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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1905
Page
2
The column reviews global events including a Kansas law to ban concealed weapons, Japan and Russia in Manchuria, and the beef trust Supreme Court ruling. It notes Lawrence Kansas progress with telephones and rail matters, mentions local figures like W. Y. Morgan and William T. Vernon, and comments on politics and industry. The piece blends international conflict with local commerce and civic life, reflecting early 1900s press tone.
Frank J. Cheney and Co. of Toledo declare senior partner’s oath promising one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Bates Caranan. Notary A. W. Gleason witnesses December. Hall's Catarhh Cure claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Bell's Family Pills advertised as best.
A streetcar carrying Representative Fred Landis of Indiana encountered a hay wagon mishap as a loose bale dangled and fell near the car. Landis recalls a campaigns anecdote about a rival speaker who was to speak elsewhere, reflecting on political theater and public attention amid rural misadventures.
Lord Eveling, also known as John Lubbock, notes a wounded insect found without antennae. He observes the creature in its nest, detailing its movement and behavior as he wonders about its reasoning. The account blends science with curiosity as the tiny being is tended to and studied.
Fragmentary notes recount two passages on animal cognition and a satire on child upbringing. The first relates ants debating whether insect minds approach human reason, with descriptions of social behavior and a proposal about mental powers. The second mocks overengineered care for a wealthy infant, contrasting scientific protection with lost simple pleasures.
A discussion on the democratic spirit of public schools and the value of lessons beyond books. It argues that public schools shape character and can prevent arrogance, stressing that financial hurdles like 19,004,000 dollars are surmountable if a boy is given a chance.
The Newark News notes plain soldiers quarters with low ceilings clean beds and pictures of czar. Officers sit front while men sleep in a row with stables behind and bare brick ovens where meat is cooked. Daily life includes drills, meals of rye bread, and water with rye, plus songs of the fatherland. Also Yale Peabody Museum adds Indian relics collection from Plymouth with relabeling plans. Dominik Lizniewiecki, last survivor of the Kingdom of Poland, wed ar Warsaw.
A village resident recalls four weeks with typhoid and kidney illness in Piteborg Pennsylvania. She credits Eleattie Bitters with restoring health, enabling walk and work again. Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup advertised as aiding digestion liver and kidney health. Spain’s emigration to Cuba notes 20207 emigrants with 16 from Spain. women scarce. one third of Americans and Canadians travel with wives.
A brief warning from a 19th century notice stating that giving children medicine with dangerous substances can be more harmful than the illness. It claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is perfectly safe for children and effective for coughs colds and croup, available from all druggists.
N F Woodbury Maine prohibition committee man recalls a coastal village where liquor questions heated campaigns. He cites a stark placard before a saloon declaring the house would close if prohibition passed, illustrating fear and turnout tactics in early Maine battles over the liquor law.
In Sweden the law requires a confession before capital punishment. The condemned man continues to protest his innocence despite overwhelming evidence. Prison discipline is tightened to force the confession.
Fragmented OCR summarizes a sale of a Codex Psalmarum from 1459, noting few originals printed, plus a taste of medical and travel ads. It mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills, Bridgrock Blood Purifiers, and Frisco Sleepers on the Frisco System with routes Kansas City to Jacksonville. Doans Ointment advertised for piles.
The article forecasts liquid air cooling becoming common within ten years. It describes 24 hour production equal to 200 tons of ice, delivery to large establishments then to houses, and insulated coils replacing visible heating pipes. It notes nitrogen as a preservative and predicts refrigerators could become obsolete as liquid air costs fall.
Fragmentary report notes a reference to Brom. Quinlee tablets and a note about money recovery if it falls, mentioning Cure and W. Grove's signatures on an epoch box with the number 250. The readable text is sparse on context or events.
Lawrence resident Henry Page of 802 East Fourth Street testifies after a five week kidney ailment that Dean’s Kidney Pills helped relieve back pain loins and kidney secretions. He endorses the remedy and praises the treatment as satisfactory. Available at Dick Sros drug store and other dealers. 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the U.S. sales agent. Remember the name Dean’s.
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