Lawrence Journal's Western Era Notes and Local Affairs
The Lawrence Journal highlights townsite wars in Oklahoma and U.S. senate moves on Hawaii land claims. It cites W. H. Bancroft as Union Pacific general manager choice, notes improving trade and wartime rumors stimulating industry, and covers Kansas politics including Editor Hoch’s gubernatorial bid and Bryan's interview strategy. Also reports Calgary theatre fire, Panama treaty edits, and Douglas county road improvements and delegate strategy.
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W. H. Bancroft
Union Pacific
Kansas
Bancroft
Political tussles and party shifts across Kansas and beyond
The article surveys Democratic and Republican maneuvering including Bryan’s influence, Kansas officials reshaping conventions, and a governor pressuring for delegates. It notes fire safety lapses in New Jersey venues, Topeka fair ticket sales, and St. Louis hosting issues at national meetings.
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Bryan
St. Louis
Road building under state aid progress notes
Governor Odell's New York plan for good roads under the state aid system shows only 484 miles improved since 1898 while counties have paid for 619 miles. The article notes slow state action and predicts a vast highway system and fewer rural grade crossings within six to eight years with continued cooperation.
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Chicago
Odell
New York
Jacate
JHE SEMI-CENTENNIAL Address at Commercial Club
Capt. J G Haskell speaks on Kansas history and Lawrence life as the city plans a fifty year celebration. He urges preserving memories of eleven pivotal years and inviting distant guests, with plans for a memorial volume and public gatherings at a festival site with camp fires and addresses.
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Wangnat
J. G. Haskell
Benothing
Jerusalem
Marathon
Kansas
Lawrence
Pekin
China
Hawaiii
Cuba
Manila
Philippine Islands
Massachusetts
Vatican
New Hope for Locomotor Ataxia Through Pink Pills
A Oneonta woman promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for locomotor ataxia describing a six year progression from numbness to severe disability. She reports relief after five weeks and urges readers to seek the pills from druggists and retailers.
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Phebe
Enos
Oneonta
Slisg Enos
Ouconta
Tamas
Tam
Pickens & Myers Yard Rebrands to Pickens & Siler
The coal and wood yard at New York and Quinley streets, once Pickens & Myers, now operates as Pickens & Siler. The stock is being rebuilt to serve Lawrence residents, with prompt fulfillment of orders. Telegraph: No. 16-DP. Also notice of a limited closeout on self-jerk items at Smith's News Depot.
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New York and
Qunley Streets
Pickens & Myers
Pickens & Siler
Lawrence
Pickens
F. W. Siler
Wanted Renters for 160 Acre Farm and Steady Man
Wanted items list rental and labor needs from Lawrence Kansas, including a 160 acre farm wanted for cash by W P Ballard and a request for a steady team driver and hand by W R Williams at 1535 Massachusetts street.
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W. P. Ballard
Lawrence
Kansas
K. R. No
W. R. Williams
Massachusetts Street
Korea as a Pacific analogue to Great Britain across the sea
The Criterion argues that Korea resembles Great Britain in size, shape, and regional features. It traces cultural influence from India and China to Korea, notes Manchu conquest and Russian lease of Manchuria, and explains Japan's bid to expand influence in Korea through colonies, raising regional tension and sovereignty concerns.
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Korea
Great Britain
New Jersey
Scotland
England
Atlantic
Pacific
Yellow Sea
Lincoln
Norfolk
Old
New England
Rica
India
China
Japan
Manchuria
Middle Kingdom
Peking
Russia
Port Arthur
Taleowan
Far East
Club News Highlights From Various Meetings
The Outlook club opened the year with talks on Matthew Arnold and Poe while other clubs covered topics on Sidney Lanier Roger Williams and Rhode Island and New York. Reports include readings from Sherman’s March to the Sea and discussions of Will Carleton Eugene Field Stanton and Dunbar. A poetry and prose symposium featured several members and refreshments followed.
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Outlook Club
George Foster
Matthew Arnold
Moody
Balder Dead
Foster
Ventura Club
Stone
Dolbee
West Side Club
Rhode Island
New York
Roger Williams
Ecke
Washington Irving
Graebar
George Miller
Ladies Literary League
Sears
Nicholson
Stith
Dailey
Bir. Andrews
Grieg
Macomb
Russ
Wright
Round Table Club
M. G. Manley
James Whitcomb Riley
Marjorie
Secret keeping proves costly in city tale
A man recalls his years in New York when poverty and pride forced him to carry restaurant boards while hoping for a clerical break. He tells how a woman kept a crucial secret about a marriage and a business tie, shaping his fortunes and her own, ending with an unexpected reveal.
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Sfust
New York
Green
Art
Iris Letel
Maceo
James B, Diu
Maine
Flagstaff
Dill
Dane
Dhl
Frank J Cheney firm sues for catarrh cure claim
Frank J Cheney and Co announces an oath that they are senior partners in Toledo firm J Chenay Co and will pay one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 1886, promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with druggists selling the remedies.
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Douglas County
Halley
Hoeh
Pope
Frank J. Cheney
J. Chenay & Co
Toledo
Consty
Hall
Catarre
A.D
C. W. Gleason
Esac
Montald
Free
F. J. Cheney & CO
All Draggin
Dosas Kidney Pills Endorsement in Topeka Ad
A Topeka resident Henry Page reports relief after using Dosas Kidney Pills following a severe kidney attack. The advertisement urges readers to visit Dick Bros. drug store in Lawrence to purchase and try the remedy with claims of satisfaction.
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Henry Page
Topeka
Bat
Lawence
Dick Bros
United States
Dosa
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