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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1902
Page
4
Fragmentary timetable notes show mixed train times and routes, including references to west and east lines, daily departures, and unspecified stations. Readable items indicate several times such as 847 pm and 14 am amid garbled text, with unclear destinations or train names.
TO ADVERTISERS notice is hereby given that for all advertising inquiries contact the relevant newspaper office. Details regarding publication dates rates deadlines and submission guidelines appear in the official notice.
The article discusses chestnut production and market outlook with notes on tree growth, variety vigor, and future supply. It mentions several cultivars, grafting, methods, and possible impacts on price and local economies, while predicting a slow expansion of the chestnut market over multiple years.
The text discusses peony color changes from light pink to white, plant growth and flowering, and care tips. It includes a subscriber notice about payments and delivery, noting that carriers cannot collect money for undelivered papers.
An account from Washington describes President Roosevelt's 1904 hunting visit to the Potomac region ending with a roadside cabin meal. A brief encounter with a reportedly intelligent old enslaved man led to a dubious anecdote and a later note that the man works in government printing.
A misrouted animal shipment causes confusion at the embassy and treasury offices in Washington. A “live” bale of merchandise turned out to be a dead animal, prompting officials to untangle a chain of miscommunications and cancel an order before the case moves on.
A garbled late imperial chronicle extols Prince Henry of Prussia as a popular naval figure and diplomat. It notes his youth admiration, soon to command ships in Chinese waters, and recounts his reception in Berlin after marriage to Princess Luise. The piece touches on German industry and global iron and steel production metrics through 1900.
A distorted excerpt blends Lord Douglas on America with a sonnet wishing to honor the United States. It references a letter to the New York Herald, encounters with reporters, and a proposed dedication to the Metropolitan Club in Washington. The piece shifts to praise virtue and democracy and ends by noting a Peking spring water venture. It presents a collage of names, places, and aims without a clear single event.
Three trainmen died in a head on freight collision on the Rio Grande Western near Cisco Utah about 68 miles west of Grand Junction. The crash, blamed on dispatch orders misdirection, reduced engines to twisted wreckage with many cars demolished. Snowbound Kansas crops and wheat prospects also noted.
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