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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
2
Lawrence journalists debate law and governance in Kansas during March 1902. The piece critiques Governor Altgeld and national affairs, notes Topeka and Ottawa newspapers, and discusses congressional nominations in Wyandotte and surrounding districts. It also mentions Roosevelt and Wall Street, and criticizes William Allen White's stance on Miller.
A long satirical column rails at political foes including Geo. P. Rowell and the Printer ink rags while urging Massachusetts Street to be paved with brick in Lawrence. It blasts opposition to Bowersock in Congress, defends Allen and Scott, and condemns professional politicians. The piece closes promoting Hoatetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure with a thirty-year sale claim.
The fourth Cornell station report on potato tillage concludes intensive tillage alone fails to yield big crops. Humus-rich soil conserves moisture during drought for better yields. Bordeaux spraying often boosts light blight or not, and should be general. Mulch-maintained surface drying aids moisture retention. Turning vines to one main stem helps. Specialized potato machinery is advancing for larger areas. Methods vary by soil and season. thorough plant knowledge is essential for success.
Farmers can learn to spot inferior mixtures of corn and oats by eye. Studies from Geneva station cite high oat hull content and low fiber as indicators of adulteration. Also notes cattle distemper guidance, and ref to Hall's Catarrh Cure and Dr Wood's pills as remedies and remedies.
General Frederick Funston spent a packed day in Chicago, greeted by crowds at the board of trade and stock yards, with a Press club reception, a yacht club dinner, and a return visit to the theater to see George Ade’s Sultan of Sulu. He plans to depart for New York.
The Christian Endeavor executive committee accepted Denver Colorado as the site for the 1903 international convention, with invitations from Colorado bodies and the St. Louis union withdrawing in favor. Messages from Secretary Ther and others report broad support and ongoing tours and plans. A separate notice mentions reduced Santa Fe one way tickets to western states during March and April.
Washington reports outline possible compromise on tariff concessions to ICuda with a plan for a 20 percent reciprocal cut for one year starting next December covering the sugar crop. In Kansas Wheat Topeka notes only about one third of last year’s crop marketed as farmers hold stock for better prices. White House hosts a Musicale with President and Mrs. Roosevelt and performers Jane Cornelia Dyas and Louise Dyas. Prescott sees incorporation of Wireless Telephone Company of America with $5 million capital. Postage rates extend domestic U S rules to mail sent to U S crews aboard naval ships abroad.
Bricklayers in Columbus Ohio strike for five cent raise. Bluff City Shoe plant at Hannibal Missouri damaged 923000 by fire leaving 200 idle. David Francis of St Louis mentioned as potential next Democratic presidential candidate. Pittsburg building trades may join sympathy strike for painters. Five hundred union machinists in Cleveland Ohio strike for higher wages. eleven shops idle. President Roosevelt and German Emperor exchange congratulatory cables on Prince Henry’s visit.
Washington March 13 The shipping bill dominates Senate business with McCumber defending protectionist aspects and meanwhile Depew delivers a vigorous analysis of subsidies. The chamber also advances Hawaiian silver coin redemption and a Chinese exclusion proposal mirroring Pacific coast plans. The House handles post office funds and Pacific cable clashes between Carl and Chardson, with other items including census and rural free delivery.
From Ardmore Indian Territory Chickasaw representatives met to elect delegates to the Atoka convention March Resolutions protested Indian land allotment rules and demanded segregated lands and division of 33 000 000 in tribal funds. Twelve delegates were chosen for Atoka where the group will push for full land segregation and equal shares of the tribal capital.
Washington March 18 David D Barrows chief of the bureau of non Christian tribes of the Philippines lands testified before the senate committee on Philippines he described two elements the cultivated upper class and a large subordinate class lacking education and wealth He said small garrisons irritate towns and hinder life He warned liberal policy is necessary to keep influential Filipinos from alienating the United States He cited efforts to educate Filipinos and noted dialects should not be eradicated.
The steamer Providence overturned near Lone Landing while entering Lake Palmyra from Vicksburg on Tuesday. A sudden wind and rainstorm left most of the crew and passengers asleep. 20 drowned, four survived, and efforts will salvage bodies as caskets and divers are sent to the scene. Built in Lyons in 1858, the 120 ton stern wheeler operated on the lower river.
A cyclone swept southern Copish and northern Lincoln counties injuring at least seven people and destroying buildings trees and fences. Mountgomery in jah county suffered worst with four bodies under rubble. A railway camp three miles south was wrecked, three negroes killed, and a passenger train on the Illinois Central was struck. Hazelhurst saw damage but no fatalities. lines are down hindering distant communications. Missouri Conference session of the M E church opens at Brookfield with 400 ministers and delegates, Bishop Warren presiding.
An 1901 ad from Blue Inland Illinois presents Cream Balm as a long trusted family remedy for head colds used on children, with a trial size offered and distribution via Ely Brothers New York. It also markets dental services and products from Dr Wheeler in Lawrence Kansas, noting painless extractions and affordable fillings with hours listed.
A Philadelphia Press dispatch notes Edward L. Hamilton of Michigan lampoons wealth in the House, saying denouncing wealth profits envy, and that prosperity alters behavior. he mocks brokers, parades epigrams, and reflects on the pull between wealth and public virtue.
Calton Masley and Shaw, merchants at National Bank building advertise second story rooms for rent at low rates in the Massachusetts street area.
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