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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1887
Page
2
Dickinson county backs Crawford county system nominating candidates at primary elections. Ten thousand working women form a New York labor union seeking consideration for women and children's interests in future strikes. Reports cover politics, labor, education, and local post office changes with broader national reflections.
A New York Sun account outlines prices for parrots and other birds. Gray West African talking parrots top the market with factors such as age, temperament, and rarity driving values into hundreds of dollars. A famed love bird anecdote reveals how attachment and superstition influence buyers, while experts note import patterns, breeding limits, and the prevalence of pet trade brokers in Manhattan.
Conductor Tom Williamson of the Atlantic and Pacific Railway describes a Mojave voyage filled with mirages and ghostly impressions. He recounts seeing a lake like emerald glass that never becomes reachable, and tells of a pantomime scene of countless figures dissolving as dawn brightens. The tale reflects confusion between illusion and reality amid daily train duties.
A garbled column mixes fashion sketches of Greek danders wearing inverted blue balloon trousers with a 1828 mortgage cloud on a Waltham home. Also includes mining hints on California gold beds, a long excerpt about Pliocene lava capping, a Bowery street encounter, and a Boston boot-blacking sign about pedal teguments artistry for five cents.
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