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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1887
Page
2
A compact item notes Lawrence Kas on April 28 1887 with satirical lines about dogs and a tossed remark. It mentions Mrs. Joan E. Buawsg, sister of Hon. J. G. Blaine, dying at Hot Springs and a claim about ToreKa's coal shaft depths 1,089 and 1,268 feet with expected coal strikes.
Mr Carrisix predicts Congress will convene in an extra session to tackle the question of corpus. The remark highlights a potential shift in legislative timing and focus, with emphasis on constitutional or fiscal issues surrounding the corpus matter.
Senator Meatts will deliver the principal speech at a Chicago anti coercion meeting on the 25th, signaling strong opposition to measures seen as coercive by supporters. The event gathers local leaders and civic figures, underscoring tensions over policy and civil liberties.
Construction on the Ottawa to southwestern Kansas segment via Burlington is being pushed as fast as materials can be moved to the front, with crews striving to advance the line promptly.
Work has started on the water works at Hiawatha as Kaneasites rush to equip all larger towns with new systems. Officials promise relief from drought and secure supply, signaling a major public infrastructure effort.
Newsboys mock the Gazette editor Eli with a pun based on his punctuality in delivering editions, noting the playful clash of names and a caution about mixed gender terms in the publishable joke.
Tu Lyndon Journal notes a strong response to the Lawrence Journal after a major boom last week. The piece praises the Lawrence paper as a beauty and worthy of ranking among the region’s top weekly publications in eastern Kansas.
Senator Plaswre telegraphed 300 dollars for prairie fire victims in northwestern Kansas and secured an extra seeds shipment from the agricultural department to aid sufferers.
The Texas end of the Santa Fe and the Kansas end are only eighteen or twenty miles apart in the territory, and it will only be a few days till the two are inseparably joined under the great Santa Fe system.
A reader asks about the Union depot construction at Leavenworth and notes the lack of recent fiery editorials in local papers. The agitation to remove the old dove core began about five years ago, with no decisive public update evident.
Secretary Smith of the county horticultural society has filled another order from a large fruit farm owner near Cimarron. Western plains men are urged to place their orders with the Douglas county fruit men. This area is described as the great fruit center of the state.
The Topeka Journal replaces its ten-horse-power steam engine with an electric motor that needs no engineer or attention. The journal notes it starts automatically and runs with little noise, described as a “hummer.”
Gen Perry of Florida to succeed the Detroit reminiscence. Jones in the United States Senate is a man of fine ability and high character. He has been a resident of Florida for thirty years, home at Pensacola. The State and the Senate are to be congratulated on the result.
A breezy clash unfolds between the Leavenworth Times thunderer and the Kansas City Times Ajax with two Kansas men Col. D. R. Anthony and Sol Miller urged to avoid editorials until a prayer meeting weighs the outcome. The note hints at preferring sub letting a contract but allows there is amusement in a public squabble.
Cat R 8 Stevens writes agent to reserve 40 acres for machine shop grounds for the Parsons & Pacific road in southwest Parsons city. Chicago & Alton backing the enterprise. Nearly fifty miles of the road completed. Route favors southwest path and may bypass Kansas City.
West Lawrence residents report ongoing cattle since last year and demand removal. Speakers urge authorities and community to prevent unherded cows from roaming, aiming for entirely cattle-free streets in the current year.
The fragment notes fruit quality is ok with peaches and cherries at Orchard Hill. It mentions a cold snap within ten degrees of freezing Friday night threatening the crop and ongoing storage shortages. It also references Kansas fruit medals this fall and Father Demming.
A writer denounces the Phoenix Park assassinations and defends Charles Parnell. He upholds Parnell as conservative and opposed to illegal force while arguing Home Rule is a reasonable aim shared by Gladstone and supporters in America and humanitarian circles.
The Chicago Tribune denounces Pacific roads for a drastic through rate rise. It argues the act should base adjustments on local rather than through rates, noting local business makes up ninety percent of the total and suggesting some concession on local rates would be prudent.
