Journal and Times Chronicle of Lawrence Kansas 1908
The Lawrence Journal, oldest paper in the territory, traces its lineage to earlier publications and notes its exclusive publication of daily Associated Press dispatches. The issue discusses editorials on Taft, Bryan, university rowdiness, railroad regulation, and convictions of rich individuals, reflecting local political and social commentary of March 19 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Lawrence Republican
State Journal
Herald of Freedom
Lawrence Tribune
Lawrence
Associated Presa Repatches
Public discontent over prohibition and water politics sparks debate
A fragmented editorial voice critiques liquor interests, primary reform, and perceived failures of city water services. It laments political factionalism, praises Lawrence standout Larry L. Raymond, and reflects on housing and homeownership woes for western readers.
GROCERY LAXATIVE AD AND FAMILY UPDATE
An old note promotes a laxative labeled 3B Quinine tablets with refund if it fails to cure. Groves sales show a signature on each box. Miss Anna Triplett visits her brother Tom and sister Mrs Mansfield, travels to Reeder and Richmond before returning to Lawrence to teach at Haskell Indian School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grovessles
Anna Triplett
Tom
Mansfield
Reeder
Frank
Not Only Indigestion But All Stomach Miseries
A Diapepsin advertisement touts a 22 grain Triangule that digests heavy meals in minutes and relieves sour stomach heartburn belching and nausea. It claims fast relief without laxatives and suggests a 50 cent case cures stomach misery for a whole family, usable day or night.
Teachers To Go Visiting High School Staff Absences
Teachers will skip sessions Thursday and Friday to visit other towns high schools. The board allows two days off for staff to tour schools, with most visiting Topeka Kansas City and a few heading to Lawrence for a conference of high school and academic instructors led by Dr. Lyman Abbott of the Outlook-Empresa Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Topeka
Kansas City
Tor
Dr King’s New Discovery Promoted as Cough Remedy
Empire Georgia resident C O Eldridge endorses Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. He claims seven years of use prove it best and notes its availability at Barber and Son’s drug store with a 50 cent and one dollar price and a trial bottle free.
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Barber & Son’s Drug Store
University Notes Wednesday Lectures by Dr Lyman Abbott
A YMCA reception at Myers Hall hosted about fifty men who gathered around Dr Lyman Abbott. He spoke without notes, stressed experiential learning, and reflected on Bible scholarship and modern thought. The Kansas City section of the American Chemical Society plans a Lawrence meeting on Saturday March 21. Prof Bailey sent forty or fifty volumes of The University.
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Lyman Abbott
Myers’ Hall
Dr. Abbott
Beecher
Abbott
Kansas City
American Chemical Society
Lawrence
Bailey
University
Local Social Roundup and Legal Notice Dated In Topeka
Clinton Mrs J H Griffith and children of Alfred spent Sunday with Mrs Anna Dean. Ivy and Agnes Stanwix and Lillian Jensen visited. Mrs Kennedy hosted. Mrs Warner guests in Topeka. Larkin club met. Patton shipped cattle. several residents visited Topeka and Lawrence. Frank J Cheney oath claims Hall's Catarrh Cure. Toledo firm offers $100 per case cured. Hall's Family Pills advertised for constipation.
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J. H. Griffith
Alfred
Anna Dean
Ivy
Agnes Stanwix
Lillian Jensen Jr
O. P. Kennedy
T Heir
Haldermin
WC. TH
Topeka
Dan Warner
Ladies Larkin Club
Will Tucker
Frank Stauwis
Te Patton
Frank Fishburn
Brawley
Mary Allen
Richland
Tucker
Oscar Britton
Lillian Jensen
Geo Ice
State of Onlo
City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney
Eine Toledo
Ronstipaon
Fruit Safe From Frost Says Weather Signs Points to Mild Season
The article argues fruit was not damaged by cold or frost last night and predicts an unusually good season. It notes mild conditions may bring only this frost spell and mentions Ely's Cream Balm as a trusted household remedy for colds in the head.
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Harry Orchard
Harry
Ely
Second Eph Vaneil murder trial set for Monday
The Eph Vaneil murder case will begin its second trial in district court Monday. The county attorney has subpoenas for witnesses and the defense is prepared. The first trial was lengthy and this one is expected to be shorter with smoother preparations as both sides understand the case. Vaneil is charged with murdering his wife by administering Rough on Rats.
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Eph Vaneil
Mors Anap
Notice to School Children on Exhibition and Admission Price
Notice states public school children will be admitted to a picture exhibition for ten cents and may attend at any time. A talk session for children is scheduled next Saturday at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock. The document also includes an election proclamation by the Mayor of Lawrence Kansas dated March 15 1908 listing voting rules and ward locations for the April 7 1908 city and ward officers election.
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Congress
Lawrence, Daily Journal
Lawrence
Kansas
City of
Towit
Board of Education
Vermont Street
Wolfses
City Hall
W. Warren St
Massachusetts Street
Fourth Ward
Henry St
Camer Lo Eust
Pa Ste
A. W. Hall
J. Barker
F. D. Brooks
Meyer
Democratic County Central
D. H. Lewis
The Nomination Blanks Supplied by The Journal
The Journal maintains official petition blanks for primary candidates in its job rooms. Forms cover city and country precincts and require circulation of two petitions per candidate. Blanks priced at 50 cents per set or two for five cents under 25. Kennedy Plumbing Co. advertises pumps and country trade.
