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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1888
Page
4
Terms state six months or yearlong rates with one year paid in advance. Includes jurisdiction of county and advance payment. Requests full post office address including county and state.
The record lists Benjamin Harrison of Indiana for President and Levi P. Morton of New York for Vice President. It notes the assignment of presidential electors but provides no further names or outcomes.
In Douglas county reports show enthusiastic Republican meetings promising a full party vote next Tuesday. The Kansas City Republican demonstration is described as a notable campaign moment. The piece also notes cross-party candidates allied with Union Labor Democrats.
Lines recall plans to send the Lawreate Cyclones to Washington for President Harrison's inauguration and address questions about Wm. Miller's Republican loyalty in Douglas County. The Fort Scott Monitor condemns the Galloway mortgage circular as slanderous and harmful to Kansas, urging accountability for disseminators.
Senator Sherman favors political union with Canada in a NY Sun interview. Canadian press debates annexation with Conservatives opposed, Liberals split, while thinkers like Goldwin Smith argue history and civil war shaped Britain Canada and debate grows as an issue.
A speaker argues from a long Canadian residence that reconciliation has fused American and Canadian societies across borders, creating interlinked economies and rail networks. He notes the political ties are waning while social bonds endure, urging that a union benefits internal peace and security for all inhabitants.
A narrator recounts a 12 mile ascent to Pike's Peak from Manitou with a companion, riding Short-stop through rocky narrows and narrow bridges. They note tolls at a gate, treacherous ledges, pine forests, burro trains, and passing alpine tourists as they chase a solitary traveler.
A travelers’ narrative describes overnighting at a two story Trail House with gun decor and a glassy pond. The ascent to Bald Mountain and Pike's Peak reaches timber line at 11,500 feet, revealing vast alpine vistas and a clocked two hour time difference, while hikers endure altitude sickness and a comical descent in slickers on burros.
An advertisement extols Warner's Log Cabin Sarsa parilla as a blood purifier that drives out vicious blood and renews it with virtuous blood. It promises a strong healthy nature with best blood remedy at a cheap price, presenting hypocrisy as a form of homage to virtue.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh it cannot cure. It claims the remedy acts directly on the blood and mucus surfaces and urges purchase through wholesale druggists and local banks. The text cites F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and West & Rae Wholesale Druggists among others.
A notice seeks a board with room supplied by a woman in the business part of town. Interested parties should inquire at 817 Massachusetts Street for details and arrangements.
A party on Lake Nipissing faced a seven mile voyage at dusk. An Irish guide rowing through sickness and past age recalls cures from grandmothers and balsams. Warner's Log Cabin cough and consumption remedy is promoted as the best old time cure for coughs and colds.
The piece lists Hebrew loanwords creeping into American usage and notes pronunciations in New York. It highlights schnorrer mazzell schlemazzell schlemihl muchullah shtalme cherah mispocher nikaive yeddineh kodim cuk dooga mismit gar garista ben goy schksa rasha chuteper and the idea that America is a stand in for Jerusalem on Yom Kippur among Jews and Germans alike.
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