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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
2
A compact reading lists the Lawrence Journal features and opinions. It notes a new press, folding capabilities, and political musings from Tom Wagstaff and Bill Sincaster. The piece discusses social concerns about feet health, eggs truth, and literary trends while touching on Taft and tariff debates. It mentions Judge Lindsay and Harvey J. O’Higgins in a Denver debate context and references other newspapers like The Ladies Journal.
The piece muses on a piano excerpt while Lawrence's Oak Hill cemetery buries 7167 people overall with 241 interred in the last year. Maple Grove adds 33 burials, signaling rising death rates. The Oak Hill grounds, 45 years old, host notables like Gen James H Lane and Gov Charles Robinson alongside poorer stewards of fate. A city on a hill expands, drawing from all walks of life as locals depart for visits, funerals, and distant towns, with numerous names and travel notes scattered through the record.
An advertisement urges readers to try Rexall 93? Hair Tonic for dandruff itching scalp and baldness. It promises a no risk trial with payment only if satisfied and claims the remedy strengthens hair roots and restores natural color. The Rexall Store at 847 Mass. St. Lawrence sells Rexall remedies.
Advert describes Crown Cream and the Harlan Beauty Cup as skin care remedies to restore youthfulness and reduce wrinkles. It claims Crown Cream gives results, notes higher cost ingredients, and offers direct mail order from Harlan Mfg. Co. Toledo Ohio with a free Beauty Book upon request.
A frenzied local advertisement sequence extols Root Juice as a powerful cure with claims of widespread use and rapid national reputation. It lists ingredients such as Golden Seal and Mandrake, touts testimonials, and cross-promotes other remedies like Eclectic Oil and Dr. King’s New Discovery, while urging readers to buy at C. P. Barber & Son.
Jol Thomas a cook at Duel Weyermiller's restaurant was arrested yesterday on liquor law violations. He posted bond of 340 and will be tried in the November term at the county court.
A colonial ad promotes Eclectic Bitters for female ailments, Dr King’s New Life Pills for liver and kidney issues, and Burdock Blood Bitters for blood purity, touting health boosts. It also includes an ordinance note from Lawrence Kansas establishing a sidewalk line on Banks Street and city officials signatures.
A chunk of vintage ads tout Castoria as safe for children and promote Arnica Salve for quick healing. Claims about catarrh cures warn against mercury until Hall's Catarrh Cure is recommended as mercury free and taken orally. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a stereog rapher tip.
City Marshal S. Head announces the dump for manure has moved from the north end of the bridge to the old East of town site. No manure may be dumped at the north end anymore, with all disposal shifted to the former East dump. May 1, 1910.
A long clustered alert of for sale and lost items includes a modern residence on two acres with fruit, a cash-difference offer, lost items Belt and glass, and a stray Irish Setter Nellie on University campus with reward. The text shifts to horse breeding ads with several stallions and foal-insurance terms, then lists local candidates and notices for Republican primaries and county offices in Douglas County along with physician listings and legal notices.
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