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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
2
Fragmented text from The Journal of Lawrence Kansas includes local notices, brief items on Chicago riots martial law in Warsaw and distant Far East events. Mentions divorce suit over lace curtains Kansas City gas plant lease Philadelphia public mood and Memorial Day services.
Chancellor Strang warns of social excess at Kansas during a call for fraternity reform while praising the May Music Festival’s success. Lawrence opens a city rest room for shoppers and visitors led by Mrs. Chalkley as Eudora’s gas discovery promises ample supply and county benefits.
Frederick M Davenport argues that revivalism harms intellect by inflaming emotion and urges leaders to temper impulsive social urges. He says true moral change arises from reflective processes and rejects fear as a main tool of reform while stressing justice, daily accountability, and inner character assessment. Literary Digest.
In Port Arthur scenes Kennan describes a lone Russian observer viewing a vast Japanese line. He notes distant hills, smoke, and ruined villages, yet finds no sign of troops, fortifications, or batteries within view confirming the enormity of the approaching assault.
A cleric’s coin trick raises ownership of profits from trust funds and whether any gain belongs to the church or the clerk. Opinions vary, with lawyers warning against personal profit and capitalists’ and workers’ strikes shown as morally condemned when harming the public. The piece links fair returns to common morality and criticizes extortion in finance and labor.
A guide on using leftover fish to prepare scalloped dishes with canned salmon or lake trout. It covers making white sauce, crumb toppings, omelette additions, fish balls, and baked preparations with tomatoes and herbs. Also notes cucumber butter, parsley butter, and parsley garnish ideas.
The text touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a marvelous remedy for indigestion biliousness cramps and many ailments while noting Frisco System and Southern Railway plan through sleeper service between Kansas City and Jacksonville starting November 15 1902 with berths and electric car service on the Southern Limited from Kansas City.
The Wabash offers the shortest line with direct rails to St. Louis Detroit Toledo Pittsburg and Buffalo and through service to New York and Boston. Ask your local ticket agent for Wabash tickets as they are widely sold.
City clerks office Lawrence Kansas invites bids for culvert construction at the Penn and Mississippi street crossing. Materials may be stone brick or concrete as per plans on file. Bids due 5 pm June 15 1905 at the clerks office.
A dense listing of church locations and Sunday and weekday services. Includes United Presbyterian, Free Methodist, Christian, First Christian, First Presbyterian, Episcopal, Baptist, Pilgrim and other congregations with service times, Sunday school, prayer meetings, and pastors. Also includes an advertisement for Cheney's Catarrh Cure with medical claims.
A philosophy professor forgets his collar during a routine call to Mrs. Raymond. He phones to explain the slip then unexpectedly shoots himself in a grim twist, leaving his wife shocked as Mrs. Raymond reveals she stayed home all day.
An elderly man in rough clothing holds open storm doors at a crowded uptown office entrance. He balances bulky bundles to help others pass, risking the weight as a long line of improvised helpers forms, yet no one thanks him. The scene ends with him still holding the door.
The monks of St. Jean de Dieu hospital in Ghent created colorful wall scenes entirely from world postage stamps. They depict landscapes with animals and birds, using up to 180,000 stamps. The piece notes the artistic effort and a unique spread of stamps sourced from many nations.
Between Lawrence and Vinlaoa a black silk jacket is lost with a reward offered. Elsie Woods of Vinland seeks a position. A large manufacturing concern plans to open a distributing depot and seeks a responsible manager with references. salary $1500 yearly plus commissions and cash of 800 to 1500. merchandise furnished. Address Manufacturer care Nelson Chasman Company Chicago.
A prehistoric maiden questions a suitor about love with a rock engraved love song and a mate who boasts she can endure a beating and do more work. The exchange, reported by the New York Sun, blends humor with old fashioned courting wisdom.
The Mimoor and Kanzax Telephone Co. offers 35 cents monthly rural line rates on city built lines for five year contracts billed annually in advance. If you lack a home line in the country, now is the time to get one at this rate and you cannot afford to be without it.
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