The Sewing Bee Confessional About Gas Fiasco and Love
A candid fragment from Janet at a Bees meeting recalls how a city gas outage sparked mixed reactions among girls. Rivalries, romantic entanglements, and a dramatic night with candlelight reveal family tensions, forgiveness, and a stir about a man named John Blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet
Martha
Ruth
Dad
John Blank
Father
John
Johin
Julian
Mother
Kansas City
Miss Brown
Electric Bitters and Health Claims From 19th Century Ads
A compiled mix of testimonial snippets touts Electric Bitters as cure-alls for bladder and rheumatic troubles, stomach and liver relief, and as a strengthening tonic for orphans and run-down individuals. The text cites Sam Karney praising a St Louis product and a Macon Georgia home for orphans endorsing the medicine's benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
Texas
St. Louis
Sam Karney
Barber & Son
Industrial and Orphan's Home
Macon
Semele Com
Meeting of Chemists in Lawrence Saturday
The Kansas City section of the American Chemical Society will hold a meeting in Lawrence on Saturday January 23 bringing chemists within a 100 mile radius together. Prof Adulph Ziefle will present a paper on Physiological Standardization of Drugs followed by a dinner at Ekbridge House. Dr F W Boushonz will discuss the Character of the Mid Continent Pelotentus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Chemical Society
Lawrence
Adulph Ziefle
Ekbridge House
F. W. Boushonz
Mid-Continent
Petrolentus
From Derry to Portrush and the Giant's Causeway
The writer travels from Enniskillen through Derry into Portrush, praising its industry and sea air while noting Derry shirt production and the craft of local manufacturers. He discusses regional tastes, labor, and the lack of public recognition for Derry firms, then pivots to Portrush as a bracing resort and a gateway to the Giant's Causeway. The passage also quotes Harper's Weekly on Sydney Crooks and briefly notes apple crop figures and Belgian Pawnshop sentiment, finishing with a tongue‑in‑cheek remark on Juno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Maree
Psyche
Gibson
Pavel
Brusette
Ireland
England
Enniskillen
Londonderry
Derry
Petty
British Empire
London
Birmingham
Melbourne
Beloa
ABC
Portrash
Giant's Causeway
Nurtis Channel
la Grant’s Causeway
Sydney Crooks
Harper's Weekly
Flood Lessons From Past and Envelopes That Help Abroad
A historical column reflects on the 1903 New Orleans flood, describing levee duty, crowd control, and city submersion scenarios, then shifts to small items about envelopes for overseas correspondence and brief notes on photographic art trends in New York, with stray mentions of Kodel for dyspepsia and a sugar magnate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. West Maitet
Lawrence Journal
New Orleans
Willim
Qhin
Yazoo
Iti
Mississippi
Wilkes-Barre
Pen
Schowls
New York
France
Antoine Lumiere
America
Luuiere
Daguerre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nature
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medics
Golden Medical
Pierre
Lawrence National Bank
U. S. Depository
P. Barber & Sor
Mrs. X
Margaret
Lave
Kentucky
X Lefty
Yun
Helen
PJ. & CU
Europe
Ms Sey
Mig
Aeey
Shoop
Peery Sack
Zephy
Oleu
Kansas
Bowersock
Sds Zephyrr
Aestepe
Auriea Mania
Edferel Fey
American Agriculturist
Rocky Mountains
J. ©. McNally
Juno
Thomas
Nancy M. Hansen
Hamburg
O. P. Barber & Son
British Islands
Claus Sprekles
San
Evaneisen
Castoria
What Is
American Farmer
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Solon I. Goode
The
Lending County Paper
Bath
the Journal
Lawrence, Ks
Oregon, Washington
Idaho
Union Pacific
Portland
Alexander City
R. D. Rankin
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