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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1915
Page
6
Market report notes cattle prices with steers at 8 dollars per hundredweight and cows and heifers around 40, plus hogs and calves values. It lists stock receipts near 11 000 and 10a market activity with mixed buffalo and feed lot figures.
A medical note attributes a broad nervous disorder to coffee drinking, citing Dr. Lesnynsky and Dr. Otty as noting hundreds of victims across several professions. Symptoms include headache, nervousness, insomnia, irritability, and tremors, with a push for Postum as a coffee substitute.
Partial OCR data lists commodity prices and months with unclear items. Figures show May to Dec entries for pork lard and other goods, but many tokens are garbled. No coherent event or entities beyond generic commodities and dates can be derived.
Kansas City stock yards report heavy cattle shipments with 45 000 early estimate and heaviest one day run. Cattle prices mixed with stockers and feeders steady to 15 lower, killing grades steady to 15 lower, best steers up to 10.00, grass steers around 98.75, feeders 7.00 to 7.75, stocker demand mixed. Hog market up 3 to 10 cents, packers cautious. Sheep and lambs ended week slightly lower. top lambs around 8.00, yearlings 6.30, lambs 7.90 to 8.72. Market influenced by volume and regional buyers from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Minnesota Iowa.
Lawrence country club hosts a match between five lawyers RTE Spalis C B Lindley Birds CL Casoca and J S and five University instructors M W Sterling DB L Patterson E M Briggs G C Cratford and A MacX. The event is set to start soon with both sides ready to compete.
The funeral of Laura Cooper will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Oak Hall Baptist Church on Ninth Street, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Reported arraignments in Weehawken and New York involve L deka and Paul Sune raiggned on charges tied to a alleged plan to blow up ships from Keyns reagents. Fay Beholz and Daeehe face bail in a federal case. Fay reportedly told a man named Veig how to damage munitions plants and shipyard targets. Funeral notices, church services, bowling scores, and local advertisements follow, including the Hayter funeral, Seventh Day Adventist meetings, and Wiedemann’s promotions.
An 19th century advertisement claims Hood’s Sarsaparilla purifies blood and strengthens the body. It asserts benefits for scrofula catarrh rheumatism and dyspepsia and urges readers to buy today from druggists.
The city discusses restraining river encroachment on Ehn street and seeks signatures from residents affected by a dump location. The current dump rents for 300 dollars yearly, and officials propose spending equal funds on time and disinfectants to improve the new site. A petition was returned requesting broader resident support.
Secretary Redfield of the Department of Commerce announced the belligerents today. The company will have the ineffective recognition of the government.
Paris reports the Photographic Section of the French army, formed after ten months of war, records artistic and educational war images. Mobilized operators on the line take pictures, plans, and reports for official historical use, with a sales department to distribute approved photographs.
Classified notice offers a room and board for study or work with address details. The Ridgeway Home seeks sale or rent near Bismorcrove with 3 robins and 3 acres of ground, including good outbuildings just west of Belt at 479 W. 1325 Tenn St.
Trade offers for 80 acres four miles north of Lawrence with 60 cultivated acres and a 160 acre tract ten miles from Lawrence including 120 cultivated acres, a good house and barn. Prices range from 4000 to 8400 with cash and terms options. Also 160 acres with 12 cultivated and 140 acres raw bottom land near Lawrence offered around 110 to 500 in price. Eddy's Investment Co. 714 Mass Belt 1010 1866.
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