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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1910
Page
2
The piece compiles editorials and excerpts noting Arthur Taft era tariff debates, Indian rations, and inheritance tax. It references Gifford Pinchot, Topeka Capital, Rhode Island Congressional seats, and Kansas legislative votes, plus public speeches and a juvenile judge funding a boys hotel run during vacations. It reflects party lines and cross-country political sentiment.
Readers ask about the inheritance tax law as passed with facts from the record. The law was introduced by the Senate committee on assessment and tax on state estates, with Quincy, Fager, and colleagues cited in the act.
A fragmentary advertisement block extols Eclectric Bitters for digestion and boyhood vigor, praises Dr King’s New Life Pills, and touts Dean’s Ointment for skin eruptions. Mentions C. P. Barber & Son as seller and hints at paternal advice and moral observations within a 19th or early 20th century newspaper layout.
A Kansas education professor argues the high school should reflect community needs, with core English literature history government and math forming about three quarters of study. Vocational subjects should comprise the remaining quarter, tailored to local industries and future college admissions. He urges cooperation between high schools and colleges, flexible curriculums, and broad mental discipline.
Washington Life Commission plans a model community center and consolidated rural school in a Spokane district, to open early 1971. The plan includes a 10 acre campus, a large hall, classrooms, athletic facilities, irrigated grounds, gardens, and roads, aimed at enriching farm life and adult education.
Newspaper fragment promotes Foley Kidney Pills as safe and effective for kidney and bladder ailments. Includes unrelated lines about railway clerks jobs, government examinations, and free information from Hamlin. Reading remains disjointed with multiple topics.
A blind man recalls climbing major monuments including the Washington and Baltimore memorials and the Statue of Liberty, noting the challenge of coming down from great heights and the surrounding city views while immigrants pass below unseen.
A Columbus Dispatch joke recounts a young Irishman who speeds his car to amuse his two married sisters who had never ridden in an automobile. The chauffeur is warned not to be disturbed as he rushes through suburbs and parks, until a sister quietly reveals they left their sister Margaret ten minutes earlier.
The author praises crowds for feminine kindness and forbearance amid heat and long waits. While crime by crowds is often highlighted, this piece highlights disinterested, self sacrificing behavior and the capacity for devotion within collectives.
A Tyrolese student describes a striking dance where male performers beat time on the ceiling with their feet. In Trandenburg and nearby Tyrolean valleys with a strong fair sex, the dancer ends by the woman grabbing his braces and lifting him into the air while he jerks upward, balancing on her shoulders as the music plays. Such dances are fading and rarely seen by ordinary tourists today.
Graceful foliage for foregrounds and glades shown by larger hardy ferns. They are often ignored or tucked away in obscurity, leading to poor growth and a dull garden image. The piece urges placing bold ferns where seen, contrasting their potential with a conventional, decay-bound view. It also adds a proverb about judging a person by character rather than rumors.
A dense OCR fragment shows assorted advertisements and notices. Items include dress and fabric shops, seeds and flowering plants for sale at Mrs Prentiss Home Store, real estate for sale or rent, and highway contractor or investment pitches. Mentions of Linties Tog ey, Garden seeds, and Mrs Shearer’s Ladies Masry hint at era fashion goods. Also listed are cleaning and pressing services, a chicken business helper and various small retail notices.
A damaged text fragment appears to reference a hoax or coded line about dye and a person named Lippe. The readable bits are unclear but suggest confusion over a message and a possible inquiry about payment or position. No clear event or names beyondLippe emerge.
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