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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
1
From the Lawrence Journal era page, mentions publishers and the Journal’s reach, notes about political figures like Taft and Cleveland, and sketches of local public notices. Reports on rail proposals, school openings, and economic matters mix with ads and personal notices.
Public travel note encourages summer vacation planning with the Wabash route to St Louis Detroit Toledo Pittsburgh and Buffalo as the shortest line offering through service to New York and Boston. It promotes convenience and savings over longer trips and urges consulting local ticket agents for Wabash tickets to Pacific Coast travel options.
The piece outlines an annual Old Home Week in Douglas and nearby counties featuring a street fair with premiums for agriculture, home products, poultry, stock, and horse show. It lists daily programs including parades, dances, educational gatherings with universities and schools, football games, and entertainment by Parker's Super Fairyland Amusement Company, with schedules for Monday through Saturday and notes on various organizers and venues.
A reader from Alabama lauds Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption later pneumonia bronchitis and sore throat praising relief after two doctors failed. Barber See drug store advertises a one dollar bottle with a free trial offer.
The piece argues the vacation widower is not thriving in bachelor liberty. After family departure, old companions and routines shift, leaving him discontent and craving the steady role of a householder and provider.
Dexico signals future adoption of the gold standard, expected to strengthen national credit and gain global approval. The text praises a patent stomach bitters remedy and cites a testimonial about Foley’s Kidney Cure aiding a weather-exposed worker, reflecting typical 19th century health and economic booster content.
A collage of help wanted and sale listings includes dining room and chambermaid positions at local hotels, a government mail service hopeful, sales of stoves and heating equipment, rooms for rent, land and homes for sale in Lawrence, and a hired girl needed. Listings mention Cedar Rapids Lox Ons contact at 2215 Tennessee street and J I Moore at 283 Lake street, plus properties on Locust street Indiana street New Hampshire street and Tennessee streets with phone access and descriptions of modern amenities.
A long piece offering household health advice about avoiding drafts, cooling drinks, baked apples, hair care, pest control, and simple remedies. It mentions water with fruit juices, a watery diet during hay harvest, and using bicarbonate of soda around the kitchen to deter pests. It also notes hair care beyond the kitchen, and stockings with fine ointment for hands and feet relief.
A damaged fragment notes a local claim by Charles F. Lemberger of Syracuse praising Bocklea's Arnica Salve for a burned eye and other injuries. The item reads as a testimonial touting quick healing and safety of the product sold at Barber & Lou's drug store.
An aged reader from Lisbon New York recalls kidney disease relief after using Foley's Kidney Cure, claiming four bottles cured years of symptoms and urging physicians to try Burdock Blood Bitters for digestion and constipation. The item includes assorted local ads for secondhand goods and a miscellany of medical quack references and quotes.
A corner grocer muses on sales patterns noting women customers sample fruits like blackberries raspberries and currants before choosing and paying. He recalls how women often decide prices by tasting and selecting the best fruit top stock and later depart with varied purchases, shaping his daily income.
Obscure clipping mixes a mock toast by Jobe Fuller of Honey Geeve Texas with an advertisement for Electric Bitters praised for dyspepsia and kidney diseases. It also details Frisco System train sleepers between Kansas City and Jacksonville and notes berth reservations through travel reps.
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