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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1900
Page
3
Testimonial claims the product cures irregularity ulceration and inflammation of female organs and restores vigor. A Vermont reader reports relief from severe urinary pain weakness and difficult pregnancy after using twelve bottles with prompt guidance from Dr Pierce.
Public notice announces a plan to restore regular newspaper delivery to every part of town by eight o’clock and warns of steps to protect subscribers from bills if paper service is interrupted. Also advertised are round trip tickets on sale May 7 with return until May 5. details mention city offices, depots, and rates.
Regional travel rates and sale dates listed for multiple cities across the Midwest and beyond. Fares range from a few dollars to over twenty, with sale windows in May and June and return limits varying from a few days to several weeks. Includes specific routes such as Wichita Kansas City Detroit Chicago and Topeka with conditions on extensions and restricted travel days.
A letter from Colonel de Villebois-Mareuil details Boer life near Kimberley including abundant rations and garden produce, with praise for self-reliance and faith in God. He recalls rides near British posts, warm camp life, and a morale-laden view of a likely prolonged siege, while noting French hospitality and a tense frontline outlook.
A historical sketch of Ottawa Hull detailing its origins, early settlers like Phineas Wright and Sparke, the Bytown name, 1834 incorporation, and 1853 selection as Dominion capital. Also covered are population 61,255 in 1892, Rideau Canal construction costs, Parliament Hill and government buildings, religious institutions, banks, sawmills output, rail connections, and export figures for 1892.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reports a massive firearm that will weigh over 12 thousand tons without carriage, with a theoretical range of 20.76 miles and a 2600 feet per second projectile. It features a 64 inch long shell, 1060 pound charge, and extraordinary precision despite its size.
An Indian girl Sooboo Sooboonagam Amma converts to Christianity with Miss Stephens guiding her. Facing relentless opposition from her Brahman family, she flees to the Bangalore temple, then to a Christian mission in Madras. Her journey ends with arrival in New York amid efforts by missionaries to protect her from persecution.
Baron von Toll leads a 20 member party on a polar expedition from St Petersbourg in June to reach Bannikof Land north of the New Siberian Islands. The project plans a year of exploration with meteorological studies and mapping, seeking a potential archipelago beyond Sannikov and Bennett islands. The voyage continues toward the Kam Sea and may attempt a northern transit via Bering Strait.
A settler in Jolo, German coffee planter Mr Schuck, is profiled for his role among the Moros and his influence with the former sultan’s circle. He runs a seventy acre coffee estate near our coast, with a wife from the former prime minister’s family. His fluency and cultural ties have made him a key interpreter and intermediary, accelerating colonial progress.
Over twenty years the boiler shop transformed as much as the machine shop. The shift stems from steel adoption rather than new tools, altering old wrought iron methods and broadening industrial practice, per Joseph Horner as cited in Cassier's Magazine for May.
A Richmond Kentucky dispatch reports Aunt Wrances Mitchell of Hylug near Stanford is 0 years old and teething, with new teeth pushing out the old. The unusual condition causes mild discomfort as noted in the story.
Wu Ting-fu, Chinese minister, told the National Association of Manufacturers in Boston that American exports to China rise yearly and that easing restrictions would benefit both nations. He urged removal of obstacles to free intercourse, arguing that shared progress and mutual interests justify closer trade relations.
Willie Brown of Chicago reports Washington public school pupils, especially girls, have a high rate of cigarette smoking with many in higher grades. He claims hundreds of young ladies smoke and calls for a girls auxiliary league to combat the habit. He notes about half the boys in Washington schools smoke. A mass meeting is planned to organize anti smoking efforts.
A 16 year old girl from Converse Indiana has fasted four months avoiding all nourishment claiming food causes deathly sickness. Her stomach lining damaged by acid traces back to fears of gaining weight. She subsists on minimal lemon and sugar with water and plans her grave.
A collage of early 1900s items reports injunctions on union labor in public contracts Chicago May 4. Springfield and Jefferson City electoral disputes discuss Democratic convention locations and bimetallism stances. Kansas and Lawrence notices cover estate administration, public works regulations, and railway schedules with sparse local details.
In Lawrence a reader reports a five week kidney pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial praises the remedy as effective and urges readers to visit Dick Bros for a purchase. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sells the pills for 50 cents nationwide under the Dearborn brand.
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