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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
3
A free two cent stamp request promises delivery of a copy of the Pure Food Cook Book edited by Mrs. Mary J. Lincoln. The booklet, containing nearly 300 recipes, is produced by The N. K. Fairbank Company of Chicago.
An advertorial promotes Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup to improve digestion and liver function, claiming a pale complexion and dull eyes can be improved. It asserts the product is mild, not nauseating, and suggests substitutes are inferior. Barber & Son endorses it with staggered medical claims.
A long mixed note from William H Ridgway urging readers to study the 18th Psalm and examples from David, with musings on religious tolerance, Quakers and Presbyterians, letters from readers, and brief local notices about potatoes prices, students, and a Little Rock college town story. The column blends sermon notes, community letters, and local commerce items.
Dr G A Hamman returns from Chicago to resume practice and a clean sanitary market is featured. Manure spreaders with hardwood frames are advertised in Litchfield. Foley's Kidney Cure praised for elderly bladder issues. DeWitt's Pills and Dunn's Ointment also advertised. Horticultural meeting at Vinland to discuss fruit display and Barnes farm. Individual testimonials tout Dr King remedies and New Discovery cough medicine.
Miss Elizabeth Dunn of Ottawa Kansas will be at home this winter with her sister Mrs R A Schwegler at 110 Vermont Street. An accomplished violinist she has studied in Chicago with Hugo Heerman and will split teaching between Ottawa and Lawrence. She will appear in solo performances at churches and other venues. Hotter Than This recounts a 1887 hot September with hogs melting on sunlit ground. Amusements note Dan Cupid chorus costumes and Mother Goose scenes plus Bowersock Opera House show next Monday Sept 21 with tickets 25 35 and 50 cents.
An OCR fragment shows an item about free lemons for two weeks at Byers Art Shop 903 Mass and describes other brief notes on political arguments and local events. It references The Firt Gun and a Topeka man seeking his son Joseph Devlin with limited details.
Lawrence women prepare for winter literary programs with clubs resuming meetings. The Journal prints complete club reports and Saturday notices. The Great Dramas of the World will be the season’s general topic with lectures by university professors and a focus on drama history.
The advertisement proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds is not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Act since it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Barber & Son recommends it as a safe remedy for children and adults.
An old baker notes a shift in public awareness about flour. Women now identify wheat origins and qualities affecting bread, especially Kansas lard wheat rich in gluten. He cites labels and moisture absorption as keys to bread weight and quality, praising growing food education.
A distorted verse describes a birthecmesty scene with a drove of ealowing awwine and a pennant that shocks with lard. The speaker flees to a gleaming rose arrangement amid dark foliage and notes the summer cooling the south before invoking the sight.
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