Religious Preferences Among University Students in 1907 Hopedale
A fragment lists church affiliations of students at Hopedale on October 1 1907 including Catholic Lutheran Methodists and many others with counts. The note mentions W R Brunson praising electric bitters for his aged mother and general weaknesses with a medicinal advertisement from O P Barber Sun Druggist.
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Church Affliat University
Hopedale
Stef Ineludiner
W. R. Brunson
Dublin
O. P. Barber & Sun Druggist
Chichester Pills Ad Sparks Fragmented Memoir Notes
A garbled OCR piece references Chichester Pills and a medical claim alongside diverse church group standings and personal anecdotes. It mentions Turdock Bitters, a Sunbury Ohio figure, and jumbled rites of various denominations with uncertain outcomes. The text mixes ad copy with scattered reflections on health and identity.
Money Swindlers and the Twisted Tale of Chewed Bills
The treasury’s redemption division details how mutilated currency is evaluated and redeemed. Stories include dogs swallowing twenty dollar notes and other animals destroying money. Rules cover fractions of notes and when full value can be paid, with warnings about fraud and careful verification.
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Uncle Sam
Treasury
New York Press
E. E. Schredner
Tle
Treasury Department
Fritz
Theafuré
Samuel
Department For’ Redemption
Redemptions of mutilated and worn fractional currency
A detailed look at how the treasury handles damaged money from the South and elsewhere. Statements from swindlers, cases of forged affidavits, and prison or fines illustrate redemption rules. Noting vast sums of old small notes still not claimed and the treasury’s ongoing profits from unredeemed fractional currency.
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Kansas
New York
Chicago
Chiseago
South
Treasury Department
Treasury
Sam
Fruit shortages push luxury status on canned delicacies
The economy housewife faces scarce fruit for winter canning as only about 25 percent of normal supplies are put up. Peaches apricots and pears are largely unavailable with cherries scarce due to high costs. California crops are also down, prices stay high nationwide, grapes remain cheap at 40 cents per basket, and dried fruit charges rise by 5 to 20 cents per pound with peaches 16 to 25 cents and raspberries 45 to 50 cents.
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California
Lawrence
United States
Doctors Mistakes Buried Or Recalled In Patent Cure Claims
The text touts a patent remedy labeled Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for a wide range of female ailments from dyspepsia to nervous disorders including hysteria and neuralgia. It emphasizes strength, calm, and relief using American root concoctions, claiming benefits for digestive, neurological, and uterine issues. The piece promotes the remedy as effective, easy to take, and suitable for women from teachers to homemakers.
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Tr. Pierce
Ully
Halloween Goods Hit Lawrence Markets Big Year
Local stores report the largest Halloween demand ever in Lawrence with German imports and numerous novelty items. Prices range from 5¢ to 60¢ for pumpkin heads and other figures, including jack o lanterns, candy boxes, and party supplies amid talk of festive decorating and gifts.
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Hallowe'en
Old Mother Goose
Germany
Hallowe’en
Lawrence
Hard Times in Kansas Recalled by Cadell Citizen
Earl Shamburg of Cadell recalls hard times from grasshopper plagues and drought. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a persistent cough and lung ailment after trying many remedies. O P Barber & Son Drug Store offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a free trial.
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Kansas
Cadell
Earl Shamburg
Dr. King
O. P. Barber &Son
Family refuses burial for Peter Sandean body
The Sandean family will not bury Peter Sandean. His Ottawa wife, alerted when the body was found, said they had been poor for years and he had not provided for them. Debate centers on turning the body over to the State University or having the stone masons bury it, with the masons offering to cover the expense.
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Peter Sandean
Ottawa
The
State University
Four Babies Born In One Family Die In County
Mrs Barben gave birth to four babies on Saturday. one died that afternoon. The others are healthy and Mrs Barben recovers. The occurrence is rare with no prior twins in her family. four births at once set a county record. Emporia College announces it will play no more football, though the wording is uncertain.
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John Barben
Barben
College of Emporia
Emporia College
November Woman's Home Companion feature highlights
The November issue previews opening chapters of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps new novel Though Life Us Do Part. It reviews Do You Know Your Grocer? on grocery conditions. Dr. Edward Everett Hale discusses Thanksgiving Then and Now. Anna Steele Richardson wraps The Woman in Business. Editors Gould Sangster Beard Farmer add departments. Cooking section offers many Thanksgiving recipes. Fiction by Juliet Wilbur Tompkins C N Williamson Herbert D Ward among others.
