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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1883
Page
6
A conference on contagious diseases among domestic animals is planned by Commissioner Loring of the Department of Agriculture for Chicago on November 15 and 16. Officials note growing concern as October gales threaten orange growers and debate on postal rate changes continues in Congress.
AcLEnK in the Treasury Department, named Herford, is reported under investigation for exacting usurious interest on money lent to indigent watchmen and laborers within the department. He is said to be involved with an outside Shylock association. debt refusals are said to trigger departmental rule violations and could lead to disciplinary action.
New York and Boston newsdealers oppose reducing the price of the great New York morning journals, threatening not to handle papers unless prices revert. Boston dealers back the higher price, calling cheap papers uncalled for and asserting publishers must recognize dealers as essential to circulation. The Herald plans to open its own stands selling at printed prices, not at dealer-set rates, prompting a large response to a 500-spot ad for salesmen.
Berlin papers call France morally defeated over Alfonse in Paris scandal. Judge Ray resigns. John A Jenny named to Post Office vacancy. Abolitionist anniversary notes from 1839 writings. Immigrant mint profits and tariff details. Mrs Barter and daughter found dead. a mother killed her child then herself. Yellow fever toll and other crime and accidents reports amid broad international notes.
United States Attorney Hallowell files conspiracy charges against D. L. Payne J. B. Cooper W. A. Harris and A. B. Calvert with binding over in 1000 bail awaiting Grand Jury action in Leavenworth. Reports detail suicide in Douglas County a Benders treasure tale a drowning mystery and a fatal storm toll in Leavenworth County with ruined homes injuries and property losses. Also noted are a brutal wife beating high sentencing a Davenport Iowa debt case a steer terror in Wyandotte a lightning strike in Atchison County and ongoing local temperance and railroad legal matters.
The Pittsburgh Exposition Society buildings on the Allegheny River were destroyed by fire starting in the boiler room. Losses reach about 1 million dollars for the property and exhibitors, with irreparable loss to the relic department. Attendance had been high the day before. officials consider rebuilding with iron.
Eyewitness reports a Mexican ranch family near Lampasas Texas destroyed by epileptic wife who killed five children aged ten to two with a butcher knife then killed herself. Husband returned to find them in gore. six graves marked the site after parish funeral.
In York County near Cortinata AdBlack Oct 3 Tate Massey died after a man shot him as he stood in a doorway. The shooter Fred Springs was arrested and jailed admitting the shot but claiming intent only to wound Massey’s death stemmed from an alleged affair with Springs' wife.
Rich costumes feature two materials combined in velvet and brocade, with plain velvet, brocaded velvet, and ottoman silk used across bodices, skirts, and basques. Describes ground colors, sunken pile effects, inlaid embroidery, and decorative trims, including Louis Quinze coats, soft vests, and polonaise back drapery.
The piece argues health as first wealth and a moral economy of sanitary science. It cites Emerson, Gail Hamilton, and Dr. Hunt to claim ignorance and morality shape ill health, urges understanding true health as a positive condition, and notes nutrition hints like barley in pea soup and warnings about wild carrot weeds.
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