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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1901
Page
3
Railroad time table item notes night mails and connections near Leavenworth with a brief update on routes and schedule changes. Writtten in late era telegraphic style, it lists stations and timing details for continuing services and related notices.
The article surveys John Pendleton Kennedy and William Gilmore Simms as pivotal early American novelists. It traces Kennedy’s career from war service to Congress and Navy secretary, detailing works like Horse Shoe Robinson and South Carolina settings, and compares his factual fidelity with romance. It also chronicles Simms’s prolific output across poems, tales, and novels, noting themes of loyalty, independence, and frontier life, and calls out other primitive period writers while assessing their place in American literary history.
A Madison Maine pastor’s wife Mrs S E Leech recounts her 1805 bout with illness after childbirth. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health after years of suffering and lists common symptoms and the remedy’s availability.
Amid frayed text, report covers Purity conference with Dr. Keny's address on Social Purity and Lillian M. Stevens leading temperance talks. Mentions efforts to curb liquor traffic, enforce treaties, and views on miners tobacco bans, with scattered references to international events and Fort Worth races.
A fire swept the Ludahy Packing Company Armour plant in Kansas City Missouri last night destroying the four story building and causing extensive damage to adjacent structures. Firemen from Kansas City and nearby towns fought the blaze as workers suffered minor injuries and estimated losses reached the thousands.
A historical medal honors Lieutenant Newcomb and his cutter crew for a perilous rescue during a naval action in the Spanish War era, with engraving and remarks by Secretary Taylor. Also brief items note Belish Market sheep shipments to Liverpool, an earthquake in Ergeroum with casualties, Beloit domestic tragedy, and a Moon Fest brew schedule.
A series of violent events unfolds near Joplin Missouri with a fatal shooting in a Cary area store tied to a burglary. Neighbors recall a woman's scream, a suspect named Atohia Wietsen identified, and police investigating the dawn incident. Separate reports note a fatal shooting of a young man Frank Fleming by officers during arrest, amid confusion over mistaken identity and robbers. Fire in Newkirk destroys fourteen businesses, while Eau Claire reports a domestic shooting leaving one dead and another injured. Platte City learns of a naval loaned Spanish gun later to be displayed at the courthouse square.
A damaged ad fragment offers a $500 reward for a cure related to liver and digestive ailments. It mentions a product or remedy sold by Peet and Sones Co, with unclear box contents and limited legible details.
Switzerland considers erecting hail cloud protection stations to prevent destructive hailstorms. A government commission will set requirements after demonstrations, following Swiss study trips to Italy and Lycra. The move aims to determine the most effective system for widespread use.
Pittsburg Va November 6 The outside glass manufacturers in Crunades held a Thursday night meeting that stirred great interest in Pittsburg glass and signals a forthcoming struggle in the industry. The Calumbus meeting proposed outsiders join forces with the cooperatives. Pittsburg representatives denied this yesterday. A national meeting of the National Window Glass Soldiers association and executives of the American Window Glass company and the Independent Glass company will be held in Chicago next Tuesday to outline policy and set general prices.
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