26 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1885
Page
1
Fragmentary verse recounts Teele a tired, poor woman whose final plea speaks of leaving burdens behind. The somber lines describe a life of toil and the wish for a place where chores and noise are absent.
A quiet Kentucky farm family confronts a son’s drinking and theft scandal. Nellie faces a coerced marriage to save the family from ruin, aided by Mr Wells, uncovering a debt and a true love match with John Atherleigh. Joe clears his name and the family reconciles in a hopeful, providential ending.
Danish missionaries reshaped Green land marriage into a religious rite from force. A suitor asks the missionary for a wife and must persuade a prudish girl who often resists. If the girl refuses, the missionary offers an alternate husband, and after patient dialogue the girl finally yields. The scene ends with a reluctant yes and a settled match.
Washington Dispatch to Boston Herald reports President Cleveland crafts stories to undercut petitions for offices. A Buffalo mayoral tale shows how a mob of signers can sway decisions, then a counter petition reveals doubts about the candidate. Amid this, conjecture about embezzlement accusations against Cleveland surfaces, with Conway weighing claims from Buddists of Ceylon.
The committee to receive funds for a suitable Peter Cooper monument in New York reports popular subscriptions totaling 7727 dollars and 44 cents with more pledges still forthcoming. The projected monument cost is 25000 dollars.
Charles G. Leland quotes from London to the New Orleans Times-Democrat on England's prosperity limits. He argues true wealth comes from freedom equality justice and education with free exchange and limited luxury. He warns aristocracy harms growth and cites Thackeray and evolving attitudes toward rank and servants.
Chronicle reports a massive meteor fell east of a Chico area town lighting the countryside with thunder like explosions. A geologist team including Woods and Mansfield found a slaggy aerolite wedged by rocks near foothills. The stone measured over thirty feet long in a pyramid form, two feet in diameter at base, weighing several tons, slate color turning copper upon close inspection. It struck lava rock, carved a two foot deep gutter for about 200 feet.
A narrator recalls seeing a radiant young woman on a barrel at a station and falling in love in a fleeting moment. Years later in Washington he encounters the same woman, now married, amid a cosmopolitan reception, as memories of a distant romance resurface through a moonlit reunion. A Mrs Aldrich of Walls, Washington Territory, swallows a dental tooth in a dentist’s office last week.
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