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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
3
An 1890s style testimonial claims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription restores health to women with irregularities and discharge. It touts relief from weakness, nervousness, backache, and sleeplessness, promising a $509 reward for cures and urging trial of their remedies.
A garbled OCR railway timetable lists multiple named trains and routes including Kansas City Express, California Express, Pacific Flyer, and California Fast Mail. It mentions daily and Sunday schedules, departures from Worth and other points, with scattered notes on transfers, stops, and a court notice at the end.
Advertises Wabash Railway summer travel to destinations including St. Louis Detroit Yale do Perlstury and Budaio with through service to New York and Boston. Highlights convenience low rates and observation cars on day trains. Promotes Epworth League convention and Grand Army encampment in Denver as attractors for mountain trips. mentions agent C H Speers as contact.
Black raspberries or blackcaps resist many harvesting and marketing methods and offer a broader commercial isolation than other raspberry types. Under favorable conditions they grow vigorously with two-year canes and fruit on one-year growth, making harvests easier and cheaper.
The article discusses raspberry farming practices including planting Aug harvest tips, soil and bed preparation, and weed control. It notes root tips remain attached on the stake until spring, advises soil coverage for new plants, and mentions spacing, weed management, and general soil enrichment impacts on yields.
Orange Judd Farmer notes cows need proper care and prompt repayment of favors. A Kentucky man quotes three doctors treating kidney disease, claiming Foley's Kidney Cure brought relief and permanent cure after three bottles. Barber & Son's offers chambers and board. rooms for rent and similar notices appear at the Journal office.
A late 19th or early 20th century ad-like passage touts Doan’s Kidney Pills as a cure for various kidney ailments affecting men women and children. It cites Mrs Florence Mesner of Lawrence Kansas and other testimonials praising reliability and permanence of relief, with price 60 cents and Foster Milburn Co. as agents.
The article describes arranged marriages in Persia where girls wed as young as fourteen and boys as they reach eighteen. It details matchmaking through friends and professionals, parental consent, and betrothal ceremonies with family and guests, noting marriages among cousins.
The article claims the British government will designate only two stations along the coast one Atlantic and one Pacific praising Mostetter's Stomach Bitters for fifty years. It touts testimonials from famous users claiming the tonic cures headaches insomnia poor appetite indigestion and other ailments without disappointing users.
A fragmented early 20th century column mixes a graphic animal abuse vignette with a medical advertisement. It references Cuba, Spanish American War veterans, and a testimonial for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Minnie Jacobs of Houston, plus an ad for Dean's Ointment. The piece showcases sensational tone and public notices common in period newspapers.
A discussion by J. Detrich of Chester County Pennsylvania argues for pasturing dairy cattle on a 15 acre farm with three daily hay feedings and green roughage in summer. He notes that modern dairies resemble mills, with cows kept clean through proper stalls and manure management, and emphasizes hay and concentrated foods to maintain cleanliness and proper digestion.
Farm and Home advises selecting well bred calves with strong teeth as future yearling stock. Feed gradually starting with whole milk then skim milk, added wheat middlings, meal dust, and hay. Keep dry bedding, provide a clean, measured milk supply, and ensure the calf has access to a constant water source and a tidy feeding pail to prevent belly troubles.
An Ohio correspondent describes a method to tame a scattered manure pile by building a pen as shown in the accompanying cut, turning a nuisance into a contained, orderly yard feature.
Instructions describe a crude manure pile pen built from two by fours and scraps. Assemble a simple frame with end holes, place two boards on top and bottom, secure with a pin, and use an old board to lift and carry the pile for handling.
Two poultry yards should be arranged so each pen holds two yards worth of space using yard rotations. Feed calves twice daily with wheat middlings after grazing, claiming calves thrive without fried feeds and grow large for their age, as noted in Farm and Home.
An old advertisement warns about mare care during oats and harrowing while promoting Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy used by Mr J T Barber of Irwinville Georgia. Barber touts its quick action for colic cholera morbus and diarrhoea and claims it is among the best medicines he has seen. The ad also advertises Hagerman Pass engraving from the Colorado Midland Railway and requests a response with payment in stamps.
At the State Farmers Institute in Columbus Ohio in January 1904 D W King of Missouri described an earth road method. The talks appeared in annual reports and Ohio Farmer April 2 1904. About 50 farmers promised trials in Ohio and Horatio Marklay used timber t' road with success on his property showing smooth turfless surfaces.
A county road treated with a home built drag by Markley shows rough clay roadways improve with repeated passes. The device uses six inch square timbers and a beveled lower edge, requiring one team and one man to operate. Since 1904 the road has been dragged over a dozen times, with four treatments this season through April, taking about ninety minutes to cover the half mile. Neighbors follow the example as supervisor credits the effort, noting cost and efficiency advantages over standard scrapers.
Richard Barry portrays Kodama as Japan's strategic mobilizer and wartime organizer. The article compares him to Kitchener, detailing his roles as Formosa governor and War Office chief, and describes his calculated assault on Port Arthur as a masterful but costly maneuver.
Fragments tell of Rev. C D Moora of Harpersville New York detailing torment from a cough that nearly caused death until Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds cured him. Also notes on stomach and liver tablets by Chamberlain and a Frisco System through sleeper service between Kansas City and Jacksonville in 1905 with berth reservations via Frisco representatives.
An advertisement touts Foley’s Kidney Cure as preventing kidney and bladder trouble with rapid relief and mentions past cures of Bright’s disease and diabetes. It also promotes Burdock Blood Bitters for stomach regulation and Foley’s Honey and Tar for asthma relief, featuring testimonials from Barber & Son’s and Mrs. Adolph Bucsing in Davenport.
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