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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
2
A garbled column from a Kansas source mixes overlong anecdotes about boy bass fishing, political squabbles, labor strikes, and figures like Teddy Roosevelt and John Brown. It includes stray opinions on England in South Africa, party splits in Sioux Falls and Cincinnati, and a harsh take on John Brown’s legacy.
A scattered Kansas echo of national politics discusses delegates, running mates, and party strength with remarks on McKinley and Bryan. It notes Kansas gains in paint and barrels, GOP hopes, and local calls for civic notices, health ads, and a quilt of editorials and ads across towns.
Washington May 10 Practically the entire Senate session was devoted to armor and armament appropriations with a push for a government armor plant. Tillman, Maney, and Chandler urged a plant, Hale backed a contingency plant if armor could not be bought at 445 per ton. No action taken as the bill was laid over. The House heard the contested election case of Peargon versus Crawford from North Carolina with the majority against the acting member on grounds of feud and bribery. minority disputes the charges. McClellan of New York introduced a repeal of the war tax on honey.
A Galeton Va dispatch reports property losses from the Corbett forest fires at about 1000000 and that two residents Mrs George Loucks and Mrs were alive and safe after being rescued. Four others feared dead as body Samuel Miron found. fire damaged few village buildings amid ongoing rescue efforts.
In Raat City Missouri on May 1 b the Kerevant st Arue WIM appoints John I Martins Army to command 1000 men for the Democratic National Convention. The national committee approved 100 assistant tact officers 250 doors 60 messengers 50 Pages and 60 medical staff. Only doorkeepers and messengers receive pay while others serve for glory. About 600 newspaper correspondents 200 telegraph operators and thousands of delegates and alternates are to be accommodated with seats for 15000 spectators planned for the event.
Washington reports the army requires more men to replace those discharged under General MacArthur. Recruiters will be opened nationwide, targeting 8,500 vacancies as enlistments struggle to keep pace. emphasis on securing capable young workers and wages.
The Eudora News recounts J F Copp's plan to track milk and butter fat from two cows. Despite losses from souring and bidirectional milking, he claims about half the milk goes to the creamery and home use, with potential earnings near 100 dollars if all milk went to market. Copp operates 43 acres with diversified crops, hogs, cattle, sorghum, corn fodder, pumpkins, and thorough manure use to boost yields. He argues success comes from careful tillage, not area, noting 60 to 70 bushels of corn per acre and extensive feeding for cattle and hogs through winter.
A jumble of 19th century ads and notices offering livestock for sale and pasture space, rental property, rooms to let, and a cottage on Haskell Avenue. Includes requests for cattle, a Jersey bull, a stable, a house for sale, rooms over a grocery, and a house to rent. Names include Frank Willard Archie Olmated Mrs Tonia B Russell C.L Linton, plus various street and business references.
A mosaic of quips from various papers humorously questions smoking and health. Bits include women scolding nagging husbands, a doctor cautioning tobacco’s risks, a neighbor stocking 10 000 cigarettes for plant pests, and a playful farmer noting his son a town doctor who eats green apples.
A fragmented reminiscence traces a student at Washington and Lee who earned the nickname Big Foot or Lithe Foot for his crippled gait and crutches. It recalls his rapid rise from private to second lieutenant, service in the Philippines, a possible prison stay, and legends around his formidable strength and eerie calm in combat, ending with scattered notes on wildlife and drought resilience.
A major Pacific coast railroad plans substituting oil for coal in its locomotive fleet, an experiment whose success remains uncertain. The notice also promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, claiming fifty years of stomach relief and urging readers to try the remedy with details from the local druggist or city office.
A historical report describes stingy patients who resist paying medical fees. The text recounts doctors faced with ruinous delays, negotiations over a guinea hourly fee, and a notable patient who refused even after a diagnosis. It highlights tension between medical advice and frugal reluctance.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recounts life in a small town where a volunteer fire company formed the social fabric. Descriptions cover uniforms, town weddings led by the captain as justice, Fourth of July races, revival meetings, mourners, and burial customs on the engine. It notes no hearse, with engine processions to the grave and varied honors. Two million Americans suffer digestive issues. Berdeck Blood Bitters is claimed to cure.
Douglas county Republicans schedule a county convention at Abecogst house Lawrence on Saturday June 1900 at 11 am to nominate candidates for probate judge county attorney clerk of district court and county superintendent of public instruction. also for one representative from the thirteenth and fourteenth districts and one county commissioner from the second district. primary votes June 1 with ballots under Crawford county and Australian law. wards towns listed with delegate counts and ward officers named.
J P Ross advertises excursions to Milwaukee Bay City and many points with round trip prices ranging from $0.78 to $1.74 plus options. Fares on sale May through July with return limits from June to September and extensions possible. Tickets available at city office or Union Pacific depot, plus Oklahoma Texas and western routes noted with monthly sale patterns.
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