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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
2
The 1907 Lawrence Journal issue lists subscription options including weekly and yearly rates, with office contact at 644 Bless St, Lawrence Kansas. The page also contains fragmented commentary on local politics, law enforcement, and public affairs, plus opinions about newspapers and governance.
The piece argues newspapers sustain friendships and foes in town life while urging greater youth reform to prevent prison sentences. It notes 106 prisoners under 23 in Kansas and calls for missionary work, parental training, and state action, including Sunday closures, to protect children and reduce crime. Local voices from Lecompton and Lawrence are cited on tolerance and jealousy in civic life.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims kidneys purify blood and that restoring kidney health benefits the whole body. Offers samples and mail order, warns readers to mention the paper, notes variations in product spelling, and includes a parable about risk and folly.
Ad claims The Texas Wonder cures kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. Sold by druggists or two months mail treatment for $1. Dr E W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis MO invites testimonials. Disjointed final line appears, mentioning death and clothing in a garbled ending.
An ad warns that fashionable hats trigger dandruff and hair loss due to scalp germs. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the cure, claiming it kills the germs and stops balding. The message targets readers to buy samples and notes Woodward & Co. as agents.
LeRaysville NY merchant O S Woolerer touts Bucklen's Armen Salve as a cure for piles and all skin injuries. He says it cured his piles twenty years ago and recommends it for sore wounds and burns. Available at Barber & Son's drug store for 25 cents.
J A Mitten was acquitted in Justice Clark's court after a swindling charge. Costs taxed to the complaining witness. The piece notes ongoing patent fight issues and buyer regret in territory sales, suggesting Mitten’s troubles are typical for sellers of right territory.
At term end in the University Fine Arts department, Nina Hester received a prize for the best painting presented by Prof. Geithra. Minnehaha Sterns earned a scholarship presented by Dee Le Howland for the prettiest picture among the selections. Also noted was recognition for Baril Kereta in a related art achievement.
Valley Falls urges civic action as residents seek a real confrontation over community issues. The article notes heightened attention from officials, while public interest remains mixed and tense amid ongoing debate.
A garbled OCR fragment presents scattered words and phrases, lacking coherent events or identifiable entities. No clear person, place, organization, date, or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
An advertisement notes Kennedy & Ernst at 625 Mass St offering chemically pure paints oils varnishes and brushes. It promotes Falley’s sealing oil sizing process to restore moth damaged carpets and rugs and mentions contact numbers Bellphore 1390 and Hotel 233.
A local plea complains Pinckney school building is in poor condition and sanitary need. calls for summer repairs due to neglect, urging action by the board of education to address structural and sanitation issues. Also a stray health ad touts a cure for deafness and a patent remedy offer.
Slogan laden notice touts Journal following readers traveling this summer. Local shop Woodward & Bure advertises groceries, flour, feed, and meats as a first class store promising customer satisfaction.
The University Meat Market advertises paying the highest market price for spring chickens and guarantees abundant stock to fill orders. Customers are urged to call and place orders at 1023 Mass St, with both phones listed.
The piece surveys summer literary notes including portraits and photos of Douglas V., Norma Bright Carson, Sara Cone Bryant, and others. It highlights a literary pilgrimage section with Anne Hollingsworth Wharton and Joseph K. Dixon illustrations, plus articles on Verisimilitude and art social issues. It notes new summer fiction reviews and a study of Charles Kingsley with a color frontispiece of Hugh Breckenridge.
Wan De Taapl Wigeins of Boston Mass arrives in Kansas City expecting entertainment while in Lawrence for May events. Several acquaintances from Hutchinson Chanute Topeka and Topeka will arrive early in the week. Carpet renovating cleaning and sizing offered by H. Bennett 104 Mass.
An OCR fragment shows multiple local trades advertising plumbing and gas fitting services. Fred Olson announces prompt, first class work with home and Bell numbers. Additional entries reference photography copying, upholstery by J Keilman, and awning and tarpaulin agents with residential contact details.
City seeks sealed bids by June 3 1907 for grading curbing and vitrified brick paving on Ontario Warren Kentucky Lee and several alleys with sq yardage totals from 1100 to 18000. Plans at City Clerk office with 10 percent and 20 percent certified checks required. City may reject bids.
Lawrence city council adopts a resolution on May 21 1907 to grade curb and pave Connecticut street from Lee to Adam with a 30 foot width. Limestone curb and brick paving in two courses with sand foundation. Payment planned in ten annual installments. City Clerk F D Brooks.
Alfred S. Fliot markets groceries with no substitutes and satisfaction guaranteed. W J Francisco Hans barn offers rubber tired rigs and attentive telephone orders. Lawrence Transfer Co provides handling and storage with experienced staff and prompt delivery of groceries, fresh produce, and meats from 645 New York St. or by phone.
Local notices offer a wide range of items from Indian made jewelry to moccasins and Cornwall ware. Several wanted ads for horses, farmers, and carpet scraps are mixed with sales listings for houses, land, stock, engines, and rental rooms. Names and addresses appear for Mass street and Ohio street businesses and residences.
Bay Mister Theis offers a 167 acre farm with good dirt and improvements near Howell Missouri free and clear with stock and implements. Also land near off ids in Teans for trade, corner lot on west side with a 9 room modern home for sale, and listings on Kemseky Street. J H Gillham, horse shoer, advertises 716 Vermont Street services with 30 years experience.
A fragmented report mentions a person named Dick Patch and a horse breeding plan at Topeka State Fair Ground. It references Lawrence and Limb’s Mable with a foal by Dink Hareh and Red Kooker 21o, along with details about breeding arrangements and transport.
The report highlights Silver Heir, a pacing trotter with a claimed mile time, and notes his strong pedigree and desirable racing qualities. It mentions his dam and potential offspring prospects, while praising bloodline and suitability for high-level harness racing.
The Lawrences Daily Journal reports a university driven effort to establish a top perfomance library, funded by generous donors and tied to a State Pharmaceutical Association appeal. In Douglas County Kansas a civil action by C E Blake and Mary A Counts seeks to quiet title to multiple Baldwin City parcels with a June 11 1907 deadline for answers, warning that default will lead to judgment.
A historic Union Pacific timetable lists trains Going East and Going West with service numbers including Overland Limited No 100 and 101, Pacific Coast No 105 and 108, Leavenworth Branch, and several accommodations and motor car runs. Details show mixed early morning departures such as 3 38 am for No 108 and various local and junction City connections.
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