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Journal
State Commission
Announcements of Candidates and Political Notices
A flood of notices lists multiple candidates for sheriff county clerk and city council across wards, plus board of education filings, all subject to Republican primaries on August 4 and March 23. Also included are campaign filings, filing deadlines, and local business ads for services and goods.
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Aheriff
4. C. Roller
A. R. Maxwell
Board of Education
Republican City Central Committee
George Innes
J. C. Rudolph
Edward Bumgardner
Register of Deeds
W. E. Hazen
R. C. Haney
Fifth Ward
Fourth Ward
J. H. Wilder
Dangers of Pneumonia and a Cough Remedy
A cold left untreated can lead to pneumonia and weakened lungs. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised to stop the cough, heal and strengthen the lungs, and prevent pneumonia. La Grippe coughs are said to yield quickly to Folay's Honey and Tar, with claim that nothing else is as good. Barber & Son, Tr. warns of a tonic maker selling false remedies to a baldhead.
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Foley
Folay
Barber & Son
A Cure for Misery
R. M. James of Louellen reports a cure for malaria misery using Electric Bitters. The 50 cent bottle is claimed to break chills bilious attacks and cure yellow jaundice, with relief for stomach liver and bladder complaints. Barber & Son's drug store sells it under guarantee.
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R. M. James
Louellen
Barber &Son’s
Classified lonely want ads mix sale and jobs
A compact column of classified notices lists items for sale and services for hire. Listings include painting and papering work, horse stallion leasing, room rentals, laundry staff, lace laundering, used wheel, property for sale with prices, and grain stock offers from McKenzie and Lovejoy and W H Pendleton.
Various For Sale and Rent Notices in Lawrence Kans
Classified list of offers including incubator and brooder 250 egg unit, delivery wagon, cars, fruit plants, hay, eggs, a seven room house, piano, bicycle, gas range, and a small fruit farm. Also rental ads for houses and furnished rooms. Public notices include primary election details and a district court land quieting action for property on Massachusetts street. Names: L B Owen, Adaline Dowler, William Miller, George W. Kuhne, Charles M. Gilmore, D. H. Lewis, Alexander T. Jeffrey. Places: Lawrence Kansas, West Lawrence, 400 Ask Bt, 920 Maine St, 1638 New Hampshire St, 1208 New York St. Dates: March 18 1903, March 23, April 23 1908. Prices: 45.00, 4.50, 75 cents.
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W. Stapleton Johnson
S. K. Huson
Charles E. Brown
Douglas County
Kansas
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
County of
Douglas
Kansan
Alexander T. Jeffrey
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Canhartis
The
Boweis Ceca Ag
Mterting Remedy Co
Chicago
N.Y. Bor
Lawrence Daily Journal
Associated Press
Lawrence Journal Company
J. LL
Wrence
Lawrence, Kansas
Minister Wu
Jere Cooke
Taft
Latt
Bryan
Ann Arbor
Friends of
Kansas State University
State University
Elasees
Mothers Congress
Akex
Tovather
Republic
Stan
Larry L. Raymond
Mississippi River
University Notes
Clinton
Vaneil
Agenta
Samean
Deal Mills
Kennedy Plumbing CO
A. L. Cox
G. M. Lindly
E. B. Dicker
Bell Mateauf Implement Co
Charles M. Gilmore
C. W. Littell
A. P. Hultz
Mr. Grilley
Mutie Morgan
Empire Dream Separatore
Kenedy & Ernst
Carlson and Strahl
Bell Phone
Pennsylvania
W. J. Francisco & Sons
Sparber
Lawrence Transfer Co
Lawrences Transfer Co
Clifton T. Histt
Penial
Maas
B. E. Bishop
Edward M. Humphrey
East 7Th St
Model Laundry
Vermont St
New Hampshire Street
Ohio Street
Sas
Reed
Miss
Sibley
Gideon
Midland
McKenzie & Lovejoy
Mass. Street
Texas
W. H. Pendleton
St. Both
L B. Owen
Ask Bt
J. Pierson
Maine
St. West Lawrence
Columbus
Francisco
Cardinals
Cumberland, Cregg and
Snyder
L. B. Powell
Timothy
William Miller
Adaline Dowler
Lawrence, Kans
West Lawrence
Mass
Bell
Neasly
New York Bt
Pinckney Street
Alabama Street
Herrington
East Quincey
C. D. Pickens
New _ York St
O. C. Puesahal
Tost
Ste
Republican City Motral Committee
Asi
C. L. Linton
A. Becker
Adam Carter
J. D. Barton
Geo. Campbell
G. Ward
S. B. Hines
George W. Kuhne
S. Everett
District Court
Alexander T. Jaffrey
Fred A. Clarke
Hugh Blaip
L. S. Steele
Massackussus
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