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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
4
Chicago dated report notes fair and warmer weather in Kansas with a forecast for tonight and Friday. Local ads promote wallpaper, seeds, ice cream, paints, safeties and a fountain pen line. Bank and orchestra notices appear alongside sales and food events.
Reader notice defends Bach's Band against a critical item titled The Band Concerts. It details ten years of voluntary subscriptions, costs, and the band’s finances. The text outlines fundraising, concert expenses, and future plans, noting community support and upcoming public notices.
The Kansas state board of health launches a new circular urging residents to swat the fly as spring arrives. Posters in Topeka warn that flies spread typhoid, cholera, cramps, and paralysis, and promote proper handling of food and disposal of refuse. Posters will be distributed statewide and posted publicly.
A Baptist church hosts a Sunday School rally with 35 visitors from out of town. Morning papers were read and discussions held, described as beneficial to attendees. Beginning tomorrow, the Kansas Baptist Budget conference will convene here with about 100 local attendees and various featured programs.
Prof Hubach leads a Sunday school class in a bearing on An Open Secret at the Congregational church tonight. Miss Agnes Hubink, Miss Mary Carpenter and Mrs B J Dalton will assist as accompanist. Admission 25 and 15 cents.
Brief OCR fragment notes a person named Gustafson and a small repair task. The readable content suggests a casual, informal local item about fixing something, with no clear date, location, or organization attached.
A scattered collage of sale offers missing details including livestock and goods, a fountain pen promotion, mumps epidemic note with school closure order, seed and garden catalog promos, a job request, jewelry prices, lost item, and miscellaneous notices from a small town newspaper. Names, addresses, and local businesses appear amid garbled copy and partial phone clues.
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