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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1909
Page
3
A visitor at the hill top art exhibit paused before W. St. John Marper's Wood Pinks and remarked on its value. He and a companion debated the work’s cost, craft, and whether the style would endure, while discussing artists, models, and different resources for dyes.
An advertisement extols Kodol as a perfect digester that rests the stomach while it heals indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims ordinary enzymes fail, urges quick use after sour stomach, belching, and bloating, and notes Kodol is prepared by EO DeWitt & Co in Chicago with a bottle shown in sales copy.
Fourteen Danville Illinois girls with a chaperone arrived in New York in good spirits after resolving a bitter quarrel sparked by an Uncle Joe Cannon chewing tobacco debate. The group recalled Uncle Joe’s preferred brands amid playful banter as they toured the Hudson sights.
Vignettes mix product pitches and family anecdotes from a late 19th or early 20th century page. A Calumet Baking Powder jingle, a girl’s remark on home, a cousin’s cigar habit, and Aunt Nellie’s memory blend with a quack claim about curing bedwetting. An advertisement offers a free home treatment for urinary issues.
Emporia merchants and manufacturers back a private good roads plan. A J Soden letter urges annual gifts of one hundred dollars for four years to build roads east west and south of town. Supporters expect crushed rock gravel or other surfaces after expert planning.
Ruth North, living on a homestead near Mareh, recently returned to Topeka and recounts life on a far frontier. She learned of a land offer offering quarter sections at 12 dollars an acre, prompting her pursuit with support from her mother Nathan Lionel and local figures.
Public invited to a free lecture on Christian Science by Bly Knapp of Boston at Fraternal Aid Hall on Sunday evening October 17. The note encourages all to attend and mentions local business listings and community notices surrounding the event.
A fragment from a theater page references Osakaloosalu in Charles Dillingham's big musical. The text alludes to a loving kiss and mentions drinkers, watermelons, and coons, with a playful, local-page tone.
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