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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
2
A Lawrence Journal editorial calls on residents to aid Chinese foes of oppression, urging public support as the city debates strong action against the attackers. The piece reflects wartime fear, civic duty, and the mood of the era as local readers consider national conflict impacts.
A garbled Lawrence Kansas fragment mentions a senate, petitions, and local figures including a dean, with unclear dates and events. Names and places are partly unreadable, limiting precise reporting of the political action or outcome.
A Vernon County promotional notice features G Hays of Bluff MO endorsing Buck Tens Arnica Salve as the quickest healing salve for sores wounds or piles. Barber & Son Drugist advertises the 25 cent jar with the claim of guaranteed results.
An old advertisement for a medicine called The Texas Wonder claims it cures bladder and rheumatic troubles and offers two sizes priced 50 cents and $1.00. It lists Dr. EL W. Hall of St Louis and mentions distributors Woodward and Co. as sole agents and includes promotional language about happiness and relief.
Clay Clements opens a week long production of Hampton Roads at the Shubert Theatre in Kansas City. He portrays Hugo von Benzinger, an inventor attempting naval reform, amid a Society era plot that threads political intrigue, romance, and a voyage of the ironclad Merrimae.
The Topeka chamber passed a 2 cent fare plan by 89 to 20 after debate on the Mitchel element. Opponents Bird Craddock Enright Gor Is Johnson dunes Kail Metlik Ing livray Martin Mitchell Poll Pomeroy Riehm Taylor Wheeler voted against the bill. The plan aims to set rail rate at two and a half cents with amendments defeated.
The fragment describes a Kansas City man nicknamed Joy or similar, once seen by the Monk boys, moved to Lawrence then Wichita, described as active though never idle. It mentions newsboys and a waning career with unclear motives and places, reflecting a drifting life and misread identity.
Mrs. M. E. Ogden and several companions headed to Kansas City this morning. Miss Damesina Johnson and others also departed, with plans to return by Saturday. The column lists multiple names and short remarks about visits, guests, and errands, reflecting community chatter and upcoming hearings and purchases.
Lee Street Grocery announces rebranded offerings under Cortier Lee and New York Streets with fresh stock. The King Hotel at Vermont Avenue gets new management by King Morel and upgrades to rooms. Julia Shields of Ottawa Kansas reports rooms renovated and seeks patrons. J A Taylor expands shoe repair at 115 Massachusetts Street and offers quality work. Guttering and tin work promoted by F Bennett contact Home Phone and Bell. Kellman relocates to 19 WL Warren Street for upholstering repairs. Lawrence Transfer Co advertises trusted storage and experienced packers.
The new firm at Brown & Emmons successors to Dick & Lewis, original Wind Mill grocery at corner Warren and Mississippi streets, offers staple and fancy groceries with fresh sale meats. Orders delivered to any part of the city. Roth phones 246.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions rail disruptions and congested roads with imprecise phrases about keeping men and timing. No clear events, dates, or names are readable to identify a specific news item.
Hunter Brothers located at de Lee Ope Ely Velges area with Vel ges noted. Investigators confirm presence of the Hunter Brothers in the Velges district and list associated properties.
Local notice fragment lists a name C H Setterberg and place variants Vristlass Kerk Laew Rica Kan. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicates a reader notice or obituary style entry with personal name and location.
An advertisement lists J. Schleifer as successor to E. Edmunds in a meat market at 810 Mass. St offering choicest fresh and cured meats with prompt fulfillment. It also promotes an old established photography studio by Miss Juno Shane at 615 Mass. St with contact numbers for Bell and Home phones.
Local ad listing Seidel's Meat Market offering fresh and salt meats and fish at 105 West, with Hansicker and Woalenback groceries and rubber tired rigs from W J Francisco & Sons barn. Emphasizes telephone orders, prompt replies, and trunk handling services.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a focus on management success in New York markets. The brief mentions a positive outcome and references to fathers, lash, ladle, and panies shortages, but details remain unclear. Further readable facts are needed to confirm names, dates, and precise events.
An ad lists a splendid line of osprine samples for a new suit. Leonard, Tutor, 7 Me $y is mentioned in what appears to be a local sales note or catalog item.
The Smith Undertaking Company notes property listings in Lawrence Kansas with farms for sale and recent sales. It mentions customers seeking more large farms and ongoing inquiries for additional properties.
Classifieds list several job openings including shirt makers at Blake and Karr Baldwin and five buttonhole makers at Wilder Brothers Shirt Factory. Also seeks competent clerks, a winder, and a mill worker. Recruits highlight steady work and immediate applications in West Water and Mesa areas.
Notice seeking girls aged sixteen to twenty to learn the cigar making trade at Boener Bros Cigar Factory. Apply at Wilder Brothers Shirt Chance for girls from sixteen to twenty years of age who want to learn the cigar making trade.
J. BR. KENYON offers farms city lots and uppeaved property. Call 711 Mass street Heselqss 8 for Jamestawk Expo ras literature and railroad routes and rates. Reeislar meals 13c. Short order reasonable rates for weekriders, Confee lionery Cigars Tobacco and Notions. R. B. Craig mile Vrep 633 Mass Si Dome Vhone 160.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a university meat market event with a fine loan spoof prize and a list of participants including a porter, a tome, and poultry offerings at a Mass location. The readable items suggest a campus auction or prize draw with unspecified details.
Industrial town notice notes Pare Grocery and Barr proprietors at 300 Mass Street with Salt Meats and Pickles in transit. No valid further details provided for dates or actions.
Vadames A. Strother testified in his own defense today in the Bywater murder case. Culpepper also appears in the courtroom as Strother faces murder charges in a case that drew regional attention.
Ottawa man Jui Stuart held on hog stealing charges. Preliminary hearing postponed to March ... arraignments for Jeb Allen and others continue. Murder case of Hinston McNees set for a hard fought Justice Court hearing.
Sent to the Industrial School Judge Means yesterday sentenced Earl Bulls to the Industrial School at Topeka. Jesse Henderson also received a sentence there but was given nine months during good behavior. The text also digresses into unrelated notes about acquaintances, pork chops, and a plumbing advertisement by Fred Olson.
Classified notes list various sale offers from livestock to land and equipment. Includes a six year old horse at Lawh’s barn Geo Barker, 150 acres improved land 19 room dwelling near the Court House, and an incubator drooder plus typewriters and organ. Also exchanges and harnesses offered. Contact details: Bell and home phones.
Readable lines reference a parry and a boated serpin with names and actions unclear. The fragmentary text lacks coherent nouns and dates but suggests a martial or nautical scenario with unidentified individuals.
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