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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1885
Page
2
Remittances may be made by postal order express or registered letter to Lawrence Journal Company Lawrence Kansas for the time specified. This notice outlines payment methods and locations for sending the required remittance and confirms eligible payment forms.
The page lists local officials including Treasurer Ma hlon Newlin Counsty Clerk Joel White Sheriff H W Carmean Register of Deeds A L Paul Coroner Dr W G Miller. It reviews the Nov Wide Awake and Atlantic Monthly content with discussions on rail holiday rates in Kansas John Brown and the American Hebrew extract. It cites The Times Democrat article on tariff policy and comments on scholarly essays and literature.
The article notes broad industrial opposition to current interference by Congress in tariff policy. It warns of renewed tariff agitation at the upcoming National Legislature and the potential harm to the New South’s development. It aligns labor interests with a suspension of tariff changes and notes brewing pressure from New York and Boston to reduce tariffs and demonetize silver, risking broader regional unity to defend tariff and currency positions.
The article outlines the need for the American Economic Association to adopt scientific methods, compile verifiable statistics, and issue critical digests to advance economic science. It argues for data collection across time and space, and notes support from figures like Walker, Ely, and Wright, stressing civil reform as a pivotal prelude to economic questions.
The article discusses John Brown as a sane and courageous figure whose failed Harper’s Ferry raid complicates the hero narrative. It notes abolitionist rhetoric spurred public sentiment, while Brown’s Kansas actions gave substance to reformist ideals and strengthened political bonds among leaders. It compares two Brown portraits, 1854 and May 1859, highlighting changes in appearance.
A health pamphlet cites Dr TV ER warning that insanity rose 40 percent in the decade and most cases are incurable. It claims uric acid in blood from kidney failure fuels brain damage and cites Rev E D Hopkins who recovered after using Warner's Safe Care and removing uric acid from blood. The piece urges prevention and alerts readers to mind health.
A Yorkshire farm tale describes a cow with a wooden leg given by a veterinary surgeon Bir. Snarry and a playful anecdote about a woman who unknowingly married a man with a wooden leg. The piece recalls a comic inventor and a legendary tar remedy, ending with a note about Creighton Island near Bruce Wick, Georgia, where no white child has ever been born.
Bucklen Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for cuts bruises burns sores ulcers and skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded and lists price at 25 cents per box with Barber Bros selling locally.
Colonel Truman E Merriman entered political life with little wealth fame or backing He surprised opponents by launching a vigorous campaign drawing newspaper friends and crowds He won a landslide election by about two thousand votes amid a districtwide burst of support and public meetings
London Life recounts Sir Tatton Sykes subscribing £150,000 to a new Roman Catholic church at Weastminster and seeking to build a colossal cathedral of up to £400,000 after admiration of Vienna’s Votive Church. His earlier Protestant churches and Lady Sykes's shift toRome are noted as part of the tale.
A Frenchman named Augustus Travers died at Toulon and left a will prescribing a coffin with two iron handles, to be carried to Calais and sunk at sea to avoid French soil. He bequeathed £8000 to London hospitals and £1000 to his executor, with the coffin to be lowered from a steamer near the fish coast. The tribunal upheld the will, and the coffin burial is to proceed as directed, amid public curiosity and distant rancor toward the English.
A garbled late edition critic mocks a Barnet height stage show claiming the drama is the worst seen, noting no horses or stage excitement. The opinion labels the production as a fiasco and compares it to a dog fight in a odd, confused description.
A New York Graphic piece surveys canvassing as an occupation drawing in diverse professions from clerks to clergy. It notes women often excel, gaining entry through charm, and recounts tactics like phrenology ploys by the “Bump Man” to win orders for sewing machines and books.
The belted cruisers called new Mergeys differ from earlier ships with 10 feet more beam and 5 000 tons displacement. They feature an armor belt replacing the protective deck, 7,500 horsepower engines with forced draught, four boilers, and armament including two eighteen-ton guns, twelve four-ton guns, six machine guns, plus torpedo attack options. Crew is 330 to 350, with refined cruiser accommodations. hulls are steel like Hydra, Nelson, and Squeror.
An extended, humorous defense of the ham sandwich praising its cultural role from New England origins to national symbol. The author mocks imitations and warns of adulteration in railway fare, calls for protection by lawmakers, and cites political satire as he praises its social and culinary importance.
A country doctor is portrayed as a rugged, self reliant healer who blends practical skill with deep reading of patients. The piece cites Dr Holmes on medical terms and fearsome illnesses. A Berlin court bell crowd includes crinolines as a French report notes the revival of a map and a phrase the "horrible cege."
A colorful older opinion piece ridicules medical “Wiseacres” touting Uric Acid as the culprit for widespread ailments from malaria to headaches and skin troubles. It parades a defenses about Uric Acid as a systemic menace and cites a dubious cure claim, lampooning fashion in disease attribution.
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