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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1909
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal item from November 16, 1903, touches on editorial views about Senator Aldrich and Secretary Ballinger, praise for President Taft, and remarks on railroad careers. It reports a tragic death of Earl Bullock and a reflective poem about falling leaves, attributed to Vinland Vine.
Lawrence reader Mrs. C. A. Jennings credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relieving back pains and kidney issues after physicians failed. The ad touts kidney cure claims, lists price, and promotes other remedies for indigestion and ailments, including Allen's Foot-Ease and Pazo Ointment.
A French touring company led by mime Suzanne Despres telegraphed a Dakar arrival in West Africa. The theater filled only after the steamer's 11:30 arrival, with tom-toms heard in the streets. The performance began at 1 30 a.m. and concluded around 5 a.m.
A grandmother in Nebo Kentucky recounts a scalded boy's screams and a near death until Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals him. The ad-like text touts the salve as infallible for burns scalds cuts wounds bruises fever sores boils skin eruptions chilblains chapped hands and piles. It also notes other cures for toothache earache sore throat and general pain relief.
Thomas Horton, U S consul at Chemnitz, notes Germany’s rapid expansion in foreign trade due to systematic youth language instruction. English and French are taught in schools aligned with German grammar and high schools, with rising student numbers each year. In Chemnitz it is seen as essential that entrants to factories banks and firms know one or two foreign languages. The policy is spreading to leading commercial centers across the empire.
Rumors claim Root Juice will be a great blessing with cures for stomach, bowels, liver and kidneys. A traveling man reports locals buying six bottles and says many claim to be cured, though skepticism remains. Demonstrations are planned at O. P. Barber & Son's drug store next Saturday, with bottles priced at $1 each or three for $2.50.
In Laporte Indiana November 15 a Connecticut fire insurer agreed to pay 1200 into the circuit court for the heirs of Belle Gunness and her children who died in the farmhouse fire on April 28 1908. The estate executor sued after determining the house burned while the insurer alleged arson. The heirs include two brothers in Norway and a sister in Chicago. A Norwegian Children's Home in Chicago declined the bequest. Nearby on the Gunness farm several men were robbed murdered and buried.
A late 19th century style advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a powerful digestant and antacid. It claims relief from indigestion, gas, sour stomach, headaches, belching, and nausea within minutes when taken with meals, urging readers to obtain a 50 cent case from their druggist. It emphasizes safety and convenience for regular dining.
Box car travelers passing through Spokane Washington during a Pacific coast trip and to British Columbia and Alberta were tricked into taking meals and baths at the U S recruiting station. They were urged to appear for examination next day and given meal tickets and a bath disk. Nine of ten left town after receiving meals and lodging. Local officers say federal prosecution will follow if they can be caught. An applicant who accepts food and lodging and fails to report for examination faces defrauding the United States charges.
An old advertisement promises a cure for fistula and poll evil in six weeks without fear. It touts permanent dentistry and feeding horses like colts, inviting readers to call Dr Power at Place One Barn in Lawrence. It ends with a note on attracting attention even when it risks being a nuisance.
A young lawyer, visiting a broker friend, spots shadowy scenes of a man and woman in the broker’s private lighted room. Bouquets of doubt rise as he recognizes one figure as his supposed wife and calls for a physician, then asks for a reputable wealthist instead.
The article describes efforts to elevate houses in Guerrero to resist frequent quakes. It notes shaded, tightly clustered homes on terraced terrain and the aim to prevent collapse by raising structures above fault lines. Observers describe rocking grounds causing swaying motion with limited damage, while some villages show ruined buildings from recent earthquakes.
A book agent knocks at an Irish widow’s cottage and asks if she is the lady of the house. She answers in strong slang, shuts the door, and the agent retreats, pondering the awkward phrasing of English. Texas’s unique status and land policy noted, including its early sovereignty and subdivision rights before joining the union.
A fragmented page highlights various health claims and humorous quotes. Mentions tears as antiseptic, a Rome trip joke, headaches and Dr King s New Life Pills advertised for relief, alongside small ads for frame services, books, piano instruction, and beauty products.
Real estate transfers and deeds dated 1908 show multiple parcel moves in Lawrence including Mattie Phillips and Willis K. Folks amid notes of Lawrence Loan & Trust Co. Several properties in Parker Add and Mississippis St. area listed with dollar values and described boundaries. Also includes an extended notice about The Hasfard Divestment Co. updating offices and requesting property listings and verifications. Plus Onion Pacific time table references and passenger train schedules servicing east and west routes through Salina and Denver.
Great reduction in prices for ten days. Cars include Cadillac 30 HP 4 pass at 3800, Packard 24 HP 4 pass at 3900, Stoddard-Dayton roadster, Lovomobile, Winton models, Buick, Reo, Maxwell, White Steamers, Franklin, Haynes, Ramblers, Columbia, Ford, Oldsmobile among many others. Branches listed in St Louis Chicago New York Kansas City and more. Write for lists and bulletins with over 1000 machines priced from 200 up.
Albert Noller invites residents to dispose of old clothes shoes and wearing apparel and to browse bargains. Call Belphone 1080 or visit 1015 Mass St for details.
Dr. E. M. Owen notes a new forcing technique using elder infusion or water bath immersion for nine to twelve hours. After treatment, plants are kept in a dark moist chamber at about 23 degrees until leaves emerge, then grown normally. Lilacs azaleas and spiraeas forced mid November bloomed by early January in Christians corner, unlike untreated stock. Roller method details and temperatures vary by species. Office moved to 740 Vermont St near Y M C A.
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