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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1885
Page
2
The Kansas City Journal reviews the county race and argues Republican nominees deserve party voter support despite internal dissent. It condemns disloyalty and urges Republicans to back candidates like Mahlon Newlin Joel White and H. Carman for county offices while criticizing fringe criticisms and broader political posturing.
Discussion centers on the State Printer election with focus on a trio in southwestern Kansas including Me, Like and Marsh. Sol Miller is praised as deserving and Thacher’s term began July first with ongoing influence, while the future of the office remains unsettled as terms and conditions may shift.
A reminiscence traces Edward D. Baker from a dirt-cart boy in St. Louis to lawyer, congressman, battlefield colonel, and U.S. Senator. It highlights his rise from poverty, his military service in the Mexican War and Civil War, and his famous feat amid the Battle of Ball’s Bluff.
Advertisement promising a free trial of Dr Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Ball with Electric Suspensory Appliances for nervous debility and loss of vitality. Claims permanent cure and restoration of manhood with risk noted. Includes illustrated pamphlet and information on belts and remedies.
An interview explores gambling in Denver, detailing dealer pay of $5.80 daily, six days a week, and how players rarely save. It explains loan dynamics at gambling houses, the high losses of daily bettors, and the mix of patrons from various trades, noting most gamblers are of questionable morality and many rely on others for loans.
A dapper stranger and a Ballwin laborer camped northwest of town and spent a week digging a ravine. They hit two stone crocks containing treasure estimated at 35 000 to 40 000 dollars. Residents believe it was a farmer’s wartime hoard buried for safekeeping.
A reader explains the Hood orphans fund totals and how the money is used. Families in New Orleans New York Mississippi and Westchester care for the children as the fund’s 4 percent bonds grow, aiming to yield about 7000 per child when grown.
The writer condemns London high society for tolerating and concealing immoral behavior among the elite. He cites Duke of Beaufort and others involved with mistresses, divorces, and elicit liaisons, noting public scandal and double standards in courtship, marriage, and social ostracism.
A reader critiques New York City schooling noting that boys finish school without practical trades knowledge yet grasp linguistic diacritics. The piece argues for flexible local control in the Twelfth Ward to avoid widening gaps between rich and poor and to allow principals to direct curricula to students who must work early.
The Baltimore Sun recounts the veteran flag from Fort McHenry raised during the 1814 bombardment. It traces ownership from Officer Armistead to Georgiana Appleton and then Ebon Appleton, noting display at 19th and early 20th century celebrations and its link to Key’s Star Spangled Banner. It details construction by Mary Vickersgill with help from young girls including Mrs. Sanderson, and recalls damage from bombardment while describing its altered size and star arrangement.
A satirical piece argues against a supposed invention of paper shirts printed with stories to replace newspapers. It warned that this would divert readers, endanger literature, and threaten the newspaper industry and editors, predicting social and economic fallout if adopted.
The Sudan war disrupts gum arabic trade driving prices up from 9–10 cents to 25–30 cents per pound. shipments halt as El Mehdi controls the region, with eight to ten months needed to move gum from Kordofan to Cairo. Substitutes from Senegambia emerge, but global stock remains scarce and future output uncertain.
In Peter Cartwright’s memoirs a country ball leads to an improvised revival as he and a girl with golden hair invite the company to kneel and thank God. The story reflects Cartwright’s wit and the era’s fusion of social dancing with religious emphasis.
The article notes President Arthur’s law office finishing an elegant mahogany wired interior in the Mutual Life Insurance building, to be occupied by Arthur on the fourth floor near the Chamber of Commerce. It mentions a potential reunion with former partners and proximity to Gen. Butler’s New York office, with a note on mail sorting by a long-serving colored postal worker at Baltidors.
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