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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
2
Turbulent 1902 Kansan notes mix Topeka Capitol satire, editorials, and politics. Items critique Capito Capitol’s readers, discuss prohibition clubs, and tease Missouri extraditions while a Leavenworth club probes property valuation and tax dodgers.
The state board of pirdony refused an absolute parole for James and Cole Younger. They remain in Minnesota on parole with state border limits. Naval surgeon exams resume April 7 with 63 vacancies. Woodward to Quanah railroad chartered with 1 million capital. John Dougherty killed by mail westbound at Mount Washington. Isaac Lower, first white child born on Platte purchase, dies near St Joseph. John Lovely convicted for attempted assault in Muskogee territory. The piece also includes ad-like notes about Hoetetter’s Stomach Bitters and a catarrh remedy.
Joplin Missouri February 6 local capitalists bought 40 acres in southwest Joplin to build a racecourse baseball park and a summer theater. link electric line to nearby cities with population totaling about 10 000. will be the region s only track of note in southwest Missouri Sunton Tor Ninety Nine Fearn, February 6.
Senator Pritchard reported a bill to create a five million dollar national forest reserve in the South Appalachian region to protect timber and conserve waters. The plan cites flood damages in 1901, land purchase estimates of 2 to 3 dollars per acre, and argues the region holds primeval hardwood forests, high mountains, and heavy rainfall necessitating forest cover for soil and water protection.
For sale and rent items, lost items, and help wanted notices from a historic classifieds page. Listings include a lace handkerchief, ladies diamond breast-pin, a good survey mare and colt, a white girl for house work, two small pres rollers, furnished or unfurnished rooms, a silver chatelaine bag, a Woodstock book, and rental details for properties on Massachusetts and Kentucky streets. Also references to a Hammond typewriter agency and a used desk setup.
A gas explosion and ensuing fire devastate a street in the Twenty second and Archer avenue area. Multiple fatalities include children and adults of the Prostels and nearby families. Rescue workers battled flames as trains and manholes erupted and residents fled the scene amid smoke and shattered buildings.
Washington dispatch reports Brig. Gen Leonard Wood, senior U S Army officer in Cuba, may face reprimand for sending letters to U S officials arguing reductions in cabin sugar. The administration condemns the act as extraordinary and a breach of official communication rules. A separate item notes a depot-related incident and a medical advertisement for Word's Norway Pine Syrup.
A fragmented Kansas newspaper item notes the Kansas Labor Society meeting with resolutions and editor protests, alongside pension board discussions on proposed pension legislation. A train derailment near Leonardville injures a mail clerk. the piece warns of digestive issues and promotes Burdock Blood Bitters.
The Presbyterian committee on creed revision, appointed by the last general assembly, met in Philadelphia to continue work on a report due to the New York May assembly. Rev. Dr. Hinton presided, and daily sessions were planned with actions on textual revision and declaratory statements forthcoming. Roosevelt to Charleston expo trip outlined with train departure and stops.
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