Thinking Women urged to try Dr. Pierce’s Prescription
The ad argues that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the only medicine for women’s ailments with full ingredients listed on the bottle. It claims many physicians prescribe it, promises privacy, home use, and offers free advice from Dr. R. V. Pierce and his medical book The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, available by mail order.
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Dr. Pierce
America
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
University social life in Kansas City Chronicle disputed dispatch
A Sunday Kansas City Journal dispatch claimed drastic measures would curb KU social life. The Lawrence report said Greek letter organizations planned to reduce events, but the KU social scene appears much diminished with fewer functions and tighter budgets this year.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Kansas University
Lawrence
Amd
I Aid
Guy Kitloet
Nous
University Inn
Dangers of Pneumonia and Local Ads From Lawrence Kans
A fragment shows warnings about neglecting colds leading to pneumonia and lung damage with patent claims for Foley products. Includes ad mentions for Foley’s Honey and Tar and Foley’s Stoney and Tar. Local business notices advertise eye ear nose practice Barber Son and seed company Barteldes Seed Co with contact at 804 Massachusetts St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Barber & Son
Barteldes Seed Co
Massachusetts St
Lawrence, Kans
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Local Citizens
A scanned ad highlights Doctor Sarah E. Carroth ers, osteopathy founder A T Still, and O'Brien & Co as Star Filter agents. It touts Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from J Witbeck, plasterer, and notes Foster-Mifthurn Co Buffalo as U S sole agents. It urges purchases at local drugstores with price 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Foster-Mithurn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Creameries All Right After State Inspection
D M Wilson State Diary Commissioner toured creameries and receiving stations across the state noting cleanliness issues in a few. He ordered 10 contested sites cleaned and planned separation of poultry houses from creameries to prevent milk contamination. Wilson submitted milk samples to Dr Crumbine. 34 from Johnson County showed only one below standard, skimmed milk.
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D. M. Wilson
Tie
Dr. Crumbine
State Board of Health
Johnson County
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted For Digestive and Respiratory Ailments
Advert says Dr. Pierer’s Golden Medical Discovery cures indigestion and dyspepsia with mucous membrane diseases, catarrh, bronchial coughs, and chronic stomach upset. It claims antiseptic, nutritive, and soothing properties from natural medicinal roots and emphasizes accompanying Sage’s Catarrh Remedy for nasal cleansing. It notes it cannot cure advanced tuberculosis and warns not to expect instant cures. The text touts composition, origin, and testimonial oath.
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Pierca
Sage
Weather Prophecies and Bird Signs Foretell Cold Spell
Amid garbled text a rough note mentions blue birds and weather omens as forecasts predict a harsher season. It refers to storm risk and freezing temperatures, suggesting a belief in a coming cold snap and potential frosty conditions for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marel
Chanute High seeks North Central Association membership
Cha vute High School considers joining the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools after a review by Prof. Johnson of Lawrence. The association aims to improve high school faculties and facilities, and requires teachers to be college graduates. The rules limit class size to 30 pupils and workload to six courses per day, a policy that could affect Chanute’s candidacy.
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Chavute High School
Johnson
Lawrence
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Chanute High School
North ‘Central States
Chanute
Iatuim
Infatuation School Planned in Lawrence For Fascination Lessons
A group of Lawrence women discuss creating a school to teach feminine charm and manners. Plans mention classes on eye work conversation dressing and general conduct with potential nationwide expansion. The idea stems from a popular University girl and aims to instruct on how to fascinate men.
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Lawrence
Giirl
Sho
Ani
Local high school track team plans spring meets
The local high school track team trains nightly in the Convention hall with banks set for running events. Parsons high school requests an indoor meet around April 1 and an outdoor meet later. The team aims for the state meet at Lawrence and may be sent to the inter high school meet at the University of Kansas on the first Saturday in May. About forty to fifty high schools are expected to participate at McCook site with prize caps and a principal cap for the winner.