The article cites Fulton as claiming the Catholic church has maximal power and asserts divine will will shape American politics. It notes strong opposition from political preachers of Fulton’s type and rising sympathy for Ireland’s Home Rule among Americans, signaling widening public divisions.
An application to the Board of Pardons seeks Thurston's release from prison for shooting Col. D. R. Anthony on May 26 1880. Anthony unharmed. Lucien Baker wounded accidentally but did not prosecute. Thurston had an 18 year sentence. nine year term with good time to expire next January.
GuapsTONE states he does not desire a general election of Parliament until the English mind is as ripe on the Irish question as the Welsh and Scotch minds are, but says that time is rapidly advancing. He adds he is prepared to face anything to defeat coercion.
Local report notes Junction City is experiencing ongoing problems with its water works system causing service disruptions and infrastructure concerns. The article highlights municipal response and efforts to restore reliable supply.
John McEwen, editor and proprietor and longtime resident, dies in Kansas City yesterday. He was a kindly refined man with rare literary taste and strong integrity. Mourners include his wife and daughter and a large circle of friends.
A Kansas outlet prints a playful critique of Chicago mayor Carter Harrison's retirement message. It mocks his political fate, suggests he move to Wichita, and lampoons his grandiose Chicago booster quotes about growth, resources, and healthful air.
The Mugwumps, once hopeful under the Cleveland administration, grow dispirited as reform stalls. The New York Post denounces dismissals as as bad as Garfield era, while the New York Times laments the machine in the New York Custom House. The Post warns that, by 1888, civil service reformers may hesitate at the polls if patronage continues unchecked.
That Tired Feeling afflicts many as spring warms. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as a blood- purifying tonic. Also notes shippers contest a railroad tariff clause and reports the Baltimore death of Mrs Maria Key Allison, niece of Francis Scott Key and daughter of Chief Justice Taney.
Col Kersey Coates a longtime western Missouri advocate and ally of free state forces is near death from peritonitis after a days long decline. He faced death calmly, directing his affairs and expressing readiness as doctors prepared to relieve his pain.
The State reports Baldwin City boasts two new proposed routes the Lawrence and Paola road and the Kansas Colorado and Texas line. T. W. Houston leaves Garnett Journal duties with H. L. Forrest taking over. Col. S. B. Prouty named census taker for Kearney county. Rock Island office to cost about 125000 at Topeka. The Cottonwood Valley Times is new exchange. Governor Martin appoints commissioners Hudson Lambert Stumbaugh and Case to represent Kansas at the 1888 Cincinnati centennial exposition.
A humorous Washington Birthday letter discusses pie sharing between commercial travelers and hotels. Bru Nrez, now a traveling man, argues for fair division to prevent conflict, recalling travel life and jokes about hotel life, door knobs, and soda. The piece critiques interstate commerce and a playful pie economy.
Sam Lusk and a companion faced a furious buck on a Nevada City and Downieville Stage Company pack train between Camp Townsend and Downieville. Snow blocked the trail as the deer charged, horn broke off, a severe hand wound opened to the bone, and Lusk finally saved his partner by slitting the deer's throat with a jackknife.
A large black Newfoundland dog near Bristol Connecticut stood by the tracks as a train approached. The engineer, seeing the dog, paused and then deliberately ran the engine over the animal, describing it as a case of death by own action. The dog trembled with tail between legs as the steel struck its body.
Facing whale bone scarcity and higher prices, producers employ goose and turkey quills. A manufacturing facility has been set up in Michigan to produce substitutes for whalebone.
The government announces another ten million 3 percent bond call, maturing in May next year, with the redemption proceeding as scheduled, signaling a strategic move in debt management.
A curious, archaic article recounts legends of ancient walls and base foundations. It cites Copenhagen and Bremen walls, Norse kirk-grims, and a Gothic belief that buildings owed their strength to living blood. It mentions a child skeleton found at Bremen, and Geoffrey of Monmouth’s tale of Vortigern.
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