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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1907
Page
3
A Dixon era advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy that stops coughs and strengthens lungs, claiming it prevents pneumonia and consumption. It cites a Grove Maryland pastor testimonial about curing severe bronchial illness and notes prices of 25c, 50c, and $1.00 with bottle sizes.
Union Pacific Railway timetable lists trains departing Leavenworth and Ottawa branches with passenger services and accommodations. Eastbound includes Overland Limited and Kansas City Chi trains. westbound features Junction City Accommodation and Overland Flyer. Times range from early morning to late evening with several Sunday patterns and specific departures for passenger only service.
City clerks announces registration open for Lawrence electors. Voters may register at the offices by appearing and applying under the laws. D Brooks, City Clerk.
The regular January teachers examination will be held in this city on Friday and Saturday January 25 and 7u beginning at 8 o'clock. All contemplating taking the examination should be on hand. C O Bowalan County Supt. Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar advertised for children and for croup and whooping cough notes it conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Bold by C P Barber & Son. The ad ends with a moral about selfishness.
A garbled political narrative details a long career from a failed governor candidacy to roles with the world's fair commission. It recounts shifts in fortune, a dim post in later life, and speculation about Joe Klory, once poised to lead the state, now struggling to find steady work amid political decay. The piece shifts to Niagara Falls water power policy and a Canadian boundary stance, noting Ontario’s reliance on foreign capital and industrial power siting.
Ames F. King of Port Byron reports Buskien's Arnica Salve cured a leg ulcer that he says lasted 89 years. He states the salve healed his leg after long suffering and declares he is now eighty years old, describing the cure as a wonderful happening.
A period account recounts a spectacular rail construction feat with ten miles of track laid in one day. It notes 2,585,000 cross ties, 3,520 iron rails, 7,040 tie plates, and 1,480 bolts, using four thousand workers and Chinese laborers. The effort averaged 24.9 feet of track every 17 seconds.
Excerpts recount Amundsen’s Northwest Passage voyage with Eskimo tribes the Ugluli Netchilli and Stebnachturvik, noting mixed relations, language study, and food theft. The piece blends travel memoir with ad blurbs for health tonics, tonics, and patent medicines, including Dr. King's New Discovery and other remedies, plus local real estate transfers.
Fragmented report covers blooded stock purchases by EB in Carthage Missouri and a rusting horse in Lesington. It notes Punishments by Mr Ket sun chum affecting Creses 2:023, and outlines harness racing circuits Kansas Eastern Mid Western. Also mentions Joe Patchen and a Topeka sports edit mention with racing odds and farm moves in New York.
A historical proverb emphasizes that true purpose comes from helping others, even in the shadow of a dead man’s legacy. The sentiment cautions against trivial pursuits and urges action aligned with charity and obligation.
A garbled OCR text fragment covers fashioning beauty ideals, tonic advertisements, scattered historic mentions, and stray quotes. It references Klestris Bitters and Duan's pregleta, plus jumbled notes about a Lady Castle and football fame, with generic commentary on doctors and athletic talk.
An old advertisement extols Dr King s New Life Pills as painless purifiers curing headache and biliousness and keeping bowels right. It also touts Halle Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured catarrh and includes testimonials about F J Cheney dating back years, with druggists selling the products.
Vintage kitchen column lists recipes for crap cakes with beet salad wraps, pork spareribs baked with crumbs, shin of beef with tomato catsup, cakes and custards, maple frosting, and breakfast rolls. It also notes how the aspidistra thrives in dark rooms and comments on long-lived relatives.
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