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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1917
Page
6
An advertisement fragment promises soft lustrous hair and no-seizure shedding with Knowlton's Dandeline. The teaser appeals to readers to buy now for an advertised benefit, mentioning investment and desirability.
A fragmented line from a historical page hints at optimism about prosperity while acknowledging real fiends who visit in adversity. The garbled text suggests debate over the role of external foes in shaping fortunes and the cost of communal resilience.
The readable fragment lists elemental components of the human body or matter, mentioning hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and trace quantities such as phosphorus potash sodium magnesium sulphur silica and iron with approximate weights given in ounces and pounds, though the text is garbled.
Fragmented lines describe a scrapbook item about household suggestions and proper pricing. It mentions values like over 21,000 and various sees in circulation, implying a discussion of commonly circulated items and their pricing. Names or dates are not clearly readable.
A fragmented OCR fragment mentions talks and bets, with unclear names and places. It references a newspaper style phrase You can bet your life and a possible note about the Post. Readable facts are limited and no clear events or identities emerge from the text.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easy home hair treatment that darkens gray hair. It claims one small strand at a time will restore a youthful look, making hair appear darker and shinier after one or two applications.
A quirky Kansas City Star item recalls a man who placed a wife advertisement and saw his first wife respond, reuniting with him. The note highlights a curious upswing of chance and memory in old newspaper lore.
For 54 centuries shadeot, a reed or rope type tool once used by Egyptians to raise water, remains common. Some believe it may be 9,500 years old before Christ, highlighting its ancient origins and enduring utility in daily tasks. A modern paper shredder also appears in the text, noting a machine that shreds work paper into soft midders for packaging.
A fragmented item cites dream imagery of a girl being charried in a crowded church with crying former sisters and inaudible wedding music. It references Cappers Weekly and The Roman Penny, noting the term penny and a stray note on the laborers parable in Matthew. The tone resembles a surreal, antiquarian reflection on faith and social ritual.
Bo H Woodbury withdraws from Morrison and joins RC Manley Ingugate Agency at 700 Massachusetts Street east end Perkins Building. He will handle insurance business as before. The Manley agency lists twelve standard companies noted as fair and liberal. Also note a water remedy ad urging Clear Pure Water number 198 McNish for distilled water.
Donald bursts into a room soaked from washing the hose. His mother exclaims in astonishment, and he stammers that he has been washing the hose, revealing a playful household incident from a bygone scene.
Fragmentary notes describe England’s flag origins with Saxon emblem Whitehorse and St Augustine’s followers entering Canterbury bearing banners. The text is interleaved with garbled lines, names, and stray phrases about comics and an oil burner sale at Brocker’s Hardware Store.
Fragmentary notes describe ancient Egypt and wheat quality amid a long conflict. References hint at winter grinding, barley, and hardships like fire damage and plague, with unclear outcomes and scattered phrases about injury and survival.
Ice breakers keep the harbor open near Stockholm with nearby distances to major ports. Petrograd lies almost due east about 460 miles away while Copenhagen heads 330 miles southwest by air. Danzig lies roughly the same distance to the south.
A discussion on artificial gems explains they are crystalline compounds formed under special conditions with metallic salts guiding whether stones become sapphires topazes amethysts or emeralds. A New York inventor patents a red car signal to deter unauthorized use of vehicles. A Life quote offers counsel to women on marriage urging knowledge humor flattery and eventual divorce if needed.
A newspaper item titled Sonny Fiddler reports a violin recital with pieces To a Wild Rose by McDowell and Spanish Dance by Gramitez. The reviewer notes the artist’s command and rapid bow changes, while quipping about peers who overestimate their Hamlet potence. Also mentions a three inch wagon for sale by C. E. Matthews Lumber Co.
An old advertisement extols a cold relief medicine named Upes Gold Compound. It claims one dose relieves grippe misery and various cold symptoms, opens nasal passages, eases headache and throat pain, and promises prompt relief at low cost. The copy urges buyers to ensure they get the genuine product.
Fragmentary miscellany notes discuss Shakespeare’s favored flower the rose as a symbol of perfection and Ophelia’s lines about Hamlet. It blends musings on labor’s necessity for bodily and imaginative faculties, plus scattered museum curiosities and a march of progress motif.
A process invented by pan'tralian chemise to extract essential oils from citrus fruit is said to alter the chemical properties of the oils in any way. It is predicted that the method will eventually revolutionize the industry.
The excerpt muses that work bears what one can endure and that life is in flux. It notes the permanence of numbers like four squaring to sixteen and the need to lengthen one’s lever with greater weight. It ends with a reflection that work gives a grip on things beyond one’s own fate.
Damaged OCR text fragment mentions Sprustex oil row cor mop and winehields at C. EL. Matth ewe Lander Co. with unclear context and no complete events or dates.
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