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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1909
Page
2
The Lawrence Daily Journal from November 1 1909 comments on local figures and events. It notes Juren Smith visiting a Pleasanton dairy convention and jokes about candidates like Irenjay Brown. It reports on Leavenworth and a model town, discusses farm life reforms and student behavior, and ends with a commentary tracing public interest from Marion to national figures.
The speaker notes lawmakers demand more statutes each session and then seek revisions in the next. He highlights school laws as a frequent target and says teachers wield a strong lobby, more visible than labor groups often credited as top lobbyists.
The article touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur as an easy way to preserve or restore hair color, preferred over traditional sage tea. It claims grandmothers used sage tea, while modern users can buy Wyeth's product for 50 cents to $1 at drug stores or by mail from Wyeth Chemical Company, 74 Cortlandt St., New York City.
A Washington Star report predicts a German conquest of England amid a corn on the cob craze spreading from Essex to Covent Garden. The piece blends satirical prophecy with exaggerated fashion for green corn as a luxury item, while mentioning farm output, imports, and public appetite, followed by an unrelated ad for a salve.
Kansas readers learn an estimate that 180000 gallons of oysters will be consumed this winter by residents. The article notes potential savings from water added to oysters and critiques past shipping methods and prices, including a prohibition against certain shipments. Baker University victory celebrations are described with campus pageantry and student performances.
The True Blue Club of St Louis advocates polite conduct toward women with a plan to reserve seats on streetcars. Elizabeth Stafford and husband lead the effort, promising courtesy and auxiliary support to ensure women receive seating. The notice mentions Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days with PAZO OINTMENT as a cure guarantee.
Two Baker graduates, Mary Richmond and Miss Shannon, leave Baldwin for missionary service. They will attend the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society convention in Pittsburgh then travel to New York Baltimore and Washington to sail on the Arabic to Liverpool. Richmond goes to Bombay and northwest India. Shannon proceeds to Rangoon, Burma to work with Phoebe James.
An old time advertisement claims Diapepein cures stomach misery in five minutes with no indigestion heartburn gas or dyspepsia. It extols relief within minutes and asserts universal effectiveness for a range of digestive symptoms. It also markets deafness cures and promises compensation for uncurable cases.
Professor Walker of the Latin department at the University of Kansas is praised for his appointment to a national committee on Latin studies. The committee includes members from Harvard Yale Columbia Princeton Michigan Chicago Vanderbilt and Kansas. Walker travels to Cleveland this week for the first session.
A sprawling discussion in the clipping notes rising telephone charges and service costs, citing New York rates and subscriber line investments. It mentions telephony versus emerging television, efficiency hopes, and cites medical ads and miscellaneous rural notices among the scattered items.
A garbled stockyard note reports a freak cow found at the yards with grainy details about theft and traps. The text mentions a survey and local estimates, suggesting a chaotic scene and possible crime investigation involving station staff and vendors.
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