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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1905
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal dominated local circulation, publishing the daily Associated Press dispatches and a sixteen page weekly, with various subscription terms. The column also notes Kansas wheat prospects, Russian affairs, Washburn football, and regional political and economic updates across Kansas and neighboring states.
The item reviews varied regional topics from misreported deaths to weather and politics. It notes a disputed death toll among Russians in a conflict, hints at Kansas City beer industry moves, and mentions local figures like Rev. H. J. Fisher of Baldwin alongside remarks on Kansas institutions, church, and state relations.
A speaker extols a country retreat as a cure for urban dullness. He describes moving beyond city life to a former sandy area, planting trees, and creating a self sufficient life. He promises a visitor that nature’s works will transform and restore them away from city labor.
An old advertisement denounces mercury in so called catarrh cures and warns against internal use. It promotes Halls Catarrh Cure from F J Chaney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the safe option with testimonials offered free. The note cautions readers to buy only the Toledo made product and mentions a price of 75 cents per bottle.
Rev. J. B. Fisher a Kansas pioneer and known as Chaplain Bieber died at 1:30 PM in Baldwin Kansas at 42. Tuberculosis caused the illness after a long period of decline. Funeral plans will be announced from Topeka First Methodist Church. Fisher served in Ohio and Pennsylvania then moved west. He led Leavenworth and Lawrence congregations and was chaplain of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry in the Civil War. He escaped guerrilla raids during Quantrill’s August 1863 attack and later held various church and political roles in Kansas.
The October lab Telephone Directory lists new regular insertions to supplement No. 1. Names include Main 441 Carman C Wcor Pa Walnut Red 534 Doane Cle 1213 Vermont Red 348 Eis C V 109 NY White 722 Ellis Mark 122 Conn Red 939 Huddleston Arthur Ei 1607 vy Pincaney White 14 Jones J Frank 335 La Main 452 Jones Hosford Mer National Bank Building White 291 Kanags Misa May 1029 Ky White 7957 Reed MG farm 3 ni sw White 663 Sayles A 4510 Ohio White 9611 Scott Mrs J Woi2 La Red 6363 Smith GC ws Pa Red 413 Unitarian Church 120 VT Main 150 Western Nursery Co Wal ott NY Main 03 Winship WoC 1393 VT Red 977 Willoughby 1225 NJ Main 909 Lirwin D 734 Mass. Missouri Kansas Telephone Co. ad plus assorted goods and services listed nearby.
Mrs Fisher tears up carpets and drapes a carpet over a hiding spot to shield her husband from pursuing men. He remains under the carpet for six hours as funeral plans stall due to word from an eastern son. George W. Ellis arrives in Lawrence for a trial Liberia visit as a former local lawyer notes changes. Amusements: Ramona at Hovernock on Wednesday night in a dramatization of Helen Hunt Jackson novel.
A botanist and friends view tea leaf fragments under a microscope and compare tiny insects to a railway wreck and a battlefield. The specimens come from a packet of tea leaves hand plucked from tea bushes, showing how swift pickers work and how leaves dry and curl amid heat, revealing the insects' fragments.
The piece notes Georgia increasing its counties to 145 amid a long session and contrasts with comments on New York and California. It also discusses Chinese footwear, including home-made women's shoes, Manchu stilts, winter padding, and imports of rubber footwear. A brief Q and A ends with a test about a man named Im-Quick and a question about Smiths in New York.
A collection of six potato dishes including milk boiled potatoes in a cheesecloth sack, quick sliced potatoes with cream, Syracuse hot salt potatoes, cheese baked potatoes, Belmonico potatoes with white sauce and crumbs, and a potato puff with cream and eggs. Includes brief notices about ads and local services.
Avoid all drying inhalants and use Ely's Cream Balm a remedy that cleanses and heals the membrane. It relieves cold in the head and nasal congestion quickly with mucus dropping. Available for 50 cents at druggists or by mail. Attested by J W Dae vidaon attorney at law Monmouth Illinois.
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