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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1886
Page
3
The piece notes teacher pay at Topeka High School increases from sixty to seventy five dollars per month. It also reproduces a medley of other items including cures for catarrh, saloon closures, political campaigning, court continuance, and a college class hat tradition.
Last night at the Summit House Baldwin City Shel ly McMillen and Belle Stroud along with Al Bald win and Georgie Daily joined in marriage vows. The Journal extends best wishes for happiness. A county board heard two road cases, the Markley road in Willow Springs township and the Welch road at the Wakarus. both cases were continued. Leatie, daughter of N. R. and Sallie Tabbott, aged sixteen, died yesterday after a typhoid illness. Funeral at 10 p.m. today at the family home south of the Carbondale railroad. The city council plans to swap square street lamps with street names painted on them to aid navigation. replacements will occur as old lamps wear out.
A Crawford county station agent in Litchield devised a new way to violate the Kansas prohibitory law by shipping whiskey as freight and making buyers swear affidavits on prescribed purposes. The agent, a rotory public, adds about thirty to forty dollars monthly by charging per invoice. The State Journal reports the scheme and its impact. The Young Men's Republican club plans a Cyclone hall meeting at 7:30 p.m. with county Republican nominees and a campaign push. There is space for more members to attend, with chairs secured for the event.
A mix of letters and notes on public life cites Dr Bull's cough syrup and Hood s Sarsaparilla cures. Market talk warns scarce potatoes and winter peaches. Roads to the Indian school discussed as macadamization proposed. Knights of Labor dispute over a colored seat at the academy of music in Richmond. Lawrence & Atchison and Kansas Southern railroad prospects noted. Catarrh remedies praised as constitutional cures. Mrs Stevens narrowly escaped injury when her horse backed a buggy, leaving it broken. Topeka Board of Education debate on tobacco and gum in schools ends with committee referral.
A passenger train on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe collided with an extra freight about three hundred yards west of the wagon bridge. The passenger engine and caboose burned. the fire department saved the locomotive. No one was hurt as freight men jumped the cars. Freight crew blamed for not keeping clear. Also includes a promotional note for Hood’s Sarsaparilla with claims of health benefits.
A quiet ceremony was held last evening October 6 at the bride’s mother’s Maple street residence. Rev W P Haworth of the Friends church officiated. Only near relatives attended. The bride, a well known former Douglas County teacher, now a Kiowa County farmer, and the groom will leave for Kiowa County in a few days.
Wa. C Clifton of Baltimore reports relief from rheumatism after using Salvation Oil for two to three years, stating he has not suffered since it gave him relief.
As the season advances, rheumatism pains arise after exposure. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is not claimed as a cure but has helped thousands. The ad urges sufferers to take it early to ward off the first twinge.
Miss Mary E. Brown of Valparaiso Indiana married Andrew Reed in a ceremony conducted by Dr Beatty on October 3.
At Thursday council meeting the ordinance was passed allowing street parking in Lawrence. The Improvement Association achieved a key objective of the group. Parked streets will enhance the city’s beauty and curb appeal.
Special correspondence from Canon City reports a visit to the Colorado penitentiary in search of John E. Stewart. The piece describes the prison yard lime kilns the fuel by coal loads teams the Sunday services with inmate musicians and a matron in charge of female prisoners. It also covers Canon City smelting and electric light plants fruit prospects winter resort hotel the St Cloud soda and hot springs and local residents including Thomas Wells and family.
A letter from New York extols Allcock’s Porous Plaster after years of use and kidney catarrh recovery. Kansas news notes Judge Thacher meeting series, Lawrence brewer John W. Jud reorganization of the Twelfth Kansas Regiment headquarters at camp Grant Topeka and Emporia updates, including Peter Miseres and J F Haughey. The Courier issue closes with word of late publication.
For two decades Henry F Balcom of Shirley Mass suffered rheumatism until Hood s Salsaparrilla brought relief. The ad notes endorsements from physicians lawyers and business men and claims the remedy cures rheumatism at 25 cents. A separate vignette shows a woman unable to sing until Dr Bull s Cough Syrup is used, after which she sings again.
The Young Men's Republican club held a large meeting in Cyclone hall with prominent citizens present. New members proposed include E G Sausman J O Holloway J N Davis A G Ellison Sam Moore Y M White L V Beatty and L A Stebbins.
A Journal investigation confirms that Bowersock may pursue legal action to compel payment for water power drawn from his pond above the Lawrence dam. Water Works officials say the river water belongs to multiple parties and would be paid for only after court ruling. The piece also notes a correction on asylum admissions, reporting 168 applications instead of 75 and a larger total awaiting admission.
Proceedings of the 15th annual Friends meeting recounts worship and business sessions on the 6th to the 7th of Sth 1888. It lists visiting ministers, clerks, and representatives from multiple yearly meetings, notes on minutes, printing volumes, and fundraising. The roll shows 7,071 members with male and female ministers and new meeting establishments.
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