05 Apr 1884
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1884
Page
1
The writer compares parental instinct with advertisers boasting bargains and crowns value, warning against extravagant headings that fail to consider competitors. They challenge claims, offering to verify descriptions truthfully and identify misrepresentation.
Eighty road opening requests lie before the county commissioners for action at the next meeting with lines on Shawnee and Johnson counties, and scattered across the county. Most requests likely granted. Also notes on local events, dentistry announcements, sales ads, and a violent assault case in Eudora.
Telegraphic news reports weather indications across Missouri and scattered incidents. An explosion wrecks Healey’s mill, injuring workers. a 14 year old boy is accidentally killed in Kansas. A lynching occurs in New Orleans as George Lee is hanged after being taken from jail by a mob. Ottawa notes Chinese immigration tensions and British Columbia premier Smith seeks power to restrict Chinese entry. A defense lawyer calls for a judicial investigation into the Merner riot case, and Governor Headley praises Sheriff Hawkins while supporting continued guard duty at the court house.
Boston reports the steamer Daniel Steinman from Antwerp to New York via Halifax was lost off the Sumbro coast with 140 aboard. only nine reached land. Captain Schoonhaven and five crew saved. ship built at Antwerp 1875, 175 feet long, 64 feet beam, 26 feet depth, 1,783 tons. Further searches hindered by fog and rough seas.
Washington April 4 report notes a bill favoring appointment of a commission by the president to mark boundary lines between Indian Territory and Texas, tied to a parallel Utah land grant plan for the Utah Northern railway. Other items include petitions from the Chicago Board of Trade on patent laws, and a Kansas land grant adjustment bill advancing. The session covered Indian appropriation debates and pension considerations with no decisive action on some measures. A local business note reports Geo W Clay and Company facing assets of 8,000 and liabilities of 22,000. a smoker ad for Little Dekker follows.
Paxama March 27 The Peru foreign affairs minister replies to England's protest over the clause in the peace treaty between Chile and Peru that ceded nitrate and guano beds to Chile England claims as guaranteed property Peru insists it acted from sovereign right and cannot consult foreign powers on treaties loans involved have private nationality and may be transferred so Peru owes nothing to England and has observed no protest as nitrate cargoes continued to move abroad without challenge.
A report states Edward House of Northwest shot at a mark and killed his wife. The story also notes weekly fatalities in the U S and Canada, shipwrecks near Chega peak Bay, and other varied items from law, industry, and royal news.
A detailed historical market briefing including New York money market rates, prime mercantile paper, sterling exchange, and several railroad bonds. Kansas City produce notes wheat, corn, oats, eggs, butter, hay, flour, bran, flax seed, broom corn, dried goods, and meat prices with receipts and shipments figures and market quietness.
Market report from Kansas City and Louisville notes cattle receipts at 1,079 with native steers 1040 to 1412 lbs selling 5.00 to 5.80 per cwt. Hogs receipts 3,503 weak 20 cents lower, averaging 170 to 225 lbs at 5.50 to 6.07. Sheep receipts 262% steady, averaging 90 to 95 lbs at about 4.15 to 4.55. Includes flour and grain prices from St Louis and Chicago markets with mixed activity and ranges for wheat corn oats and butter.
Hogs receipts 3,009 shipments 4,000. market dull and nominal with prices about 20 cents lower.
Chicago daily market report shows wheat weak to steady with mixed bids, corn unsettled and lower, oats firm, and barley firmer. Whisky and eggs steady to lower. lard and pork futures active with declines and some firmer cash values. Receipts and shipments tallied, with May and July contracts showing modest gains in some items and declines in others.
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