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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
2
A scrambled political excerpt lists GEO. STUART and W. McFARLANE among others for county roles and state seats. It pokes at Leap Year debates, infrastructure lines, and humorous campaign quips, noting Irvin’s defeats and Leslie M. Shaw establishing campaign headquarters in Chicago with pointed wit about dull advertisements.
A Kansas doctor queries cures for dyspepsia praising digestion improvement as mastery. The piece blends political chatter about Taft era conventions, university pride in Kansas, and reflections on public sentiment after floods. It notes local bids for contracts and mentions chautauqua progress and Redpath plans benefiting Lawrence.
A crowded city store reception erupts over a Directoire gown as two young women and a curious crowd discuss the dress. A girl in a white linen suit and a man named John share a moment in line, and the onlookers debate the garment’s appeal while a shopper holds the check.
An article discusses the practice of sweating coins by applying acids to reduce weight, a method used to steal gold from ten and five dollar pieces. It names the Chicago Tribune and mentions a man from Mill Creek Indiana Territory, describing how gold is dissolved, collected, melted into bars, and sold back to the government, with electric bitters referenced as a cautionary remedy.
Local notices advertise Silver Heir a fast stallion with 2:00 mile and 2.17% record offering limited mares south of Bismarck. Also three Percheron stallions at Schwalm's Farm near Lawrence and Mount Oread stallion at Fritzel farm with breeding histories and prices. Various farm services, equipment, and local business ads accompany with contact numbers.
A late 1908 Lawrence Kansas page shows a docket of public notices, sales ads and wanted ads. It lists court action about McCurdy heirs, farm work recruitment, wanted stenographer, real estate listings, and various sale notices for houses and furniture plus a lost fountain pen. It reflects bustling small town commerce and legal processes from June 1908.
An old advertisement touts the Texas Wonder remedy claiming cures for kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. It offers a $1 bottle for two months treatment and invites testimonials sent to Dr EW Hall in St. Louis.
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as curing bleeding piles for twenty years with a testimonial from C. S. Woolever of LeRoyville New York. It also promotes Dow's Ointment for skin itching and piles, Kodol for dyspepsia, and mentions local seller O P Barber and Son. The copy urges readers to buy radiantly advertised health products with a humorous aside about clothing.
An advertisement proclaims transparency in Dr Pierce's family medicines. It asserts all ingredients listed on bottle wrappers are printed and the formulas sworn as complete and correct, claiming ingredients are gathered from Nature's laboratory and selected from valuable native sources.
Ottawa Herald notes Lt. Parker and A Anson sparking plans for a 20th Kansas reunion next May at the state G A encampment with Me next year possibly hosting a larger homecoming. Parker cites Prof Clarmly on uniting the 2nd Kansas and Bandhoya for a homecoming, acknowledging the immense labor of organizing such events. Also mentions Parker and Lawson as early movers, with a stray line on a woman claiming marriage drives social progress.
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