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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1887
Page
4
Fragmentary notice outlines mailing address to Lawrence Gazette and instructions about remittances and delays. Mentions solicitations to addressees and attention to letter delivery. Includes stray phrases about drafts and payment and remainders.
The Leavenworth Standard promotes a new Haggard serial Jess with Cusachs illustrations and offers free first chapters. It applauds local papers Abilene Reflector Fort Scott Tribune and Kansas City baseball chatter. It notes promotions and personnel changes at A T & S F BR and Atchison Champion.
A broad column recalls Irish woes and England's government, alongside a favorable spring for farmers, urban optimism, and rising property values. It also critiques the Pacific railroad commission and Huntington's alleged lobbying, detailing expensive explanations and the motive to sway lawmakers.
The article critiques the administration's land policy, citing President Cleveland in a letter to the interior secretary over the Guilford Miller versus Northern Pacific land dispute within indemnity limits. It notes the case has lingered for years and may set a precedent for restoring lands to actual settlers.
The article argues for reassessment of land reserved for indemnity in the railroad grant area. It urges honoring settlers like Mr Miller who improved and settled the land since 1878, proposing the railroad be redirected to select other indemnity lands if Miller’s parcel is not required for the grant. It notes executive rules and laws should be amended to favor settlers and release public lands for development.
The article notes Mr. M. R. Bowker calling attention to educational work by English university men among London workers at Toynbee Hall. It also records Emerson's appreciative references to Lincoln as a pendant to last month's piece on Lowell and Lincoln.
A south side bride recounts a week as a new wife. She laments financial strains and mistaken ideas about her husband’s wealth. The reporter notes that Steinberg's King Clothier's provided clothing, highlighting prices and the store's refund policy as a safe trade.
The Kanes Seed House and F Burteldes Co announce liberal prizes for best collection of vegetables grown from their seeds at the Bismarck Fair. First prize $15 second prize $10. An affidavit must prove seeds were bought from Barteldes Co. Exhibit well with a sign. LN Van Houarn, secretary.
Old newspaper clippings praise Haggard's latest story Jess a Transvaal tale set in South Africa. Critics hail its imagination realistic description and brisk, action filled plot with romance and heroism amid the Tranvaal rising.
Special correspondence from New York notes two war pictures drawing crowd notice at the Academy of Design. Gilbert Gaul's With Fate Against Tim portrays Confederate troops clashing with Union forces, while Julian Scott's Death of Gen. Sedgwick depicts the Civil War general amid battlefield death and the officers around him.
The artist Gaul, a New Jersey native, studied battle grounds and Confederate soldiers for three years. His war pictures depict true portraits of rugged mountaineers and surrendered horses. his Civil War canvas at the Academy is valued in the catalogue at $2,000.
Special correspondence recounts 1812 incidents on Long Island including shipwrecks, a purser's misty boots, a cow alarm at East Hampton, and Jeremiah Mulford's prankish cannon misfire. It highlights local legends of Hand or Han d, a warning tale about bravado, and small-town mischief set around Montauk and Anagansett.
A fragmented reminiscence of Mr. Girard known for odd habits. The tale recalls his candle and thread shop in old New Jersey streets, a widow investor on Chatham Street, and a dramatic attempted entry by Mr Taylor and friends. The account hints at a will and a disputed move.
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