12 Jan 1886
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1886
Page
1
Advise by mail in advance rates for six months or yearly terms and weekly options. Remittances may be made by draft post office order express or registered letter at sender's risk. The Lawrence Kansas journal company outlines address changes and delivery notes for subscribers.
Tar cold weather damages sugar cane and orange orchards in the South. In New Orleans the mercury dropped to 18 below. National Sweep-Suezaine will be held in St Louis on April 7 with $1500 in premiums and reduced travel rates. C W Simmons of St Louis invites inquiries. The Kansas State Historical Society holds its tenth annual meeting in Topeka January 19 1886 to elect one third of the board and conduct other business. a 3 pm directors meeting will precede the session.
The Literary Revolution exposes Alden as a pirate publisher for a beautified Guizot History of France missing key events. A Boston rival edition labeled Aupex imitates the pattern, but omits engravings and lacks the complete index. Prices range from $12 in Boston to $4 plus elsewhere.
A fragmentary ad notices varied histories and editions about continental war themes. It mentions Rambaaud's History of Russia Alden editions with price details and warns against Boston pirates in reference to Alden's address at 308 Pearl Street New York. It references Guizot and Green histories with illustrated plates and catalogs, plus a plea for agents.
A collage of items including a home paper subscription pitch for The Trace Keeper with premiums, a note on Hopoken New Jersey school trustees banning sponge punishment, warnings about misrepresented political portraits, a comic Grandma joke about a train of ears, a rare 2815 half eagle coin at Philadelphia mint valued at $500, and a Paris interior minister quip about a mayor dubbed a man of straw.
Mr E Springer of Mechanicsburg Penn writes he suffered from lung fever and abscesses, grew thin to a walking skeleton, but after a free trial and then three bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption he recovered, gained flesh and appetite, and felt fully restored. Barber Bros drug store offers free trials and large bottles at $1 and $5.
Mrs Mary A Dailey of Tunkhannock Pennsylvania suffered six years with asthma and bronchitis. After trying physicians with no relief she started Dr Kings New Discovery in October and immediate relief followed, with a complete cure after continued use, including a gain of 50 pounds in a few months. Free trial bottle offered at Barber Bros drug store. Large bottles priced at $1.00.
An article extols Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as a priceless boon to the afflicted. It claims to cure Consumption along with Coughs, Colds Bronchitis Asthma hoarseness and all throat and chest affections, offering a trial bottle free at Barber Bros. Drug store.
In this reminiscence from the Washington Republican, Tromas J. Muprar recalls Civil War picket life, noting humane exchanges of coffee and sugar for tobacco across the lines, the cordial meetings of opposing troops, and occasional mischief, tragedy, and shared hardship on both sides.
A Freeport traveler recounts a Chicago trip with narrow escapes after wandering Third avenue. He kept his wits, sought a policeman, then asked strangers for lodging money, only to reveal he carried cash from hog sales in his pocket. He insists he is green yet capable, according to the Chicago Herald.
The editors urge customers in immediate need of wood bark meat and cast to supply fuel and provisions as cold weather arrives. They lament empty stomachs and fear of jail, describing the distress and hunger haunting readers in the period.
This piece urges young farmers and wives to maintain courtship ideals after marrying. It emphasizes cleanliness, considerate dress, and respectful language, arguing husbands should still ease wives’ burdens and preserve the affectionate mood that won their union. It warns against neglecting personal appearance and care in home life.
The passage argues that enduring marriage and harmonious family life bring more genuine happiness and social value than immense wealth or decorative wealth. It suggests that true homes are built on virtue and affection rather than external ornament, with emphasis on stable husband wife relations reducing divorce pressures.
New York Sun reports on navy chaplains who, after five years, earn 2560 dollars yearly plus varying rations and a further raise to 290 dollars, while many seaborn duties amount to little more than formalities. Few services are conducted, and salaries seem high while ships lack consistent chaplain presence.
From the Augusts Chronicle a Georgia dealer sold a horse guaranteed sound. The horse was taken back after a week for breathing issues. A briar twig fourteen inches long lodged in its nose caused severe bleeding and nearly fatal injury. A veterinary surgeon removed the stem and the horse recovered.
The article notes German efforts to dry large quantities of potatoes for naval use. It states tubers lose about five percent of weight in the drying process and remain equivalent to fresh potatoes in usefulness, though the sentence ends incomplete.
A collage of short notices and anecdotes. It recalls old incidents such as a Virginia hanging from 1959, a Civil War prisoner’s tale, a famous collection of love letters, antique wedding dress provenance, a divorce suit involving Mary Boyle, reminiscences from Horatio Seymour, and social tales from Philadelphia and St. Louis including a witty Henry Clay bouquet gesture and a gift to Mrs Sherman.
The Hartford Post reflects on a fatherly farewell kiss between a father and son at a Union depot. The piece notes the kiss was simple and proper, without romance or fanfare, yet questions how smoking, scent of tobacco, and cloves might alter its moral impact.
A reader asked if the United States ever issued silver coins making a dollar. The Transcript replies it does not recall such coins and notes the three coins in question were two silver quarters and one half dollar, clarifying the confusion.
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