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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1905
Page
2
A pasted mixture notes the Lawrence Journal's long circulation reach and publication cadence, with mixed items on Russia’s political shifts, New Orleans birth records after a presidential visit, Kansas University athletic pride, and local legal and business notices. It mentions changes in isthmian canal planning, riots risk, and Missouri insurance scrutiny.
A jumble of brief items from Kansas and national news notes including a Humboldt mother with a six month old baby weighing thirty five pounds a western editor attacked by a woman for frivolous writings and a Death Valley racer who may have broken his neck. Also reports on Abilene schools closing from diphtheria fears.
An old advertisement claims Newbro's Herpicide cures dandruff by destroying the germ causing scalp issues. It asserts dandruff damages hair vitality and may lead to baldness and urges readers to send stamps for a sample and purchase through local agents Woodward & Co, Detroit.
An OCR fragment shows a dessert recipe with apples and breaded milk layer, hints of nutmeg and hard sauce, plus ad copy for Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co, Toledo, claiming no mercury and internal action. Mentions 750 bottles and Biai's Family Pills.
Puget Sound mills join Runnell Lumber of Kansas City in a big deal setting the stage for next year. About 2 000 cars of lumber and shingles valued around 430 000 dollars will be moved, with roughly half supplied locally. Fennell, vice president, expects a 40 to 60 percent rise in Washington timber use across three states and cites planned trackless electric car service in Whatcom County as a future growth factor.
Readers are advised of October 15 issue delivery with late additions slated for supplemental No 1 dated October 18. Items include names such as Maio Carman and Read and firms like The Missouri Kansas Telephone Co and Western Nursery Co with addresses in Red White La Main Main.
Lawrence Free Public Library receives a full set of The Historians History of the World and a weathered oak bookcase from Watkins National Bank chaired by Chas Tucker. Peter E Emery, chairman of the library finance committee, accepts the donation and praises its value for citizens and students.
A dramatized Ramona production titled Banona draws huge demand at the Bowerock Opera House with seats selling briskly on Wednesday November 1. The play, based on Helen Hunt Jacksons romance, has theatregoers buzzing and veterans of the stage anticipate a rare treat.
The Kansas City Stranger Valley and Western Railway Company receives a twenty year franchise to operate electric interurban cars through Lawrence Kansas on designated streets. Conditions require written acceptance by December 1 1908 and set speed limits stops and operating hours with required filings and city oversight. Mayor J A Keeler signs the ordinance approved October 31 1905.
An Houston Tex item notes an interesting quail life event near residents. Two men observed a covey of three young birds being water-skinned by a band of birds, with breeding and feeding behavior described. The report mentions timing and local conditions, and ends with an unrelated ad about high prices for secondhand clothing and jewelry by D. Litwin.
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