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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
5
Fragmented ad text lists real estate services and lawyers with partial identifiers. Mentions farm insurance and budget savings, several law offices in Kansas, and scattered contact details. Content is damaged and unreadable in places but centers on property, legal services, and insurance offerings.
A fragmented list of pantry goods and mason jars shows items like maple sugar, peanut butter, crackers, soap bars, prunes, peaches, pork and beans, and various canning jars. The notice mentions Linton Jars and sale pricing, with scattered brand names and rough quantities.
First published notice in Lawrence Journal World August 7 191%. Contains two proposed Kansas constitutional amendments: one to extend suffrage qualifications and voting provisions, and another to authorize a permanent state education fund tax and allocation. Includes dates of legislative passage and publication, with official certification. Also includes notices of appointment and brief historical notes.
The article recounts methods from New York Herald on preserving ancient manuscripts before books were common. It describes yellowed ink on parchments and how photographs, negatives, and positives were used to reveal faded writing by combining images to separate old letters from the background.
An excerpt contrasts authoritarian parenting with child autonomy, noting parental bullying blocks insight into a child’s thoughts. It also ponders rapid cosmic travel and telescopic viewing of historic moments, imagining social study of repeated events and a librarian indexing Wilde and Borrow with humorous misplacements.
A compact catalog of various meats and related items including catfish buffalo fish beef roast beef boil porterhouse steak loin steak roun steak shoulder steak hamburger pork roast pork chops pork steak pork chops pork steak pork roast bacon squares home made peanut and other listed goods.
The fragment discusses Besants golden butterfly as entomology and jokes about indexing in nations. It notes encyclopedias, art terms, and quotes from the Daily Chronicle. It mentions Transvaal mines in South Africa yielding about 190000 annually and British government control linking to national resources and currency security.
Dusty wax candles become whiter when rubbed with a clean flannel dipped in spirits of wine. The method uses a simple cloth and solvent to remove surface dust and impart a brighter appearance to the candle surfaces.
Kansas City market notes report CASH WHEAT steady to lower with receipts around 230 cars and corn mixed, markets for hogs and cats steady to up. A lighthearted quip contrasts American and French car tire mishaps, while a rural humor line from Uncle Eben closes the piece.
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