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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
3
A jumble of 1902 Kansas items covers law terms, labor strikes, tourism, farming, and political maneuvering. It notes automobile criticism, Bristow vacation, a Chicago murder tale, a French perfumer honored, and Kansas park costs. It also cites prairie chicken hunting, western plow investments, and a Republican congressional committee inquiry.
A sprawling selection discusses mergers in manufacturing, crop prospects in Kansas, railway consolidations, and British finance moves. It references Cuban politics, Brazilian arrivals, and U S post office building plans, with digressions on crime reporting, press ethics, and a meditation on daily living and spirituality.
A dense panel lists churches and sermons across Quincy and surrounding streets with pastors and service times. It includes First Baptist, United Presbyterian, Pilgrim, Christian, Presbyterian, First M E, Free Methodist, St John’s Catholic, Trinity, and other congregations.
An irregular page fragment includes a 5500 reward for a case, medical ads for stomach and liver remedies, and promotional copy about Grand Trunk Railway summer routes. It references Marie Petite, Catholic aquation, and travel pamphlets from Geo W Vauz in Chicago.
Classified items include rooms for rent at 1217 Rhode Island Street with water and barn details, inquiries directed to Alfred Whitman and Mrs Simmons. Also found a purple ladies garment at Western Union office. multiple small notices and a Guam governance and theft report from Aug. 16.
A delegation of engineers recently visited America to inspect the vast underground railroad under construction in New York, hailed as the greatest engineering feat of its kind. Also promoted is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for various digestive ailments, with testimonials praising its efficacy and availability at druggists. Barber markets the remedy locally.
Globe reports a catastrophic tidal wave near Altata on the Pacific coast west of Culinenn. The lower Altata area is destroyed, with deaths feared in the tens or more. smaller communities above Altata reportedly washed away. Losses are heavy and relief is urged for survivors.
In an incident seven miles from Houston at the Southern Pacific creosote works eleven white men clashed with black workers after complaints over singing. Casualties include Nelson Randall killed and Hill Anderson and William Hamilton wounded amid a violent confrontation.
Delegates from lodges gather for the B P O E convention with plans for a pleasure trip to California and the East. A Denver hotel hosts events including a gold medal presentation to Lotri ann for directing the arranging committee. An informal reception for the grand officers follows the evening program.
Aug 16 reports Callaway voters proposing a boundary change to join with nearby counties to fix school district crossing issues. Cedar Creek divides a district, prompting the move valued at about 140000 dollars for 30000 acres, with November vote expected. Also notes Capt Carter appeals for evaluation of charges and a drowning incident in Argentine, Kansas, plus a patent-manufacturing bulletin.
An old allegorical drawing contrasts a girl with a grasshopper and a man who spends heavily at a cyclone sale yet withholds Chamberlain's Colly Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel protection. The text wrongly claims the remedy as universally recognized for sex diseases and mentions a location in vague terms.
Cincinnati report on the International Typographical Union session detailing hundreds of proposed changes, a defeated push on wage tax relations, strong opposition to a socialist figure Max Hayes, and resolutions for direct senator elections and public ownership, plus a split over the ladies auxiliary.
Reports from Pittsburg indicate a settlement timeline for the anthracite coal strike by September 1, with Maj John Biddle confirming the target. operators signaled preparations for shipments after Sept 1 as mines reopen, implying mutual concessions. Also brief note on a Cincinnati fire at Pike's Opera House during a Typographical Union convention, damaging goods but with no injuries, and a separate reference to a scenic route along White Mountain region.
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