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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1887
Page
3
A long list of notices from local business and residents in Lawrence Kansas includes rail express services names of express offices and agents. It notes purchases of scrip for Quantrell raid and banking actions along with various community updates such as lectures music shows a basket factory and social events.
North Lawrence reports four mechanics leaving the porch side this week with two to Kansas City and two to Denver to seek work. The river near the dam shows twenty feet of water as fishermen sounded it yesterday. About a dozen boys are employed fishing below the dam with irregular luck. Dust from yesterday’s wind made the afternoon uncomfortable. Farmers north of the river are less alarmed. revived corn crops show new growth, with fields producing twenty to thirty bushels per acre despite soft, sandy soil. Training of horses at the fair ground remains lively from 6 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Track improvements have been made. Ads promote rail routes to Cleveland and New York, with through car lines and luxurious sleepers on the Bee Line and Big Four connections. Gasoline quality is stressed, with Brett’s South End Store offering five gallons for 85 cents and delivery by telephone.
The Iowa Rock Island lines push into Pratt County with trains from Wellington to St Joseph and a possible route to Pratt Center. Canada presses Sunday railroad work curbs. Delaware and Missouri rail topics mix with local visits, trips to Kansas City, Chicago, and Denver, and notes on dress goods and local merchants.
George E. Walsh in Ohio Farmer explains restoring worn soils by crop rotation and clover. Corn depletes soil nutrients, wheat exhausts phosphate lime, clover rebuilds fertility on sandy and heavy soils through deep roots, fall and spring plowing, winter rye, and staged reseeding. When used properly every third or fourth season, clover renews soil, feeds and enriches, and prevents overcropping.
An 19th century report describes Banstead Surrey’s 27 acre pauper colony. Twenty three houses with house-fathers and mothers serve 38 boys and 24 girls per house, plus shops, a church, and gardens. Children perform home duties, learn trades, and some progress to apprenticeships. inspectors report satisfactory education and self contained village life.
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