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24 Mar 1887
Page 1
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1887
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text presents no clear names, places, dates, or events to identify a coherent news item or notice for a summarized headline and card.
The readable fragments present names and terms suggest a brief item noting a person or place inquiry. Details are unclear but center on NLIFRIN U.S. and related identifiers.
Advertisement urges travelers heading south to choose the Gulf Route from Kansas City via Fort Scott and the Gulf Railroad. It promises direct service with through trains, Pullman sleeping cars, and reclining chairs to Memphis and New Orleans, plus shortest paths to Little Rock and Fort Smith. Readers are invited to request maps and the Missouri and Kansas Farmer paper for land and state information.
L. FG recounts a 1856 horseback journey through Jackson Cass Bates Vernon counties detailing pro slavery attitudes and "niggers" experiences, religious justifications, and social hierarchies. He recalls antebellum border tensions, Kansas abolitionist influence, Civil War fallout, and a transformed Missouri-Kansas border with new towns and industries. The piece reflects on intolerance, war, and the postwar shift to a hopeful, slave-free border.
The tale recalls Nicholaa Allen, who in 1790 discovered anthracite on Broad Mountain. He and his wife found coal near the Schuylkill, hauled it to Philadelphia, failed after horses died in Pottsown, and returned. Allen later buried his wife over the vein, then joined Harrison and died at Tippecanoe.
A visitor describes buying a Zuni blanket in a village where squaws weave by hand from sheep wool. The exchange features a price discussion, with blankets priced from five to eighty dollars and praised for durability and color. The account notes the traditional method of coloring, spinning, and weaving.
A collection of antiquated notes on Persian gift exchange and extreme compliments, then a New York Graphic anecdote about a Chicago man misreading a map showing anarchist towns. The tale contrasts ceremonial politeness with blunt coarse talk and ends with a humorous misunderstanding at Castle Garden.
James Brunswick notes in Globe-Democrat that Pacific coast blankets surpass all others in warmth and light, citing superior California wool and meticulous manufacture. Prices reach high levels for fancy pieces, with Oregon catching up as demand grows nationwide.
The queen regent of Spain maintains authority despite prophecies of downfall. A Madrid uprising was quelled and its leaders condemned to death. A decree freed Cuban slaves born before 1870 who remained in servitude, though some concerns arise that her measures may provoke further trouble.
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