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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR style text shows garbled dialogue about a valve and fuel supply. Several phrases imply someone named Fern provides fuzi-ail for neigar and a valve being opened or closed. The passage is incoherent with names and actions not clearly linked.
The readable text discusses web scraping by news journals and the ethical issues of copying content. It references concerns about workers, delivery, and modifying material. The passage is garbled but centers on digital republication and the accessibility of articles.
A discussion on ancient glass making notes monumental glass items at Tyre and Gadea, then surveys modern glass aims such as monoliths, columns, and streetwork. It covers glass as architecture, pavement, and street features plus a glance at a German architect’s glass telegraph poles and bold claims about future materials. It ends with a commentary on Bible distribution and the mystery of where saved Bibles go.
A summary of a Harper's Magazine piece on the huntress wasp and its preservation of fresh meat for its larvae, describing the wasp’s anesthetic-like stinging to paralyze prey and deposit eggs. It notes tarantula killers and includes a brief, unrelated dialogue and an ad mention of Chamberlain's tablets.
Lawrence readers are assured of quick relief from kidney pains and urinary disorders via Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs Welch of Ottawa, Kansas, reportedly benefited after a course, with Dick Bros Drug Store promoting the remedy. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes the pills at 50 cents, with Doan's Regureta touted as a laxative.
An early 20th century account notes artificial home humidity around 30 degrees and 70 to 74 degrees comfort. It claims tests show a 61 degree humidity room at 65 degrees feels warmer than 72 degrees with 30 humidity. Dr Henry M Smith says low humidity makes 69 degrees feel insufficient. Water evaporation and moisture control are proposed for comfort. Anecdotal endorsements from Mrs Von Lepgett of Yum Yum Tennessee U A and Chamtriano Palato are cited as relief for rheumatism.
A quirky 19th century medical column touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best for colic and stomach pains, and suggests taking it to water for speed. It also describes a damp room test using lime hydration to prove health concerns between tenants and landlords.
The misshapen clippings mix jokes about wealth and aging with spoof health ads. Uncle Allen quips about a lobster trust while a mock advertisement touts Chambertato's Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestive troubles, pitched to readers of the era.
Instructions for ironing linen with folding methods and air drying careful handling. Includes notes on tablecloth folding variety and a long digression promoting Dr King’s New Life Pill for relief of indigestion and constipation with a drugstore reference.
Rural telephone rates set at 35 cents per month for service on lines within city limits. One year contracts payable annually in advance. Mason, manager GL. E. Mason urges readers to obtain a line now before service is unavailable or unaffordable.
An advertisement urges careful vacation planning for summer travel. It extols the Wabash route to St Louis Detroit Toledo Pittsburg and Buffalo for fastest service and better accommodations. It notes through Pullman sleepers Kanawha City to Jacksonville via the Frisco System with Southern Railway, plus electric light cafe observation cars and berth reservations through Frisco agents. It also promotes the Ipworth League and G A R encampment in Denver and invites inquiries to C H Speers Colorado Midland Ry Denver.
May 4 1905 city clerk notes adjourned meeting where resolution was adopted to pave Ohio Street from Henry to Winthrop with two courses of vitrified brick on sand foundation and cushion. Walks to curb lines properly constructed and parkings graded. witnessed by E L Brooks City Clerk with seal.
The April 15 Telephone Directory is nearly ready for the printer with a target to include about 1400 names. Subscribers are urged to contact chief operator No. 600 if their directory insertion is missing and to help ensure a complete listing. An unrelated ad mentions Burdock Blood Bittere cure offered at drug stores.
E R Reid of Harmony Maine laments losing his mother while recounting a personal battle with illness. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Coughs and Colds to relieve cough and chest trouble, noting the product’s value amid hardship.
Fragmentary ad column mentions Dr. Anttin and a “Republican” manager in Leavenworty urging operation rights, claims a wife cured by Electric Bitters after five physicians failed. References Barber & Sen drugs, Colorado tourism pitch, Grand Army encampment in Denver, low rates to mountain points, Wabash day trains service, dry cleaner for kid gloves, Perrin kid gloves by Fence, Balelesen & Hackoon agents.
The Lawrence Daily Journal records a city council meeting on May 3 1905 approving Elliott Street paving in Lawrence Kansas. Width eighteen feet with one foot shoulders and limestone pavement. City Clerk ordered publication of notice for the lay out and assessment of costs in the official paper for four consecutive days. Also contains a district court notice of partition suit by Maggie Duncan et al regarding undivided real estate in Lawrence Kansas.
An Atlanta Georgia mail order ad claims S S will cure blood poison without minerals and offers a $1000 guarantee. It promotes the tonic as safe for chronic cases, restoring strength and digestion and invites readers to consult physicians and receive a home-treatment book on contagious blood poison.
Notice is given that the undersigned pharmacist business at No 9 Massachusetts in Lawrence Kansas applied on the 10th day of April A L 18 for a permit to wage and operate for medical scientific mechanical purposes only. The Probate Judge of Douglas County will fix a hearing on the 15th day of May at 4 o clock before the judge in Lawrence. Barber Parthan. Prune Bakhel, Douglas County, dba Barber & Sun.
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