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Parsons High School
Lawrence
University of Kansas
W. C. Lansdon
McCook
Leeta
Fort Scott Republican
Etiquette Rules for Young Men in Courtship
A list of dated social norms for young men on manners with women, calling for respectful dress, polite greetings, proper gloves, timely calls, and attentive behavior toward hosts and mothers, plus guidance on note writing and timely responses after dinners and visits.
Physical Culture Fad Frustrates Households
A grandmother embraces a Delsartean fitness craze causing chaos at home. She climbs, slides, and performs gymnastic feats in a cluttered house disrupting meals and daily life as family members protest the raucous energy and broken belongings.
Mean Trick Ends in Frat Pennant Prank Backfires
A Lawrence University student planned a prank by making a pennant for a fraternity brother with the letters in his colors. The plan backfired when the friend hid the pennant and a rival girl’s party led to its discovery. The prank unraveled as the owner refused to return it and cut off contact.
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Lawrence
Ansious
Burhans Testimony on Foley Kidney Cure After Four Years
Carlisle Center New York resident G B Burhans reports four years after using Foley's Kidney Cure he remains symptom free from kidney disease and endorses the remedy. The passage also includes a stray dialogue snippet about a dog and barber shop remarks.
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G. B. Burhans
Carlisle Center
N.Y
Foley
Barber & On
Electric Bitters touted as cure for misery malaria poison
R M James of Lowellen South Carolina proclaims Electric Bitters a cure for chills bilious attacks and yellow jaundice with 50 cent bottles. Barber Son’s drug store sells it under guarantee as a fast relief tonic and blood purifier for stomach diver and bladder complaints and back pain. Also notices appointment of W H Carruth as executor of Lucas H Perkins estate in Douglas County Kansas by Probate Court.
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R. M. James
Lowellen, S. C
Barber & Son
Lawrence Daily Journal
Douglas County
Kansas
Lucas H. Perkins
W. H Carruth
New Telephon Subscribers Listed Citywide
A long list of home telephone subscribers with names and addresses across Eudora Armstrong Sunnysville Linwood Lone Star Endora and surrounding areas. The roster includes residents farmers carpenters merchants and service firms such as Lawrence Bottling Works and Olson Bros Plumbing with multiple street addresses and farm locations.
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Alvond
B.C
Eudora—Armstrong
John
Muntorn
Jackson
Brown
W. C
Mass
Nod—Burkle
Wilson
Lake View
Sunnvsile
Corder
Henry A
Alabama
Eliot
Mest Market
Bridge
Farney
N. M
Tennessee
Fawnette
Mary E
Indiana
Ferguson
Lizzie
Jersey
Foster
W. B
Linwood
Bilk—Nodson
Lewis
Soorthwest
Lawrence Bottling Works
West Winthrop
Paseenep Undertaking Co
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Kentucky
Messenheimer
Alberta
Pennsylvania
Lone Star
Mowder, Lewis
Aniles Southwest Star
Mull
W. IL
Vermont
Asnvers
Elmer E
Olson Bros. Plumbing & Gas Hl
Schutz
Endora
Schurle
Jacob
Shaw N
Southwest Star
Shirar
T.N
Ferm
Shore
B. B
New Hampshire
Simple Wash Cures Eczema and Skin Ailments
An advertisement touts a DD D. Prescription claiming to cure eczema psoriasis barber's itch salt and other itching skin diseases. It asserts wintergreen oil mixed with other ingredients is effective while oil alone fails. It promotes visiting a drug store for more information and hints at dating advice in an unrelated line.
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de Decatur D.denis
Chirag
Whunis
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DR. H. Reding
Prac
University
Sarah E, Carrothers
American School of Osteopathy
A. T. Still
Masa
Star
O’brien &Co
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Studebaker Theater , of
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May Robson
IGH
Infatuation School
Fort’ Scott
Dave Reva
Miss Smith
Janes
Luis
Henry Onsking
Wble
Burhans
Jones
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