurial tonics and unprescribed remedies, warning such preparations harm the body. It cites Hall’s Catarrh Cure from Toledo, Ohio, and Dr Thornan’s Electric Oil, alongside scattered musings on spinning and wedding customs, reflecting a jumble of old-time remedies and domestic life.
A garbled reader letter extols Electric Bitters and Dr Woods Norway Pine Syrup as cures. Mary H Walters of Columbus Ohio reports fever, stomach pain, and insomnia improved after using Blacking Bitters. Barber & Son's drug store advertises guaranteed price.
Postage rates in France rise slightly for interior letters at over 10 grams while letters to other countries rise similarly. Newspapers pay one cent per 50 grams. Registered papers require two centimes interior. A two-cent interior rate is under discussion though timing not stated. Also includes notes on peculiar disappearances and medical remedies with prices in local drug stores.
An English paper collects schoolroom tales with casual blasphemous or naive remarks. A boy defines adie as an abomination yet a help in trouble, another says David kept a doorkeeper role to walk outside during sermons, and an Irish boy twists biblical lines into humor.
A wild plant grows three feet high near the Tigris banks and is harvested for tobacco flavoring and snuff production. Some sticks are shipped to England and America, with most going to snuff and tobacco manufacturers. Separately, advertisements tout a cough remedy safe for children, claiming no opium. Colorado’s exhibit success at St Louis is noted, and a stomach upset treatment via Chamberlain’s tablets is recommended.
A Lawrence reader urges publishing a testimonial letter praising Vinol cod liver oil as a cure for hard cold, bronchitis, and weak lungs. The letter, signed W H O Keefe, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, asserts rapid relief and a money back guarantee. Advertorial statements from L Raymond Co. promote Vinol with medical endorsements and a service guarantee.
The article reports European efforts to improve child teeth health with in-school dental clinics. It cites Germany leading with voluntary and salaried dentists, noting low healthy-teeth rates among eight to thirteen year olds and high numbers of examinations and extractions in Darmstadt and Strasbourg. Russia also expands such facilities in St Petersburg.
Nearly all readers hear of Dean's Kidney Pita. Public endorsement grows as citizens like Henry Page of 302 East Fourth Street Topeka Kansas share personal experience. Page reports a five week grippe attack caused kidney weakness and night pain, but Doan's Kidney Pills gave satisfactory relief after use. Available from Dick Bros drug stores, 40 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N C agents for United States. Remember the name Doan's and avoid others.
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