Railroad Time Table Details by Agent Smanelin
The notice provides a railroad time table and assigns SMANELIN as the agent for the schedule. Key details include station times and routing notes for trains on the line.
18 Mar 1886
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1886
Page
1
The notice provides a railroad time table and assigns SMANELIN as the agent for the schedule. Key details include station times and routing notes for trains on the line.
Emma Norman, 21, shot and killed Henry Arnold, proprietor of a grocery store, in Memruts at 8 tonight. Arnold had seduced her and married another, Nellie Riley, five weeks earlier. Emma was arrested and expresses satisfaction at the fatal outcome. one shot was fired.
This piece argues true healing targets the disease, not just symptoms, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for addressing root causes. It claims the remedy reaches the fountain head, curing indigestion fever and ague liver complaints gout rheumatism and bowel urin disorders rather than merely palliating them.
A Tennessee farmer Captain Gray returned from a funeral to find his wife dead and their infant in blood. A young mulatto named John Gillespie confessed, fled with Gray's horse, and was captured nearby. Lynching was anticipated as a mob pursued him.
The sixteenth game of the world chess championship between Steinitz and Zukerton, played in New Orleans on March 17, was won by Steinitz. The treaty of peace between Servia and Bulgaria has been ratified by powers interested, also dated March 17 at BeccaRest. An advertisement extols Tweed Parker's Tonic as a cure for erysipelas with a testimonial.
Prices for electric annunciator systems range from 69 40 for offices to 345 for a 100 room hotel and 670 20 for a ten room dwelling with detailed itemized costs for annunciators bells push buttons batteries and wiring The article explains automatic versus pendant gas lighting systems including ratchet and battery powered burners and notes the high cost and convenience of electric lighting for private residences along with practical installations and limitations.
Washington reports from March 17 detail Senate and House actions on removals and Indian policy. Dolph argues removal power spans president and Senate, cites Webster and supreme court support. charges against officials debated, with executive versus legislative roles scrutinized. House considers urgent deficiency and Indian appropriation bills. Wellborn urges education as the path to Indian civilization and citizenship, while Congress eyes amendments and adjourns.
A farmer recounts rigged explosive near a stump that misfired as a man approached selling a washing machine. The blast hurled the nearby visitor and his wagon away, with him escaping injured, while the farmer suspects a near-fatal accident avoided by chance. The tale sits among notices and ads in the Detroit Free Press garble.
Lawrence market notes show prices for various goods with oats and wheat details. Wheat No 2 and No 4 offer 50 and 70 cents respectively, rye at 9 and cheese at 10 to 12½ cents, potatoes and apples listed with limited figures, eggs and butter quoted per dozen or pound, and live chickens at four cents per pound.
Market reports show receipts of hogs and sheep with prices for good to choice hogs at 5.05 to 5.20 and common to medium at around 3.00 to 4.50. Sheep and calves demand weaker, market slow, with hogs steady for the day and Packers showing cautious bidding amid light offerings.
St Louis March 17 market report lists varied price items including butter creamery per dozen and whiskey at 1.10, with provisions like pork and lard included. Mixed cash transactions and several cryptic codes accompany stock, fare, and quantities for regional produce traders.
Bulldogs Se Dawe v St Louis Live Stock presents cattle receipts totaling about 1200 with steady demand and moderate activity. Hogs receipts about 400 with shipments around 600, market steady to firm. Sheep receipts around 120 with steady tone and prices near 3.50 to 5.05.
Market brief with scattered figures for flour rye corn oats and wheat from Wisconsin and Illinois. Mentions March and May futures with several price placeholders and closing hints.
Cattle receipts 6 000 shipments 1 800 market slow and 51 10c lower. Hogs receipts 16 000 shipments 3 500 market steady. Sheep receipts 3 000 shipments 1 400 market steady natives Texans values indicate mixed pricing across cattle hogs and sheep with regional variations noted.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.