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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1889
Page
6
A quirky mix of 19th century advertising copy about dress care, a Seyfert style cake joke, and a bizarre tale of a Sultan at the Danube. It blends product chatter with a moral about sharing wealth and kindness as a stranger helps him. The fragment hints at Wat Ayres & Sons and a satirical cadence.
A warning outlines numerous white scan counterfeits sold as Ivory Soap. The letters claim the fakes imitate the genuine product’s qualities, urging consumers to demand authentic Ivory Soap and noting copyright details.
Kansas City editorial writer J A Graham returns from Oklahoma, debunking famine and bloodshed reports as groundless flash writing. He notes no verified murders, plenty of food and water, and peaceful, humorous voters despite dusty towns Guthrie and Kingfisher. Cap tain Jack Hayes praised by settlers. Col D B Dyer named Guthrie's first mayor.
Adjutant General in Washington received a Fort Reno telegram dated April 27 stating Kingfisher area is quiet and orderly with about two hundred homestead claims filed and many more waiting. It rejects reports of bloodshed in Oklahoma Territory as unfounded and notes some violence but no confirmations. Brigadier General Merritt says he will be at Oklahoma station tomorrow.
A simoon swept Guthrie Oklahoma driving red dust and tents as five new city areas formed around Guthrie proper. Elections planned by viva voce vote collapsed amid chaos. Judge Kelley withdrew, leaving two rival crowds to contest a majority. News notes praise rapid civic steps, plumbing shortages, and new institutions as Guthrie grows from nothing to a 15,000 population in two days.
An Arkansas City report warns of a smallpox outbreak threatening Guthrie and nearby towns in Oklahoma Territory. Jas Ellsworth of Kansas City, recently from Leadville, is quarantined near the Santa Fe shops after contracting the disease. Officials fear spread via crowded Tulsa trains and line waiters. a quarantine may be established to contain the epidemic.
A letter from Agrthur G. Lewis of Southern Society extols B. B. B. as a purifier and builder of the system, calling it the finest remedy of its kind. Raymond & Dick of Lawrence, Kansas, sell the product. An Atchison Globe note praises a silk umbrella sale at Abe Levy's, highlighting local commerce.
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