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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1883
Page
7
A wartime style verse letter dated August 7 1883 from New York laments a hidden summer plan. It mocks social constraints of Murray Hill and back-yard living while confessing an escape to spend the season in a yard rather than abroad. It hints at a discreetly conducted sojourn and humorous pretensions.
A historical overview details unclaimed prize money and deposits across naval and army cases, noting major sums from Havana 1762 and 1882 government dividends. It recounts anecdotes of treasure troves, conscience money, and misers, with figures on court funds and suitors’ stock and how unclaimed funds aided national debt measures.
A New York City bureau in the Department of Charities and Correction smooths postmarital friction by compelling delinquent husbands to pay weekly sums to their wives. William Blake, its attache, acts like a judge, ordering payments of one third to one half of wages, with cases seen by police warrants and fines. The system aims to prevent pauperism by ensuring families are financially supported.
A woman travels with her husband's remains and a dog over the Central. At Albany she asks the baggage master how both are faring. The exchange humorously flips between the corpse and the dog as she seeks reassurance and the baggage man confirms their comfort.
Emanuel Lee was arrested in Richmond Virginia for trespassing after converting the Dock street hay-sheds into a summer dormitory. He charged five cents a night to tramps and admitted plans to go to the poor-house in winter.
A World interview with Capt. Brackett's detective reveals clever methods used by fashionable women and professional smugglers. Lace hidden in garments, fur shawls, gowns folded inside old dresses, trunks with false bottoms, and a boot heel loaded with diamonds are among the schemes. Detailing cases on cigars, sealskin garments, and a Havana voyage, the piece notes limited arrests and frequent confiscations while stressing vigilance to protect revenue.
A dramatic rescue tale from Six-mile Creek near Wesleyville as a burning saw mill traps two girls. Alfred K Bonnell, a young farmer, climbs a tree and lassos a rope to save the children, then uses the same rope to save the second girl. The fire and boiler explosion follow as the tramp escape on a stolen horse amid a furious crowd.
A farmer hurries to work with his boys and hired man but finds the breakfast wood burned. The wife set a meal and wonders where dinner is. With no wood for a fire she hung it on a ladder to warm, and the household ends up with no supper until the woodpile is replenished.
The sagacious English mastiff Juno, three feet tall and 120 pounds, owned by ex mayor Bookstayer, sleeps in Dandelion’s stall and stays inseparable with him. In one incident Juno’s strength and protectiveness were shown as she kept a child from taking apples, while the dog restrained the boy’s movements.
Mr Moses B I Goddard of Providence R I recently found on Block Island an antique mahogany table that once belonged to the cabin furniture of the ship Ann and Hope tied to Brown and Ives. It had been lost on the island in 1806 and had been in a farmer's possession, later rescued from inglorious use in a kitchen.
A defense of local self-government against federal meddling in state and local elections. The piece argues the Constitution limits federal reach, recalls 1882 New York and Southern meddling, warns of using federal officers to sway black voters, and predicts public opinion will reject centralized control as a threat to the republic.
The text predicts a heated 1884 presidential contest and asserts Republicans will exploit interparty strife to gain patronage in New York. It claims rumors of negotiations between County Democracy and Republicans to field a joint local ticket under a fraudulently labeled citizens ticket to defeat Tamany, amid Roosevelt resolution politics.
The World argues any Democratic group striking bargains with Republicans will directly aid the GOP and prolong Republican power. It says a united State Democratic Party representing all factions guarantees victory, and even three ticket races could fill local offices with Democrats.
The St Louis Republican condemns the Republican Party for decades of unpunished abuses and obstructed reform. It argues officials protected offenders, citing Credit Mobilier whisky ring Belknap Star-route cases and the Pendleton Civil Service Law as only partly enacted. The piece warns reform voters abandon a party deemed unreformable.
The New York Sun reprints Dorsey letters from Garfield Blaine Allison New and others from the 1880 campaign. They allege large scale funds and favors used to buy votes and influence elections. The Boston Post calls the disclosures sickening and says the Republican party should go. Also an incendiary device is found in a Wal lingford Connecticut carriage factory.
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