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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1887
Page
2
A dense column reflects on varied topics from the Lawrence Journal Company. It reviews subscription offers and pricing, comments on telegraph news and crime, and discusses political shifts, prohibition battles, and local civic issues in Kansas and Atlanta, highlighting figures like Newton and Springer plus a mix of urban developments and demographic changes.
The Lawrence community welcomes the reorganization of the Western Farm Mortgage Trust Company, boosting capital to half a million dollars and forming a solid leadership group led by Solon O. Thacher and G. W. E. Griffith. The move is praised for stabilizing local finance, supporting city growth, and uniting citizens after a bitter dispute with the JB Watkins institution. The note also mentions Ambler retaining railway ties and a grim aside about anarchists seeking cemetery plots, with no opposition from the public.
The Tax National Convention of the W C T U in session at Nashville Tennessee adopts resolutions denouncing low necked dresses, images on cigar boxes, prize fight reports, and birds as ornaments while supporting Bible use in public schools. prison drama surrounds William O'Brien in Tullamore jail as he endures confinement and finds a way to send a note to friends.
The Tar Journal reports the Western Land Mortgage company survived an attack aimed at bankrupting it. It notes strong state leaders rallied to its side and doubled its capital, improving resilience. Lawrence businessmen showed sympathy and support to those unfairly credited amid the controversy.
Ex Governor Dunory of Maine visits Leavenworth as towns plan growth. A seventy five thousand dollar opera house is to be built at Salina. The tower floor will be devoted to business rooms. Tax public schools in Garden City have been closed temporarily because fuel cannot be obtained to heat the school buildings.
In Pueblo, residents complain of a coal shortage blamed on the Canon City Coal company. The report notes a visit by Joece Tuacnetn to Swarden, at the home of Gladstone, and references the ancient town of Chester in connection with the matter.
Four years ago eleven schools served Kingman county now eighty five operate outside Kingman city. Ixpianna takes delivery of a new state house from the contractor at 1 980 000 dollars. The structure nearly uses the entire original appropriation. Eugene Field inherits 70400 dollars at adulthood spends it on a European tour then earns a modest weekly wage in Chicago. A Western Farm Mortgage Company inquiry finds no loans from two city banks and both banks remain financially sound.
The Chicago Tribune notes English reception of Sullivan and Buffalo Bill in London shows Americans value brains while the British favor sport. It cites Bill's pageantry with Indians and cowboys dining with aristocracy, contrasting with notable Americans barely noticed. Also mentions Athens Georgia journal Woman's Works debut edited by Mrs. Ella R. Fremont and contributor Moonie Moore, aiming to fill southern needs.
Citizens recall William Bradford the eminent Arctic scenery painter. The article notes his forthcoming visit and eloquent talks with illustrated descriptions of icebergs and landscapes. Whittier’s tribute and a Quaker poet’s poem are included as part of the celebration of his art and influence.
The Chester–Hawarden journey details a Sabbath visit to Hawarden parish church. Mr Gladstone, in pale robes, listens and prays with villagers as his family sits nearby. A subsequent steering of national duty reveals his calm focus during cabinet formation, underscoring his influence and public esteem.
A traveler chronicles a Hawarden church outing with Mr and Mrs Gladstone, noting their cordial nods from a hilltop view of the estate and garden, the old Chester wall, and the surrounding English rural life including farmers, markets, and local customs.
A Jersey City resident recalls a five year health decline including painful urination and weakness in the cheek limbs and mood after visiting home to find a Shaker Almanac. The snippet hints at medical inquiry or advertisement linked to illness and recovery guidance.
Fannie B Ward describes reaching Popocatepetl's crater rim three and a half miles above sea level. She recalls the vast interior, steam vents twelve to eighteen feet wide, and the sulphur gleaming on rocks. The descent uses a rope loop and pulley with a sulphur-rich landscape, ponds, and a lava-streaked rim.
An elderly man in Leadville, Colorado, tells Briar he has lived in the western Territories all his life and claims a remarkable but verifiably false record of frontier feats. He finally asserts his true claim as Brigham Young’s guide to Salt Lake, surviving the Custer massacre and other legendary events.
A compact discussion notes that bird life shows flight powers persist beyond need for food or shelter. Skylarks soar for joy, pigeons circle daily, and some species display refined hovering and motionless balance in midair as a cultivated accomplishment.
A New York doctor argues that breakfast should be hearty with steak or chop, hot rolls and eggs rather than oatmeal. He insists light fare causes dyspepsia and urges patients to test the regimen for health gains.
A Dutchman describes his son Hans rising quickly at an insurance firm by writing perfect hands and directing circulars ten hours daily, while a later note cites Charles Dickens’s early earnings of 15s 6d a week on August 1, 1824 in a discovered cash book from Mr Blackmore’s service.
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