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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
2
A Democratic bid in the Second district centers on Bernard J. Sheridan of Paols Kansas as the fall candidate. The town riffs mention hat sizes and playful jabs about Volliver, with Frank MacLennon set to challenge Joe Cannon and Emporia described as a storm center. Bill White and others are referenced in a flurry of fragmented lines.
The piece riffs on fashion and mood before turning to politics, praising a new system for Crawford county and Taft tariff reform. It argues for careful regulation of corporate leaders, notes warnings of economic panic, and urges work and restraint while promoting the currency bill as stabilizing. It ends with a dental ad and a cough remedy.
Auction style horse breeding ad lists Alcantara 14940 as a premier sire with offspring like Susie McGregor, offering varied fees and refunds. Includes Diamond, Silver Heir, and Silver Heir breeding details, plus stallion terms, visitor info, and local contact Charles Sutton in Lawrence Kansas. Also mentions petition blanks, painting services, hair puffs, osteopathy, and real estate loan promo notes.
Bchwalm’s Percheron Farm advertises registered horses including a bay horse Prince Arthur Jer ome 30277 and a grey trans cron mare, plus a 1,800 lb four-year-old Lanrnes. Terms $12 insurance. farm four miles south of Lawrence. Telephone numbers Home 7026 and Black Bell 7816 for inquiries and services.
A fragment describes Big Joe the Black Jack stallion and a 1908 farming/auction context near Lawrence, mentioning John Fritzel, Mount Oread, and Fritzels Dairy Farm. It notes bindings, a 10 dollar living-cost insuring fee, and a city paying resolution for street grading in Lawrence.
Notice of apportement and estate matters from 1908 includes probate action in Douglas County Kansas. Final account and creditors notice are listed for Charles Johnson Son Deceased with fee details and administrator discharge planned.
An old advertisement promotes Qrine Laxative Fruit Syrup to aid digestion and stimulate stomach and liver without irritation. It claims mild pleasant effects, comparing favorably to pills or ordinary cathartics. Barber & Son markets the product and cites a humorous quote about marriages and opposites.
In a spring 1906 account, city clerk Jesse P. Morris of Skippers recalls a near fatal pneumonia attack that left him frail and fearful for his life. The anecdote highlights a personal battle with illness and a fragile recovery.
A fragmentary item recalls Lawrence man who issued his own money amid a pie controversy and notes a local patient, Thad, treated for kidney disease with Foley’s Kidney Cure. It mentions Foley’s remedy easing symptoms after years of treatment and claims a dramatic health recovery.
A Lawrence Kansas testimonial promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as the cure for kidney disease and related ailments. Charles W. Orrick recalls relief from back pain after using the pills bought at Dick Bros. drug store, claiming prior treatments failed. Endorsed by Orrick, the ad urges possession of the medicine from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
The assessors appear to have done their work well with fewer complaints before the board of equalization. Commissioners wait patiently for the aggrieved to come in but few show up. The people seem satisfied that the new law gives a fair square deal and that is all they are entitled to.
A jumble of local notes from Franklin reports activity around a canning factory gang gathering peas as Krider Van Neste encounters trouble with an injured hand. Ella Martin’s birthday gathering ended with a group photo and a pleasant time. Mr. and Mrs. Miller visited Mr. and Mrs. Nig. Genee Osborn spent Saturday in town with Sternberg. Children’s Day is set for Sunday, June 14. Richard Smith buys a new binder for his wheat chores. Aaron Brown and Chas Brown hosts guests Sunday afternoon.
An old newspaper ad touts King’s New Life Pills as a reliable purifier for stagnation of the liver and bowels, headaches and biliousness, and jaundice. It notes the pills work without grinning or griping and cost 25 cents at Barker & Son’s drug store.
Prof Yeoman of Lincoln Nebraska left Tuesday for Denver after a few days with his brother in St E Yeoman. Mr and Mrs Sutherland return to Brackett farm after winter in Tennessee. Mrs Chas Crowder returns to Osage City home.
A dense column of want ads listing jobs like a gad laundress washing at home, summer farm work, salesmen needed, and office managers plus help wanted in Lawrence and nearby cities. It also includes sale and rent notices for property, rooms, and farms, plus city clerk paying resolution items about street paving and alley work in Lawrence Kansas dated June 1908. Strong entities include Monroe Cigar Co Toledo Ohio, Morris Wholesale House Cincinnati Ohio, Bohannon 1211 A 1 Lawrence, M. Robinson, F D Brooks, Vermont Street, Ontario Street, New Hampshire Street.
A mixed sale list offers two residences on Kentucky and Louisiana streets with 8 and 9 rooms priced at 3000 and 3200, plus many houses for sale or rent, exchanges, and western lands. Also includes bicycles pianos bulldog pup road wagon furniture and a windrow hay note for sale. Frank Gee advertises real estate and land deals. contact 800 Mass.
The timetable lists trains including No. 102 Overland Limited at 7:50 am eastbound and No. 106 KC local at 9:03 am. Westbound services show No. 107 Balina Local at 0:35 am and No. 103 Pacific Coast at 11:06 am, with other entries unclear. The City Lines and No. 101 Overland Limited at 6:56 pm appear among the schedule.
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