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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1886
Page
4
The piece surveys election male and female votes in Washington Territory, railroad ambitions involving Wyandotte and Northwestern groups, and rumors around Jay Gould and the M. E. T. plan. It details public figures like Thomas Ewing Sherman and Catherine Wale, Leavenworth Times politics, and a Wichita anecdote tied to Col. Marsh Murdock.
A tribute lauds General John A Logan as a rugged, impetuous yet kind leader beloved by soldiers. The piece notes his strong influence over troops, his Senate friendships, and his prominence in presidential chances, declaring him now retired from earthly battles.
A Lancaster like critique of weather predictions fills pages with poetical musings on Col Murdock and the Arkansas Valley. The piece jokes about weather stations, then shifts to ads for Prickly Ash Bitters and Kemp’s Balsam, followed by testimonials for Parker's Tonic and Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A collage of snippets: cures from B B B and Dr Pierce's remedies, Hostetter's Almanac promotion, bank and mill news, Electric Bitters testimonials, catarrh and hair care ads, and a sketch of industrial and social notes, including railroad items and public notices.
Excitement spread in Pars Texas after J E Jorley, once unable to turn or rasp his head, recovered from consumption following a trial bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery. He bought a large bottle, pills, and two more bottles, gaining flesh and strength. Barber Bros offers free trial bottles today, amid fashionable New York hospitality chatter.
A dubious health advertisement urges mothers to use B B B as a tonic for sickly children and a general stimulant for husbands and sons to curb whisky. It claims to cure youth errors and nervous weakness and offers a free recipe from a missionary in South America, sent to Rev. Josefh Lt. in New York City.
A scanned page offers medical cure promises for consumption bronchitis and nervous debility, with free multilingual recipe mailings from W A Norris Rochester NY, plus Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin ailments and piles. It notes a St. Louis attorney Bliss resignation, drug-store promotions for Kemp's Suppositories, Ayer's Sarsaparilla for vigor, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup teething remedy.
In 1868 Peter Kern of Washington township Pennsylvania kept a four foot eel in a yard well. The eel emerged before rain and typically signaled storms within a day. For over fifteen years the living barometer drew farmers for weather forecasts, with droughts delaying crops and storms bringing floods after the eel surfaced. The eel suppresses other fish in the well.
A Lewiston reader recalls a strange early morning sight near Paul's Block on Lisbon Street. A red squirrel stood on his haunches while English sparrows swarmed above and around him. The frightened creature darted about, repeatedly paused, and was finally chased into an alley by a barking dog near Ash Street.
A Detroit Free Press narration describes a father cradling his golden haired child as a mother dies en route, the child sending a kiss to heaven while the train carries them through night. Arriving in daylight, workers place a long box labeled a woman on the platform, the husband and child awaiting the farewell.
A West Virginia cave near Buzzard Den hosts a giant striped serpent devouring a sheep. Local youth Braley witnessed the creature from the cave mouth and alerted neighbors who armed for a potential siege, but found only the stench and tracks. A hunt is planned to pursue the unknown monster feared by surrounding woodsmen.
Paris Figaro recounts a witty Bismarck anecdote from his time as Prussian minister to the German Confederation. In a Frankfort house with no bell he urged the proprietor to install one. A pistol shot rang out, prompting the owner to check on the danger, and Bismarck quipped that this would be his servant’s call henceforth. The bell was then installed and the shooting ceased.
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