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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
3
Hale Hetherington, once of ERU, is alone at a Huitt Lea Lumber camp in thick woods after three months of shutdown. He remains in charge, enjoys the solitude, and plans to stay on at the camp in a remote location reported by the Atchison Globe.
The Kansas City navy recruiting station set a monthly record with a high enlistment count. Most new sailors hailed from rural areas and small towns, with few from Kansas City. Very few were refused for physical defects. Previously enlistments were mostly at seaports.
A garbled mix of home remedy text claiming a kidney and bladder cure, plus an Ordinance No. 304 notice for a provisional special assessment in Lawrence Kansas. Read as two distinct items with no clear connection between them.
Fragmented OCR describes land lots on Delaware Street with numbered parcels and boundaries. It lists measurements, beginnings, and directions for Lots 13 to 35, sections of township 12, range 20, plus references to ordinance figures 27.66 and 53.66. The text mixes repairs, permit notes, and property lines with unclear context surrounding Alfalfa Day.
The new west side city council weighs repairing the old fire engine at a cost of 1500 dollars. Comedian Kaseld opposes the spending, while Kasud would fund a reasonable amount but questions the need and timing. The issue was not seriously raised at the last meeting and remains a point of contention amid concerns about waste and public funds.
A long cited testimonial for Bucklen's Arnica Salve praises its relief of wounds boils and ulcers in East Wilton Maine. The excerpt also includes Ordinance No 303 from Lawrence restricting opium and other deadly drugs smoking and opium dens with penalties up to 100 dollars fine or 90 days jail, effective after publication.
The construction of the new Manual Training High School is paused until July due to bond funding. The annex will add about thirteen rooms for physics, chemistry, sewing and domestic science, American history, and manual training, with plans to open in the eighth grade and first-year high school courses.
The Sun announces Prof. J B Wilson will run for Republican nomination for county superintendent. Born Perry January 28 1879 he rose through high school and the University of Kansas, taught in Lecompton and won student and public support. He has served as city central committee chair and county secretary, and cites three terms as enough for the present incumbent. Regulars aid digestion.
The congregation held its annual meeting last evening at the church. I Hemphill, Charles Shirar and John Selig were elected elder, deacon and trustee respectively. Reports show the church enjoyed its most prosperous year since its founding. Rev E E Stauffer enters his sixth year as pastor.
A community effort led by A. O. and the University seeks to establish a settlement house in Lane with a busy club house on the east side. Miss Cassie Quinn runs a Saturday sewing and cooking program for local children, many of whom are children of widows learning homemaking skills. The work room in the Griffin building on West Winthrop Street, led by Miss Coathupe, gathers women to sew and read to older women, with volunteers from town churches supporting the effort. Local residents praise the initiative and some women share how this space provides companionship and practical training. A note about Thanksgiving market activity and butter packing at local and regional markets is included, highlighting broader community engagement. The piece ends with Glenn Richardson’s quotation and a proverb about quarrels.
In Portland Oregon on January 3 1908 a reader from Kansas writes to the editor praising Kansas and recounts a family note from Medicine Lodge about a Christmas turkey costing 644 cents per pound. The letter expresses local pride and a personal anecdote about prices.
A jewelry salesman in Lawrence yesterday touted bracelets as the latest novelty. He claimed the trend favors wider and heavier bracelets with plain gold bands and heavy chains, presenting them as key items in modern fashion.
Mrs Mary Dowling of 288 8th Ave San Francisco endorses Electric Bitters as the best remedy for stomach and liver trouble. The tonic is said to invigorate the system purify the blood and aid female weakness. Available for 50 cents at Barber Son s drug store.
The Lawrence Journal reports advances including shipping to Lecompton subscribers by the issue night. The piece promotes Burdeck Blood Bitters claiming to strengthen digestion liver and bowels while purifying the blood and notes the value of a cheerful persistent worker in a busy life.
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