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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1905
Page
2
A garbled Lawrence Journal page references The Journal name, subscription details, and scattered US and world items. It notes legislative debates on woman suffrage, Russian moves near Harbin, Venezuela’s stance, and local concerns like library needs, fossil finds, and oil trust probes amid miscellaneous Kansas news and editorials.
Topeka editor letters discuss claims of Kansas first white schools and earliest Sunday schools in Lawrence and Leavenworth counties. The correspondence critiques dates and details, citing Edward Fitch, Miss Kate Kellogg, Lucy Wilder, Miss Simpson, and S.N. Stimpson while tracing school origins from 1835 to 1868 and noting contradictions in Adama’s Kansas history statements.
A Kansas university report estimates the annual cost of college social life at ten thousand dollars. It tallies dozens of parties from fraternities, sororities, and classes, with detailed line items for dances, invitations, programs, refreshments, and attire. The analysis notes an average of about twelve parties per group and suggests reform may cut further spending next year.
Vacation planning hints urge using the Wabash line for fastest trips to St Louis Detroit Toledo Pittsburg and Buffalo with through service to New York and Boston. Frisco System and Southern Railway announce through Pullman sleepers Kanasa City to Jacksonville on the Southern Limited with modern equipment. Also ad copy for Chamberlains stomach and liver tablets and Dosas Ointment for piles.
The page lists numerous local churches around Quincy and Kentucky streets with Sabbath and Sunday services, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, Bible classes, and youth programs. It mentions English Lutheran, United Presbyterian, First Christian, Free Methodist, Trinity Church, First Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Unitarian, Plymouth Congregational, and Christ Endeavor groups with pastors named and service times. Also includes a brief health ad for Ely’s Cream Balm and several train and travel notices.
For Sale negative and total listings show horses, a wagon and harness on South Vermont street. William Cratchfield and Will Spurgeon advertise. Wanted reliable manager for branch office with salary 1500 per year plus commission and 1000 cash capital. Address Manufacturer 70 Chamber Commerce Detroit. Also two surreys, a laundress cook and housemaid needed. High grade jersey cattle offered at 1703 Massachusetts street or Paul Learnard.
A reflective meditation on a mighty ancient oak, a swamp white tree described as a spiritual force and green god. The prose laments its destruction, contrasting the tree’s majesty and life with the vandal’s act and the loss of a venerable landmark.
An archaic narrative depicts a Pleoka arrow ritual with a Che Burdde dancer, a silver earnings tassel, and a girl in ceremonial attire guiding the dance. The brave follows, watching her motions as she accelerates, nailing the arrow's placement, and the ceremony unfolds with paced steps and symbolic gestures.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Chicago, Michigan names like Toko sha and G. J. Walob, with references to a drug store Rather & Son and a person lamenting family loss. Details are unclear due to transcription errors and broken phrases.
Fragmentary account describes Japanese advance on a peninsula with engineers laying thin copper wire and trench lines. The scene references a wind-washed field, a marked fortification, and parleying across a barrier as troops move, with a sense of ongoing siege actions and defensive setups.
A fragmented 19th century notice discusses artificial flowers, their medieval origins, and their rise in Tunis and Paris workshops. It notes the shift from natural flowers to synthetic substitutes, concerns over water use, and hints at Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy, with vague retail mentions.
The Lawrence Public Library has operated three months with Carnegie support. 6,000 usable books, 2,100 in demand, 2,000 cardholders, and 1,000 monthly patrons. The board has no money to buy new books or kiosks, and a $5,000 donation is hoped to improve circulation. Subscriptions are urged at banks, the city newspaper offices, and the library.
Illiterate OCR fragment mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for unsolved catarrh. Includes P. J. Cheney & Co Toledo and testimonials from Wacoima, Kirtan & MAGVIN wholesalers. Mentions Cavarri Cure internal use and Irene Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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