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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
6
The letter from Joan A. Marin argues Kansas sobriety laws boosted state prosperity. It cites population growth, railroad mileage, tax reductions, school and church expansion, and rising farm values since 1880, contesting claims that saloons spur economic health.
The St. Jax July 14 report notes Gov. Mastin of Kansas sent a letter praising Kansas prosperity. debate centers on a dispatch from St. Joseph about Atchison lacking police fire and lights, accused as injuring a rival city. A long defense, approved by the Herald and Gazette, argues the dispatch originated in St. Joe then Chicago and entered AP reports, drawing on Atchison Champion editor Gov. Martin.
A July dispatch from St Joseph alleging municipal mismanagement is denounced by Atchison officials led by Mayor G. H. Kelsey. The signed letter forwarded to AP manager William Henry Smith asserts all Governor Martins statements are true. It notes Atchison taxes, utilities, police, fire, and business conditions are sound with real estate and industry rising. Endorsements span Republican and Democratic members, and vow vindication against false accusations aimed at Atchison’s growth.
De Price as Chief of Police T B Gerow City Clerk J T Coplan and a roster of bank officers including C 5 Helbergton cashier First Nations Bank F W Hunton Exchange National Bank J W Jillich Atchison National Bank R A Park Atchison Savings Bank J M Cain Atchison State Bank E G Armsby Kansas Trust Savings Co and Rev J B Mulfer First Baptist Church appear in city records for the period.
In a late afternoon ceremony at Archbishop Feehan's residence, Leonard Sweet, renowned barrister and former Abe Lincoln partner, married Miss M A Decker his long time confidential clerk. The couple, witnessed only by family, depart for an eastern tour after the quiet affair.
A Grand Trunk excursion train from Port Stanley collided with a Michigan Central freight train in St Thomas at about 7 PM. Oil aboard caught fire burning cars, a warehouse, sheds, and a dry goods store. Nine bodies recovered by 8:30 PM. many others injured. Engineer Donnelly and several others feared dead or fatally burned.
Kansas City special reports Mrs. D. Tennyson, charged with poisoning her husband, in a preliminary examination. A physician testified finding a white substance in a glass, suspected arsenic, with other testimony alleging motive of inheritance. The husband was worth over $1000000 and the defendant is over 60. The hearing continues.
A fragment notes rail progress and criticizes naive medicines then touts Pierce's Purgative Pellets as superior. It claims pellets consist of concentrated vegetable extracts and are favored by physicians, contrasting with crude prior pills. The passage reflects period medicine advertising style.
The New York World details Charles W Banks once of Albany and San Francisco who vanished with Wells Fargo funds and reappeared as a local ruler on Cook's Island. His wife Mrs Fanny Banks seeks divorce citing desertion. Banks enjoys queenly favor, living as king while detectives report no wish to return home.
A Harper s Magazine description of authentic Kentucky frontier dress on the state military monument at Frankford recounts hunting shirts of deer skin, fringe, belts with tomahawk knife and powder horn, pockets for bullets patches and flints, leggings, moccasins, and a cap from eastern settlements or animal skins completing the hunter attire.
In a testimonial from Shirley Mass, H T Baccom says twenty years of rheumatism improved after using Hood's Sarsaparilla, claiming it gave more relief than previous medicines. The ad urges free cures statements, lists price one dollar for 100 doses, and notes Hood & Co Lowell MA as makers.
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