The Weekly Journal and Republican Convention Notice
The Weekly Journal notes its long history in Lawrence dating to 1837 with revival after Quantrell raid and claims telegraph news. It lists subscription rates within Douglas County and outside, and mentions post office mail arrangements. The piece also announces a Republican Congressional Convention in Fort Scott on May 3, 1488 to nominate a representative, plus a delegate convention in Ottawa on May 7, with details on delegates and county representations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Wonogua County
Ita Fsaue
Urheny
Douglas County
Upbeate Co. Sten
Kansan
Nef Thureday
Fort Scott
Congresa
Rcal Econ
Rhhedew du Karesh
Aanene
Electhis
Representa'ion Ba Enid
Jen
Anderson
Bourbon
Okatulas
feankUla
Hell
Wetaris
Ereseloual
Mt Delou
Kangseaty
Kansas
Independent journal backs temperance and city reform
A local paper notes Mrs Janes Fosema’s temperance views, Kansas officials reshuffle, and a Kansas prohibition convention. calls for voter registration, discusses Methodist conference gains, Santa Fe strike layoffs, and optimistic colonial imagery of orange and sugar cane as metaphorical flavor. It also recalls a Florida meeting with Mrs Cleveland and a playful remark about a journalist’s molasses moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Florida
Postmaster's claim mocked by western press in Congress report
The postmaster general says no tenable grounds exist and mail service in the West is better, but western editors deride the claim. The piece weighs political framing, notes Naseby post office, and mocks the storm’s mildness while stressing broader labor and transport tensions across railroads and interstate commerce.
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Congress
West
Naseby
Ark
Swedish college grows to over 330 students at Lindsborg
Bethany college in Lindsborg reports a thriving year with enrollment surpassing 330, claiming the title of the largest Swedish college in the country. The region sees mining notes and civic issues from Parsons to Graham County, while industry and politics surface in multiple short items.
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Bethany College
Lindsborg
Telegraphic Briefs: Deaths and Disasters Across Regions
Senator Carnot father of France’s president is dead. Boodler McDonald of Chicago granted a supersedess. Jas Francis banker of Rawlins Wyoming failed for 227000. Thomas Sloan killed by a vicious horse near Pawnee City Nebraska yesterday. Texas Pacific railroad mortgaged 25 million twice. George W Susted postal clerk arrested Milwaukee on mail robbery charge. Katie Estes killed in Rome yesterday by accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of her father-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Carnot
France
Boodler McDonald
Chicago
Jas. Francis
Rawlins
W. T
Thomas Sloan
Pawnee City
Neb
Texas Pacific Railroad
Geo. W. Susted
Milwaukee
Katie Estes
Rome
The Quantell Braid and the Quantrell Raid
A Galveston Globe-Democrat correspondent relays Thomas J. Marshalls account of Quantrells raid on Lawrence Missouri August 21 with 390 men, detailing a brutal, rapid assault on a federal camp and the mass slaughter of troops, while noting exaggerations and errors in the narrative and defending the Confederate memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Thomas J. Marshall
Chicago
Quantrell
Globe-Democrat
James Brothers
Yeager
Todd
Anderson and Hamilton
Marius Des Cisne
Morgan
Forrest
Wirtz
Wilkes Booth
Isha
Pranklin
Lawrence
Franklin
Franca Cidaen
Lawrence Absourhe
Gree
Nyenen
Gregg
Massachusetts Street
Kaw
Plunk Bledsoe
Skaggs
Quantrells
Missouri Line
Massacre at Noresisting Citizens Reported
A survivor of Quantrells band describes a massacre marked by shots, helpless defenders, and lost lives of Captain Bell and Levi Gates. The account condemns the robbery, murder of unresisting citizens, and destruction of homes as the era's most savage atrocity.
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Captain Bell
Levi Gates
Quantrells Band
Winter storms and Nice carnival recount
The piece recalls a prolonged, worldwide chill, noting heavy snow in Spain and Switzerland, cold in England, and lively Nice carnival scenes with carriages, confetti fights, and masquerade routines. It describes excursions to Tourette, local hospitality, and contrasts between climate and culture during the season.
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Paradise
Nice
Riviera
Paris
Rome
Florence
Naples
Spain
Switzerland
Germany
England
Orient
Mediterranean
Lawrence
Te Ple
Tivo
Fiala
Lowers
New Mexico
Tourette
Sierras
Salisbury Cathedral and Historic Salisbury Visit
The narrator tours Salisbury from Southampton, recounting Canute and Alfred, the Cathedral’s gothic splendor, its 1220 origins, the 450 foot nave, and the close with oaks famed for royal and literary connections. He notes the church’s music, the old parish records, and reflects on England’s historic religious shifts and enduring monuments.
