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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1909
Page
3
A historical ad extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the best medicine for women’s diseases and weaknesses. It claims the remedy is alcohol free safe in all conditions and printed with its ingredient list under oath, urging buyers to avoid substitutes and counterfeit products.
A collage of late 19th century advertisements touts tonics for kidney bladder ailments, eczema, and eruptions. Letters praise Luli’s Texas Wonder and Electric Bitters while Barber & Son market salves and tonics. A variety of local shops and services offer bread, livery, wagon work and horse care amid household tips and product pitches.
Boston woman Mary Danclas Snow left a trust fund totaling 32 500 for the care of her five horses. The coachman James Morarity would receive 2 500 annually for each living horse, rising to 1 500 if the last survivor remains, with a 500 annual payout after the last horse dies. The will dates to nine years prior and names horses by fate, with Prince the 28 year old bay horse highlighted as the focus of ongoing support.
The article extols F B McColloch offering a stomach remedy to the public, praising his honesty and urging readers to trust his medicine. It notes the product targets digestion and dyspepsia and promises affordable relief, urging mass adoption.
The Mexican Herald reports a commission to translate the Bible into Spanish from Greek, including V. D. pez of Oxaca and Baez among five members. They aim to translate Matthew, Mark, Luke and John within months, with completion expected in five to six years, then solicit global criticisms. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup ad closes the piece.
An item recounts the Lawrence girls embarking on a European tour with stops including Gibraltar and New York City. The snippet notes train travel and arrangements, then shifts to a death notice for Mrs. Sarah Jane Livingston, widow of Alexander Livingston, detailing her Iowa roots, family, and long pioneer life.
A chaotic fragment describes cigarette bootlegging spreading through Tula area alleys as new criminals exploit a booming underground trade. Mentions of a “Mister A” and assorted names hint at raid notes, and references to patent medicines and a local druggist advertise Borleigh and Dekvitt salves.
Stella Dunn of Neosho County left for Everett Washington to wed a railroad worker once linked to Parsons. Upon arrival she fell for Robert Pitts, then returned wedding gown and ring purchase, and after two days married Pitts with no groom present for the ceremony.
In Lawrence Kansas under Civic Association guidance Ann Street School served hot soup buns and fruit to children at cost as a penny cafeteria experiment aimed at instilling independence. The program plans further penny meals in other authority schools while election proclamations set city and ward officer voting on April 6 1909 with polling locations listed.
A jumble of detergent style testimonials and notices from Indianapolis and nearby areas. It includes claims for Foley’s Kidney Remedy curing kidney and bladder disease, a near death account from Mrs Soper in Vig Pond Pennsylvania, a note about instrument making and piano tuning, an insurance and loan offer, and a real estate firm contact at 744 Mass Street.
A Gian perceives beauty in an unlikely heiress, suggesting charm over conventional looks surpasses the power of a microscope. The remark contrasts appearances and intellect, implying depth in a person labeled homely.
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