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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1913
Page
2
The text blends a paraphrase of Psalm 9 with reflections on party loyalties, family church attendance, and farm life. It contrasts divine judgment and refuge with social changes in politics, noting splits in party lines and the rise of independent voters, and ends with praise for rural life and personal freedom in faith and work.
A fragmented Wichita era column comments on partisan politics, postal votes, water works, government control of communications, and a push for reform. It cites figures like Taft, Ingalls, and Hoch, notes criticism of committees, and mentions Mrs. John Drew Betts endorsing Cardui for women’s health.
The passage discusses bonds issued from private plant sales as base capital for municipal projects. It notes early bonds may be sold at low interest and on favorable terms, while subsequent bonds for improvements face higher rates or discounts due to weaker security. It cites a trend of rising conditions in municipal ownership scenarios.
A fragmentary, eroticized prose piece describes Lora Mason writing about love and heartbreak while the household reacts wildly to the daily paper. The narrator laments sensational press and notes readers’ feverish reactions as the family imagines scandal and yearning.
Analysis argues municipally owned water plants lower rates, better service, and stronger state support. Tax exemptions and police power aid municipal bonds, enabling improvements without harming private earnings. The piece cites Lawrence and broader state experience to favor public ownership over private operation.
An old health advertorial touts Peruna as aligning with nature to ease coughing. It claims Penna acts by calming nerves and thinning discharges, aiding “the act of coughing” and easing chest irritation by expectorant effect.
The new term starts with higher attendance and 23 percent more new students than last year’s first week. New classes have been organized in most subjects. The basketball team beat Raw Valley 24 to 2% in a close game, and dismissal was at 3 to let students attend. A Parliamentary Law class will convene Monday.
City Clerk of Lawrence Kansas invites sealed bids by February 3 1913 for printing a pamphlet of the revised city ordinances. Each bid must include a certified check of 225 00. Bids are to be in lots of 400 copies and the city reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Readers are told how medieval and early modern churchyards hosted games such as dice, cards, and bowls on Sundays and holidays. An injunction in Ireland halted graveyard gambling, noting the burial ground is sacred space, not recreation ground, despite historic practices and tales of fairs and even cockfighting ending by the eighteenth century.
The passage describes using a strong solution of washing soda to bathe warts for a minute or two, letting it dry, and repeating several times daily until disappearance. It also mentions applying moistened muriate of ammonia twice daily to soften and shrink warts, leaving no white marks after dispersion, and contains fragmented notes about a gate and a poor foal.
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