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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
2
Lawrence Kans Journal notes affairs abroad and in Kansas including Supreme Court upholding antitrust enforcement, public water rate debates, and enforcement of prohibition in Douglas and Miami counties. Mention of Cuba Isle of Pines, Austria suffrage, German and Japanese economic notes, and New York life insurance leadership changes.
A fragmentary news wrap mentions Nan Patterson declaring her stage career finished citing reasons tied to audience reception. It blends political jabs and assorted notes on Missouri saloon hours, a Kansas proxy theme, and a French submarine record, with ads for Ely's Cream Balm and other devices interwoven.
A Lawrence page 14 item presents a testimonial from Mrs Helen M Hogan of Lawrence about Dean's Kidney Pills praised for back pain and bladder inflammation. The notice notes sale at Dick Bros drug store and 50 cent price. Cough remedy Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup advertised as life saving. Also promotion for the Great Cattle Exhibit at Union Stock Yards Chicago December 16 to 23 with Santa Fe rates via Geo Batley agent.
The article discusses elegant table decor focusing on fruit and floral centerpieces. It highlights grape baskets inspired by antique designs, use of smilax, and roses like American Beauties and Brides Mall. It notes cost differences between silver and plated ware, and suggests asparagus borders to enhance fullness.
Wilbela Miller argues for growing flowering plants year round at home to reduce waste and reliance on cut flowers. She critiques palm decorative plants as dull, favors house plants for daily upkeep, and urges readers to cultivate roses and violets rather than discard them after a single day of use.
A classic guide to making curry with chicken, onions, apple, garlic, and coconut. Fry until golden, simmer with hot water for three hours, finish with coconut and curry powder, serve with rice and chutney. Major Gray’s chutney noted as a mild option.
A motivational exhortation urges quick feet and steady bearing. It contrasts indolent walk with a firm upright posture, head high and chest projected, linking self belief and divine kinship to noble action and forward motion.
A historical butcher style recipe lists ingredients for a rich fruit mince using Jean beef suet, apples, currants, candied peel, orange and lemon juice, spices like cinnamon allspice and cloves, and sugar. Instructions describe chopping beef and suet, mixing with fruit, spices, and sweeteners, then adding cider.
A fragment of a vintage baking instruction lists ingredients for a fruit cake: half cup sugar, half cup butter and lard, half cup molasses, sour milk, two eggs, four eyes flour, two cups chopped raisins, soda, cloves, cinnamon, allspice, salt, bake one hour in a moderate oven. It notes the cake will keep long and can be iced white.
The piece notes Peacock shades and black as fashionable together with green red and yellow, brown gaining favor, golden browns for gowns, amethyst becoming common, and wine tones and Bordeaux for housewear. It mentions a small invisible checked tweed business suit, plaited skirts, silk blouses with bouffant fronts and back openings, pompadour ribbons for petti coats, and prettiest petticoats of silk lace and lawn with velvet ribbons.
Maj. Gen. Corbin accuses the commission law of enabling enlisted men to advance to second lieutenant after two years in ranks, while United States Military Academy cadets need four years. He cites deficiencies in cadets, limited examination for enlisted men, and a four year total of heavy work for cadets versus two lighter years for enlisted men. Corbin urges four years of preliminary service for enlisted men, with merit or gallantry exceptions, to fulfill the law’s intent to encourage sincere service and merit.
Representative Smith of Pennsylvania visited a Washington department to look after a constituent. A Philadelphia lawyer, using a letter of introduction, left the room briefly and returned to find the letter read. The note warned the farmer to “pick tim heavy” and his goose fled, leading to a humorous outcome and the farmer’s long-term disinterest in further matters.
Odd archival collage shows a tale of a boy named Miran Wis in school recalling Greek lore while a city clerk in Lawrence Kansas publishes a 1908 public works resolution on Connecticut street paving. Also included are early 20th century ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Burdock Blood Bitters.
Housekeepers lacking scrapple ingredients make a one pound sausage and four quart water batter, boil until thick, then stir in mush to form a batter and fry slices for breakfast. Also included are pork chops with fried apples, a suet pudding, late whites with lemon sauce, a Calico Dress note, washing and cleaning tips.
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