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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
8
A collage of domestic guidance and gardening notes from multiple papers. Includes needlework and cleaning tips, a recipe for apple dish, cottage pudding, shirt starching, cake removal, and gardening advice on parsnip and paracre plants with soil and manure guidance.
Practical guidance from Ub Farmer on broom corn cultivation. Recommends Tennessee Evergreen as the preferred variety, cleaning seed thoroughly, planting from mid May to early June with shallow coverage, and using two horse planters with drill adaptations. Warns of germination risks from rain or deep covering and notes cultivation similar to Indian corn with early weed control and careful first cultivation.
A satirical exposition of a fictitious system for issuing letters of introduction and advice. It parodies confidence tricks, illustrates a maroon alligator skin pocketbook scheme, and involves fictional letters to Dom Pedro and a Brindley Jr. It mocks self made claims and the gullibility of casual acquaintances in a humorous, period voice.
In Americus Georgia Dr Hardin, recently arrived from Savannah, wins Julia with a sleepwalking proposal revealed by a late night confrontation. The couple wed after the mystery clears, and he later dies in Savannah during a yellow fever outbreak, leaving a historic tale of dedication and fate.
Two men greet each other with warm chatter in a humorous exchange. One says a breezy hello and the other responds with affectionate phrasing. The scene captures a light hearted social moment and casual camaraderie.
In Tampa a tin bustle in the shape of a crescent was discovered by lady inspectors to contain two gallons of Cuban rum. Colonel John G. Gibbs of the United States Secret Service now holds the curious artifact as a specimen, with the contents emptied and the vessel turned over to him.
In the United States District Court for Kansas, Garwood H. Attwood seeks real property relief against Benjamin B. McFarland Emeline McFarland and William H. Smith. The court orders defendants to appear by April 1887 and directs service by publication for six weeks in the Lawerence Weekly Journal Lawrence Kansas.
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners issue an order requiring owners of domestic animals in Grant township to keep stock from running at large. The measure, effective March 1, 1887, cites Chapter 159, Sec.2, 1886 laws and mandates publication in the Lawrence Weekly Journal for three weeks. County Clerk Joel S. White authenticates the copy.
STATE OF KANSAS DOUGLAS COUNTY. In the matter of the estate of Laroy Crandall, deceased, late of Douglas county, Kansas. The Probate Court of Douglas County appointed and qualified ARIAL AL CRANDALL as Administratrix of the estate. All parties interested are notified to govern themselves accordingly.
In January session 1887 the Douglas County Commissioners filed an order requiring owners of horses cattle mules and swine in Wakarusa township to confine and restrain their animals at all times and locations. The order takes effect March 1 1887 and penalties are noted under state law. A certified copy is to be published in Lawrence.
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