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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1902
Page
3
Fragmented timetable and local notices mix train times with scattered names, places, and events. The garbled text mentions trains to West and East, departures, dates, and references to local officials and entities amid noisy OCR.
A London speech by MP John Burns to workingmen urged builders to provide homes and called for fewer public houses and stricter temperance. He cited statistics on death, insanity, and crime linked to drink, arguing housing density worsens poverty and crime, and urged persistent reform.
The article argues for expanded agricultural education as essential to national progress. It links farming power to population growth, notes government support via departments of agriculture and experiment stations, and urges high school and college plans to integrate agricultural chemistry, horticulture, entomology, drainage, breeding, and regional studies. It calls for practical, life ready education rather than narrow professional training.
A speech in the House of Commons prompts laughter as a speaker likens wealth to manure and warns against class tyranny. An artisan observer notes the crowd shifts from support to skepticism as the speaker rails against oppression and the misdirection of power.
The article notes rising tensions among Russia and Japan over Korea, with China and Japan eyeing the peninsula. It describes shifts in regional power, noting Russia and Japan’s strategic aims and the potential impact on regional balance.
A campus rumor stirs after Missouri State University football fans recall a raucous yell during a home game. Students and alumni debate its origin and the meaning it carried in the crowd.
A prize of four dollars is offered to any student or other person who submits a better and more appropriate yell. Judges Professors Mauls Curtis Burnett C I Davin and W T Nardin will declare their decision before April 3. The contest aims to modernize the yell and requires extra effort to match the effort with other views. The old yell has supporters and a new one is expected if suitable.
A New York Evening Journal report describes the battleship Wineia farm and its sister ships Oregon Alabama and Ker gorge in trials from Newport to New York. The Alineis is hailed as queen of the United States fleet for speed power and maneuverability outperforming rivals with 15.7 knots in tests and strong crew efficiency amid reports of global naval tensions and political unrest in China arts sense.
The fragment lists train times and routes to Memphis Birmingham and New Orleans with connections. It mentions reclining chair car and palace car service offering through to Birmingham and stops at several towns, indicating a long distance schedule.
Legal notice from Douglas County Kansas listing George W. Maxwell and George W. Saxwell with court action pending and a judgment by default. It requests publication and payment of costs and warns of further legal steps if requirements are not met. Also announces appointment for a case involving Charles P. Grosvenor and directs interested parties to appear.
A local letter praises Doan's Kidney Pills as quickly curing kidney related troubles in children and easing a mother's burden. The testimonial urges Lawrence store customers to ask for the product, listing Fyeter Milburn Co as agents in Buffalo New York and warning against substitutes.
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