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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1903
Page
2
A scattered 1903 Lawrence Kan. digest covers famine in China and local school shortages, a car race speeds, customs in banking, Russian Jews protest, chemistry of a fourth of July illness, and Cripple Creek gold outlook with Alaska hopes. voices from government, courts, and universities mix in a wide ranging column.
Observations on July celebrations tracing historic milestones from 1776 to modern times. Notes on Civil War sites at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Texas 1845 and California 1846, and the enduring impact of the Declaration of Independence. Calls for unity, remembrance of veterans, and local efforts to support relief and reunions amid economic strains.
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as improving pregnancy outcomes by toning the body and aiding nerves and intellect, claiming it relieves morning sickness, prevents breast issues, shortens labor, and speeds recovery. It markets a 51 dollar bottle and a free illustrated booklet from the Bradfield Regulator Co. Also mentions other dubious remedies and a barber shop promotion.
A jumble of sale notices lists typewriters carpets engines cows and calves houses and lots rooms for rent and employment ads. Names include Adna Clarke Raymonds Clark Philadelphia and Dorchester area merchants. Many items reiterate average prices and locations such as Utah Massachusetts Delaware Street and Lawrence with dates around 1903.
A collage of church schedules and notices from Hastock Vermont and surrounding streets lists services, Sunday schools, and prayer meetings for numerous denominations. It names pastors, locations, and times, inviting all to attend across First Baptist, English Lutheran, United Presbyterian, Pilgrim, Free Methodist, St John’s Catholic, Venity, First Christian, and other congregations.
Fragmented OCR shows old drug ads and legal notices. Names include Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonials from F J Cheney Co Toledo and various druggists. Also mentions Whitfield from St Louis facing penitentiary terms for assault and murder in Ralls county.
A reader from Mt Sterling Iowa reports two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure cured a chronic kidney complaint in two years. Barber Bros in Topeka advertise Pulep's Kidney Cure as a life saver. Separate notes mention veterinary stock issues and other cures with Dean's Ointment claimed to provide instant relief and permanent cure.
A Massachusetts woman, Misa Goodwin of Morthbridge, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing her blood deficiency after five years of illness. She describes pale, weak health, breathlessness, dizziness, and irregular heart activity, and notes rapid improvement in less than two months.
A garbled report describes President and family at a clambake with friends aboard a small boat. The scene includes a toast, sea air, and preparations for a party, with several unclear details scattered throughout the text.
The report notes Bert Hils disturbed by a night journey in Morgantown and a run of misfortune with health issues. A Foley’s Kidney Cure is mentioned as a remedy, claimed to strengthen weakened organs and regulate irregularities.
The Afro American council session adopted resolutions calling for temperate address on the race problem and denouncing lynching as un American. The address warns against vigilantism and notes decreases in lynching but cites rising prov osts and urges equal protection under law while condemning violence for trivial offenses. It argues enfranchisement denial and taxation without representation persist in some states, advocating lawful equality and warning of broader social collapse.
Fragmentary report mentions transfers of estate money and a will case involving Sol Smith Russell executrix Allee A Russell. It notes a court decision and legislative jurisdiction disputes over miners and employment. Also describes Wabash River flooding affecting acres of corn and river banks.
A child burned by a stove received painful injuries. His mother applied Chamberlain's Liniment balm, which eased agony after about an hour. Within two weeks he recovered. The notice promotes Patol Balm for burns and related injuries, sold by Barber Brou.
Turbulent July 4 incidents report fires at the Barber Asphaltian Company plant on Southwest Fourth and the Great Western Arnoicks yard, both in Des Moines, with the Saddlery at Fifth and Court avenues also burned. Solomon G. Swarts named trustee in a bankruptcy case with about 12 000 creditors and expected payout around 24 percent. Intense heat in Washington hits 1024 degrees with a fatal heat stroke and two drivers in peril. Chicago endures extreme heat with high humidity and multiple prostrations.
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