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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1886
Page
5
A mixed city page reports widespread illness, a District Court jury discharged until December 6, and local notices on trains, theaters, sales, and gas works. It notes funerals in Baldwin, street improvements, Hood’s Sarsaparilla ads, weathering fires, and upcoming events including a Shorthorn breeders meeting in Topeka.
A Sunday union meeting at Plymouth church organized the Society for the Promotion of Sabbath Observance. Officers named include President Rev. James Marvin and Treasurer Dr. D. Coffin. The body aims to enforce Sabbath laws and strengthen public sentiment for observance through quarterly meetings and active trustees.
Yesterday Marshall Frentica with ex Marshall Shailcross of Leavenworth recovered items stolen from Jaedicke's store. Prentice had sent Shailcross a description of the burglary and morning dispatch said the goods were located. Francis Jaedicke and Prentice went to Leavenworth and returned with the property. Thieves were professionals and will be captured in a few days.
A busy Saturday drew country visitors to town with crowded stores and strong sales. An itemized list shows multiple stove and furniture purchases, while Miss Ellen Dargen, a Lawrence resident, dies of consumption. Funeral services were held at St. John Catholic Church with interment at Calvary Cemetery. Court sessions hear burglaries and larcenies with several defendants sentenced and civil cases set for next week. Quincy School notes top averages across grades, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla promotes itself as a cure for catarrh.
A grand house warming for Mr and Mrs F M Perkins drew over one hundred guests. Hosted by Mr and Mrs Warne, the two story mansion features a waxed wood interior, a wife of hard wood with inlaid border, and a mansard roof. Bueb's orchestra supplied music while lavish refreshments were served. Notables included Judge and Mrs Bassett and numerous local families.
North Lawrence items note farmer J Stewart’s return from Missouri after 45 years apart, halted gold digging, a German man named Friendal dies near Buck Creek, and local business changes. Also ads and notices include Welcome to mothers teething syrup, cloaks sale, YWCA meetings, and Ishbath Observance Society actions plus postal schedule for Thanksgiving.
A wartime tale unfolds of Col. Ben T. Duval and Joe Bishop, drinking partners in Fort Smith and Carroll County. After years apart they meet, Joe seeks one drink with Duval, but Duval refuses and Joe leaves, vowing lemonade while recalling past hard days on the Arkansas farms and piney woods.
French chemist M. Rohart presented at the National Society of Agriculture that sheep wool grease absorbs sulphur compounds at fusion and fixes up to a hundred times its volume of sulphuretted hydrogen. Soap made from the grease proved excellent with faster sapunification, attainable without caustic alkali using alkaline carbonates, suggesting broad economic benefits for fatty materials.
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