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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1908
Page
2
The Journal of Lawrence and the Lawrence Republican announce their long history, noting the Journal’s daily telegraphic reporting and a weekly edition. The piece comments on politics, the square deal, river congestion on the Kaw, and praises a humane society reform to improve Lawrence’s treatment of animals and civic care.
The republican papers are informed that calling Col Harris a non resident is poor argument. One paper claimed he was a resident of Colorado. Col Harris is a resident of Lawrence and owns a home on Ohio street. He takes keen interest in town affairs and helped drive local initiatives.
An era of speculative finance is described with emphasis on Western securities and eastern money power. The piece cites Wall Street trade, New York banks, and brokered drafts as a system fostering gambling risk and potential market losses for investors across the nation.
The notice reports a Lawrence wedding with Mary Wallisme and Sau Long, the ceremony officiated by a magistrate. It mentions the couple starting housekeeping on a farm, and lists well wishes and congratulations. Also included are an advertisement for Catarrh Cure and a note about a football team meeting to elect a captain for the upcoming season.
An advertisement extols plenty of water as nature’s great remedy and a valuable home prescription. It claims water cures kidney and bladder problems and rheumatism, offers directions, and urges readers to try the regimen at home despite sensational misstatements and dubious medical claims.
A partial OCR fragment describes a medical meeting with mentions of committee members including Drs Foatnian Cox Belton Meyaehis Cal and Tila Reeister. It notes gatherings on Wednesday night and plans for future meetings in May with references to attendees and procedural steps.
The notice promotes Castoria for infants and children claiming the familiar label The Kind You Have Always Bought. It mentions local names Lad Mitdeae and Jessie Maehir tied to a sale of business and a former post, with a Maine Mirror reference and a Texas medicine testimonial. An advertisement by De. E. W. Hall offers a $1 bottle and two months treatment for kidney bladder and rheumatic issues with test case mail access.
Nasal catarrh advice promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a quick remedy. The ad touts nasal application for fevered tissues, promises fast relief, and cites 50c price with mail order from Ely Bros of New York. Ends with a quirky, fragmented line about a baldheaded man.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a town birthday and holiday celebrations at Wassingcon with public offices like the post office and court suspended. Banks and streets were affected, and the text hints at a local event with various unnamed participants and officials.
The program lists Sally Webb Matty Tart Aiee Werth Matty Snow and Helen Cao in a lively stage reading. Performances feature comic songs and dances with a lively crowd in a campus setting.
John Pleasant of Magnolia Tad recalls a valuable lesson from six years ago and promotes King’s New Life Pills, claiming quick relief and broad appeal. Barber & Son druggist guarantees the remedy’s merits and urges readers to try it for personal benefit.
Fragmentary text describes someone named Chas and mentions selling, a forthcoming event in MeL and FAliiniegen. It references Johnson, a West Coast style pursuit, and a vague notion of pleasure from owning an automobile while noting a man’s wits and a good way to live.
An invitation describes an Irish Picnic and Grand Ball to be held Sunday February 22 at 8 pm at the New Athletic Club Muse K Ketels. The note names individuals including Great Grandfather FP W Barteldes Grandfather FLT Barteldes and Uncle Ray Maexard, with a local tone and cautionary moral toward flirtation.
Mrs Eva Neapher of Grovertown Stark County Indiana recounts severe illness from coughing and weakness then credits Dr Kings New Discovery with a full recovery after four one dollar bottles. The product billed as king of coughs cures and lungs healer is guaranteed by O P Barber & Son Drug Co with 50 cent and one dollar sizes and a free trial bottle.
An early 20th century Lawrence notice promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as relief for backache and urinary issues. A testimonial from a local farmer cites improved health and stronger back, urging purchase from Dick Bros. Also includes a government notice from January 1908 about The Watkins National Bank’s compliance and continued corporate existence in Lawrence Kansas.
An early 20th century notice describes Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo publishing complete ingredient lists for Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It claims alcohol free preparations and endorsements from medical practitioners, offering free little books by mail to explain ingredients and benefits.
Fragmentary text describes a proposed electrical line clamp by Colorado Pi Tette Mas Wertsor and Meo Walser with Professor J. i Dyer of Colada College. Mentions a wind tower, spans, and transmission lines linking waterworks. Details are unclear due to OCR damage.
Public notice filed in Douglas County Kansas announces W. J. Kiefer as plaintiff and Alden C. Millard Edwin J. Decker Isaac J. Kidder Julia Fitch Charles Fitch Edward Fitch and others as defendants. Court action seeks quiet title to described real estate and warns a failure to answer by March 27 1908 will result in default and judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
Empire Cream Separators durable lightest running clean skimmers Kenely Ernst 826 Mass St Roth Phones 341 Carlson Strahl cement contractors for sidewalks floors Bell phone 1719 Nothing but first class horses at W J Francisco Sons barn rubber tired rigs We pay special attention to telephone orders Carriage painting trunks handled household goods packed shipped by experienced packers Lawrence Transfer Co White Domestic and New Home stewing machines Windmills Samson and Teal mills Bell Metcalf Implement Co plumbing co Want column
Fragmented classifieds list multiple noisy want ads. Zeck Co Morristown New Jersey seeks someone to copy letters for spare time pay. Other notices call for a lady or gentleman for persuasive work with salary paid. Various positions include stenographer, bookkeeper, and office tasks. Also buyers offer top prices for potatoes wheat rye oats with office moves noted. Local contacts in Lawrence Kansas Beth Pa St and Hass Bt are shown.
A jumble of shopworn sale notices across multiple items. Listings include livestock two ponies irrigation equipment and household goods. Real estate opportunities feature a mortgage on land near Lawrence and a six room dwelling in South Ohio Street. Additional entries advertise a two mile north east Baldwin property, a cottage on Mo. 81, and various home goods and crafts items from local merchants.
Classified rental notice listing a five room cottage at 524 Lewisiany street with Bell service. Includes contact options and a note on loans and pawned valuables.
Money to loan on farm and fly property with interest as low as 5 percent and optional payments. Morrison Lemmon on 744 Main Street advertises loan services. Also Lawrence Transfer Co offers storage and packing. Lost items include a Chi Omega pin and a gold band ring with rewards for return.
The Journal bindery reports a strong year as its binding work earns top reputation. The shop says its high quality binding drew clients from Kansas and beyond, marking the year as a notable success for the operation.
Local notes record lost fur neckpiece on Winthrop or 700 block Vermont with return request at a rest room. Another lost item on Conn Street asks finder to return to 909 Conn St with home phone 683. Scottish-tinged ads include timetable remarks and brief legal notice about a divorce case in Kansas City Kansas with names Maud and Nannie A, plus scattered local business references.
The March issue features fashion spreads by Jean Corin Green and editorial notes by Tits Prykiied. It highlights Home Durland talks, a piece on Women of the Revolt in Russia, Dr. Woods Wutchinson on baby mental growth, and fiction by Lynde, Baeheller, and Phelps. Margaret Sangster and others oversee departments, with praise for the issue’s presentation.
E. E. Taney led about twenty five furious and undaunted democrats to Wopeka to hear Gryan at the annual banquet. Robert Emmett Coffman, senior law, will speak for the Kansas young democracy. Exgys are again near normal price and cheap theatrical companies are urged to notice. A man’s idea of a silly woman is one who laughs at another man’s jokes.
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