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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1902
Page
2
The Journal, Lawrence Kan, runs daily and weekly editions with carrier delivery and county-wide notices. The piece also covers political chatter about Bryan, Tillman, Populists, and local officials, plus state fiscal and educational data and a Confederate-style mix of editorials.
Kansas prior to statehood saw a furor of growth and hardship as 1861 census tallied about 76000 residents, while falling crops drove 40000+ to abandon the state. The piece recalls early Douglas and Leavenworth days, judges like Josiah Miller, and county records, noting rail bonds, jail builds, and Quantrell raid impacts on archives.
A detailed praise of Professor Blackmar’s Kansas history biography of Governor Charles Robinson. The work blends biography with state history, drawing on unpublished papers, and offers a straightforward vivid narrative praised for its style, accuracy, and bookmaking quality. Published by Crane & Co and C G Dunlap in Topeka.
A fragmentary collection of quotations on virtue duty and love from Carlyle Cicero Lavater Browning and others. The text presents matched phrases about helping others and the lasting value of small deeds alongside reflections on faith memory and companionship.
The program at the Review club featured two pumbers charades on Petar the Great and a review of Churchill’s Crisix, with Mrs Shimmons hosting. Other clubs across town met for papers on Jefferson, Franklin, and Voltaire, plus local social notes and a medical advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
The text notes that some people appear weak or despondent, often borrowing trouble. It states these individuals have weak kidneys, due to natural causes, illness, exposure, or worry, and other influences.
Washington Feb 8 The Philippine tariff bill opened in the senate with quiet proceedings. Senator Turner discussed Philippine questions as the bill was laid aside for the day. Senator Gallinger reported the pension appropriation bill with an amendment forbidding fees on securing passage of special pension bills. He noted about 5,000 special pensions introduced in this session, more than ever before in the House. An amendment granting pensionable status to Confederate veterans who later served in the Union army was defeated. The pension bill passed, with executive session adjourned to Monday. The House considered the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill, with two major amendments adopted.
The article notes mounting distress in Colombia as reported by Prof. Lait, describing the war’s rapid escalation toward barbarism and the deteriorating conditions across the country amid Cold War era tensions.
In Carthage Missouri Rev Sids ney Motley preaching against Emanuel church triggers a riot as locals eject him. Pistols and knives drawn, doors closed, and the fracas ends with Norton’s resignation accepted in Topeka Kansas amid political and security concerns.
In Cumberland Maryland yesterday morning a fire at the Robertson farm near the Potomac claims four children Pearl Owen Effie and Joseph aged four to ten. The parents leapt from a second story window in nightwear to escape. Incendiary theory and prior local arson recalls are noted by the father.
Fraud scheme centered in Oasis City and Linenin Nebraska involves forged paper mortgage and note documents. Banks received forged chattel mortgages and filing certificates while a private ledger tracked stolen Lowel notes. caseload includes defunct vaults and real estate records, with arraignments forthcoming.
A collision between two locomotives near the station caused a fiery wreck at the Dinedon of whe reals Sestentiy afternoon.Engine drivers and several bystanders were injured and a nearby Sanford building was destroyed. Panic spread among tenants and workers as flames spread rapidly. Meanwhile a protest brief was filed at the White House over Rear Admiral Schley’s control during the Santiago battle.
A compact notice lists forthcoming services across many local churches. Episcopal and Christian churches set sermons at noon and evening, with Sunday School and prayer meetings. Other congregations including English Lutheran, First Baptist, United Presbyterian, Pilgrim church, and Free Methodist announce services, catechism, PSCE activity, and junior leagues along with midweek prayer meetings.
A man arrives to assume control of Citica in Lawrence at once, with reference noted, at Mar Wholesale Cipcionat Ohio. Authorities confirm immediate appointment and position details pending processing.
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