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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
3
An OCR fragment extols Dr Fuge Favorite Prescription as restoring health in delicate womanly organs and aiding nervous, run down, and sleepless women. The text praises its value for nursing mothers and stresses its claimed benefits for female vitality, sleep, and general well being amid a long garbled list of names and places from an 1800s era print.
W P Eager of Guthrie reports a shipment of 23 full bred buttermaking cows shipped from an Illinois firm to Mexico was mutilated after crossing the border. Thieves cut the teats on 29 cows, endangering survivors while officials in Washington and Mexico probe the act amid tensions over American cattle imports for breeding.
At the American Mosquito Extermination Society convention in New York President W J Matheson cites the threat from mosquitoes while presenting the Mosquito Brief. It notes over 100 US species and that development from egg to winged insect takes one to three weeks. Other items mention dandruff cures and Newbro’s Herpicide, Japanese jiu jitsu influence on Annapolis training, platinum properties, yellow aids for weak eyes, and a giant gold-bearing fossil find.
A. C. Stickel of Milstas West Virginia reports a dangerous surgical plan to remove a malignant ulcer from his daughter’s breast was stopped by Buskien’s Araica Salve. He asserts the salve cured the cuts, berus and issarete. spe at Batcer & Sen. 5
An article praises Malta Vita as a modern equivalent to the old English frumenty, a wheat based dish. Dr Josiah Oldfield argues for a rational health diet and recommends malted grain as a nourishment for aging. The description outlines Malta Vita processing from whole wheat to a baked crisp product.
A fragment from a discussion on language and cultural exchange contrasts American social life with English life. The piece notes Americans' friendliness toward English people and pride in English origins, while imagining a world with a single form of speech across cities from Tandon to Constantinople.
After Mary Waters wed Michael Doheny at St. Thomas Aquinas in Philadelphia a white dove alighted on the bride’s shoulder, sparking awe as guests tossed rice. The dove later returned to the belfry, a moment seen as good luck and worth a fortune to some brides. Nearby, a New Mexican lake near Zuni holds a salty shallow basin supplying salt via crude methods, while a Kentucky carrier earns double pay for carrying bricks.
Classified notices seek two female travel agents with advancement, a young man for janitorial work at Lawrence Business College, a good girl for general housework, and other needs. Also listed are sales of furits furniture, buggy, poultry, and an offer for second hand items, with contact addresses in Lawrence Kansas.
A clairvoyant and medium offers daily consultations with business guidance and revelations of past present and future. The advertisement notes a price of 50 cents and lists 738 Mass 51 as contact or location details.
There is nothing like proper gas stuog when your stove is rightly done. University Gas and Mantle Co advertises Host line of fixtures and guarantees rights and work to save money on gas stuog in the city.
For sale a seven room house with a good barn ample fruit and farm tools including a double geared horse and jock saw two wagons one pair of work horses and other equipment. Contact 700 Maine St and 1109 NY BR Pikkens. agents wanted. Also livestock ad for Silver Heir stallion details breeding speed and record traits. Service fee listed.
Twenty years experience advertised for open dates and horse sales. Includes Rutger Alcantara sire statistics, prices in the hundreds, and offers for teams and stud services. Emphasizes quality breeding, show horses, and opportunities near Russell County.
A Detroit News report describes a wolf bounty scheme near Marquette County where payment of 54 dollars was secured by burying meat to lure wolves and setting forged traps. The account notes a cabin scene and a single bullet ending the hunter's pursuit, with a pursual of profits by deceitful parties.
A description of patio varieties in American Homes and Gardens highlights enclosed, half, and two sided courts. It notes Coronado Beachs Coronado Patio as among the largest, with palm and tropical plant displays, tiling pavements, small central fountains, Moorish arches, and a Moorish corridor leading to a sunlit, embowered winter retreat with a lawn and flowering climbers.
Rear Admiral Jam Becker, recently retired, told the Philadelphia Bulletin that soldiers grumble often without cause yet more from stupid or lazy officers. He recalled a pompous army officer who mocked a private's request for tea, then seized the cup and judged it harmless, asking if it was tea or coffee.
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