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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
4
A long OCR fragment lists names, addresses, and community mentions. It includes funeral details for Ellen Crispin, notes on local societies, church affiliates, parish members, and several scattered references to residents and donors, with scattered dates, places, and monetary amounts interwoven.
A special New Year program at the Norore and Grand in Aurora featured Johnny and Teddy awaiting prayers as visitors recount local events. The Lawrence area notes district activities with school openings, holiday visits, and community gatherings including Bel leview and Descriptions of varied visits to friends and relatives across towns.
A dubious advertisement touts Amolox The New Remedy as a transformation for skin ailments including red blotches, pustules, and pimples. It claims dramatic results within months, with testimonials from a Mrs Hatis and others, endorsed by Dirk Bros. amid licensed-sounding assurances.
A sprawling, disjointed 1914- era text fragment questions license sales in Douglas County amid remarks on currency reform and Prohibition era trials. It threads Judge Lindsey’s perplexities with stray notes on the era’s social life and odd anecdotes about tobacco seeds in Turkey and California experiments.
A summary of property transfers and deeds filed in Lawrence including warranty deeds for McCantes and others, quitclaim actions involving Jes. G. Cummings and Lawrence entities, and numerous lot descriptions in Maple Lawn and West Lawrence. Names such as Anne Welch, J. Relser, Henry Swanson, Carl Harshbelser, Harriet Farmer, and others appear with addresses in North and West Lawrence. The notices reference Lots in Maple Lawn and various parcels in northeastern and western sectors, with monetary values and lot numbers inferred from the fragmentary record.
A fragmented Gazette style passage discusses revenue stamps for property deeds, noting 60 cent stamps for deeds up to 900 and 6 cents for each additional hundred, with value must be stated. It mentions public access to stamps at post offices or banks and references local notices about New Year promotions and assorted ads, including Wiedemann chocolate and Foley tablets, interwoven with light humor.
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