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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1899
Page
3
A long public vigil followed the Cedar Lawn Cemetery services as Vice President Hobart's body was moved to the receiving vault at four o'clock Saturday afternoon. Crowds pressed the house and church, with women fainting and artillery guards guiding carriages. The president showed displeasure as he arrived. Mrs Hobart cried. The family plans a tomb for Miss Fannie Hobart's plot, delaying burial until the tomb is erected.
Mrs Middlerib fumbles over a letter stuck with a tangled postmark matching towns and kin across the nation. She and Mr Middlerib puzzle through possible origins from York to Rome, until the note reveals a startling truth about a long lost relation and a cyclone, ending with a brief ad for Grain-O.
A fragmented domestic scene unfolds as a letter read aloud sparks tension between Mrs. Middlerib and her husband over its postmark and contents. The couple's skirmish, followed by a London Evening News aside on Franklin, shifts to brief notes on Manila pigs and a child's quip about refusing.
Dr Leonard Pearson Pennsylvania state veterinarian discusses a milk fever theory based on absorption of toxic substances from the udder. He cites bacterial fermentation producing promalnes, and suggests washing out the udder with a 1 percent iodide of potash solution as a treatment alongside frequent milking to prevent toxin buildup.
Manila dispatch reports a Philippines council of war recognizing futility against Americans. Filipino forces scatter to guerrilla warfare as a wave of ambushes and executions follows. Zamboanga province surrenders unconditionally to Commander Vers, signaling the start of the end for Mindanao revolt.
The Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption and Coughs has distributed over ten million trial bottles to aid the needy. The ad claims the remedy cures asthma bronchitis hoarseness and throat and lung diseases and offers a dollar price with widespread reported success.
Washington reflects on the Cuban problem as officers warn free government will be slow to educate a new citizenry. The president mulls a plan to avoid disenfranchising veterans and educated men while balancing white and Black Cuban influence. Barber Bros. advertises a salve for skin ailments.
The American Asiatic squadron gains three captured Spanish gunboats Isla de Lazun Isla de Cuba and Don Juan de Austria now assigned to Admiral Watson. Officers to be appointed from these vessels. ships siz e similar to Marietta and arriving with other vessels to boost the fleet. Includes unrelated notices on a railroad property transfer and a patent remedy advertisement.
Subscribers urged to report evening delivery failures by 6 o clock and note possible remedies. State agricultural rate fares available November 22 to 24, 1899 for travel to Manhattan for Agricultural College and experiment station attractions. Union Pacific remains main line with through cars to Colorado and California, and sleepers to Chicago.
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