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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1903
Page
2
The Lawrence Kans Journal for March 17 1903 publishes a wide mix of notes on coal hopes in Topeka, congressional sessions on Panama canal, Pacific shipping, tropical floods, and regional sports. It notes Senate votes, Alaska company reforms, and local high school debates plus social updates including marriages and a recent divorce case.
The text surveys varied topics from divorce delays and a court ruling on weapon use to a War Department roster of Civil War veterans. It discusses Missouri smokingsage laws, a Chicago political dinner, and student pranks, then focuses on Lawrence Kansas library referendum, Carnegie plans, and local governance.
Hews THA offers one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney and Co Toledo are cited as trustworthy druggists. The advertisement asserts the remedy acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces and mentions testimonials and prices.
Real estate listings for sale in Lawrence Kansas feature 80 acre tracts with cultivation and grass, 89 and 160 acre bottoms, well improved farms, and assorted city property. Advertises rentals and money to loan offered by Fred Broohs real estate.
A string of notices offers real estate for sale and rent in Lawrence with names Fred Brooks Saml A Riggs W R Williams and a job ad for a factory rep. Also listings include horses by Happy Heir with breeders and a cash salary offer of 9000 yearly for a factory representive with benefits and requirements.
A noisy, disjointed OCR fragment discusses a navy plan to deploy an entire battleship flotilla abroad as a show of force. It mentions the United States and wartime considerations, public demonstrations, and debates over strategic purpose and the impact on domestic defense. The text is garbled but centers on naval power projection and official rhetoric.
A dense, fragmented OCR page mixes onlookers, legal notices, and narrative fragments. It touches on a New Jersey man attacked with a broom in a domestic incident, discussions of cattle market pressure and price control, pedigrees of Arabian horses, and scattered notes on scholars, poetry, and philosophy. The piece reads as a miscellany of late 19th century newswire blurbs and opinion fragments with numerous garbled passages.
The article discusses Great Britain offering submarine vessels amid future warfare and compares public heed to remedies. It highlights Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Foley's Honey and Tar as trusted cures, then outlines a local primary election in March with ward supervisors and officials named. It also mentions shoe care, gloves, and Dean's Ointment as common consumer items.
In a small town event, two longtime residents Ma and Pete compete for district recognition. Community members expect a close vote and lively discussion as organizers note the event's significance for local ties and civic involvement.
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