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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1886
Page
2
A scrambled OCR page notes weather prophets, politics, and journalistic snags. It cites Mr Warner Miller and other figures, discusses party shifts, meteorology debates, and a Brooklyn magazine poll ranking U.S. papers by readership, ending with a remark on thoughtless people.
A critical letter urges opposition to excessive lawmaking in Topeka. It argues lawmakers push bills hastily, warns of burdensome costs, and calls for restraint while noting needed reforms in prohibition and executive powers. The piece critiques proposed constitutional changes and bond voting practices.
A collage of excerpts traces the rise of country newspapers in Britain and Ireland from 1695, noting the Salisbury Project as a pacquet of intelligence and describing early distribution, postal posts, and the difficulty of delivering news in winter snows. It also highlights American ambitions seen in a New York law office advertisement and the era’s broad range of items.
A collage of fleeting curiosities and old anecdotes references John Adams buying a French billiard table for the White House, lectures in Gateshead, heirs in Missouri and a long list of local oddities. The piece also notes a Welsh harpist, Harney Morgan, and a Nova Scotia family tale, with a Pittsburgh city home admission for the 70 year old musician.
A collage of humor snippets from Chicago Tribune New Haven News Prairie Farmer St Louis Chronicle Norman, Boston Courier and York, with tales of witty exchanges about barbers, babies, manners, taxes, and a farmer’s mole problem. Includes a Cedar press ad parody and a bareheaded barber elixir tease.
A sketch of the diverse contingents that supplied Mehemet Ali and the Ottoman forces, from Anatolian peasantry to Bosnians, Albanians, Syrians, Circassians, and Pomaks. The account notes varying discipline, bravery, and reliability, with criticism of some groups and praise for others under capable officers.
A dated moralist note warns that even wisest speech may offend listeners. It urges self restraint and suggests remedies for foul breath or social discomfort. The text fuses social admonition with dubious medical promotion for a catarro remedy.
Promoters advertise loans on city property and parmal plots at low rates and list farms and homes for sale. Listings claim substantial acreages, modern houses, fruit trees, stables, and extensive improvements near Lawrence and a thrifty railroad town. Offers emphasize immediate sale, favorable payment terms, and attractive marketing language to entice buyers.
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