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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1885
Page
2
A truncated Lawrence Journal issue from August 28, 1885 discusses civil service reform opinions of Mark M. Pomeroy, speculation on H. W. Beecher’s Plymouth Church retirement, and Kansas tax and education notes. It also covers Kansas honors for Osburn, praise for Lawrence printers, capital punishment debates, Prohibition party critiques, and railroad discrimination complaints highlighting price disparities between cities and regions.
Market notes report idle money in New York banks shrinking to $15 ½ million from $107 7 00 0 year ago while loan growth centers on city government. Wheat and cotton prices slip amid large crops, with exports weak, and rail consolidations looming. Pension and civil service reforms spark debate on equal pay for women, while treasury audits seek staff reductions and modernization.
Wi Wasmleton Aug 24 Three cabinet officers Bayard Garland and Lamar work amid light mails and few callers to handle backlogged matters. Garland drafts opinions with care while Lamar rumored to wander halls forgetful of return. The piece notes officials and civil service rules affecting appointments and employment of women.
Levi Hoaxer, dentist, of Fluke's Music Store area, says he plans to close his office from September 17 until March 2. Patients needing dental work are urged to call early to avoid rush before his departure.
Fragmentary OCR mentions “Electric Bitters” sold by Barber Bros for fifty cents. The rest is garbled, with references to appetite, blood, and health claims, but no clear event or person details are present.
Bold claim of a permanent cure for nervous debility and related sexual conditions offered by a Michigan based doctor. Promises complete restoration of health vigor and manhood with no risk. Includes pamphlet request and crumbling text suggests dubious period advertising.
An elderly local resident claims a great discovery related to city life and health. He reports twenty five years of spring cough finally improved and notes dramatic effects from a treatment he attributes to this find. The brief item cites limited details and a personal testimony from Rewton, Indiana.
Notice to creditors and all others interested in the estate of Jane A Notes. The will or administration proceeding is in the county court with a guardian or fiduciary to collect debts and settle claims. Creditors must present verified claims by a specified date to be paid from estate assets.
Doctor Dale declines romantic pursuit of Clarissa Clarke, urged by friend Bartley to seek a practical wife. He battles desire, vows to focus on his career, then is drawn by gossiping neighbors who praise Clarke as capable and industrious, reshaping him from fantasy to a working partnership. He visits Clarke's cottage, rekindling interest.
In a rural tale, Dr. Junius Dale sees his dream brighten when Clissy agrees to marry him despite his modest means. Years later Franklin Bartley returns ruined, while Dale and Clissy prosper together, their happiness built on shared effort and patient love.
London Daily News details new 63 ton and 110 ton steel breech loaders for H M ships Rodney and Benbow. The 63 ton gun is lighter yet more powerful than 80 ton muzzle loaders, potentially penetrating 29 inches of wrought iron armor at close range. The 110 ton guns, with 16.14 inch diameter and 900 pound charges, loom for mid-1886 deployment, signaling superiority over Italian 100 ton guns and Malta Gibraltar fortifications.
A Harlem barber shop featured shaving cups with morbid imagery including a hearse, coffins, a tombstone, and a milk wagon. The barber explained one cup depicted a notorious undertaker with a questionable eye for busting the dummy engine on another cup, illustrating a curious local display.
A European born wine merchant recounts a globe trotting career tasting wines across Argentina, Chile, Jamaica, and Central America. He describes brands, prices, and methods, notes quitting a New York firm after a contract default, and reveals plans to start vineyards in California with partners and his own improved process.
A crowd watches as the ward bummer and the lung tester clash in a brutal display. The backers cheer as the bottle, cigar, and cheese tasting ritual precedes a fierce blow that topples the machine, sending fragments across the scene and leaving the tester's occupation in ruins.
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