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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1885
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal prints a mixed column including postal rates, the Wisconsin library, Prohibition sermon notes, the first printing press history, Lawrence sacking anniversary, literary commentary on general information and bookmakers, labor strikes analysis, and a Washington DC political update with government service details and Mount Vernon plan. It reflects late 19th century issues and local observer opinions.
In the United States District Court for Kansas a notice issues for Bridget Welch an absent defendant to appear or plead by October 5 1885. The order directs service by publication for six weeks in the Lawrence Weekly Journal with twenty days before the rule day. The suit concerns a lien on real property in Greenwood County Kansas the southwest quarter section 24 township 12 east.
Absent defendants Francis C Grable Byron W Marsh not found in district and to be served by publication for six weeks in the Lawrence Weekly Journal. The court orders them to appear and plead by October first, 1885, or the bill will be pro confesso. Copy certified by Clerk A B Foster. In Chantry.
A yearling Jersey heifer with slight white markings left wearing a leather strap on her horns. A reward of 3.00 is offered for information leading to her recovery. Report information to this office or 309 North Indiana Street, A Td2twlt.
Rebecca Nurse of Salem Village is remembered with a monument unveiled July 30 in Danvers near Collins street station. The shaft marks her 1692 execution for witchcraft, with inscriptions noting innocence despite a guilty verdict and urging remembrance by descendants and neighbors.
The speaker says Puritanism did not drive the Salem witchcraft episodes, viewing them as a minor eddy in a broader sea of excitement over witchcraft and not connected to Puritanism or old astrology.
Washington Letter recounts Senator Morgan praising Gen. Grant and detailing Clement C. Clay’s release. Mrs. Clay sought her Confederate husband’s parole bond but Stanton destroyed the order. Grant later intervened, confirming Clay’s parole and ordering his release upon bond before Stanton finally acted.
The New York Commercial Advertiser laments sweltering city summers that kill infants and oxerts pity for suffering children. It notes deaths on streets and on a Staten Island ferry, urges support for fresh air funds, sanatoriums, and child welfare efforts as remedies prove insufficient.
In California the vineyards and orchards climb from 1000 to 2500 feet with some higher. Homes sit where land was once unsuited for cultivation. Pests reach higher elevations as new plantings avoid earlier outbreaks. Arsenic is used heavily against grasshoppers. San Francisco drug houses ship a ton weekly to affected areas and Fresno firms moved 700 pounds in five days with 400 pounds on order.
A former sailor from the United States navy recounts the 1642 Somers mutiny on the brig Somers off Africa and the three men hanged at the yardarm. He names midshipman Spencer, Cromwell, and Small, describes the court martial, and recalls public reception in New York after the voyage.
The Franklin News reports a Georgia family case where a baby born with fits began tobacco use at under a year old. After tobacco, the child fattened and recovered, with the relief attributed to tobacco though the child now refuses it and shows no ongoing craving.
Caroline Healy Dall, veteran advocate for women’s suffrage, says educated opinion is less favorable to extending suffrage now than twenty years ago. She argues the consummation she desires is delayed by the agitation’s indiscretion and short sightedness and that the obstacle is women’s own reluctance, not men’s selfishness.
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