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Woman's Home Companion
Edward Everett Hale
Anna Steele Richardson
Woman In Business
Grace Margaret Gould
Margaret E. Sangster
Dan Beard
Fannie Merriott Farmer
Juliet Wilbur Tompkins
Liquor License Reforms and Public Manners Spark Debate
The Lawrence column laments falling liquor sales and urges turning in unused licenses. It notes women removing hats at opera houses while Nickel Theatres patrons do not. The piece praises G L Knight as road improvements chair and mocks road book agents. It closes with a quip about automobiles and public behavior.
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Lawrence
G. L. Knight
Newcastle
Knight
Simple home made kidney remedy recipe
An eminent authority on Kidney diseases promotes a home mix of Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargun Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to relieve kidney trouble before Bright's disease. The blend allegedly soothes the urinary tract, aids filtration, and claims to cure rheumatism and cleanse the blood by removing uric acid and waste. Use after meals and at bedtime and save the prescription.
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Bright
Trail marked in Kansas by D A R monuments along Santa Fe route
Topeka oct 28 the marking of the Santa Fe trail in Kansas is finished with ninety five monuments placed in every county along the route by the daughters of the American revolution funded by the state and DAR and hauled gratis by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe road. Colorado societies now begin similar work. Dean's Regulators 23 cents.
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Topeka
Kansas
Daughters of the American Revolution
Oklahoma
D. A
Kansas City
Colorado Line
Colorado
Tax commission sets 1908 real estate assessment rules
Topeka reports the tax commission orders that from 1908 real estate assessment rolls be written up to the county clerk in check form and delivered to deputy assessors by March 1. Transfers of real estate go on the county clerk’s transfer record, and the land office must list lands entered since March 1 previous year for inclusion on the tax roll.
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Topeka
Kansas U. E K U Triumphs at McCook Field 29 to 10
KU registered a 29 to 10 victory over visitors on McCook Field. The game opened with a fumbled kickoff, KU settled in, stopped two early scores, and dictated play thereafter. Next Saturday KU travels to Topeka to face Washburn.
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McCookfield
K. U
Lome
Busi
Nthing
Topeka
Washburn
Statewide uniform grading plan for rural schools
State Superintendent Fairchild launches a uniform grading plan for Kansas rural schools. Beginning next week fall pupils in country schools will take similar examinations every two months. County superintendents, in statewide coordination, will prepare questions and compile results to monitor pupil progress and teacher effectiveness across counties.
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Fairchild
Tope
Coun Ete
Topeka
Hansen and Clark Tie Simple Baldwin Wedding
Last Wednesday morning Fred Hansen and Ethel Clark were married in Lawrence by Probate Judge Hugh Means. The couple left for Topeka Thursday evening. Hansen works with Col Fisher grocery Co and is a popular Baldwin man. Clark is daughter of Mrs Mosley, a Baldwin notables daughter. They will reside on South Sixth and Kearns streets.
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Fred Hansen
Ethel Clark
Lawrence
Hugh Means
Tookon
South Sixth and
Kearns Streets
Baldwin Republican
Kidney Disease Prevalence Warns of Silent Health Crisis
The notice emphasizes the rising and widespread occurrence of kidney disease, claiming many suffer unknowingly. It promotes Swamp-Root as a cure for related ailments and urges readers to purchase through druggists, listing generic selling points and distributor details.
A Criminal Attack and City Public Works Notes
A spoofed ad claims a criminal attack on an innocent citizen via the appendix and promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills. The document prints city council notices from Lawrence Kansas dated Oct 25 1907 ordering street grading curbing and paving on Henry Ohio and Indiana streets with vitrified brick and limestone curbs and a 30 foot roadway, published for five consecutive days.
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Lawrence Daily Journal Oet
Lawrence
Kansas
City Counei
Henry
Mississippi Street
Maine Street
Lawrence Daily Journal
Ohio Street
City of
Henry Street
Warren Street
F. D. Brooks
Indiana Street
Berkeley Street
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Ehuareh
Thane
Catholic Luther Science United Presbyterian
Friends
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Chichester
Nan-elairel
New Jerusalem
Christ
Turdock
J. LL Walker
Sunbury
Ohio
Rib
Wits Ne Perence
Ariosa
Ajecs
Adelccele Bros
Pacific Coast
Solorado Midland RY
Tourisr
St. Louis
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Hansen-Clark
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F. W. Jascicke
Kanenedy & Ernst and
Horman Bécokar
Drugtein
Bingheniton
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