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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1912
Page
4
A murky election transcript shows J Th Brady nominating speech leaning toward Republican ideals while criticizing press coverage and political rivals. It notes Sen Cummins entering the presidential race and Follette's health sparking debate alongside reflections on journalism and public life.
The piece contemplates William Rockefeller’s approach to donations with Frederick T. Gates in charge, noting Gates handles giving while Rockefeller profits no pleasure from it. It then shifts to politics and policy, critiquing Democratic tariff bills, primary costs, and regulatory aims. It highlights public utilities rates, bird education in Massachusetts schools, and a caution against overloading schools. It reflects on Solomon and royal excess, advertising by George Tunes and the Innes store, and ends with the arrival of a new telegraph operator, John Anthony Cosgrave, in Lawrence.
An editorial lament rejects reformers as traitors and warns that treasonous plots against kings will trigger a reckoning. It condemns lies that flood the public sphere and lauds those who oppose dangerous bubbles of rhetoric, while warning that true liberty remains a grim, ongoing struggle.
A Greenville Michigan resident testifies to a complete cure from bladder trouble using Kilmer's Swamp-Root after a physician failed. The letter, dated July 12, 1909, is sworn before a Montcalm County Notary Public in Michigan.
A column collection includes references to Dr Kilmer and Co swamp root samples, with endorsements and a note on suffrage beliefs tied to Julia Ward Howe. It also shares poetry memoriam for Mrs. Robert Morrow and mentions Rev Stucker addressing a First Baptist audience in Austin Texas, plus a Kansas bound notice.
A fragmentary note surveys a 1838 debate on Republicanism and freedom, noting incomplete stamping out of the idea and a halfway pursuit of liberty in early American discourse. The text hints at periodic calls for broader political reform and caution about overstatement.
A speech by Mr. Bonynge criticizes the U.S. banking system for fragmented reserves among 25,000 banks and lack of mutual protection mechanisms. He plans to address audiences in Kansas. The ad text promotes Samose flesh-forming tablets, claiming health benefits and weight gain without starch or pepsin, urging self-weighing and satisfaction guarantees. Pedestrian walkers Otto Fischer and Billy Hinseley depart Lawrence for Tonganoxie, aiming for a 10 am wake and 1 pm arrival for a country dinner, after a light lunch en route.
Amusements notice for the Henry W. Savage presentation of Madame X a dramatic tale of a wife leaving husband and child with a twenty year secret exposed by blackmailers. A mother on trial guards her son unaware he is her child until acquittal. Final scene links father, mother, and son amid gripping theater.
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