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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1917
Page
7
An advertisement extols Danderine as a solution for heavy hair that glistens with life and softness. It claims one application doubles beauty, dissolves dandruff, prevents hair loss, and restores luster, recommending Knowl Danderine at drugstores with a few drops used as directed.
A jumble of notes and casual lines appears from a scrapbook or periodical page. It mentions optimistic thought about friends visiting in prosperity, basic elements of the human body, household scrapbooks, and stamp varieties. The text includes stray phrases about reading papers, clipping valuable ms, and a Chicago physicist remark.
An old advertisement promotes a home mixture of sage and sulphur to darken gray hair. It claims the prepare can evenly tint hair overnight, offering a quick cosmetic result while noting it does not cure disease.
A Kansas City Star item notes a man who advertised for a wife and who was astonished when his first wife saw the ad and responded, returning to him. The quirky tale highlights a surprising matchmaking turn benefitting the man at the top of the publication’s list.
An assorted page fragment notes the shadoof as an Egyptian water lifting tool used for 3500 years before Christ. Miscellany quotes happiness at home as life’s ultimate aim and promises water purification via McNish distillation services.
A fragmentary tale shows Donald soaked and rushing to explain his muddy state. His mother gasps in astonishment as he stammers that he has been washing the hose, a light anecdote amid stray wording about ancient Egypt and wheat.
Fragmented text discusses the early England flag story tied to Augustine and King Ethelbert, mentions Saxon white horse symbols, and references ceremonial processions. Includes garbled names and an aside about an Old Burner's installation at a hardware store in California.
The text sketches distant harbors near Stockholm and Cape Farewell with icebreakers keeping routes open, then drifts into bemused snippets about gems, a patent alert tied to Janet Maing, a rigid social notice about female investments, marriage, and finally a blunt domestic motto.
A fragmentary review praises a fiddler's bow technique during a recital featuring To a Wild Rose and Spanish Dance selections. The critic notes musical command yet mocks some performances while praising the artist's bow control and expressive style. A separate notice advertises a new business wagon for sale by CE Matthews Lurker Co.
An old style advertisement promises that a single dose relieves cold symptoms including runny nose headache sore throat sneezing and stiffness. It promotes quick relief and urges avoiding stuffed up feeling and snuffling with a simple remedy labeled Four Cola or 4 Cola.
A fragmentary piece notes Shakespeare using the rose as a symbol of perfection and mentions a Massachusetts museum display of a cherry star containing a dozen miniature silver spoons. The spoons are described as so small they require a microscope, with the star said to hold 124 tiny hearts. The text wanders through various asides on labor and imagination.
A Trojan chemist develops a process to extract essential oils from citrus fruits without altering their chemical properties. The method is predicted to revolutionize the industry as it gains traction and wider adoption.
A compact reflection invoking George Eliot on endurance in labor and the nature of happiness. The text contrasts bearable pain with magnum effort, noting the universal truth that effort shapes meaning. It weaves miserliness and affection with the claim that true work yields a steady grip on life within one’s own circumstances.
Fragmentary OCR text mentioning Percival and Wil, comments on tobacco, Sprustex, Koumi Corner, Winshields, Mati ews Lumber Co. with no clear event, date, or identifiable entities to summarize into a coherent news item.
Mirthful note from Hawbuck or Hiram writes from schont describing efforts to install an electric switch. The letter uses dialect, noting tangled wiring and ongoing progress with humor and rural voice. Strong local characters referenced in a compact, period style item.
An OCR fragment suggests a note about optimistic thought related to Linpary arsele cand Lowne fyosh at Met with unclear context and missing specifics.
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