18 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1905
Page
1
Readable fragments show a timetable listing multiple lines and trains including Santa Fe and Kansas routes. The piece references various stations and daily schedules with scattered station names and times.
The article argues against the stereotype that tourist trains cater to a lower class, noting many travelers seek cost savings rather than luxury on journeys to California. It promotes Union Pacific tourist sleepers as an affordable option, inviting inquiries to city ticket agents and depot staff.
Santa Barbara, a quaint seaside California town, attracts thousands of visitors yearly to the historic mission. Travelers inquire about low rates to California through the Union Pacific with contact points at E. E. Alexander and T. Shanklin for tickets and depot service.
Signs for rent or sale including booms and boards are available at the Journal office.
Hartford Courant reports a man who bought a steam car last winter but had not yet driven it by July. Owner Mr Blank installed numerous devices including lamps, a clock, barometer, odometer, speed indicator, alarm, and a belt indicator. Total spent about $800 on enhancements with more likely to come.
The November 11 1905 city council meeting adopts a resolution to grade curb and pave Lee Street and intersecting lanes from Rhode Island to Hasell Avenue using limestone and macadam eight inches deep. Costs to be paid in ten annual installments. Official seal dated November 3 1909.
Lawrence Kansas council approves street upgrades from Warren to New York with two courses of vitrified brick curb of Minestone. The project runs thirty feet from New Hampshire Street and will be paid in ten annual installments, as witnessed by F D Brooks in November 1905.
An old advertisement style piece touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for back pain and kidney trouble among laboring workers. A Lawrence Kansas farmer shares relief from back ache and kidney issues after using the pills, citing improved health and reduced symptoms. A second fragment discusses jaguars attacking alligators as a natural predator interaction in South America.
An assortment of old advertisements highlights favorite stomach bitters and a Wabash rail line boast. The Bitter bitters claim relief for digestion and indigestion while the Wabash advertises quick routes to St Louis Detroit Pittsburgh and Buffalo with convenient schedules and through service.
The article describes Daudi Chua as the Ugandan king under British East Africa rule. It notes a colorful court and scarlet throne with a leopard skin, a toy gun, and growing royal pomp, while recalling past royal respect and current shifts under colonial influence.
The piece traces early stagecoaches from 1744 linking New Brunswick to New York and extending nationwide. It notes widespread demand for conveyances as towns like New Brunswick, Wrentham, and Helphire Mareover emerge, with debates on practicality and travel speed shaping early transport.
Adr villainized health scare and hair care ad style text mix. Ralph F Fernandez, of Tampa, Florida, touts electric bitters curing liver and heart disease in three days with Barber & Son’s store selling it for 50 cents. Also contains sensational claims about dandruff cure Newbro’s Herpicide and a stray note on ducks in China.
A reader testimonial promotes Foley’s Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder disorders tied to enlarged prostate. Mr Rodney Fureatt of Rock Port Missouri reports relief after two bottles, claiming better health after years of trouble. Also advertised is a 26x40 inch Colorado Midland engraving from Barber’s Son’s, with framing and 15 cent postage, plus Colorado Rockies train travel tips and colonist rates for March to May.
Foley's Honey and Tar soothes inflamed air passages and feverish symptoms, stops coughing, and helps prevent serious results from a cold.
An advertisement extols Foley’s Honey and Tar as the only cough medicine free of opiates and harmful drugs, claiming it is safest for children and effective for croup, whooping cough, measles cough, and lingering chest congestion. It warns against substitutes and unknown preparations.
A Champaign resident, C Unger of 211 Maple St, reports a year long hacking cough once feared consumption. He credits Foley's Honey and Tar with cure after using the product in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, noting the larger bottles provide more value.
Barber & Son sells Union Vacile tickets at low round trip rates to many points in Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania with sale dates in November and December return limits December 17. Inquiries to J T Shanklin depot agent or HE Alexander city ticket agent Eldridge House. Tourist cars and Pacific Coast trips advertised as economical options.
The ad praise Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and throat diseases with a testimonial from T Slatver merchant of Gloucester Massachusetts. Barbers and shops stock it and observation cars on Wabash trains connect Kansas City to St Louis and travel to New York.
A matron notes that freshmen women at a college steadily gain weight due to healthy meals regular hours, outdoor life, and gym use. She cites orderly dining, early bedtimes, fresh air, and happiness as causes, with fat turning to firm muscle for many and even thin girls gaining a fuller figure after several months.
A fragmentary Century article surveys Jewish contributions to medicine from ancient to modern times. It highlights figures like Maimonides, court physicians under various rulers, and the easing of edicts against Jewish doctors, noting Mendelssohn era support and later physicians who advanced Jewish standing in Europe. It closes with stylistic reflections on Westmorland and landscape imagery.
The largest moth known is the Giant Atlan found in Ciloa with wings measuring inches across making it a standout specimen in entomology.
The Frisco System plans a new sleeping car service linking Kansas City and Jacksonville starting November 15, 1905, with daily operation through the South. The modern train includes an electric light car and travel will pass through major Southeastern cities, with reservations via Frisco officials and connecting lines.
Mrs. Charles Hutton of Berville Michigan claims Burdock Blood Bitters healed her scrofulous sores that covered her body and left her beyond cure before the remedy made her well.
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