22 Jul 1885
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1885
Page
1
The Lawrence Journal Company announces subscription options for daily and weekly editions with rates for one year and individual issues. The piece also reports varied items including local social notes, commentary on public figures, and brief notices from nearby towns and events.
News notes progress in South American trade with six New York to Venezuela steamers and an upcoming Bolivia voyage, while Peru trade dwindles due to lack of direct steam routes. Leavenworth Times discusses civil service reform, Democratic chances, and Republican forward momentum across states with emphasis on national party strength and policy evolution.
A list of kitchen instructions for feather cake and other desserts. Includes measurements for sponge cake almond macaroons orange ice fruit cake and cream cake with mixing steps and oven guidance. Also covers carrots as a side dish and notes on preparation and flavoring.
A Russian staff officer tells a New York reporter Russia's army totals about 920000 in active service with 125000 Cossacks poised for action and 50250 fort artillery troops. He claims England would lose prestige if Afghanistan war goes badly and Russia will dominate the East.
A tale from The Baltimore American recounts a Western friend visiting Boston in 1977 and encountering a medium. Judge Bond writes a list of names, confronts a spectral discussion, and insists no dead names appear on the list before departure.
The Linen Emporium of the World shows Belfast with extensive bleaching greens and a flax industry employing thousands. Over fifty thousand tons of flax are imported yearly to meet demand while linen cloth and yarn exports exceed seventeen million dollars annually. Belfast rivals Liverpool and Glasgow in trade and life, once dubbed The Northern Athens for its notable citizens.
Amateur theatricals draw crowds as Jenny June notes the stage race among aspirants to lead roles and the lure of roses. Progressive Euchre thrives in Orange and nearby towns with prizes for top counts while New York figures like Florence Marryatt and Anna Dickenson visit. fires and misfortunes alter lives of performers and their support networks.
A writer visits a San Francisco Chinese newspaper office to describe its primitive press. Movable type is absent. editors translate American papers into Chinese and print on stone with a lithographic stove. The shop prints three papers every five minutes and boasts a lightning-free existence. The editor relies on translators and dislikes editorial independence. A nearby Harber shop doubles as workspace, and editors must take any job if journalism fails.
In Sictotas animals gather fruit as a common practice. A hedgehog is blamed for a clever method involving a “walking bunch of toothpicks.” The hedgehog climbs walls and leaps from trees to the ground, spinning into a ball with spines and leaping away unharmed, sometimes striking fruit on the ground and carrying it on its spines, suggesting a winter storage theory.
A woman buys her husband a 75 cent shirt and a $10 bonnet for herself, a simple gesture that reveals her lack of gratification and happiness, a contrast that would even move a tax collector to tears.
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