04 Sep 1884
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1884
Page
1
The clothiers campaign mocks national rivalry claiming 25 years of experience in buying and selling clothing and furnishings in Lawrence. They promise each candidate will receive a proportionate share of patronage, contrasting with alleged calumny surrounding the 1864 presidential race.
Andrew Tosh & Co advertises a large catalog of farms and houses for sale. Listings include a two story brick house on Mississippi street with four bedrooms, a cellar, fruit trees, and outbuildings priced around 1470. A suburban farm of 3 ½ acres with fruit, a one and half story cottage priced near 3100. Additional dwellings on New Jersey street Indiana street Louisiana street and others with varying rooms and amenities. Prices range from about 100 to 3200 and more, along with multiple farms of 80 to 265 acres priced up to 2000s. Contact No 4 Massachusetts street Lawrence Kansas for details.
At the Bismarck fair the third day drew about 18 000 attendees. Gov Robinson introduced Gov Carney and former officials spoke on Kansas growth, slavery era battles, and state progress in population, rails, and wealth. The crowd heard remarks from Johnson, Branscombe, Stanton, and Denver, with dinners for veterans and a closing talk by James Legate.
Telegraphic dispatch from Madison recounts a mass meeting in front of the state capital with about 6000 attending as Gen. Logan spoke for about thirty minutes. He contrasted Republican and Democratic platforms praising Republican reforms, free labor, currency stabilization, and national progress while accusing Democrats of past secession, false creeds, and obstruction. The scene ended with a torchlight procession and post-meeting cheers as leaders departed for Chicago.
Disjointed overseas dispatches recount Greely expedition tensions with Brainard Long and Strainard, conflicting claims of a split party, and alleged improprieties. Messages from Washington and Seoul-like chatter mix with local court notes, fire losses in Kansas City, and police friction in Austria as the news blends global arcs with domestic legal filings.
Property listing describing a fourteen acre farm fourteen miles from Lawrence with cultivated land, fruit trees, berries, water well, old well kept house, outbuildings, and a cozy two room dwelling. Also an oversized outside tract with multiple dwellings, two stories, stone building, and water wells. Apply to Levi A. Doane & Co for possession terms.
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