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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1906
Page
2
A fragmented reflection on politics in Kansas cites muckraking, party loyalty, and open moorland imagery. It critiques Democratic and Republican tensions, notes public sentiment toward ballots and campaigns, and emphasizes enduring principles over individuals.
A historical critique argues that seats in sparsely populated western states like Montana Idaho Wyoming and Nevada are bought and sold by political bosses in a system nicknamed The Millionaire's Club. It notes Clark and Belore in a disputed Montana race amid copper wars and questions senate integrity while acknowledging honest members exist but remain outnumbered.
A scrambled ad style piece touts kidney cures and tonic claims. It cites Mrs. Florence Messer of Lawrence Kansas praising Doan's Kidney Pills, mixed with testimonials about other remedies and a general appeal to readers about health, debt, and vitality.
An odd ad taunts readers with varied claims about a Crem Balm product and its absorption. It offers a large size at £4 and a trial size for a penny, from ELT BROTHERS at 06 Werren Street, New York, alongside unrelated witticisms about marriage and mothers and a jab at automotive fashion.
Consul Pitcairn from Hamburg cites a Commercial Association report on subsidy plans to revive Germanys sailing fleet as steamers erode cargoes from nitrates to grain. German tonnage favoring steam overall since 1894. sailing craft decline while four masted ships hold ground. Government aims to train deckhands and support yard work with proposed daily wages and per num allowances to attract seamen, with broader funding to expand sailing vessels and labor supply.
A Minneapolis man recounts an incident from a Minnesota town where a cashier offered a farmer $1,000 to twist a $5 bill in half. The farmer tried repeatedly but could not bend the note, illustrating how the government paper resists tearing due to its secret manufacturing process. This tale underscores the supposed special qualities of currency paper.
The article describes the Almaden mines near Almaden Spain and the Idria mines near Trieste Austria as historic producers of quicksilver with deadly working conditions. It notes large mine labor forces, high pay to attract workers, and social provisions for disabled workers and families. It mentions other items including humorous clippings and a labor demand in New Zealand and Australia.
The national council of horticulture reports on a scarlet tobacco plant, nicotiana Sandern e, created by crossing white and red flowering South American varieties. The bloom ranges from light pink to deep red, opens at twilight, lasts into the next day, and thrives in sun or partial shade. It propagates by seed and transplants well, showing summer-long flowering tested in England Germany and the United States.
Wanted to let all know we repair furniture, gasoline and coal stoves, gas fitting. Cheapest shop. J. W. Husines operates at 046 Mam. 81 with both phones.
A collage of classified notices listing clairvoyant consultations at 735 Mass St and 734 Massachusetts, second hand shoes and clothing exchanges, lumber and building materials for sale, eggs from Barred Plymouth Rocks, commissions for book agents, poultry and farm produce buying, engraving and engraving services, property for sale at Kentucky and Ontario, and stallion breeding at Lamb's stable. Includes contact details and local business names.
Describes harsh wedding rites in western China and for the Mongolian Koraks. Bride on a high branch is guarded by dowagers who strike the groom with sticks until he climbs and captures her. Similar chase occurs in Korak tents where the bride departs through concealed passages guarded by gates and switches as the groom fights his way through.
Fragmented 1908 era notice recounts horse breeding, sales, and farm details. Mentions Rutger Alcantare a sire and Jet, mares, and notable auctions. Includes medical and household ads, plus an executor notice for Willem Gibson in Douglas County Kansas.
A fragmented historical snippet blends war era chatter with bizarre curiosities and oddities. It references a western region, a towering elevator near Lucerne, African dexterity feats, and a quirky dinner scene with children toys, all conveyed in terse, disjointed lines.
A Northwestern agricultural writer contrasts older hand methods with twentieth century garden equipment. Garden beds moved from spades and rakes to open fields plowed by horses, using garden drills and combined cultivators. One man with modern gear can do the work of ten, saving labor and time.
There is nothing like it when your fitting is tightly done and you have proper appliances. We can save you money on gas fitting. Best line of fixtures in the city and we guarantee our rights as well as our work.
Two large long ear owls from a dead tree near Galesburg Illinois were given to H F Konetzky by Wilam Schroeder. The birds hooted all night in the store, then drank a whisky offered by a sleeping clerk and shifted to ragtime sounds. The tale is reported by the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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