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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1906
Page
3
Fragmentary ad style text praising self help and social commentary. Mentions stage actors, women, men, and winded opinions on courtship, health, and moral advice. Includes references to overstated boasts, love, and suggests Dade's Little Liver Pills as a cure all.
A miscellany features MecClure's view on language as a global trade tool, remarks on international arbitration and Carnegie, plus explanations of the word caliber. It includes a comedic vignette by Gill Nye, a Vera style moonlit night anecdote, and small ads for laxatives and arnica salve.
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy that stops coughing and prevents pneumonia and consumption. It claims safe, luar not opiate, with testimonials including H. Jones of Grove Maryland noting recovery from near pneumonia and consumption after using the product. Three sizes priced 25c 50c and $1.00.
An OCR fragment presents Barber & Son druggists selling various tonics and patent medicines. It touts Ceanine bitters for liver disease, King’s New Discovery for coughs, and Pine-ules as remedies. Letters claim cures and endorsements from customers and postmasters.
Report describes a Bombay government house ritual where a sentry salutes every cat leaving the front door at night. Sir Grant, the Governor of Bombay, is named in the tale, though the source notes difficulty identifying the cat involved and mentions a grand ceremony recited for Sir Hobert’s Dowager.
A jumbled prose fragment compiles tales about a minister pilfering around a vestry a Deacon Rogworth with well meaning aims and a quip on Methuselah. It weaves humor about small town life with brief mentions of Fannie Austin and a Boston Herald writer. The piece includes advertising lines for remedies and quips on women’s character and the baseball umpire’s outsider status.
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