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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1901
Page
3
Felton Delaware resident Mrs Mollie Jacobs recalls two years of severe illness with cough chest pain and breathlessness. After taking 13 bottles of the Golden Medical Discovery and four Dr Pierce pellets she reports significant relief and a life saved. The testimonial invites others with weak lungs lingering cough and bleeding lungs to seek the remedy.
A vintage notice invites sick persons to consult Dr. R. V. Pierce by letter at Lifalo free of charge. All correspondence is strictly private and a specialist’s opinion is offered without fee.
Daily trains listed include No 4 California, No 6 Kansas City and Chicago Express, Kansas City Passenger, Texas Express, Topeka Express, and Overland Flyer. Union Pacific East routes and westbound services appear with morning to evening times. Local lines show Sundays and exceptions, with schedule details for Leavenworth Harrington routes and connections to nearby cities.
An article adapted from the New York Tribune outlines alleged Castro regime abuses in Caracas. It details torture, forced confinement in underground cells, and a system of political intimidation used to suppress dissent and seize wealth.
Reports from Boston harbor detail underwater signaling tests proving audible signals at ten miles. British and Canadian officials show interest as plans advance to install bells at mouth of the St Lawrence and off Nahunt and Minot’s Ledge. Vessels would carry receivers to hear the bell tones and plot courses, potentially preventing collisions. The invention credits go to Elisha Gray and Arthur Mundy with the Dominion Coal company preparing to equip vessels. A pearl found in Iowa by Mrs. Jobe Lowe adds a separate note.
A vintage ad claims spring fever weakens the system and urges use of Lichty’s Celery Nerve Compound to purify blood restore nerves and vitality. Sold by Harnlin & Holloway.
Fragmentary OCR shows The Southeastern Limited leaving Kansas City daily at 6 30 PM. It lists stops at Mamphia and Chattanooga with late evening arrivals and notes sleeping cars. Time data is garbled but indicates through service to New Orleans and Florida. The excerpt mentions reclining chair car and palace bullet sleeping cars, continuing to Den.
The New York Sun recounts the stepladder figure in the 25 year old Gainsborough Duchess of Devonshire portrait theft. A London suspect and the thief clash in a Criterion restaurant confrontation, while Scotland Yard contemplates further disclosures as plans to expose the culprit unfold.
Former Governor Hoge of Texas weighs Beaumont oil as a world changing fuel. Tests show Beaumont wells like Lucas gusher output over 70,000 barrels daily. Shipments reach New York Philadelphia Pittsburg Manchester England and Cuba for industrial trials. Sugar Refining interests back oil use, with potential to displace coal in U S refineries.
New Rochelle and Fifth Avenue site work unfold a major transplant effort as 28 trees including sugar maples elms and poplars are moved to the Carnegie estate. A brick and granite boundary wall rises with a sculptured corps of work valued at 50,000 while rare old silver leaf poplar is preserved. The project reshapes soil and grading to support a park style landscape around the mansion amid Central Park views.
The article previews Sir Thomas Lipton’s second challenger with a 112 foot main spar and 148 foot pole spar, noting a radical pole-mast design of nickel steel. It discusses potential speed gains, reduced topmast weakness, weight savings aloft, and a shortened fore triangle to yield a 184 foot overall length, highlighting Shamrock II’s forthcoming build and competing features.
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