09 Feb 1881
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1881
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR yields unclear items about a group called Gentle Women and mentions Oak and Hair El Rie Pike. No coherent event or outcome is discernible from the text. Further readable details are not present.
An old advertisement praises Frazier's Root Bitters as the first genuine liquid cathartic bitters. It claims superior efficacy, urges against imitators, and lists conditions it supposedly treats, including debility and malarial districts, with Henry Davies as sole agent and a price of one dollar per bottle.
The Ward Burlingame letter to the Atchison Champion recalls Gen. James H. Lane and details his son James H. Lane Second Lieutenant of the Twenty fifth Infantry facing court martial and dismissal from the army twice. Mrs Lane seeks clemency while friends offer aid amid limited hope for reprieve.
The census probes reveal odd practices in New York factories notably custom clothing dominant, paper pattern work with many workers, and dummy props for millinery and theater. Adulteration is rising with casein soap from grease and white earth, glucose used by sugar refiners, plus a honey imitation made with wax and glucose. Tomato skins supply tomato catsup in volume. The Franklin Manuscripts note references to Benjamin and a political dispute affecting lineage.
The piece discusses Erik William Temple Franklin's delay of publishing his grandfather Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and other manuscripts for 27 years, allegedly for $35,000 from a British emissary. It raises questions about the authenticity and completeness of the papers offered to Congress and urges scrutiny of guarantees from Dr Stevens before purchase.
A schoolboy with tears explains a hard lesson from fractions to grown men at a blacksmith shop on Cass Avenue. The men admit they cannot grasp the math terms and jokes about finding the least common multiple, while the boy faces a tough assignment. The piece then shifts to an advertisement for Burnett's Cocoaine and decorative dinner sets with prices from John A. Damszy.
An advertisement asserts a single box of Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment cures chronic piles after years of suffering. It claims instant relief, night itching, and asserts lamps and other remedies harm. It lists Henry Davies as proprietor in Cleveland and warns of private parts focus. Also mentions Dr Roger's Vegetable Worm Syrup as a separate product.
The column lists commodity quotes with oats at 25c per bushel and corn at 27c. It notes hogs and large fat chickens prices and a live chicken rate per pound, reflecting a busy market with nominal exchanges and varying livestock prices.
A condensed market note from Louis, Missouri showing flour steady and wheat unsettled and lower with No 2 red around 1.00, No. 3 red and other grades listed. Prices appear mixed with minor bids and limited sales noted for pickled red and related commodities.
In St Louis on February 8 1981 market activity was active with soybeans heavy and pecking hints. Chicago produce shows wheat firm Corn firmer oats firm rye higher whisky futures up lard higher with prices around 9.60. Chicago bid/offer receipts around 16 000 with market steady and miscellaneous items quoted including euro shockers at 2 900.80.
A fragmented timetable lists trains of daily service including Express and Freight runs. It mentions Lawrence depot connections to Carbondale and Topeka with arrival times around 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. along with various through routes and stations like Denver and Dodge City.
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