Lawrence Journal Establishes Longstanding Republican Stance
The Lawrence Weekly Journal traces its origin to 1887 as the Lawrence Republican and notes prior names and acquisitions that made it the sole telegraph franchise owner. It affirms continued Republican alignment while pledging fidelity to public welfare and individual rights in reporting.
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Westly
Lawrence
Lawrence Republican
State Journal
Lawrence Journal
Lawrence Tribune
Telegraph
Tae Jovuxa
Terms of Subscription for Daily Journal and Weekly Journal
Terms detail subscription options for the Daily Journal and Weekly Journal. Prices shown include weekly, monthly, and yearly rates. Payment methods cover drafts, money orders, and envelopes, with address at The Jovial Company in Lawrence Kansas.
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Advanes
Chines
Lawrence
Kus
Well dressed man dies after flawless appearance
A poem like fragment contrasts a man who prided himself on a perfect outfit with a fatal twist. He toiled for eight dollars a week, obsessed with dress down to shoes and cravat, yet despite his immaculate exterior he dies at the peak of his pride.
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Tiny
Picayune
Poet of the Future May Be Woman Not Man
Charles Henry Webb questions if Riley's Poet of the Future will always be male and argues the future poet could be a woman. He imagines a singer with bugles and pearls who may speak to labor through plows and barns, challenging rigid gender expectations of the era.
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Tye Bevn
Mr. Riley
Charles Henry Webb
Hope Faith and Love in turbulent times across Emporia
A collage of quotes and notices from The Emporia Republican discusses faith and charity, political references to Funston and Burton, regional civic rumors, spring imagery, and local sports notes. It mentions Allen county coal gas funding, Cu iaco challenges, and Nebraska pap requests with scattered lines about newspapers and public figures.
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Oue
Allen County
Political Buzz and Amusement Across Kansas and Missouri
A compact miscellany notes Noonan as St Louis mayoral victory for protectionists and pending Union Depot drama for Atchison. Tus Tribune frets over Oklahoma land mortgages, while Arkansas City markets a horseless circus. Funston backs Goodrich for Lawrence postmaster with details pending. Journal calls out Harrision Kelly race bias as Kansas politics stir controversy.
The Vice of Office Holding and Oklahoma Expansion
A period piece essay condemns the vice of office holding and defends citizen control of public offices. It forecasts Oklahoma land rush chaos, warns of boomers, rails against greed, and suggests Kansas homes offer steadier prospects than perilous territorial grabbing.
Southern Appointments After Harrison’s Southern Challenge
The piece argues President Harrison faces tough duties crafting acceptable Southern appointments amid Democratic control. It cites Mississippi as a case study with 181,000 Black voters, 145,000 illiterate, and 121,000 White voters, framing a stark white minority and Black majority voting dynamic.
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Harrison
South
Mississippi
Republican Party
Republican unity urged to curb negro supremacy in the South
The piece argues that the Republican party should appeal to white voters while preventing negro dominance. It condemns fraud and intimidation and urges competent federal officials, arguing many Unionists are Black but that loyal whites exist who favor a policy respecting American ideas and interests across the nation.
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Republican Party
South
Ao Party
End the Chancellorship Siege of Denominational Control
An educator argues against selecting a clergyman as state university chancellor. He cites concerns over denominational influence, cites Princeton and Harvard as examples, and insists competency outweighs ordination. He warns ecclesiastical control could politicize education and hinder secular instruction.
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Dany Trinune
The
State University
Topeka
Frazier
Commonwealth
Princeton
Harvard
University of Virginia
No. Kelliona letter on education and sectarian influence
The writer argues that Missouri should not let sectarian clergy dominate education. Competence in learning and freedom from religious partisanship should decide a university chancellor. A second note references Missouri postmaster hopefuls to hold a Republican balloting on Saturday to pick a candidate, raising concerns about congressional prerogatives in nominations.
Fireman praised for Paris exposition commission work
Residents opposed a Paris exposition commissioner but Hon. Ente Fireman presents a sketch proof for a Kansas directory showing St. John as state governor. They criticize the error as harmful to Raven’s name abroad and grant him leave to go as a missionary to France.
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Ente Fireman
Kansas
France
St. John
Fireman
St. John's
Correction on Lecompton preaching by Rev Dr Pentecost
The Kansas City Gazette notes the Lawrence Journal error claiming Rev Dr Geo F Pentecost preached in Lecompton. The correction says preaching likely did not occur there and hints Pentecost may tour west next winter as an evangelist.
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Lawrence Journal
Geo. F. Pentecost
Lecompton
Earth Pole
South Pole
Todianapolis
Kansas
Kansas City
George Martin
Pentercost
Guthrie Rustler’s Prophet Pace Marks Incarnadine Era
A cryptic note from Frank H. Greer of Guthrie references a rambling Guthrie era, noting a town steeped in fervid style as it wakes to a dead man at breakfast, evoking a prophetic, hard-edged mood.
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Frank H. Greer
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Frank
Barnow's Hotel on Monument Square Closes in Baltimore
The historic Barnow's hotel on Monument Square Baltimore closed on April 4. Opened in 1826 it has hosted famed guests including Charles Dickens Daniel Webster Henry Clay and Jefferson Davis and attracted many political and theatrical notables.
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Monument Square
Baltimore
Charles Dickens
Webster, Clay
Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Grant
Tribune Endorses Cider Ordinance, Urges Consistency
The Tribune supports the newly adopted cider ordinance and agrees with measures to curb sale of unsafe cider. It condemns any law treating a glass of apple juice at dinner as a felony as foolish as Connecticut’s Blue Laws.
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Tribune
Connecticut
Episcopal clergyman Kellogg critiques Britannica articles
Prof D. O. Kellogg formerly of the local university and now editor of the American reprint of the Encyclopedia Britannica writes a strong letter. Kronmn is named as the author of articles in the Salina Gazette attacking Barnard Kelly. Glass in Philip's house is thought to be brittle.
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the Tribune
Kellogg
Purice Kronmn
Salina
Topeka Councilman Gunn Urged to Stay in Service
In Topeka the councilman named Gunn is praised as steadfast and diligent, delivering continuous work without pause and without taking a break. Supporters say Gunn should never be discharged for his tireless dedication to the council.
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Councilman Gunn
Topeka
Wichitat Journal Notes On Local Names And Pheasant Pigs
The Wichitat Journal mentions Okishoma as a shortened form of a local Indian word meaning land of fruit and flowers. It notes repetition of the term abbreviation and records a remark about pigs gathered in a single pen and all exiting except one.
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