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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1887
Page
8
A collection of health columns reviews skin care avoiding alcohol soaps and extreme temperatures, plus guidance on scalp fat application and hair care. It covers biliousness diet, open air exercise, and cautions against chewing thread, with anecdotes from journals and notes on temperaments and household hygiene.
A collection of short notes mentions refrigerated food preservation, east and west petroleum prospects, barbed wire liability in Nebraska, Pittsburgh glassware via natural gas, grape trellising myths, artesian waters beneath the southwestern deserts for irrigation, and the Colorado River as a potential water source. It also explains Mexican castermonies and the origin of the death phrase kick the bucket, noting Notes and Queries offers no light on the question.
A variety of curious vignettes: an English expert valued a rabbit at 1440 dollars after a lawsuit over a lost animal. Mrs. U. S. Grant linked to starting the Temperance New Year. A female wrestler aims at Greco Roman bouts and local male rivals. A guitar serenade draws a rat to the stage, then the animal departs. A nine year old vanishes from a moving train, later found unharmed but seeking his mother. A colored clergyman’s wedding chant parodies scripture. A Worcester case notes a boy’s finger nearly removed by a paper cutter, reattached in ten days. Horticulture hints link top varieties with fragility and uncertainty.
Prov Huegel favors silk ribbons as better lightning conductors than metal rods. A new microscope attachment observes mineral melting points during examination. Germany uses microphones to detect water leaks. Chemists claim sweetness is the original pleasure of taste and that soul differences lie in odor. British progress in microscopical science surpasses five years ago expectations. The total gold on earth would fit in a cube less than thirty feet on each side. Chevalier van Flewycek builds a piano extemporizer with electricity, aided by M. Kermis. Engineer Henkels creates ventilating window-panes with conical holes to admit fresh air. Cork-threaded buoyant fabrics for unsinkable garments test successfully in London. The Nature journal notes the lowest land barometer readings, including a December 9, 1881 Belmullet observation. The Prince of Monaco studies ocean currents from his yacht, sinking bottles off the Channel coast to map currents.
The Selim mosque in Adrianople stands as a monumental circular hall with a domed roof and a thousand windows, famed for its pristine floor, marble fountain, and sea of oil lamps. A tale ties the site to a violet plant that once bloomed on the prince’s land, leading to a carved fountain stone in its honor.
Post office changes for the week ending March 19 1887 list new establishments at Ainsworth Wichita county Cresco Sheridan county Hull Marshall county Meadow Brook Johnson county and more Names changed Benisa Wichita to Scoti postmasters appointed at Alliance Barton County Cecil La Bette Comanche Clear Water Hortonburgh Grand Leoni Liberal Seneca Union Center Youngstown and other locations names include Wm Handreth Mrs Elizabeth Liceman Thos E Keller Frank N Armstrong Alonzo F Turner Calvin J Hurd Charles Allen and GM Atkenson appointed in multiple counties Across Kansas the report credits Van Vleck of the post office department for furnishing details.
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