08 May 1883
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1883
Page
1
A fragment notes a Lawrence Kansas post office record dated in 04 class matter. Limited readable items include a name fragment and locality, with no further event details available for full context.
Lawrence May 1833 report notes Gov. Chrisiano signs repeal of New York Sunday law, deeming provisions absurd. Glick’s Bad Bay returns to Fort Scott Monitor. Dick Morris aims to place W J Lea back in Sarvance Department. O Donovan Thesa forms new branch of revolutionary brotherhood in New York with about 100 initiates. Kerwin elected president Farrier secretary. Dynamite deemed a weapon of war. mass meeting planned in two weeks to discuss Philadelphia convention and party majority opposes it.
The Philadelphia Press argues the Democrats have shown poor proof of ability to govern the nation. It cites state legislatures Albany Harrisburg Springfield Indianapolis as failing or corrupt, with deadlocks and partisan behavior reflecting poorly on party competence and reform efforts.
Kansas papers probe Professor Canfield of the state university amid a Second District Revenue Reform Club dispute. Editors claim Canfield favors free trade, with Sol Miller and General Rice arguing over his stance while Haskell remains a friend. The debate centers on partisan pressure and academic neutrality in Kansas politics.
A Kansas plea piece arguing taxation must serve public purposes. It cites United States Supreme Court and Maine rulings, denouncing favoritism for manufacturers and arguing taxes should fund public uses rather than private gain. The author, James H. Carherp, May 1833, urges citizen scrutiny.
An Ogdensburg Journal account describes New York attorney general Russell camping with companions near Cranberry Lake. When two cub bears appeared on shore, Russell fired, hitting a cub, drawing the mother bear. The other man fled to the boat, both men clung to the boat bottom as the bears snarled, the mother bear carried off the cubs and left.
A muddled legal joke features a lawyer promising innocence in exchange for a coat. Meanwhile in Uvalde county the bat cave guano project advances with a steam tramway pulling deposits from the cave. An English passenger loses damages due to a fall on a steamboat with high heels deemed contributory.
The piece describes an elderly Tiree woman forming a crude craggan by hand and sun drying, contrasting her traditional craft with neighbors owning finer wares from Leck or Burslem. It also reports short society items, jokes, medical quack cures, curious anecdotes, and varied notes on health, industry, and fashion from London to New York.
A lengthy catalog of farms and frame houses for sale near Lawrence Kansas includes a variety of homes with 4 to 5 rooms, cellars, wells, and outbuildings. Prices range from 500 to 4 000 dollars with terms noted, and several parcels offer river or orchard land, timber, and vacant lots. Deeds mortgage leases and fire insurance handled at the local office No 5 Massachusetts Street.
D L Hoadley real estate lists numerous properties near Lawrence including a one story six room house on one acre with fruit, priced at 1000. a two acre tract with fruit and garden, 1500. a nine room two story near the university. a 940 acre farm with topsoil and fences. a brick business house on Mass street. various vacant lots and additional farms with favorable terms.
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