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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
2
The piece rails at politicians including Taft while praising square deal principles and public service. It urges a lecture on governance in Central City, defends anti cholera and tuberculosis control, and laments high disease mortality, urging medical progress and sanitation. The article frames public health as a national duty and criticizes political bluster.
The 1908 Lawrence Journal issue notes Haskell Institute naming for Dolley C Haskell and critiques Governor Haskell as out of office. It reports lively campaign rhetoric, poison-pen anecdotes, and sensational local political commentary with various parlor rumors and town talk.
A verbose local column urges faith and action to bring electric streetcars to Lawrence. It recalls past town progress, cites natural gas adoption as proof, and endorses community effort under Roosevelt era optimism. The piece notes civic pride, calls for unity, and cites readers’ letters and editorial stance.
Mr Roosevelt and Mr Bryan are contrasted as they discuss how to judge ideas and seeds of art and memory. The Ottawa Herald asks what democracy means noting it is a power that struggles to articulate itself and often fails to satisfy individuals.
A fragmented discussion emphasizes a plan for post office savings accounts to aid thrift nationwide. Advocates argue public deposits are secure, self-sustaining, and could extend banking to rural areas, with Taft urging congressional action for campaign finance disclosure.
A fragment cites Peter Daly of Chicago touting Electric Bitters as a cure for feebleness and insomnia with a testimonial from a Maine mother. It praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung issues and mentions Barber & Son drugstores offering trials and guarantees.
Various classifieds advertise services and stores in Lawrence Kansas including Ato and Hack Livery, Hat Hospital, Clifton Hiatt clothing office move, Dr G A Hamman resuming practice, barber shop change to J T Curbey, harness and supplies by G H Smith, final settlement notice for the estate of Ann Beal, and a sale of an edited Triumph phonograph with 47 records.
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