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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1885
Page
4
Rail timetable details from Union Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe outline departure and arrival times for several trains. Local items include a marriage license, a teachers association meeting, a stray horse in a drugstore, a dog shot as mad, and court deliberations with a verdict in Sawyer v. Kelley v. Patne.
Neosho county attorney Mc C A Cox visits for a murder case in Neosho county district court. Frances Morris, wife of a prominent Kansas attorney, stands accused of poisoning her mother Mrs. Nannie J. Poinsett in Chanute with arsenic after securing $15,000 in life insurance on the victim. Exhumed stomach shows arsenic. trial set at next Neosho term. Mrs. Morris, held at Erie jail, fights with Hackney and A A ard lawyers.
Lawrence residents joined the Cyclones in Ottawa for G. A. R. day exercises. Over sixty Cyclones with Lieut. W. Thacher led by A. G. Lyman and E. F. Goodrich marched to Forest Park, performing a flambeau parade and intricate drill amid heavy mud. A grand fireworks show followed, praised by thousands and lauded by visiting Eastern dignitaries.
Lawrence Kansas June 10 1885 patients report cure by Dr Black for chronic diseases eye conditions and catarrh with painless radical methods. Letters from Mrs Byington Henry C Coe and Mrs EccLEs praise relief and urge others to seek treatment at 918 Louisiana or 919 Louisiana Street.
An assortment of storefront notices and cure claims from Johnson and Heylingberg barber shop on Massachusetts Street. Promoted products include Heylingberg's Dandruff Remeyer 75 cents, Champion Face Wash, and a nasal cleansing remedy advertised as preventing colds and restoring taste and smell. See Miss Ferris and Mrs. Stevenson on Walnut Street for treatment inquiries and room visits. Ely Brothers, Omego, N.Y., offer sample bottles by mail.
The advertisement touts Eclectric Bitters as the best blood purifier and regulator for liver activity, biliousness, jaundice, constipation, and urinary issues. It promises quick, certain care, with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back, priced at fifty cents a bottle and sold by Barber Bros.
Rev. 5. P. Lewis of the Eighth Street Baptist Church in Louisville notes the seasonal shift from winter drear to summer warmth. He mentions carrying Parker's Tonic for general debility during vacations, reflecting period health tonics and religious reflections amid travel.
Creditors and interested parties are notified that C J Woodard administrator of the estate of Levi Woodard deceased will apply for a full and final settlement and allowance for services expenses and attorney fees at the next terms of the Probate Court in Lawrence Kansas on July 15 1885.
Price Raid Audit Commission calls all holders of Union Military Scrip or other audit scrip issued to claims auditors. Send scrip to Secretary E B Allen Topeka Kansas before October 1 for recording and presentation to the legislature. Chairman A Martin and Secretary E B Allen coordinators.
Lawrence June 5 1885 proposals will be received by the committee on buildings grounds and supplies of the board of regents University of Kansas Lawrence for the erection and completion of the new natural history building. Plans and specifications available at the chancellor's office and Haskell Wood Topeka after June 10 1885 bids due by July 4 1885 with penal bonds of two thousand dollars.
A Philadelphia Times report details a fish culturist showing a bladderwort specimen. The plant traps prey with a bladder lid and hairlike traps, catching fish within hours. Observations from to Blake experiments note fish caught by tail and head, with digestion and absorption, highlighting the plant as a genuine aquatic predator.
The item contrasts a flamboyant witness claiming to be a lady with a judge and lawyer, then cites Gail Hamilton on good manners as essential for youth. It ends with a rural curiosity: a man traps moles by guiding them into a cow horn placed in their path.
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