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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
3
The Lawrence High School team heads to a Friday event in Olathe aiming to defend the title and feature standout players. Fans expect large crowds as the squad seeks a strong finish, with local support and school pride fueling preparations for the pivotal meet.
Real estate notices report transfers and deeds under the heading of evening de mons jist revolved at Mrs. Shearers with property details and parties involved.
Fred Clarke, captain manager of the Pittsburg Pirates, is described as a Kansas farmer who owns 800 acres of land. He winters at his Walnut River ranch twelve miles north of Winfield, Kansas, and returns to vigorous farm work after baseball seasons. A detailed feature on this Kansan rancher will appear in the next issue, highlighting his bottomland plots and agricultural life.
An old practice of using sage to darken hair returns as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur is promoted as restoring color and preventing hair loss. The advertisement claims easy preparation, daily use, and growth, with prices 50 cents or one dollar, available from Wyeth Chemical Company and local drugstores in Lawrence.
A North Topeka Capita item describes Hazel Fulton and a companion walking from Tepeley to Lawrence to demonstrate endurance. They traveled twenty eight miles including road rests, with a rest period at mid route. The pair returned by the next train, noting walking was routine for them and not a bother.
The government advertises high starting pay for railway mail clerks and mobile postal staff with raises to 1200. An exam in Kansas in November aims to place up to 50,000 appointments this year. Readers can contact the Bar of Instructions in Rochester for guidance to pass the exam and secure full pay benefits.
A fragmented report recounts Thomas Edison proposing public housing units for workers and their families. It describes building single dwellings to house many at about 200 dollars per month including trolley fares, aiming to ease living costs for laborers near industrial sites.
Fragmented OCR reveals a nostalgic piece recalling Halloween as a rite of childhood fading with age. The narrative contrasts grown up duties, street events, and festive scenes with memories of yard gatherings, apples, cider, and community pranks, ending with a reflection on changing traditions.
A personal testimony from Texas describes recovery from severe rheumatism after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The patient details weeks of pain confinement before relief, noting improved strength and mobility with the tonic medicine. The account cites digestion, bowels, and kidney function as part of the cure and mentions availability through physicians and druggists.
The document records a City of Lawrenes paving plan for a street within the Premothe atres area, detailing widening of the roadway and brick paving methods. It notes land ownership along Ural street and describes easement lines ten feet wide, with technical statements from City Clerk HOD. BRODISS and officials including BROOKS, HALEY GARNES, and J GECHTEL. The notice lists city departments and local physicians and merchants as signatories and supporters of the project.
A notice records a petition filed in Clay County clerk seeking reallocation of land in the Southwest Section Two area. The description outlines a survey path starting at the southeast corner, tracing north and east lines along section boundaries to define the parcel. The text provides bearings and distances, with the survey extending north 120 chains and east 80 chains among others, to delimit the plot.
For sale or trade two lots in Cor, Henry and Pennsylvania area. Easy payments. Will trade for Gulf country or western land. Call after 5 p.m. or write C. W. Phillips, 821 Tennes avo BE.
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