State House Stationery Contracts To Be Bulk Purchases
State officials plan bulk purchase of year’s stationery to store in a basement room of the State House. Supplies will be issued by the Secretary of State as needed, a shift from last year when bidding dealers supplied items directly. The move aims to curb bids from Topeka and increase competition amid past suspicions of a stationery combine.
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Tin State
Satorly
State House
Wichita
Seite
Satunas
Sunta
Kansas City
St. Louie
Varius
Speuil
Alwat
Combine
Houaloe
Secretary of the State
Topeka
Executive Council
Secretar of State
Remarkable case of mixed medical opinions in Winterton
Abraham Brown recalls doctors misdiagnosing his condition as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison stomach and liver trouble while he failed to improve. His wife urged Electric Bitters which restored his health after one bottle. Barber and Son offer guaranteed cure for blood poison weakness and stomach kidney complaints. Marriage struggle noted as an aside. A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good claims.
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Abraham Brown
Winterton
N. Y
Barber’ & Son
Price of Bacon and Eggs Rises Despite Falling Egg Prices
The article reports bacon now sells at 30 to 35 cents a pound sliced, up from 25 cents last year, with ham at 25 cents per pound sliced and whole hams around 17.34 cents. It notes higher pork prices due to scarce hogs and rising costs, plus April to summer demand for salt meat. It cites packers denying cattle purchases without TB inspection, raising beef prices, and a restaurant sector squeezed by fixed menus. A local butcher laments universal price hikes and consumer hardship.
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Livestock Commission
Ife
Lawrence Kl
Kidney Cure Credits Cure for Bright's Disease Claim
A Lisburn manufacturer cites long battle with kidney disease and praise for Foley's Kidney Cure after twelve years of treatment without relief. The testimonial says frequent urination and slimy discharge ceased after starting Kidney Cure, claiming four months of improvement and life saved.
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Ges
AL Sherman
Lisburn Red Mills
Lawrence, Co
Foley
Barber & Sun
Willow Springs Social News and Injury Update
Willow Springs reports a light Friday morning shower and a well attended Tee Cream social in High Prairie. Sunday visits include Mr Elwood Deay with wife at Mr Ray Herr’s Pleasant Grove and Evert Pence at church. Tra Flory had a painful fall while helping to roof a shed injuring an ankle but is improving.
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High Prairie
Walter
Frank Deay
Jame Star
Elwood Deay
Ray Herr
Pleasant Grove
Chas, Woods
Ezra Churchbaugh
Worton
Juba Hammond
Evert Pence
Jess Flory
Lee Gray
Claude Wells
Topeka
Rob Gish
The Value of a Trade Mark Explained
A trade mark is not just a mark on goods but any new original quality or feature that becomes known through advertising. Such a feature can gain recognition as a trade mark and receive legal protection, distinguishing one article from others in commerce.
MAKE WORK AT POSTOFFICE BEGINS JULY FIRST
Beginning July 1 local post office workers enter six months of hard labor as they sort and weigh mail daily to measure the gross mail carrying business. For one month they will separate and weigh county mail versus others. A Lawrence girl returns home from the South to mourn the loss of her favorite dog.
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Postoffice
Sam
Lawrence
Real Wonderland Medicine Stories From Mound City
In Mound City Mrs. E. D. Cripp reports her son, near death from lung and throat trouble, was saved and cured after taking Dr King s New Discovery. The medicine, claimed to cure coughs colds and throat and lung troubles, is sold by Barber Son Co with a dollar price and a trial bottle free.
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South Dakota
Mound City
E. D. Cripp
E. D. Clapp
Barber & Son, Druggist. Co
Notics to Wheat Growers About Local Twine Plant
Notice urges wheat growers to buy from the local Binding Twine Plant to save money. It claims the plant sells twine four cents cheaper than trusts and even two cents cheaper than trust twine, with a minimum 100 pound bale. The message notes Lansing twine is satisfactory after two years of use, and invites buyers to consider local supply.
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Trasta
Lansing
Sterling Remedy Co. Annual Sale Promises Potent Yet Guessed Cure
An OCR fragment markets a product line with vague claims of potency and cure in a Sterling Remedy Co. ad. It mentions a yearly price of 98 dollars and references Chicago or New York distribution, tailing off with “Tex million boxes” as an unclear production note.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
N.Y
Outrage Over Sunday Beer Parties West of Town
West of town residents complain about Sunday beer drinking gatherings by a group of young men. They claim the crowd harasses neighbors and coerces younger boys into drinking with threats and display of knives and a gun. The note, signed vaguely, warns of criminal action if not addressed.
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Tongagusie Mirror
Not the law yet on special delivery stamps
Postmaster Hall warns letters bearing stamps other than the official special delivery stamp will not qualify as special delivery until July 1. Many letters arriving now show stamps affixed in error, but the regulation requires the designated stamp to be attached for special handling after the effective date.
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Post Office Department
Posmaster Hall
Postessive Department
Teeth of Buddha Touch the World in Strange Worship
An American traveler recounts a lecture in New York about a tooth revered in Asia. Royal commissioners offered 250000 for the tooth from Buddha’s mouth, kept in a golden shrine at Kandy. Hindus worship teeth across India as symbols of health and virtue, while the speaker touts Dr Lyon’s Perfect Tooth Powder as a prized dentifrice.
