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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1884
Page
2
The Oread Omphilian literary society contest at the university showcased strong delivery and elocution across speakers. Prof. W B Brownell, guiding the program, earned praise for elevating instruction and improving student oratory this year.
A tramp in Austin faced a recorder's court where he was fined 43 for drunkenness and 5 for fighting. He argued the drunkenness fine should be waived as sufficient punishment, saying his intoxication lowers him to his opponent's level. The judge refused, and the tramp faced bean soup and salt rising bread.
An Arkansaw Traveler fragment shows a father writing to his son, saying he fears the son is dead, while the son replies he is not dead but sentenced to the gallows next week and invites the father to visit, promising a reunion with old friends and a crowd.
The Boston scene lists 106 millionaires led by Fred L. Ames and John M. Forbes with ties to western railroads. Other notable names include Charles Francis Adams Agassiz Oliver Ditson and several congressmen. A separate snippet mocks a shopper’s humiliation under ill fitting clothes and a salesman’s cruel quip.
A narrator attends a Menomonee powwow near a burial mound in Wisconsin. He describes the ritual drums, the dance around a central mound, and the mournful howls. The piece notes the tribe’s diminished numbers, the women’s roles, and the insistence on whisky despite prohibitions, with critical commentary on spiritual decline and superstition.
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