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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1885
Page
3
A Financial Journal verse lampoons market players. It derides a bullion broker, a street clerk, and a failed speculator labeled as a lamb. The poem uses slang like bucket shops and Wall Street to critique greed and instability.
An Englishman Reg Vaughan arrives in Annapolis Nova Scotia to court heiress Miss Maynard, whose $400,000 fortune attracts him and his friend Smythe. Eva Church, Maynard’s lively companion, helps the poor widow’s son Jack Holliday and sparks a playful sting when Reg and Smythe attempt to win Maynard, only to be tricked and exposed by Eva and Maynard’s governess backdrop.
An elder recounts courting by firelight and simple flame. The tale recalls sparking without modern comforts, noting how firelight warms, makes eyes shine, and softens hearts as couples cuddle in shadows, with occasional flames needing attention.
Telegraphed dispatches on Apache raids in New Mexico and Arizona provoke debate over causes and methods. Oliver Sumner Teall cautions against sensational reports, argues failures lie in reservation policy, insufficient troops, and agricultural limits, urging more businesslike Indian management and fewer sentiment-driven measures.
A reflective overview praises the rapid pace of 19th and early 20th century discoveries. It highlights breakthroughs from rubber and telegraph to vaccination, kerosene, and new medical science. The piece singles out Erdossar Riley for tackling famine with simple, powerful methods.
A Cincinnati Commercial Gazette correspondent reports that prompted by the Edmunds bill Mormon leaders may offer to sell church property to eastern capitalists. John W. Young, Brigham Young’s son, active in promoting the plan, aims to move followers to Mexico. The scheme envisions district control by apostles and a land monopoly, with a ban on trade with Gentiles. The report suggests a bold move by the Youngs to monetize church assets amid polygamy pressure.
A brisk young applicant tries to write for the paper but is dismissed by a weary editor who jokes about money and hands him to the cashier. The man escapes with his remaining funds after a comic misstep through a wardrobe and closet, ending with streetward escape.
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