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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1900
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal announces weekly and daily editions with telegraphic updates and county circulation. It notes subscription terms, distribution by post offices, and references to editorials on politics, education, and local affairs including Kansas University, Bryan, and Quay.
Readers learn of lecompton’s old camps and pilgrim settlers around 1854 near a historical hill and the Dammath structure. Nearby notes cover Lake View, transport routes, crops, and local personalities with references to Topeka, Lawrence, and Bismarck, highlighting community events and veterans of nearby towns.
The data show money in circulation totaling 2.9219 billion on April 1 1900, up from 1.9278 billion a year before and 1.7561 billion in 1896. Per capita circulation rises to 326.12 dollars, with gold and silver holdings also at record levels.
New York introduces ten cent stage fares as buses replace crosstown streetcar lines. Six new double decker buses, seating twenty two each, will run July 1 with speeds six to ten miles per hour and limited standing passengers. The Electric Vehicle company operates these buses under Whitney interests, linking to Philadelphia Chicago and Boston ventures.
Prof Dewar at the Royal Institution demonstrated turning hydrogen gas into a solid by cooling with liquid air and applying an air pump. He described solid hydrogen as a new elementary substance with potential use in oxygen liquefaction and gas separation.
Reports indicate Japan plans to press limits on Japanese laborer emigration to the United States while the Nicaragua Canal issue continues in Senate House talks. Also noted are standardization efforts for weights and measures and a string of court sessions and public notices across multiple cities.
The article describes a planned April 4 1888 commemoration of Otto von Bismarck with nationwide bonfires and a monument competition. It notes appeals urging German towns to display lights and build a bold memorial on the chancellor’s birthday, with drawings solicited for the monument’s design.
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