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Lawrence Weekly Journal

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1886

Page

4

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Republican Congressional Convention for Kansas Second District

A delegate convention of the Republicans of the Second Congressional District of Kansas will be held at 2 p m on Thursday July 1 1888 in Ottawa to nominate a candidate for Representative and to elect a Republican Congressional Committee Representation bases one delegate for each 200 votes or major fraction thereof cast in 1880 for James G Blaine plus county tallies listed including Allen Johnson Bourbon Franklin etc Delegates to be elected at county conventions on the preceding Saturday June 30 1888 The meeting is chaired by Colton with Lane as secretary pro tem

Second Congressional District Kansas Ottawa James Gr. Blaine Jane Wa Isc Garnett Kensie GA Colton Lane Thomas J. Coyle Mary Coyle Lemuel Camp Camp Bassett & Perkins Lawrence Weekly Journal Lawrence Cc. G. Foster L.s A. S. Thomas

Forest fires erupt in northern Michigan this season

Tris forest fires have commenced in northern Michigan. Everything is early this season. Turre is not a town in the United States so well policed at so small an expense as Lawrence Dix. Hoists is trollicking around in England, and we fear will not be back to old Kansas this commencement to innect "the hoys."

Tris Michigan Turre United States Lawrence Dix England Old Kansas

Kansas City Court House Project Promoted at Million Dollar Scope

City officials push a plan for a new court house valued at one million dollars. Lawrence contemplates a jail project with a lower cost but nearing the same scale. A new youth magazine, St Nicholas, is praised as a premier American publication for young readers.

Kansas City Lawrence St. Nicholas America

Darwin Chair Gift and City Prospect in Lawrence News

A Lubeck merchant left 800000 marks to the University of Jena for a Darwin chair. Lawrence's prospects improve modestly. several good things are assured and the season should be fairly prosperous. The old sidewalks and structures in the area are being replaced as part of urban renewal.

Lubeck Germany University of Jena Lawrence

Chicago Current Gains Public Confidence Amid Texas Cattle Drive

The current issue shows improving public confidence in the Chicago Current. Texas cattle are being rushed north along a long trail with over 100,000 head moving, their noise echoing at night as they trample and seek water.

Texas

Weather prophets face critique in Wichita Eagle

The piece ridicules forecasts from Prof. Foster of the Leavenworth Times and similar so called storm predictors. Mrs Inwhy, a scholarly vigorous writer, devotes two and a half columns to argue that shorter theories are better and exposes flaws in weather forecasting tradition.

Inwhy Wichita Eagle Foster W. P Leavenworth Times Inwin

Eight hour plan trial in Chicago abandoned after failure

The eight hour plan was tried in Chicago and proved unsuccessful. It was not a bad idea to test, but abandoning it now seems prudent after its clear failure.

Chicago

Hours of labor and pay across trades scandal

The passage argues hours and pay vary by job, noting journalism and editing demand endless hours while harvest work under sun fails to align with eight hours. It contrasts grangers with labor strikes and weather, suggesting complaints are weather driven and not about excessive work.

Granger

Lawrence suburb growth touted with Indian rights note

A historical description praises Lawrence Kansas as a top suburban site with ten acre tracts and scenic hills. It cites Senator Ingalls on Mount Oread and quotes a Hampton educated Indian challenging government barriers to business and education, urging reforms for Indian progress.

Education of the Indian and the path to leadership

The piece argues education benefits Indians yet warns against educating only a few. It recounts Shoenmaker and Joe Osage, showing an educated man returning to leadership and facing mockery, then choosing tradition over progress. It concludes that broad schooling shapes futures for the Osage and other tribes.

Congress Washington Post Hampton Washington Indian Territory Wnd Goodfather Shoenmaker Westport Neosho Joseph Joe Indian Council

State Personalities Highlight Kansas Figures

Hon J R Burton contests Andersons seat while Isaac Sharp is urged for Interior Secretary. Ex Governor Carney tours the East as Susan B Anthony visits Leavenworth for four weeks. Morrill introduces Osborne relief bill. Hitt follows Grubers bank collapse. Col Reed meets Knights of America banquet in Canada.

J. R. Burton Anderson Burton America George R. Peck Colorado Springs Kansas Washington Isaac Sharp Carney Susan B. Anthony Susan Gruber’s Bank United States Col. Reed Topeka W Knights of America Canada

Kansas State University Praised by Harvard Head

The Topeka correspondent reports President Elliott of Harvard called Kansas State University the best college in the West with the possible exception of Ann Arbor University. The compliment from the head of the leading US college regards a Kansas institution highly.

Topeka Kansas City Journal Journal Elliott Harvard University Kansas College Western Collees Kansas State University Ann Arbor University United States Kansas

Kansas City Times backs Mr Funston in moral support

A fragmentary letter shows the Kansas City Times lending moral support to Mr Funston. The writer notes the Times would not be enriched or impoverished by the stance and jests about hair products like Parker's Hair Balsam, citing a testimonial from Mary Swanson of Chicago.

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