Lawrence Journal Adopts Republican Convention Notice and Local Items
A Republican electors convention is set for September 16 1896 at 11 am in the Douglas County Court House Lawrence Kansas for nominating Clerk of District Court Probate Judge County Attorney Superintendent of Public Instruction and a Commissioner candidate. Delegates from townships and wards are listed with numbers. Primary times are given. Also included are local notes on weather headlines and market reports including storms labor and crop updates, travel fares, and remarks about public figures and humorist Mark Twain.
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Lawrence
Thatrict
Wakarusa
Palmyra
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Jaci
Vinland
Lecompton
Big Spring
Endore
Bae
Kanwaeks
Clinton Ag
Willow Springs
Grant
Firet
S . Fit
Beth
Political ramble hints at Cherokees and Kansas politics
A long column rails at Bueny Heap for Cherokees re election bid and cites factional shifts in Kansas. It mocks Adee and a brewing pro gress party while noting weather prophecies and universalist plans. It mentions Governor Anthony, state ticket fights, and Republican district tensions with Anderson and Wilson.
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Wilson
Anderson
State Central Committee
Insane Whiskyites Blast Attempt at Attorney General's Home
Sunday dawn attack aimed to blow up Assistant Attorney General Tuffin in Atchison to punish law enforcement of prohibition. If successful, six innocent lives would have perished including his family and father. The act is linked to saloon opponents and calls for expanded pursuit of law and order into Kansas.
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Atchison
Tuffis
Democratic Party
Tuffin
Leavenworth
Kansas
East and West Wisdom in Finance and Public Perception
An article contrasts Eastern and Western views on wisdom and wealth, noting the New York financial elite’s grasp on money and notoriety. It cites Abram Hewitt, linked to Peter Cooper, as a example of public figures shaping national opinion while facing sharper reputations.
Wall Street's grip on national finance questioned by Cooper in lawmaker’s remark
The in-law of Peter Cooper criticizes New York financiers as the country’s financial brains yet warns the nation would be better off avoiding Wall Street in formulating policy. He likens Wall Street to sharks and urges separation from its clutches for sound finance.
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Wall Street
Magis
New York
New
Abram Hewett
Peter Cooper
Literary Notes and Advertisements in 19th Century Press
The August Ladies' Home Journal features Spofford’s opening chapters and Herrick's Tea Table piece. It notes Louisa Knapp’s success with the Philadelphia Indies' Home Journal, a Kansas Historical Society Transactions volume, and remarks on The American Farmer and The American Book Maker. Also covered are Literary Life financial news, Cleveland editorials, and an advertisement chorus for Prickly Ash Bitters with testimonials from Mrs. Hoywes and figures like Beecher, Randall, Husted.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Christine Terhune Herrick
Louisa Knapp
Philadelphia Indies’ Home Journal
Harriett Prescott Spofford
Marion Harland
Rose Terry Cocke
Chastine Terhune Herrick
J. H. Lamber
Philadelphia
Mary Abbott Rand
John
Clarissa
Kansas
New York
Miss Cleveland
Advice to Mothers Maus Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Aid
An aged advert promises Maus Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething remedy from a top nurse and physician team in the United States. It claims forty years of use with millions of mothers, easing teething pain and curing dysentery diarrhea griping wind colic and rest for the child and mother. Price five cents per bottle.
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Maus
Winslow
United States
Great Turf Events At Biemarck West Fair
The Great Turf Events at the Western National Interstate Fair at Bismarck promise the season’s turf races. Magnificent purses and enterprising management draw the largest sod epedic field of speed ring entries on record in the west. The Grove September 6 toll turf races are billed as the season’s events.
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Biemarck
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