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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1887
Page
4
In Lawrence Kansas on May 5 1887 wheat for May trades at eighty one cents in Chicago. The price is alarmingly low but the boom sentiment continues to spread among traders and observers.
Senator Incalls praised coast defenses in a Sunday Kansas City Times feature. Hourcaison boasted of a forthcoming premier Kansas hotel funded by the Rock Island company. Michigan Central arranged with Canadian Pacific for trains to reach western states.
A humorous quote from the Atchison Champion notes Kansas' sweeping success due to a huge broom corn crop and strong wind power, attributing the feat to practical farming odds.
The same buyers who acquired land in Wichita Fort Scott and Atchison have purchased hundreds of acres in Leavenworth and continue to hold their Leavenworth investments, while selling others. Investments in Leavenworth are safe and permanent.
Lawrence correspondent of the Kansas City Times says Arthur Richmond Marsh of the University of Kansas wrote the famous Arthur Richmond letters. The Atchison Champion notes we are glad to see a Kansas man advance but says the report needs confirmation and asserts there is no truth in it.
An enthusiastic Arkansas Journal proclaims that Arkansas forests are the finest on the continent in a bold boast. The piece asserts a rising confidence, likening the scene to a stony Sphinx and signaling strong regional pride and expectation for the state's future.
A skeptical remark from Archane counsels drilling a hole to declare natural gas odor as a market ploy. The quip implies money drives gas flow, mocking schemes to manipulate property values in the southeastern part of the state.
Tax Gulf line will begin running suburban trains between Kansas City and Olathe on Sunday, May 8 with departures from Kansas City at 7 am 10 am 12 noon 5 pm 6 15 pm and 9 pm and arrivals from Olathe at 6 45 am 7 45 am 10 48 am 12 15 pm and 5 20 pm. The Memphis express currently 6 45 pm will be held to 9 pm for east connections. Fort Scott and Clinton accommodation moves from 6 pm to 5 pm.
The Tar Murdock family argues over how Wichita should be spoken as Wee-chee-ta with the accent on the penultimate syllable. The piece notes Wichita’s elite now favor this pronunciation and urges others to adopt it, acknowledging limited knowledge on such details.
Mrs Jack Downine sells his Star Sentinel at Hays City and heads south. The fraternity regrets the loss of old Jack From the ring. A brigh t newspaper wit and veteran publisher, Joe Clark, set him in business years ago in Hays City. He built money and a strong newspaper and political reputation in the state. May the cape jessamine and magnolia perfume his soul as he enjoys sunny southern lands.
The Topeka Capital notes Dr Krohn is appointed editor of the Atchison Champion. The paper praises his natural journalism talent and expects him to uphold high standards. A Topeka paper endorses the move and cautions the editor to stay focused on business and avoid worldly distractions.
Community mourns as Mrs Barker wife of the mayor elect dies at 11 a m Sunday after a period of serious illness. Husband, three daughters in grief, community offers sympathy while noting his recent bereavements and his coming mayoral inauguration.
The piece argues that prohibition has taken hold in the South and will spread further. It claims distilleries fund anti prohibition campaigns, but voters, especially women, will curb whisky influence. It contends suffrage will shape moral and ethical decisions beyond party lines.
Townsman M W Reynolds shares a letter from an 1856 Michigan classmate urging a reunion during the University of Michigan semi centennial celebration and noting Michigan’s earlier start as Kansas plans a bigger milestone. The note recalls old classmates scattering across hills and prairies and seeks rallying support for a reunion.
The Bowdoin College president, young and former athlete, argues sports curb energy and save repair costs. He cites the gym’s lower expenses and a juried system for accidental damage, endorses class games over intercollegiate leagues, and praises boating and baseball while warning against pro-level gambling.
Subscriptions have been received for a twenty year 34 percent bond issue by the city of St Louis. The new issue is to replace about 4 330 000 dollars of six percent bonds that are about to mature. The move funds the city's debt and extends the maturity profile.
A vintage advertisement urging cough sufferers to try Kemp's Bal Sam with a positive guarantee. It promises noticeable effects after the first dose, cites prices of 0.5 and 1.00, and offers a free trial size from Barber Bros. The tone mimics a market pitch from an old newspaper page.
A two dollar postal note was stolen yesterday. Businessmen are asked to notify officers if such a note is presented.
An alarm about approaching consumption warns readers of night sweats blood spitting and appetite loss. It urges immediate action using Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery, claimed as a supreme blood purifier and nutritive superior to cod liver oil, available from all druggists.
A schoolmaster in Lodi California whipped fifteen girls after they turned up their noses at him, authorities reported. The incident drew immediate scrutiny from residents and school officials as the discipline prompted questions about methods and safety.
A collection of quips, social absurdities, and odd anecdotes opening with gender and social humor, moving through puns about manners, poetry, and habits, then drifting to a staged street scene involving a colored vendor and a spring health pitch. The piece ends with a self-deprecating remark on personal beauty and marketplace banter.
An old farmer's notes emphasize clean dry ground near new fruit trees, hog pen deodorization, and steady cost growth. It covers clover sowing Feb–May, wool drying, sheep care, kicking cows, calf shelter, corn manured potato crops, deep seed beds, manure and commercial fertilizer use, and soapsuds as fertilizer. It cites an agricultural journal on clover and timothy sowing, plus a Japan farming snapshot noting 20 million farmers among 38 million people and landholding patterns.
A fragmentary advertisement-style note dated 1885 1886 from B Boorn Saulebury Tenn and Miss Juni G. Orsaine AsuBURNHaM Massachusetts tout Hop Bitters as a cure for nervousness stomach sickness monthly troubles and lung and heart distress after two to four bottles the writer asserts improved health and urges others to try the product with neighbors noting similar benefits.
A reader recalls a Europe trip costing $3,000 that allegedly produced little value, contrasting it with a bottle of Hop Bitters claimed to cure his wife’s fifteen years of nervous weakness sleep troubles and dyspepsia, as stated by Mr. R. M. from Anburn, N.
A nursing mother reports her baby was permanently cured from constipation and bowel irregularity after Hop Bitters use, while the mother regained health. Satisfied users from Rochester and Monroe share claims of kidney and rheumatic relief, touting Hop Bitters as effective for debility and fever recovery.
A reader testifies that Hop Bitters cures biliousness nervousness and stomach liver and kidney diseases. Another note says it kept a mother from paraly sis and headache and that Hop Bitters revived a sick infant into a bouncing boy.
By order of the Probate Court of Douglas County Kansas the undersigned is appointed guardian of the person and estate of Yates Campbell a person of unsound mind dated April 20 1837 April 2th 1887
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