First Ibsen Play At Bowernock Opera House
A Doll's House staged last night with Fortense Nielsen in the lead. The production drew a fair crowd including University faculty and college students. Nielsen delivered strong moments though supporting players were uneven, especially the husband role, while the final act left many convinced of Nora's need to leave.
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Ao Ibsen
Bowernock
Jortense Nielsen
Miss Nielsen
Verrete
Shi
Ami
Dr. Rand
Nora
Krogstadt
Movement to reorganize humane estate calls for meeting
The town gears up for an active humane movement as Dr. McClelland argues Lawrence has failed animals. Citizens urge a meeting date and location to prevent further animal suffering before a looming storm.
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Humanes
Esate
McClelland Wday
Lawrence
A. E. Thornes Testifies to Foley Kidney Cure Worth $1000
A Buffalo coal operator describes years of kidney and bladder trouble improving after Foley’s Kidney Cure. He reports pain relief and a sense of renewal, claiming the remedy has done him “$1000 worth of good.” First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal, January 31, 1908.
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A. E. Thornes
Buffalo, C
Foley
O. P. Barber & Son
Ben Wilson Injured in Axe Accident Near Williamstown
The Perry Mirror reports Ben Wilson suffered a severe cut to his foot on Tuesday in an axe accident near Williamstown. Weather was unsettled with forecasts split between rain and snow this morning.
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Ben Wilson
Williamstown
Perry Mirror
Soom in Basket Ball
If the basketball boom maintains, college indoor sport may rival football. The game offers speed, strength, head work and strategy, fast and rough, best for top-condition men. Robinson gymnasium provides great facilities and crowd seating. tonight the local University five faces the Kansas State Agricultural college Farmers' team under collegiate rules. A curtain raiser features the Senior famine team versus Lawrence Business College. more league games follow in Robinson township with multiple matchups.
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Scheer
Robinson Gymnasium
Han
University
Farmers
Kansas State Agricultural College
Lawrence Business College
Lawrence Basket Ball League
Robinson Xownusiui
Laskell Indians
Sunine
Sophomorox
Chitlings and a Lawman Visit Turned Bust
Two Kansas City police officers visiting a Negro neighborhood on Vine Street disrupted a family gathering. Chaos ensued as residents fled through windows with glass and sash. The old grandmother joked that the man of the house has no room at all due to rheumatism, humorously blaming a rush for work on a “rabbit” level of movement.
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Vine Street
Kansas City Star
Windo
Big Rats of Wheeling Stir City Invasion Tales
Wheeling West Virginia reports a rat infestation with large rodents swarming in mills and factories. Workers threaten walkouts as rats reportedly lift pails, pilfer dinners, and scurry behind barrels while refusing to be frightened, feeding anger over damaged laborers’ meals.
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Wheeling
Hamelin
W. Va
Orville Lawrence the Town's Comic Figure in Decay
An ornate pension of memory tells of Orville Lawrence once tied to Russell Lago on Wall Street, now driving a shabby buggy around St Johnsbury. His wit stays sharp as a friend teases his failing luck and a horse once mighty but now bringing comic mischief to the town.
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St Johnsbury
Orville Lawrence
Russell Lago
Wall Street
Mr. Sage
Swelter
Boston Herald
Orville
Sand
Viace
Pink Pills Said to Save Life After Rheumatic Paralysis
A Detroit contractor recovering from rheumatism and paralysis credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with a full recovery after weeks of improvement. He recalls prior doctors deeming his condition hopeless and credits a return to walking and work within months and years of treatment.
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Detroit
George M. Glading
Dumentier Street
Mich
Modert Woolmen of America
Williamy
Michigan
Custer
Tegald Ba
Thad
Uure
Dr. Williams
Dee
Apo
Wilkiains
Cee Dp
Willams Medivins Company
Scheneudy
N.Y
Baldwin City Council Votes Sunday Closure Surprises Town
Sunday closing at Baldwin shocks residents who believed the city to be strict about Sunday observance. The council's decision, framed by a prayerful opening, marks a notable change for a town famed for its morals and upright reputation in the West.
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Baldwin
Fixing An Ordinance For Nickel Theaters In Lawrence
City attorney works to craft a practical fair ordinance for nickel theaters ahead of the next council meeting. Mayor Barker seeks an effective measure that protects patrons without unfairly burdening operators. Theaters will be required to make changes to improve safety and address lingering insurance concerns.
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Barker
Lawrence
Hall's Catarrh Cure and assorted health quips
An era of testimonials promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with home remedy claims and a reward notice. The text interlaces business attestations from Toledo druggists and miscellaneous maxims on money, health, and virtue, ending with a moral quip about compliments to women.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Jrm. Walding
Innin & Marvin
Wholesale Druggista
Sec ond district committee calls March convention in Lawrence
The central committee met at the Grand Hotel in Kansas City Kansas and issued a call for a convention in Lawrence on March three to select two delegates and two alternates for the Chicago convention. The county will have 13 delegates and the group endorsed Chas F Scott for renomination in August Goo L Davis from the county served as secretary and secured Lawrence as the convention site.
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Central Committee
Second District
Grand Hotel
Kansas City
Kansas
Lawrence
Chicago
Chas. F. Scott
Goo. L. Davis
Congressional Convention Called for Second Kansas District
A Republican delegate convention for Kansas Second District is set in Lawrence on March 3, 1908 at 10 p.m. to elect two delegates and two alternates to the National Republican Convention in Chicago on June 16, 1908. Delegates are apportioned by county votes for secretary of state last general election. newspapers urged to publish this call.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Chicago
Illinois
Allen
Anderson Bourbon Johnson
Douglas
Miami
Linn
Wyandotte
Franklin
Chronic Constipation Cured with Urine Laxative Syrup
Advertisement asserts Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by aiding digestion and stimulating the bowels, promising quick relief. It claims the product does not nauseate or gripe and prescribes no substitutes, with a closing note about personal heroism.
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P. Barber &Son
Bucklen Arnica Salve praised after fifteen years
An East Wilton Maine resident A F Hardy lauds Bucklen's Arnica Salve for curing sores burns and ulcers saving doctor bills after fifteen years of use at Harber and Son's drug store. The piece also includes unrelated quips about double chins gender and suspicion.
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Bucklen
A. F. Hardy
East Wilton
Harber & Son
Wat tps National Bank Receives Federal Compliance Notice
The Treasury Department Comptroller of the Currency in Washington on January 23 1908 announced that The Watts National Bank of Lawrence Kansas has complied with all provisions of the Act to extend corporate existence and for other purposes and related regulatory requirements.
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Lawrence Daily Journal
Treasury Department
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington
Wattps National Bank
Lawrence
Douglas
Kansas
Congress
Mind Your Business and Liver Pills Ad
A vintage ad urges readers to mind their business and keep out of trouble. It promotes King's New Life Pills sold at Barber & Son's drug store as a remedy for bilious symptoms and bodily discomfort. The copy links social behavior to civil responsibility and includes a promotional line about photography.
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