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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1888
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal announces reduced subscription rates and revised delivery options. The weekly paper delivers telegraph dispatches from the previous night and states remittance methods and address changes, with rates for daily and weekly within and outside Douglas County.
At a late Colorado meeting, unanimous opinion held alfalfa superior to red or white clover for bee pasture.
A Topeka woman, recently married in jail to a man paying a fine for Prohibition violations, has filed for divorce. The case follows reports that every senator and representative in Congress received a petition from the WCTU urging repeal of the income tax.
The report notes Key West Florida at 72 above and St. Vincent Minnesota at 42 below, framing it as evidence of a great nation. It condemns the Democrats in one house for denying laboring men a hearing and predicts the party will pose as friends of workers next summer.
The New York Independent endorses Senator Sherman for president and lauds his tariff speech. It believes his nomination would unite the Republican party and rally its full strength behind him.
The Georgia fiscal scene features debate over moving federal whisky and tobacco tax revenue to the state to ease local taxation. Senator Ingall’s promised Washington speech looms as a major week event. Local voices mock habits of public criticism while Mills’ committee stance draws scrutiny regarding whiskey and other interests.
A political column argues that free railroad passes corrupt lawmakers and must be outlawed. It asserts complimentary passes exert undue influence and that officials favor interests that profit them, urging Congress to abolish the practice.
The signing on the fiat iist brings a treaty between the United States and Canada by the postmaster general of the latter country. Uniform postage to all North American points is now in effect. A two cent rate will carry a letter to any place in Canada or Mexico and a unified rate applies to mailed packages. The move simplifies cross border mail and enhances commercial exchange for goods transportable by post.
Four months after claims of a revenue reduction bill, reports say the measure will reach the House by mid February as factions split over free trade and protection. The Senate passes a 1861 tax refund bill while Ohio local option liquor laws show 200 towns adopting reform and nearly $9 million in license revenue, illustrating shifting public sentiment and enforcement challenges.
The Kansas City Times claims Kansas will back Cleveland and notes Kansas coal beds cover about 17 000 square miles with 22 seams varying from inches to 17 feet. It reports Kansas counties producing coal include Cherokee Osage Crawford Leavenworth Franklin Neosho Linn and Cloud. Louisiana Republicans seek a full state ticket led by ex Governor H C Yarmouth amid Democratic suppression. editor T B Murdock recounts sympathy from Senators Plumb Ingalls and others and outlines his pension-related travel and hoped recovery in a brief, personal update.
The Atchison Scotch residents celebrate Burn's birthday on the 25th. The state treasury shows over 700000 in hard cash at year’s start. Wichita Oklahoma colony reports 200 members. First postmaster in Atchison and first hotel keeper in Osage county recently died. Up to date twenty cases of smallpox and varioloid in Wichita, one fatal. The disease is not spreading. Sam Jones remarks in Kansas City about drink aiding digestion and biscuit-makers as allies of the devil. The Topeka Democrat urges fair dealing by federal officials to prevent party strife in Kansas. Kansas City Star notes possible election of Noble Prentis as secretary of state next fall. Blaine and Windom bought 200 acres near Denver at MO per acre three years ago. sold now for 200 per acre. Hutchinson News: only four dollars interred in 1887 in a 15000 population city. Emporia News mocks capitol move from Topeka, warning legislators who vote for it. Leavenworth optimistic about Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City railway. plan to cross bridge, run to Third street, connect with the soldiers’ home line, and reach Kansas City via the Wyandotte line.
A former preacher and actor Gro C Manx has quit the stage to become a newspaper correspondent. Prof Swenson of Bethany College notes Marindah in Pottawatomie as Kansas’s first Swedish settlement in McPherson County. Senator Laws introduces a bill to extend Kansas boundaries to absorb neutral land, aiming to place unorganized territory under law. Tax strictures on Sam Small’s Plymouth Church lecture. Dr Cowpsey highlights Sabbath observance work by the association, praised for reducing Sabbath business and noise without much friction.
A Mobile correspondent reports a movement to send Southern Democrats to Kansas to observe and safeguard the political rights of colored voters. The piece notes exodusters in Topeka and Lawrence face polling suppression and predicts Southern observers will demand fair ballots and an honest count next fall, urging spring visits to verify voting freely.
The Atlantic Monthly February issue offers Yone Santo: a Child of Japan by E. M. House, Craddock’s Despot of Broomsedge Cove, and pieces on Euripides Medea and Europe marriage, plus Lowell’s Endymion. Scribner’s Magazine February highlights Men delasolhn’s Letters to Moscheles, Shaler on Volcanos, What the Will Effects, The Man at Arms, with frontispiece on Landor in Century and Landor letters. St Nicholas also features, including Foote’s Family Affairs and a rattlesnake tale in Florida.
At a city Ministers' Union meeting a new Sabbath Observance Association was formed with two thousand signatories. The group aims to ensure businesses close on Sundays to protect workers' rest while respecting health and needed services. Officers include President James Marvin and secretary A H McWhorter, with a broad community backing and voluntary compliance already evident.
The article describes extensive arrangements and displays in Snow Hall since 1886, detailing the Geological Museum with Megatherium cast and fossil leaves, the Cooper collection, and vast fossil and mineral displays. It notes second floor botany and zoology exhibits, thousands of insects, birds, mammals, and a large herbarium, plus laboratories and space constraints, all largely assembled by Prof. Snow and team.
The piece surveys party conflicts across several states, noting Democratic warnings to Ways and Means on tax cuts, Missouri reactions to education and bourbon democracy, Morehouse’s slim gubernatorial bid, weather reminiscences in the Dakotas, and debates over capital removal in Kansas. It blends partisan critiques with regional summaries and editorial stances.
Dennis Downling reports a long struggle with psorisels misdiagnosed as leprosy. After 28 years he credits Cuticura Remedies with clearing his skin and ending relentless itching. He states three boxes of Cuticura, three bottles of Resolvent, and two soaps relieved his condition, urging others to seek the treatment.
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