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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
6
An advertising letter claims a simple drugless plan reduces weight without starving or strenuous exercise. The writer asserts dramatic results, offering to mail the method free to any reader who sends name and address. The piece includes personal testimonials and regional notices about farmers, threshing, and local visits, reflecting a small town newspaper style.
Spot Cash Grocery appears in a local notice or advertisement fragment with unclear names and dates. The readable portion suggests a small grocery listing or promotion for a downtown or neighborhood market, but the fragmentary OCR leaves specifics uncertain.
The Baker Endowment Committee met this afternoon to advance a $500,000 fundraising drive. Members include Kansas City and Baldwin dignitaries, with Bishop A O Shepard delivering remarks. The Baldwin TL team faces Wellsville next Saturday with injuries forcing lineup changes and a reshuffled backfield and guards.
Odd clipped notes mix ads and local notices listing a free trial treatment offer from Pyramid Drug Co and various community announcements. Includes mentions of visit summaries, coffee promotions, a county teachers examination, piano shop services, a humane society fundraiser, a chicken pie social, and travel notes from Wellsville and neighboring towns.
A clipped ad promises a free trial of a pile remedy with a coupon image. It claims immediate relief and a regular package available for 50 cents at any drug store. The text is promotional and suggests sending in the coupon for trial treatment.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cascarets as a purifying laxative that cleanses the stomach and bowels overnight. It markets ten cent boxes, claims no griping, and asserts benefits for headaches biliousness indigestion and sour stomach. It targets men women and children as a household staple from druggists.
Fragments describe uprisings in Mexico with mentions of Diaz Aguilar and Orozco, plus details on naval actions at Vera Cruz and a forthcoming public sale of a farm near Reno, Lawrence area. The text references military leaders, potential leniency for captives, and ongoing vigilant speculation about government responses.
Promote a free trial package of TIZ foot remedy claiming it relieves foot pains, pangs, and chilblains. Advertises 25 cents per bottle, urges purchases at drug stores, and offers a free sample by writing Walter Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago for those unaware of comfort benefits.
Prof Richard R Price head of University extension opens a note on the short ballet topic. A Kansas club woman seeks guidance on starting a project and Miss Anna Sanford, a missionary returned, will address this evening about the Geneva work and synodical conventions. Sanford, with fourteen years in the Cuban mission, is familiar with the work.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the home of his sister Mrs Karnes Reverend officiating Burial took place at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Report from a chaotic scene at the Hellenic Transit Line pier in Brooklyn where crowds pressed the booking office, windows shattered, and a commander’s order halted the panic as armed men arrived. Police were absent outside precinct lines, clerks blocked, and chaos ended with Greeks forming lines and submitting to authority.
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic boasts quick action against dandruff and itch, with claims of stopping hair loss and making hair soft and luxurious. Advert says dye free and harmless, no lead, made in America by Girmax Mfg. Co. Buffalo, with money back guarantee and widely sold in drugstores and department stores.
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