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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
5
Announ L. B. Ketfer of Baldwin announces candidacy for county clerk at the Republican county convention. The piece notes Kansas crops, railroad funding in Jefferson County, a county central committee meeting around September, and various local notices including a bank scrip market and a planned reunion.
Dr. Redden of Topeka, president of the state board of health, notes six hot weeks yielded unusually good health across Kansas as dry conditions limit airborne poisons. He cautions that moisture on vegetation would raise sickness, while the board now tests water purity in Kansas towns with samples analyzed by Dr. Alexander, including Russell’s latest.
The piece urges state laws regulating sales of tonics and products women use for beauty. It cites Dr Harter’s Iron Tonic as offering the necessary ingredients to achieve beauty without harming health or life.
Preparations for a successful fair this year are underway. Premium lists have circulated statewide and Bismarck's popularity draws many attendees. The stock display will be fine and county exhibits will be numerous. The McPherson Freeman notes field crops in McPherson county will be worth more this year due to oats and corn shortages boosting prices.
Kansas City reports the death of former citizen Mrs Greenamyer from heart disease after a long illness. Born in Ohio and later moving to Mexico Missouri she lived in Kansas City for four years with family. She leaves a husband a daughter and three sons. burial will be in Mexico Missouri with a 2:00 funeral following a 6:30 departure Sunday morning.
Douglas county opens the term at County Normal Institute with increased attendance. The Methods class discusses first day topics on names vetting and pupil classification, while Natural Philosophy experiments illustrate heat effects. Prof. Banta reviews double entry and book placement, and Penmanship analyzes capital letters. Prof. K Miller visits. several veteran teachers attend. Normal closes until Tuesday.
Albert Moore born Cincinnati February 6 1846 came to Lawrence in 1870 to run a hardware business later leading Ouray Colorado as postmaster and hardware manager he died of Brights disease in Lawrence surrounded by family The I O F conducted services and Oak Hill cemetery received his remains He leaves a wife and a two year old daughter and several siblings with many relatives mourning his loss.
An advertisement notes Hood's Sarsaparilia provides a fair equivalent for money and cites the slogan 100 closes one dollar as original to Hood's. It urges real economy by buying Hood's Sarsaparilia from all druggists with a call to test the claim.
The speaker notes ongoing trouble from the western and southwest parts of the state over school lands. A bill on reclaiming land if fraud occurred could cost Ness county landowners their property. Ness county, cited as most troubled, saw Nebraska and Iowa companies hired to prove up lands, prompting plans to recover state holdings.
The Kansas City, Lawrence & Nebraska railroad is rapidly advancing from Kansas City toward Hastings. J. M. Webster says the line will be straight to Hastings, with preliminary surveys to be finished by fall, touching multiple Kansas counties and aiming to Nebraska by next year. Hastings is a key objective for a direct Kansas City route servicing Adams County. The project is portrayed as a real construction effort, not a paper plan.
Bloominton news notes a wildlife nuisance as musk rats in Rock Creek hunt for water. The item mentions James Burgess and D Ragan arriving from Melvin last Monday, with Ragan boasting of fine Arabian horses. Charles Macy farms hay at Twin Mound on his father-in-law’s property. The piece ends praising the current picnic weather.
An old tract-like notice extols Brandreth's Pills as a cure to purge diseased and worn out parts from the body and prevent decay. The piece urges removing weak areas with purging rather than surgical cutting, promising a healthier renewal.
H C Patterson is quite le k Miss Howe of Lawrence has been engaged to teach the high school Indian boys work in the neighborhood show good satisfaction Water is scarce Mr Rumsey will begin work on his well again soon It is already down to sixty feet John Walton was in town Saturday Mr A F Allen was in town Saturday The county display association expects to make a display of the agricultural and manufacturing resources of the county at Bismarck The only Grange in the county is at Vinland
Local items report a German camp meeting to start next Friday with several noted German divines. Other notes cover fish nets above the dam, rising river water, marriage trends, corn cutting progress, a foot injury, a Chicago reunion, and a police court tease about a mixed-race couple.
Kansas ranks third with 940 registrants at the National Educational Association meeting in Chicago as Illinois leads with 1,750 teachers and Minnesota Missouri and Nebraska follow. The piece praises Kansas educational efforts and credits local work. It also promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a remedy for biliary and kidney complaints with a trial recommendation.
Preparations for a large crowd at Bismarck Grove from August 18 to 23 with Rev. Charles Ott in charge assisted by Rev. Harms and Rev. Hilmes. German services except Sunday English sermon, plus a Sunday song service. Free admission on days except Sunday when vehicle gate fees apply.
The morning count reaches 111 with over ninety women enrolled and five colored girls present. Prof Stevens leads diverse classes from memory and phonetics to thermometers and penmanship while listing geology interest and a long enrollment of students. A community loan fund offers band loans from $500 at low rates to borrowers, with calls for farmers to inquire at the office.
An elderly physician, long retired, claims a vegetable remedy can permanently cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and related lung diseases as well as nervous debility. He offers free mailed instructions in German French or English with directions to any reader who sends the paper and a stamp.
For the week ending August the LaDigs list shows letters uncalled for including Mrs C S Grigsby Miss Abbie Hammer Mrs Mary Williams Gent s list Bibb J G Fitzpatrick F A Miskel Isiah Morland Gus Pollock Harvey Palmer Reese Herman Persons must call and present advertisement date SBUN Shannon P M
Highest price paid for produce of all kinds and lowest price taken for groceries of all kinds reported by Herman Haase. Reflects market pricing data with emphasis on wholesale and retail values for fresh produce and grocery items.
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