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India
Siam
Kandy
Dr. Lyon
Doan’s Kidney Pills End Back Pain Says Kansas Woman
Mrs. C A Jennings of 819 Ohio Street Lawrence Kansas testifies four years of back pain and kidney symptoms improved after using Doan’s Kidney Pills purchased at Dick Bros drug store. She reports pain and urinary issues vanished, price 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for U S Remember the name Doan’s.
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C. A. Jennings
Ohio Street
Lawrence
Kans
Doan
Dick Bros
Dis
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan’s
No Telephone Subscribers Supplement To Directory
Supplemental list to the March Missouri and Kansas Telephone Directory No 4 dated June 2 lists residents and businesses with addresses on Main Street and nearby avenues in Clinton, noting names such as Adams J Q, Collins Katherine, Divilbiss Louis R, Gorrill Will R, Smith John W, and many others. An old time alarm clock remark concludes the fragment.
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Naves
Missouri & Kansas Telephone Directory
Adams
J. Q
Learnard Aye
Main
Anderson
Benj
Maine
Barnhill
C. P
Indiana
Barry Bros. Livery Stable
New Hampshire
Berry
G. W
Louisiana
Byers
J. W
Massachusetts —Main
Carruthers
S. E
Clinto Cemetery
Clinto
Clinton
Collins
Katherine
Conn
Culling
C. E
West
Quincy
Connelly
la Eun
Minn
Darling
Sarah
Maple Main
Divilbiss
Louis R
Emerson
TL W
Phacwnaey
Chem
K. U
Ewers
Jerry
Hunter Physics
Falley
S. J
Wall, Paper & Carpet
Vortner
Clara
Faria
Gallagher & Davis
N. H
Gorrill
Will R
Gineber
G. A
Ohio Main
Gray
South
Learnard Ave
Hamlin
J. A
Ohio
Tenson
Mellie
W. G
Vermont
Hinshaw
D. Z
Kirby
Daniel
McCreath
James
Tenn
McCune
P. S
Locust
Montgomery
Todiaway
Mosier
George
Linwood
Opera House
Mass
Pierson
August J. Re
E. Quincy
Robinson
J. BE
Robinson Gymnasium
Rogers
D. B
Smith
John W
Real Estate & Loans
Staggers
Rea
Jersey—Main
Stimpson
Fred E
Stenwain
Albert Midland
I Thompson
QO. G
Perry
Alice H
Miss—Main
F.C
Main St— Main
White
C. H
Indiana— Main
Williams
Missouri—Main
Witliam C. E
Unclear Health Claim Promises in Quack Remedy Ad
An OCR fragment touts a dangerous deadlock of liver and bowel sanctions with a dubious cure called New Life Pills by Dr King. The ad claims a painless remedy guaranteed to satisfy, targeting a general audience with vague medical assurances.
City Council Approves Paving Plans and Chooses Marshal
The regular council session saw petitions on piling Elm street and paving Connecticut and Rhode Island streets referred to committees. F. M. Piper protested Connecticut paving while a tall hedge near Vermont and University streets was targeted for removal. The city appointed 8. H. Carmean as marshal after confirmation, and bids for paying contracts were awarded, with Kentucky Street excluded pending base selection.
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Barker
McFairlane
Kasold
Hazen
Bond
Cox
Blair
Orr
Wilder
Lindley
Hutchins
West
Dicker
James Brown
Elm Street
F. M. Piper
Connecticut Street
Julius C. Petit
Vermont
University Streets
J. Smith
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
N.T. Bailey
Quincy Street
J. R. Kenyon
Rhode Island Street
Kentucky Street
Committee On Cemeteries
Massachusetts Street
Alabama Street
A. C. Griess
Messnger
J. Westfall
Airdome
E. T. Myers
West Lawrence
Hosford
Mary E. Ashley
R. E. Melvin
F. D. Disley
John Ritchie
Ontario
Warren
Lee
Foley's Honey and Tar Mentioned as Cough Remedy in Arkansas Letter
A reader from Finch, Arkansas cites Foley's Honey and Tar as the best preparation for coughs, colds, and lung trouble, claiming it cured consumption in the first siege. The letter references Foley’s product and Barberi.
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A. A. Herren
Finch, Ark
Foley
Ter
Barberi
Waiting Strength Women Health Cure Ad Card
The ad promotes Wine of Cardus as a safe remedy for female complaints including irregularities and cramps. It claims blood purification and relief of headaches, backache, dizziness, and nervous symptoms. Readers can write for free advice from the Ladies' Advisory Jest at The Chattanooga Medicine Co. Chattanooga Tenn.
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The
Chattanooga. Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
New City Marshal Carmean Vows Clean Up Lawrence
S H Carmean appointed as city marshal in Lawrence Kansas after a long career in local law enforcement. The Journal endorses his administration despite some political objections and pledges the paper to support enforcement of the law. A paying resolution authorizes grading and resurfacing the alley between Massachusetts New Blamestire Henry and Winthrop streets with stone paving and vitried lock on edge.
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S. H. Carmean
Marsinal
Carwean
Carmean
Izens
Lawrence
Douglas Atty
Beefore
Journal
Friends of
Lawrence Duty Journal
Kansas
Massachusetts
New Blamestire
Henry
Winthrop
F. D. Brooks
City Clark
Stimulation Without Irritation Urino Laxative Ad Claims
In stomach and liver trouble the proper treatment is to stimulate these organs without irritation. Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels without irritating them as ordinary pills or carthartics. It does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Barber & Son. A woman’s idea of a good husband is one whose family live better than she thinks they can afford to.
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Barber & Son
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