04 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1887
Page
1
A discussion of congressional funerals notes eulogies consume session time and lead to costly printed volumes. It criticizes the ritual as a widespread, routine display with engravings and bindings, citing limited portrait engravers and high costs. The piece points to Paris as a hub of crank activity and hints at a bold crime involving a neatly dressed stranger and a letter box.
Prof Riley discusses preventive methods to combat chinch bugs including deep furrows, clean cultivation, burning rubbish, and crop rotation. Recommendations from Prof Forbes cover abandoning small grain or corn in mixed regions, fire-based destruction of winter quarters, heavy manuring and seeding, sowing clover and Hungarian grass to trap and destroy bugs, and using kerosene sprays on certain borders.
A fragmentary newspaper item discusses social life in Dowsiax Towaty, noting marriage prizes at a fair, local gossip, and a sequence of small incidents including a missing girl, accidents, and Sunday school union plans. The piece blends notices, stories, and advertisements in a late 19th century local column tone.
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