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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1887
Page
8
Lawrence totals announce that Hon. John A. Anderson will pass his summer at Charlevoix in upper Michigan. The note dated June 30, 1887 confirms the planned residence for the season.
Groner W Cable plans a new lecture titled Cobwebs in the Church for the upcoming season. OHenry W Gravy has prepared ten lectures on the New South to be delivered in the north next winter. Tax Mormons of Utah seek a constitutional convention and admission as a state before a change of administration next year. General Fort Scott returns from the east and notes Fort Scott gas wells burning as vigorously as in Pennsylvania.
A newspaper prints a letter from Charles S Gleed Esq addressing the Quantrell raid claim dispute. The editorial notes there was no ground for complaint against Gleed and says claimants, the city, and the University owe him thanks. It condemns the surrounding uproar as uncalled for and unfair.
Mrs S M H Garpser and son Hunt Gardner depart yesterday for Philadelphia to join Miss Mamie and Master Willie. They will sail on July 14 for Europe and stay abroad for two years. Mrs Gardner’s many Lawrence friends wish them a pleasant trip and safe return. The Journal series Cricket on the Hearth was written by Mrs Gardner and will continue from abroad as practicable.
ApguTant General Droux is described as a medium height sixty year old English born officer who joined the army in the 1850s. He is a strict disciplinarian, brusque, and considered honest though narrow minded. General Drum has lately become public property drawing attention from the President downward.
The public has long noted Jay Gould's acts, but a recent benevolent gesture stands out. He quietly donated 33 acres to Mount Vernon, a modest addition that completes the estate layout and safeguards its river view from intrusion.
The Paola Flour Mills with a daily capacity of 100 barrels use six natural gas jets for power. Each jet operates at about nine ounces of pressure, typically seven ounces, arranged in a line within the fire box. Fire bricks fill the chamber to retain heat, and each jet is roughly three quarters of an inch in diameter.
A negotiated postal treaty with Mexico allows parcel mail up to four pounds at a uniform rate, promising a significant boost to cross border commerce by bypassing previous customs barriers. Efforts are underway to secure similar terms with Central and South American nations, with added potential if American steamers transport the mails, broadening markets for U S products and fostering reciprocal trade.
Friday evening the Loyal Legion marked its anniversary in Leavenworth with notable orders and distinguished guests. The Associated Press report was awaited but did not arrive, as wires carried sports scores and trivial items instead, prompting criticism of news coverage and demand for better reporting.
An 1885 mortgage in Gilmer County Georgia reveals a 65 year old enslaved man held as property by a rural farmer. The Atlanta correspondent notes the region resembles prewar plantation life with large home farms, local overseers, and preserved slavery practices despite the New South discourse. The piece ends with a Grady lecture reference and a quip on delivering gospel first in Jerusalem.
New York City's Sunday saloon prohibition faced nullification as the court ruled the 1857 measure barred only serving drinks as a beverage with meals, not beverages at regular meals. The decision focused on the word beverage and entertainment, criticizing the ruling as biased toward saloon interests and likening it to a Wild West court misfit.
The Anthony Republican notes railroad taxes in the county total $18,000 and argues that taxes paid by the railroads render the bonds voted in the county a profitable investment.
The Department of Agriculture reports 1886 world wheat production at 2,031,322,285 bushels. United States output reached 457,000,000 bushels with about eight per capita, while France, India, Russia, Austria Hungary, Spain, and Italy follow in varied per capita rates. One-winged chicken exhibited at Charleston.
A collage of religious and educational notes includes Balzac on sin and redemption, Trinity College gifts from George C. Jarvis, Wellesley housework by 300 students, and Lutheran strength in Central Russia. It notes Harvard seniors planning a composite class photo, New Orleans church counts, and religious stats from India and Scotland. An anecdote about a blue heron tail closes the fragment.
A collage of church and education items notes Princeton abolishing secret societies and reduced professorships, student spending figures, Lutheran church membership, and India missions data. It cites teacher behavior shifts toward quicker classroom movement and a Ga. pastor gifting houses to pastors, plus stories on Sunday schools, the Church Army, and women on the New York school board causing basement inspections.
A collage of quips and quotes from various papers. It includes pithy maxims, wry observations on society, a brief note about an Ohio man death by his own action, and light humor such as a child’s hokey poky ice cream remark from Cleveland Leader.
A collection of aphorisms on wisdom virtue friendship and human folly from Century. It contrasts patience with truthfulness and warns that motives overshadow policy in real compacts. The speaker muses on pride laziness and the cold loneliness atop the ladder of success.
From the Cleveland Leader an article condemns stays and stiff corsets as destroying muscle, limiting chest expansion, and causing posture collapse. It urges elastic braces under busts as safer support and warns about long-term health and beauty costs for women, especially the young.
An Omaha World fragment shows a quarrel where the first wife laments hard work and frugal dress to please a husband who spends nights at a club. The second wife notes her husband left the club, presumes shame over smoking, and contrasts salaries and living costs.
The piece notes Harper's Bazaar taking a strong stand on protective measures for older unmarried women as national attention shifts amid peak baseball season amid wide spread fever for the sport.
The text outlines 2100 acres tied to the Military Academy with 1775 acres bought in 1700 from Stephen Moore and 330 acres in 1824 from Oliver Grisley. A plateau rises ~200 feet above the river. It then notes Aroostook County being four times Rhode Island in size, and ends with a quip about the hippopotamus versus editors.
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