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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1887
Page
3
Lawrence Kansas December 15 1887 report shows tax receipts exceeded those of the same period in prior year by more than five thousand dollars. The issue also notes district court divorces including Ray v Ray Tyler v Tyler Barnes v Barnes and other items. Church work and local improvements are described with community notices and a brewery case referenced. The piece closes with social events and university visitors.
Report from Kansas City notes Sunday was generally observed with few disturbances. Police made only two drunkenness arrests as spotters guarded saloons, closures delayed rowdy crowds, and many aldermen attended the police court postponements. Directors of Douglas County National Bank announced officers Jos Lowersucht, Willis Browns, J Vaughan, Henry Betson White, highlighting Lawrence growth and banker quality. Prohibition discussions at the Anti-Saloon Republicans meeting featured Dr James Marvin on tariff and policy, with votes and memberships discussed for the Jeffersonian club reception in Amory Hall.
Mr J W Gleed, junior partner in Gleed & Gleed, argued the Walruff case before Judge Brewer and prepared the trifling brief for the United States Supreme Court in Mugler v. Kansas. He was born in Vermont and educated at the University of Kansas and Columbia Law School, teaching at both institutions. The obituary notes deaths of Mrs Keck in Los Angeles and recounts the Kickapoo cannon tale, with recollections by John Donthlan.
A morning collision east of Fort Scott between two heavy freight trains caused derailments and destruction. A Memphis bound freight rear ended another train, wrecking a cattle car and several cars, with engines dismantled and debris scattered across the tracks.
The Raymond excursion train of restituled Pullman cars will run on the Santa Fe this evening. A later note mentions police actions, rates, and various railroad movements, including reduced holiday excursion rates to January 2 with final limit January 3. Environmental health items discuss hay fever remedies and a cough syrup advertisement.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisbarz NL reports a eight year leg wound cured by three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He praises Barber Bros for selling the remedies at afty cents and ten cents per box. He also remarks a political note about the Democratic party.
A Lawrence letter rebuts an editorial claim of widespread typhoid in Tennessee street, arguing the district hosts four houses and highlighting the city’s strong health record. It urges publishing the city’s real beauty and health, noting clean streets, good water, and low mortality, paired with civic club news and a typhoid death in Lecompton.
A collage of jokes and quips from multiple papers lampoons labor, conscience, marriage, parenting, and social norms. Bits cover famed lines on existence and virtue, family life, love, minor scandals, and playful jests about literature, church, and editors. Strong nods to public humor and everyday foibles.
A roadside scene in Arkansaw Tyap ler features a lean steer and a quarrelsome man who refuses to dictate. The exchange pivots on terms of care versus beef and ends with sharp talk about who should govern decisions. A separate note claims the Librarian of Congress handles inquiries by mail, highlighting massive public information labor and potential for broader citizen access.
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