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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1907
Page
2
The text blends Luisa Clarke lines with commentary on a St Joe election at Highland University in a Denpan county town. It notes the Journal being called Stubbs organ and reflects on financial turmoil, Wall Street wolves, and overabundant securities while warning the crisis is serious but not fatal.
A lengthy, fragmentary editorial discusses public discontent with railroad costs and equipment, the need for reform, and a moral revival in Lawrence. It criticizes the city’s complacency, contrasts Lawrence with other towns, and questions whether revival efforts will engage residents.
The ceremony took place yesterday at Judge Means' office with Rev. M. E. Nethercut officiating after a run at Baw oerick. The item also notes local ads for Ely's Cream Balm and Dr Kings New Life Pills, and mentions Christmas embroidery instruction and fashion goods.
Charles W Morse, prominent New York banker and leader of the Tee Trust, has been forced out of several New York banks in which he held interest to restore confidence in financial coalitions nationwide. The move follows the Copper crash that toppled Augustus Heinze.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Castoria for infants and children claiming it as the familiar safe choice. It also mentions a Texas Wonder kidney and bladder remedy with mail order options from Dr E W Hall in St Louis.
The Fairfax Rooms and Restaurant section promotes the New Santa Fe Hotel freshly overhauled with best city table value and affordable rates. Boarding options listed, plus Opera House Livery Stable details with rubber tired hacks and prompt service. Bell and phone contacts provided for Mork Bros. & Sharp.
A dense list of classifieds shows numerous WANTED ads for services lodging and work from households and firms. Entries include riding a horse for winter board, day labor by a woman, sewing in a tailor shop, and a maid for private families. Also rental inquiries and real estate brokers advertise services. several sellers offer farms, cattle, equipment, and household goods. transportation and travel offers appear with land touring by air. market items include produce and livestock. Additional notices request lost glasses, sale of a duck boat, gas stoves, and a gas range with quick sale terms.
Public notices list rental offerings at 940 Kentucky Street and a 7 room cottage on Ohio Street with contact details. The page also records multiple lost items including a locket with pennies, a Pi Phi pin, a white scarf, and gloves, plus found items such as a fountain pen and a gold heart pin. Also included are legal notices on final settlement and appointment of executors in Douglas County Kansas.
The article argues publishers push rock bottom prices for papers despite higher paper costs, noting St Louis papers sold at six cents weekly and four to six page issues at ten cents barely cover unprinted paper costs. It says readers expect cheap papers and rising prices risk losing subscribers as market conditions shift.
A fragmentary ad style notice touts Bucklen’s Arnica as a cure for wounds burns piles and chilblains with claims of rapid healing and a sales pitch by Q. P. Barber & Son Druggists. It references a felt “darkest hour” and a judge in a vague sale context.
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