12 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1894
Page
1
A cluttered page advertises salves and medicines by Barber Bros and Straffen & Zimmermann. Writings tout Aerbine and Beggs products for liver ills cough syrups, Ballard liniments, and hair curlers. The copy blends testimonials, prices, and free trials with quips and literary quotes.
Professor Edward Darling recounts experiments with five big cats on shipboard and in India showing lions refuse to kill rats or eat fowl. He notes lions form companionship with small animals, prefer not to harm them, and show a sense of justice. pigeons can roam among lions without harm.
Fragments mention severie and medical terms with unclear references. Several proper names and locations are garbled, making specifics uncertain. The piece references a dispensary, a manse, and medical items like tumors and strictures in a disjointed way.
A brief, chaotic first-person account recounts a five-foot woman battling a blizzard on the South Side. She fights wind, sleet, and drifting snow, stumbles into a streetcar, clings to a lamp post, and finally reaches her office exhausted with damp clothing and soggy feet.
A ragged miscellany blends a boastful stage conductor with a failed impromptu concert and a flood of cobbled advertisements. Read references to Dr King cures, Castoria, and various patent medicines amid streetwise humor and lively chatter.
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