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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1887
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal Company advertises subscription rates and delivery terms for daily and weekly editions. It notes telegraph service, declares itself the oldest Lawrence paper, and references past local papers and readers. The page includes short items on culture, weather, real estate, and local civic interest featuring named individuals and institutions.
A speaker praises Walter Scott’s works and urges reading any of the listed titles in large print, noting they model virtue and Christian ethics. The advice says reading choices depend on individual temperaments and life conditions, best judged by practical trial.
A critic challenges the domestic management doctrine urging women to govern household duties. The piece argues wives face pressure, fatigue, and friction from sewing and social demands, urging balance and mutual effort in marriage. It ends with an unrelated advertisement for Boschee's German Syrup claiming medical benefits.
Brooks and Meservey, real estate brokers at 318 Alamo building Delaware Street Kansas City Missouri invite inquiries on buying or selling property in Kanena City and vicinity. They offer a large list of desirable parcels and promise prompt faithful service to residents and non residents.
A writer describes hundreds of wild mules gathered for salt distribution in a South American pasture. Mares preside over groups, males fight fiercely for salt, ears back, teeth flashing, and each bout ends with the salt heap claimed by the strongest. The scene recalls mule driving and shows the animals enduring brutal combat for a lick of salt.
A Washington correspondent notes society women increasingly write for newspapers. It describes a glamorous path from dinners to bylines, with examples of a high earning writer and a luxury myth about editors and checks. The piece highlights the allure and ambition of society girls pursuing journalism.
In a Kansas case the jury swiftly returns a guilty verdict against Jake Sharp despite claims of his illness. The notice details a sheriff sale of multiple Lawrence properties, listing parcels on New York Street in North Lawrence and adjacent blocks, with court order and auction procedures set for June in Douglas County.
A London Medical Press correspondent describes a skeleton factory in the St Denis plain, France. Large halls house boiling kettles to remove tendons, skulls are disarticulated, bones scraped and bleached, then mounted for sale. Value varies by sex and age, with female and child bones fetching higher prices. Cadavers come from hospitals, dissecting rooms, and donors, with Austrian bones boosting supply amid a worldwide market crisis.
A Chicago Journal piece urges cultivating face to face honest enemies to sharpen character. It argues that tough, candid opponents prevent arrogance, ward off stagnation, and keep one alert, contrasting against flattering friends who enable weakness.
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