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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1902
Page
2
Kansas era clues and editorials from Lawrence Journal dated September 1902 discuss coal strike impacts, political tensions with Mayor Craddock, Kansas local book law disputes, and opinions on Governor Bailey and Congressman Keversock. The issue promotes public lectures at the opera house and notes on diverse topics.
A column-like narrative rails against the Democratic and Populist movements, decrying party realignments and urging loyalty to the Republican platform. It details protests against whiskey, police crackdowns, and local civic tensions, with references to figures and events in Kansas and national politics. The piece also mentions a factory strike ending, a court case, and public health remedies as varied as cholera treatments and a chemist’s endorsements.
A flood of Newton and Halstead graduates and other youths depart for Lawrence Kansas to attend the University of Kansas this winter. Names include Frank W. Cheadler Esther and Mary Gabdrisleos Lillian Axtell Neva Lehman Jessie Hart Harriet Williams Walter Reese H O Krave Milton D Badingariver Morris Togalls Katie Kleintaecht and others. The group comprises students from Hutchinson Iola and Mt. Montrose Burrows Quillog Randall and Kilgore plan engineering pharmacy and arts studies with many aiming for degrees and future careers.
An ankle injury story notes that recovery typically spans two to three months, but Chamberlain's Pain Balm has sped healing. It states prompt, free applications have yielded cures in one week or less, with some cases healed in three days. Harber Bros. sells the product.
Rev Dr Mine Aatre denounces infant baptism as unscriptural, condemning the doctrine of baptismal regeneration and the superstitions surrounding infant baptism. He argues the belief has darkened church history and doomed unbaptized dying children to hell, while critics rise in protest during the service. The piece also references the Detroit and New York Express train service with limited context.
President Theodore Roosevelt visited Chattanooga to address the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and attend Civil War battlefield ceremonies. The Seventh Cavalry led a calisthenicon drill and reviewed by Roosevelt, crowds cheered as he reviewed troops and greeted local citizens and Georgia delegates.
In Osceola Arkansas yesterday afternoon a fight on a passenger train left three men dead and two injured. A white man named Daddy Taylor fired indiscriminately at a negro and white passengers. Fisher and Hume, both from Tosa, were fatally and mortally wounded. Schalke, a traveling man, severely hurt. Taylor arrested. lynching threats reported.
An interview from December 1901 with Ohm A. Phelps, a San Francisco businessman, discusses claims that Bright's Disease and Diabetes are curable. Testimonies describe recovery after Fulton Compounds and indicate many doctors doubted cures. John J. Fulton Co. promotes free tests and pamphlets from 49 Montgomery St. San Francisco.
William Nathaniel Gosieh, former United States senator and Civil War veteran, died yesterday in New York after a long illness. He served as a state garrison commander, held local posts in North Dakota, and helped establish wartime roles. A Missouri engineer was killed in a separate incident when a passenger train derailed. An ad for Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver tablets ends the note.
A jumble column lists for rent furnished rooms and houses at 1304 Massachusetts, 712 Kentucky, 642 Louisiana, 714 Rhode Island, 817 New Hampshire, 641 Obia Street, and other addresses. It also advertises a waist maker helper, a six and five room houses, a reading firm sales call on doctors, and a typewriter agency offering second hand machines and liberal allowances. Ends with J A Kealer offering typewriters.
The buried body found near Riceville was identified as William Bartholin by his brother and Chicago detective aides. The note from Bartholin claimed others were innocent and detailed a fractured confession while confirming no external aid and a wandering mind. Authorities planned to move the case to Chicago and pursue further evidence.
In a mortuary chapel on the upper deck of the steamship St Louis the bodies of Mr and Mrs Charles L Farr were carried. The victims of an automobile crash in France were not known to passengers until Friday as the ship neared Sandy Hook. Interest among passengers grew during the voyage.
Four raiders were arrested after a church group attempted to sense a warrant at a joint meeting. Officers took the four men to headquarters while others connected with the church were not detained. Police faced denouncement from church members for the incident and the night’s events.
In St Paul Minnesota on September 8 two electric cars on the Fort Snelling line collided. Ten people were taken to the city hospital with injuries. A motor car and trailer returning from the fort carried passengers and was crushed by the impact. Ambulances arrived promptly, and by midnight ten injured remained in hospital.
Manila Sept 8 Captain J J Pereshing commanding Camp Vicars reports Mora chiefs who attacked American troops have rejected friendly overtures and no understanding can be reached. Renewed Moro attacks may trigger American retaliation as the record shows 12 assaults since last May at Bayan with four Americans killed and 12 wounded including an officer.
Philadelphia September reports the anthracite mine workers strike advancing into its eighteenth week as lines remain largely unchanged between operators and strikers amid stalled negotiations and limited progress toward a settlement.
A string of wrecks disrupted lines between Johnstown and Trarriieburg on the Venneyivenia system. At Althom one locomotive derailed and a freight car fire followed shortly after. Crashes near Frugality and Millerstuwar damaged multiple cars and left several injured or dead.
A powder magazine exploded near Fort Wiole Uirep on Presidential Island. One man killed and five injured as blasts shattered granite walled underground chambers. Several hundred spectators nearby were covered in debris but most survived, with police ruling cause unexplained after analyzing ignition sources.
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