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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1906
Page
2
A vintage ad cautions against alum and alum phosphate baking powders. It emphasizes that labels must name all ingredients. The note promotes Royal Baking Powder as pure cream of tartar and the safest choice.
Fragmentary OCR text outlines a medical congressional ticket and local government figures with names like Roz Vongresaman and J Eddy. Mentions Woodward county attorney, superintendent, and various offices. Text is garbled but implies election ticket details and county officials, plus scattered references to village coal, prayers, and receipts.
The piece notes Curtis accusing the Union Pacific of beating him for senator and discusses a Topeka stand up over politicians betting campaign money on results. It questions moral aspects, cites English dietary progress, praises but warns about La Follette, and critiques calls for biannual tariff schedule reviews as a solution to shifting American conditions.
The article argues Bryan builds a presidential boom while abroad this year and Taft gains by a Cuba mission. It predicts Taft and Bryan will face off next campaign with Roosevelt’s influence uncertain. Hearst unlikely to clinch the nomination. Both may depart abroad after nomination, keeping their campaigns alive without home campaigning.
An old advertisement claims Texas Wonder cures kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. It offers two months treatment by mail for 1 with Dr E W Hall based in St Louis Missouri. It promises fast men seldom win in the human race and invites readers to send for testimonials.
A jumble of OCR text includes stray phrases about hair, health, a monument or tombstone, and a fashion of a tower. It also contains an anecdote about Mr Stafford and Durfee, plus a summarized note on cancer research and surgical treatment. The article reads like notes rather than a cohesive report.
The oldest inhabitant claims the right to remember anything he wishes without fear or predictive constraints. He asserts personal recollections are unrestricted and freely shared among neighbors, reflecting a tradition of unbridled memory in the town.
In a shaded window the common white petunia proves easy to cultivate, with fuchsias calla lilies and ferns also thriving. Instructions cover soil moistening and weekly maintenance, pruning to spur fresh growth, and seasonal care for azaleas, begonias, and rubber plants. Also includes disinfection tips and simple kitchen recipes such as egg cutlets and peach butter.
A New York Life worker speaks of two looks at his month’s wages held in his hand after descending from the pay car. A passerby quips about wealth while Pat replies that the two looks count for nothing until he shares with the old woman, illustrating frugal sentiment.
Classified column lists Wanted: a married man for steady farm work. furnished house. several domestic help roles. two workers for printing office. high school boys for work. two laborers to lay gas pipes. a competent girl for general housework. an old or secondhand goods buyer. a delivery wagon. a trust manager. plus multiple for sale items including a young milk cow, a duck boat, and two large ranch properties. Contacts include K L Gare Tett Tennessee street. C W Lafford 2271 Chamber. Lequire at Journal office. F M Parzions. A. C. Grelsa. Heil 410. Dave Litwin 734 Main. 1146 Louisiana street. Raymond Palmer ids Ohio street. ROSEORD INVESTMENT CO. Joel McClellan Eminence Mc.
Classified sale notes list multiple properties including a 44, 9 room brick house, a 1 room sine house, 3 short birch homes, and a large North Lawrence listing. Names like CURDY and addresses on Bridge street appear, with monthly rents and sale prices noted, urging quick purchases.
For sale: 20 acres of Kaw bottom land 344 miles northeast of Lawrence. Also an offer from Missouri Village Trust Co Lawrence National Hooklus for sales. Travel party to the west on a flamesgek excursion Tuesday with potential agent’s commission and paid expenses. Contact Main Green's Farm Address M Purcell Leavenworth Kansas.
Lost items include a hand bag and purse near sud beck blassa chusetts and Wiltzall Dairy with a reward offered by Journosofica. A gold nugget stick pro is to be returned to bits Hurd at Amer ican Cement Plaster Co. for reward. A small white pup is missing, contact Mascol or Mike. A wristwatch with Elgin movement is lost between Kahskopf's store and 742 New York street with a reward for return at Winehal, 722 New York street.
Multiple distinct rental ads including unfurnished rooms at Kentucky Street and Illinois Street near the University, furnished room on Louisiana Street, a seven room house in good condition at 1643 Kentucky, and rooms for light housekeeping. Ads also note property for sale including two horses, two cows and 200 chickens, and listed land parcels in Douglas County via Armitages & Swith.
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