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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1885
Page
3
Fragmentary lines depict a speaker challenging the fears of war and urging nations to avoid ruin. The imagery contrasts marshalled armies, white tents, and the threat of death with calls for restraint. The piece emphasizes protecting a nation’s future and guarding peace against widespread carnage.
The narrator recalls starting the Weekly Spear in Gnat Cove Arkansas with editor John N Bristol. He faces pressure from two local power figures, Mat Tyler and Flip Hanks, who threaten in print and influence, prompting a dramatic plan to assert editorial control and preserve the paper. The town’s political rivalries test courage and integrity as the editor asserts independence and ends with a tense, cautious reconciliation.
A Scranton correspondent notes many under twelve work as mule drivers and slate pickers in Pennsylvania coal breakers, highlighting dangers and heroism. The piece contrasts child labor harms with teachers and colleges failing to teach how to learn, urging reform in education and labor laws.
The college year attracts thousands of freshmen who leave home for the first time and must shoulder responsibility alone. Cautions from elders often miss their mark as seniors claim vast knowledge and peers mold the social scene. A bad first week can shape a career, as amid new freedoms vice tests virtue and weak parenting may fail to guide them.
The speaker traces Demosthenes from a homely stammer to a famed orator who drew crowds to Athens First Church, then shifts to Patrick Henry who prized liberty and awaited a bold death. The narrator notes 1860 echoes in speech and references to Greeley and war inevitability, with a closing jab at fashion and industry figures.
A collage of 19th century cooking directions includes Coffee Carer cake drops and Egg la Tribes style dishes, with instructions for jelly cake fricasser of eggs and apple meringue. Also contains marmalade formulas for grapen and elderberry, plus culinary notes and a brief humorous exchange from the Houston Transcript and a Shady Grove preacher baptism anecdote.
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