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Newspaper

Lawrence Weekly Journal

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1886

Page

2

Chicago College of Pharmacy graduates sixty frant students

The Journal notes sixty frant graduates from the Chicago College of Pharmacy on Thursday, including one woman and sixty-seven men, highlighting a milestone for the institution and the field. It also discusses a mapped route for the Southern Kansas railroad extension and its expected impact on Atchison and southeastern Kansas.

Chicago College of Pharmacy Southern Kansas Atchison Lawrence

Price List From Sixty Years Ago At Honewdale Market

A fragment from a historic catalog lists various goods and prices from a past market. Items include whisky by the pint and half pint, tobacco, shoes, sugar, flour, butter, cigars, gin and brandy, along with related household items and a horse offering. The document reflects old currency and a broad assortment of commodities.

Controversial Sermon Triggers $27,000 suit

Dr Annorr E Kirrripe of Third Presbyterian Church Chicago blasted police courts as a burning disgrace accusing justices of corruption and bribery. He cited Justice Meech discharging gamblers for a $1 fine, prompting Meech to sue for $27 000 in damages.

Annorr E. Kirrripe Third Presbyterian Church Chicago Meech George A. Meech

Dakota Statehood Debate Sparks Party Contrast

Wasuixeros correspondent notes in the closing debate on the Dakota admission bill, passed by the Senate 32 to 22, Senator Phanh highlighted a striking contrast. He cited Democratic maneuvers in 1857 and the current effort to keep the Northwestern State free, amid Republican scrutiny as the capital debate unfolded.

Wasuixeros Dakota Senate Phanh Kansas

Speech Praises Republican Progress Across Western States

The passage notes opposition to Dakota stemmed from political motives as in Kansas a quarter century earlier. It cites hurt to southern Senators by critiquing pedigrees and a sharp comparison of the southwest’s growth to states that opposed admission, warning of John Brown’s legacy. Senators Edmunds and others applaud Senator Plumb's remarks.

Dakota Kansas John Browns Great Western States Union Plumb Edmunds

In Memoriam Dr A M Wilder A Pioneer Surgeon

An obituary recalls Dr A M Wilder born Belton Missouri, trained in Lawrence and Harvard, served as surgeon in the Civil War, led medical staff in the Ninth Army Corps, then practiced in San Francisco as eye ear throat specialist and UC professor. He died January 17 after illness, leaving a wife and two children.

Fitz-Green Halleck Joseph Rodman Drake Earth Javed Abi M. Wilder von of Abril Cyethia Wilder Belton Lawrence John Massachusetts Prentiss & Griswold Boston Harvard University Edward Everett Hale Hale North Harvard Young Wilder John Green St. Louis America Bull Run Fredericksburg Frederick City South Mountain Antietam Army Examining Board Washington United States Volunteers Madison Indiana Medical College Georgetown D. C Ninth Army Corps Knoxville Tennessee Twenty-third Army Corps Cavalry Corps Stoneman Atlanta Hewitt Army of the Ohio Pereda Hontelerstad Theostrigele Listsover Tome Ant Lawrences Mary E. Jenkins Gaius Jenkins Kansas Chicago Wilder San Francisco Powers Pacific Coast Willer University of California Tiemann & Co New York City California

Shakespeare and Bacon debated in Wilkes era critique

President D H Wheeler of Meadville writes that the Bacon Shakespeare theory is unfounded arguing Shakespeare was a second rate actor who wrote no plays and that Bacon could not have created the works. He cites Ben Johnson Bunyan and Donnelly to defend Shakespeare and dismisses baconian proofs. The Missouri Press Association meanwhile met in St Louis to finalize plans for its twentieth annual gathering.

Wilder Eville Richard Grant White Bacon Shakespeare William Shakespeare Francis Bacon Miss Bacon New England Fracis Bacon Mrs. Potts Miss Baccon Donnelly Ben Johnson Bacon Shakespeare Paean Baconian Ingos Rosalind Lady Macbeth Ariel Falstaff Bunyan D. H. Wheeler Meadville, Pa The Missouri Press Association St. Louis

Musical Jottings on England France and Italy Composers

In this brief survey of contemporary composers, McKenzie and a dozen English writers are praised for sacred oratorios and orchestral works. Sullivan Cowen Barnby Stainer Bridge Hopkins Massanet Gounod Saint-Saens Godard and others are noted for their oratorios and tone poems. Italy sees Boito Dolle Sgambati and Liszt. The piece closes with Liszt’s Elizabeth and hints at Germany to come.

Birmingham Scotland Mackenzie McKenzie Sullivan Cat Church Lis Bratario Cowen Barnby Stainer Bridge Hopkins France Gounod Saint-Saens Massanet le Cid Paris Mass Thomas Italy Boito Mefistofele Wagner Dolle Nero Sgambati Franz Lisat Elizabeth London Germany Europe Wa. MacDonald

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