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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1884
Page
7
Poem by James Berry Bensel about a house marked by crape on the bell knob. Children stand at window in dust and rain, sensing sorrow from a death. A parent explains the rest and comforts the tired heart, while fearing the children notice the loss.
Mrs Jo and Deacon Jo discuss giving to the poor as Miranda hauls a pile of worn clothing to The Helps Hand charity. A frail coat, a shredded shirt, and patched pants are allocated for charity with wary pride. Months later a shabby stranger arrives to do chores, wearing a ragged shirt and a comical fur cap.
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt, Mrs Jo confronts the satire of charitable relief as a colored man in cast off clothing is paraded for pity. The scene reveals class and race tensions, with Deacon Je noting the man’s appearance and a sharp critique of performative charity.
Chicago Journal correspondence recalls Sudden Johnnie, the Johan Sowlan biographer of Sara Bernhardt, known in New York for puffing failed articles on Sara and Marie Columbier. He spoke little English, sought work on city dailies, and was dismissed when editors preferred to glorify Bernhardt in Paris. His career waned as he shifted to circulating derogatory stories about the star, amid a comic romance with Marie, underscored by awkward physical contrast.
A clip notes Bismarck’s clever division of five eggs among three men, after Gravelotte, with the chancellor first eating two then fairly sharing the rest, illustrating his mix of self-interest and magnanimity as praised by Pall-Mall Gazette. Also mentions Laywren Davis accidentally buried in the Bunker Hill Monument and released after 225 feet.
An optician explains Brazilian pebble lenses as a superior alternative to glass. The process mixes ancient mineral with modern machinery in Scotland and Europe, with finishing done in Paris. Pebble lenses offer cooler, tougher, clearer vision, but require high expertise and costly equipment.
The Modern Age describes a hypothetical future cremation process in a columbarium. A mourner attends a ritual in a marble temple where ashes are interred behind urns, with an organ, statues, and memorial inscriptions. The piece argues modern science has resolved incineration’s objections.
Georgia Senator Joseph E Brown, noted as one of the richest and oldest in Congress, is portrayed as a plain man fond of old fashioned meals. The story recounts a cloak room dinner where he and colleagues discussed favorite foods, Brown preferring his “old woman puddle duck and sweet potatoes” over finer dishes.
A Philadelphia lady hosted a party for her pet poodle inviting all other dogs in her circle, reflecting a local social note from the Philadelphia Press. In Detroit a man named Kuhn sent his coat to a poor woman, caught cold, and died as a result, reported by the Detroit Post.
The text attacks a Republican convention call to electors and voters, arguing terms like elevating American labor and protecting home industry are vague and hypocritical. It labels the call as humbug, critiques tariff plans, free education through federal channels, and claims reforms favor monopolists and fraud. The piece opposes Republican rhetoric while backing reform and Democratic positions on taxation and education.
The Albany Argus denounces the Republican party, saying its diet is demagoguery and chicanery with no honor, progress, patriotism, or statesmanship. It asserts that the people’s votes will reveal the party’s lack of success.
The American Register critiques Republican tactics in campaigns, arguing the party relies on two triggers the "bloody shirt" and alarm over business interests. It contends these scare stories target vulnerable groups and fade after elections, suggesting the gambit aims to save a faltering party as presidential year politics recur. The piece frames these tactics as waning yet reused, urging restraint and noting fatigue with ghostly fears.
The piece denounces General Mahone’s claimed unique political role in the Republican party, noting the November vote against him, financial accounts in his dis favor, and weak endorsements from the Republican National Committee and Senatorial caucus. It also mentions professors Young and Nichols debating a volcanic origin for a reflecting stratum, doubting Java eruptions could blanket the globe.
A Detroit Post report notes Colonel Aderhold of Kissimmee Florida trains fish to swim to his hand for food. The perch and bream feed first, followed by catfish. The arrangement forms a notably happy family.
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