21 Sep 1879
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1879
Page
1
The Bailey Journal reports on currency safety and soundsness under Republican governance. It references De La Matyr’s view on greenbacks and Maine election impacts, plus bank deposits and cash shipments from New York to interior areas. It highlights substantial currency movement and rising business activity across regions.
The notice advocates reviewing announcements for office nominees and urges broad participation. It notes many strong names and explains not everyone can be nominated, urging everyone to nominate wisely and then work to elect the ticket.
Republicans statewide show unusual interest in county tickets with large conventions and strong nominees. Douglas county will follow sister counties and nominate excellent men, continuing a spirited party campaign across the region.
A Chicago Tribune special reports James Redpath, famed lecture bureau manager, has been missing from his Boston home for two weeks. Friends have searched New York for over a week without result. His son fears mental collapse and possible self harm.
The Abilene Chronicle reports John F. Murphy of Liberty township Dickinson county threshing 1879 wheat from eighty acres yielding 1,920 bushels or twenty four per acre. Murphy began in 1870 on an eighty acre homestead with little money and now owns a homestead and is building a residence.
The article discusses how quinine manufacturers raised prices after the tax repeal, briefly spiking by ten cents before a price surge. It notes forecasts that repeal would cut duties but instead led to higher costs, with July prices peaking at $3.55 per ounce and later easing to about $3 per ounce, while wholesale price drops near sixteen percent since July.
A reader from Baldwin City Kansas writes about the Old Settlers meeting in Bismarck Grove recalling John Brown and rival figures from 1856 era Kansas history. He mentions Edward Everett Hale Gov Robinson Sam Wood Col Tappan Richard Realf John E Cooke and the Harper's Ferry era. The piece ends with local notes on prairie life and a quip about corn and whisky in Kansas politics.
Secretary Gray plans to move his office to the second story near the State House and heat the room with a small engine to supply water for a fountain and bailers. The Auditor’s Department issued 24 school land patents totaling 1,607 acres for $0.174 each, while organizing files in iron territorial times.
Kansas growing into a staid agricultural area and should discard pony stock. W G Hayne argues ponies are a loss. farmers should raise saleable horses and imported stock instead, citing better returns at age three to four years. Indians supply hacks and palfreys cheaply, but a market exists for higher quality horses both foreign and domestic.
A collection of kitchen tips on water temperatures, egg yolks binding, potato freshening, pudding moulds, drying raisins, sugar browning, frying cuts, bread water, and dumpling handling. It ends with an Oriental traveler’s note from Windsor about ships to Antioch and medicine from Dr J C Ayer & Co, Lowell.
A French mining engineer developed a simple cheap method to preserve timber for mine roofs. A pit holds timber with nick-lime sprinkled over it, then water is added and the timber is exposed for several days before use. Timbers treated last for years, far outlasting untreated wood.
An easy method to render timber durable or nearly indestructible has great value for farms. Lime acts as a preservative by coagulating the albumen in timber cells, helping fence posts sills and other exposed timber resist decay under normal conditions.
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