16 May 1891
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1891
Page
1
A garbled OCR page presents a collage of wordplay tasks and riddles. It mentions topics like a Proverb and a list of items or figures, including an Acrostic c A P, suggesting a puzzle page rather than a news item.
A dense listing of church schedules across multiple streets and towns including regular Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sunday schools, youth and prayer meetings, and midweek gatherings. It names many churches by denominational identity and street corners, with recurring notes on vesper times and midweek prayer sessions. Names of streets include Warren, Henry, Vermont, Berkley, Connecticut, New York, and others, spanning Kentucky and Ohio locales.
A garbled advertisement column touts King s New Discovery for consumption with a money back guarantee, praises a cable car plan on Broadway, and lists various tonics and patent medicines. It mentions Beegel s Tropical Oil and Bradfield s Female Regulator, with scattered notices about drinks, injections, and a mysterious shovel image tied to a mourning pageant. The piece weaves drug ads with urban transit talk, odd trivia, and stray local notices without coherent narrative.
A fragmented notice from Co., Calzago and New York announces sale of goods or business assets. The readable fragments indicate an action by General Dunes and M Newmark tied to The Fair Dry Goods House, with no clear date or location.
A dense, scattered fragmentary passage recalls painter critique and theater chatter with names like Dean, Wardle, and Mr Wanthon. It drifts through art theory on chiaroscuro, taints of criticism, and odd interjections about artists, works, and a mock dialogue from various voices and sources.
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