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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1883
Page
4
Instructions for readers on submission deadlines and payment methods. Remittances may be draft money order or registered letter, sent to The Lawrence Gazette Lawrence Kansas. Include full post office address with state and county. Office located over Douglas County Bank.
A 1883 circular letter from Fort Scott Kansas seeks a complete list of Democratic county central committees with incomes and member post office addresses. It notes judges Owen and Follett joining Ohio’s bench and reports Democratic gains in New York elections. Farmers in Kansas oppose high barb ed wire duties, urging tariff reduction ahead of a Senate speech by G Frisbie Hoar.
Warden W. C. Jones visited the city on his return from Topeka where he had settled accounts for November. The state net profit for the month was 1833.02 dollars, receipts 11833.02, expenses 10000. He is praised for prudent, economical management and a strong outstanding record.
The piece argues Carlisle will pursue reform prudently, resisting alarm in business circles and sectional distrust. It lauds his clean legislative record and popular support, warning tariff alarmists fear lifting war taxes from whisky and tobacco rather than sugar and pig iron.
Springfield Republican analyses the caucus results showing Carlisle with 34 Northern votes to Randall's 32, including Missouri in Randall's tally and North-South splits by states. The piece argues Carlisle carried many Northern states while Randall won scattered Southern support, labeling the idea of a sectional candidate as false and indecent.
A French academy committee of archaeologists will visit Topeka to inspect the foundation stones of a new government building. They hope inscriptions may reveal the Mound Builders’ history, dating the structure to 2500 B C. Professor Thomas J. Anderson probes the claim it began in Egyptian kingly reigns.
The piece notes a legendary living pasha sighted in a relic Egyptian architectural specimen. Professor Anderson predicts completion around the year 3000 if Pasha Jghaszkeli’s advice is followed and US funding stays stable. It suggests origins linked to Mound Builders and Aztec styles confused with Egyptian influence.
The piece argues the Republican press denigrates ex governor St John after 1882, but he remains the leader of Kansas prohibition. It warns that party leaders align with railroad and tariff monopolies, while St Johns faction grows. A Boston Herald extract quotes him condemning the parties liquor stance and warning of the GOPs grave fate.
A late Associated Press dispatch from Washington argues that Democrats will back Carlisle as Speaker and pursue an anti monopoly tariff in 1881. The piece criticizes old Democratic factions, defending a policy shift toward representing the masses against Republican arrogance and corruption.
The passage asserts that St John will avoid evading issues in the next state campaign and retain his place as party leader. It predicts he will influence candidate selection and guide party affairs, with rivals and hostile newspapers sidelined as prohibition and its champion rise to head the grand old party.
An old newspaper ad column touts Griggs' Glycerine Salve as a universal remedy for cuts burns wounds and skin eruptions with a satisfaction guarantee or money back. It lists vendors Barber Bros Fievo Evans 99 Massachusetts Street and promotes other sales from Trade Palace LL Bullene Co and Steinberg's Dry Goods House alongside store openings and hardware store promotions.
Advertisements urge shoppers to visit L O McIntire Co and Gro Innes & Co at 163 Mass St Lawrence Kansas for unprecedented discounts on prints ginghams muslin and cashmere. Librarian offers yearly tickets and a health tonic secures buyer interest.
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