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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1887
Page
4
A collage of storefront ads and promotional notices touts Kemp's pills and Bitters, electric remedies, and tonics while promising cures for coughs, consumption, and blood disorders. Barber Brothers, Harber Bros, and local stores push patent medicines, pensions, and job notices amid optimistic testimonials and classified-style blurbs.
A collage of topics including butter purity, margarine scent, a Moscow art piece causing a visitor’s collapse, a quip about a rattlesnake, and a New York judge on cornering. Also details on artesian wells in Northampton, culinary recipes, military phrases, foot injuries, and a tale of a father powering irrigation via his offspring. Further notes on German machinery, Colorkeb fabrics, and a Madras human sacrifice story. Also profiles of Abdul Hamid and Abdagl Haid with culture and state interests.
Advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a gentle, effective remedy for dyspepsia. It claims to tone the stomach, cure headaches, improve appetite, and refresh the mind, urging a fair trial despite widespread misery.
The piece lampoons necktie trends from white lawn to satin to gauze, noting rapid shifts in men’s dress. It cites vendors and patrons, remarks on fashion elites and “dudes,” and laments the endless cycle of new, impractical styles driving demand and keeping the supply of novelties in motion.
A dated critique from the New York Graphic targets women’s speech patterns with mockery of punctuation and sentence finishers. It argues women talk rapidly, interrupting, using “and” to connect thoughts, while men pause for breath, revealing gendered bias and humor in early 20th century journalism.
An 1837 Belton Ga correspondent narrates Jack Hays and his Texas Rangers entering the Mexican capital with pistols and Colt six shooters. They quell a stone-throwing mob, killing several attackers, while the regiment remains disciplined and silent as crowds watch from streets lined with diverse spectators.
A Chicago to Cheyenne rail car tale details a shrewd sleeping-car porter who runs a five-dollar baseball pool, rigs the guess slips, and pockets the stake. A fellow traveler uncovers the con, reroutes the pool, and exposes the porter’s scheme while noting the fraud’s clever execution. The piece also advertises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for female weakness with a dated testimonial tone.
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