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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
2
A chaotic jumble cites Kansas figures, railways, Boer war reports, and local law matters. Discussion touches court clerks, governors, and public works while mentioning Kansas City earnings and rail passes amid wary editorial jabs.
A young inventor proposes a penny in the slot device for directory owners. The box opens the directory as long as a finger remains inside, then closes when released. The plan envisions the company supplying directories to stores and sharing profits with shop owners, targeting 000 to 700 Chicago drugstores and other venues.
A vivid slice of camp life opens with early rising and hard work as crosscut saws sing and axes ring. The section shifts to camp games and social evenings with songs, contests, and flirtations, ending with a humorous store-hugging anecdote from a Baltimore News reprint.
A wide excerpt discusses how butter flavor shifts with salt as seasons change, citing opinions from the New York Freeman and W. Murtfeldt on calf rearing. It covers salt levels for fall and winter, dairy practices, and how feeding carrots, beets, and other roots affects butter color and fat content, plus a curious note on Russian and German royal diets featuring cows aboard royal trains.
In October 1896 the author details a severe lung illness treated with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. After using three bottles his lungs recovered. The piece also notes the remedy's popularity with mothers for babies and its effectiveness against croup and whooping cough, with Barber Bros. drugstore as local supplier.
A wartime yarn recounted by Casemate and others in which a gunnery lieutenant recalls a broken recoil spring and a heavy pipe stopper used as a pipe stopper. The men swap memories of past campaigns in Katler, the Forty fourth, and a chief named Moshesh. The tale blends humor with danger as they reflect on discipline and loyalty.
A veteran narrator recalls voyage home from the Pacific, shipboard life at St Helena, mining tactics, mule losses, and a close gunfight with a lone attacker in darkness. He and a major discuss courage, charm, and reminiscences of the navy and army.
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