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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1910
Page
3
A 1910 Lawrence Kansas page presents a caustic miscellany of editorials and quips on reform, politics, and public figures. It cites Lincoln's birthday praise, Tillman and Long, and remarks on newspapers and Kansas City topics, with Vinland Vine quips and local literary jabs.
The obituary highlights Clay Clement as a great actor who portrayed the drain man in The Servant in the House with lasting impact. It also discusses Senator Tillman, his hardness and kindness, and a predicted future law ending futures dealing as criminal despite special interests backing the status quo.
Chicago Inter Ocean reports the First Aviation Hotel atop the Blackstone, a skyward hub for transcontinental air travelers. Drome No 1 will gleam above Michigan Avenue with a sky parlor for fifty guests, landing guidance by a Munky, storage and recharging, and Anchorage for dirigibles.
A vintage advertisement promotes Rexall Muen Tone claiming catarrh causes debility and promising a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. The copy touts tonic and alterative effects, urges trial, and lists product sizes and store sales information, ending with a separate line about Dean's Ointment for itching and skin conditions.
An advertisement extols Diapepsin to relieve indigestion in minutes, claiming continued use improves appetite and breath. It links to Century magazine content on Japan’s cherry blossoms and other popular pieces, noting Miss Seidmore, Miss Lucille More, and Bonaparte among the era’s writers and topics.
An internal tablet remedy from Dr Leonhardts Hem-Roid targets the lower bowel circulation cited as the cause of piles. The ad promises a permanent fix, offers a 1 cent set and full guarantee via Mick Bros Lawrence Run, with prospectus from Dr Leoulandt Co Station B Buffalo. A joke about a man’s mood at breakfast contrasts with his evening amiability.
Wm. T. E. Howard, proprietor, offers urgent repair of furniture, string instruments, clocks, and umbrellas. Cutlery ground and key fitting guaranteed. Located at 645 Mass Street, Lawrence, Kansas. Remember that two quarters in your own packet...
The president of the Spd industrial and Orphan's Home at Ma von Ga reports that Eclectric Bitters has aided hundreds of orphans for nine years. The tonic is praised for stomach liver and kidney benefits and as a strong general purifier and builder for weak children and rundown adults. Also advertised are Dosa's Regu lats for bowel irregularity and other remedies with prices listed.
Reports from Tabasco show a locust plague spreading across the Campeche border area and threatening crops. While Yucatan has seen limited damage this year, past losses have been heavy, prompting the government to ship locust musk to fields where infestation is worst and to battle the insect across Campeche Tabasco and surrounding districts.
The nave of St Pauls was known as Pauls Walk a fashionable promenade where wits gallants and townsfolk gathered to exchange news. It hosted stalls bazaars and fairs with usurers in the south aisle and horse dealers in the north amid courts of justice and feasts, with traces lasting into the mid seventeenth century.
A fragmented report discusses a misrepresentation regarding cocoa as a Venezuelan product. It describes pods, beans, and fermentation heaps, noting a comparison to an eight-inch by three-inch fruit with a thick shell and sweet inside. The piece critiques the source’s accuracy while detailing the described process.
A collection of fragmented anecdotes contrasts male utility with female fashion, features a street encounter misread as a dare to elopement, and cites vague testimonials about remedies, ending with a reader's dreamlike recall of a man’s advance.
The March issue questions whether the East is insurgent within the Progressive party, with Massachusetts and New Hampshire cited. It highlights Edwin Lefevre on Aldrich, Stewart Edward White on Case, and diverse features including Mexican slavery tales, women bios, plays, and a William James Sidis piece. It also notes fiction from De Paine and Gillmore, and advertises King’s New Life Pills.
A fragmentary newspaper snippet mixes odd phrases about blushing rides with references to patent medicines. It touts Catarrh Cure claims, quotes a Toledo company, and mentions Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for wounds and skin issues. The text also includes a quip about a lazy man and a local editor's leg injury anecdote.
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