Unclear historic ad testimonials from Newark and Decatur
Fragmentary testimonials praise a mysterious medicine for consumption and lung troubles. The text names individuals in Newark and Decatur endorsing the product, claims dramatic cures, and mentions free samples at a local drug store, with garbled phrases about dosage and usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tb Morriv
Newark
Dr. King
Heder Tora
Barber Bro
Piles Ointment Claims Cure for Piles
Dr William's Indian Pile Ointment is touted as the sole cure for bleeding itching or protruding piles with testimonials from Tenlze Coons Maryville Kentucky and Judge Coftinbury Cleveland Ohio. The ad urges immediate relief and notes price 21 per box with orders via Williams Mfg Co Cleveland Ohio and sole agent Baw Woodward Lawrence.
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William
Tenlze Coons
Maryville
Saya
Coftinbury
Ceveland
Sayn
Williams Meg CO
Cleveland
O. Baw. Woodward
Lawrence
Mailane Revery's Women Relief Claim
An old-time advertisement touts women relief products with a money back guarantee. It promotes mail order sachets and powders for ten dollars for three boxes, with a four cent postage note. It also makes humorous lines about politeness and starch, ending with a sales flourish for Poxtonl's powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mailane Revery
F. Revere
Jersey City
N.S
Best purifier claim from 1887 letters
A set of testimonial statements from Davascers Georgia and Panstka Pennsylvania dated 1887 praising Botanic Blood Balm as the best purifier and noting improved health. The letters mention weather-related cures and general satisfaction from Lowry Stan druggists and agents in Atlanta and Harris Kayown & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davascers
Toomizon
PanstKa
Lowry & Stan
Druggiats
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Hany L. Kaywown & Co
Coal Vein Found Near Hutchinson Kansas
Two months after a salt search in south Hutchinson an engineer found a coal vein but its thickness could not be determined. A second shaft nearby struck coal about 480 feet deep and about six inches thick, resembling McAllister coal, triggering plans to organize a mining company. Also, Arthur W. Blake and W. T. Harris escaped jail in Savannah Mo. where they faced death sentences for the McDowell boy murder, with executions scheduled for April and May.
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VaaTeven
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Publc
Santa Fe
Kansas
Ayhaley Company
Uetioho
Congress
Parsons
Prohibition Party
Hutchinson
Horace J Newberry
Kansas Farmer
Graham County
Millbrook
Hill City
Pomeroy
Atchison
Boston
Hil City
Arkansas City Traveler
McPherson County
Atchison Patriot
Dame
Miete
Brave
Free
Folsom
Charles Pearce
W. M. Morter
CG. A. Patten
Brunswick & Western Abroad
W. B. Geiger
Savannah
Fred Wayward
New York
Flv. Smith
Pullman
Merrit A. Wilbur
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Kelia B. Ray
Dales Mill
Coffey Williams
Major J. Poles Hawkinsville
Gay Loy Coven
Moses Gale
Way Cross
Thompson
North Darling
Milton
Lawrence
W. la. Grif
We Thompenn
Savane Nally
Laure Ann Thomasville
Coren Mailladelphin
Aliee Stupson
New Yorks
Obes
Rin Wilbur
Lehigh Vally Intiroml Company
Wy. Wilbur
Korot
Lehih Valley
TG TE Wilbur
Wilburs
Cox
Boyle
F.ireloth
G. M. Feredo
D. Spiro
Times-Union
Jacksonville
Major
Pate
Bloses Gates
Marion J. Shaw
Minnie
Geo. Gould
S& Combination
Wilbur
Lehigh Railroad
Blacksheard
Savannah, Florida &Western Rairoad
Fleming
East Tennesee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
Brunswick & Western
Brunswick
Westminster Abbey
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury
Southampton
Peter Thacher
Old College Church of St. Edwards
Winchester
Canute
Alfred the Great
Southampton Bay
William
England
Ituwas
Henry VIII
Charles II
Spain
Henry
Spanish America
Cortez
Pizarro
Lord Palmerston
Sadisbury
St Edmund's
Jesus Christ
St. Edmundd
Genessee Valley
Wis
Fleida
White Hart
Sven
Editien
Darge
Heya
Addison
Fielding
Vicar
Wakefield
O. Tuacuen
Hutchrsfox
Kas
Loring
South
Bfutchinson
Ben Bernehard
Puuie
Lawn
McAllister
Kansas City
Arthur VY. Blake
W. T. Harris
McDowell
Hockport
Blake
Harris
Constable David Gordon Murdered in Columbus Depot Area
A Columbus Kansas dispatch reports constable David Gordon was found dead near the Gulf depot this morning. His body was riddled with shots. Gordon was a prominent member of the G A B. Authorities report no clues yet as reports of the murder spread through Riddled with Shot city.
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Kiasaas City
Columbus
Kas
David Gordon
Gulf Depot
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