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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1887
Page
2
A garbled coterie of notices from Lawrence reports marriages, dissolutions and name changes, including a union of Dora Jentan and Mr Peters, and several marriage banns. It also notes a partnership dissolution between Oliver Butler and F M Alexander, with calls for creditors to present claims and settle accounts. A Topeka Capital quote laments California emigration as unsettling.
Mrs. E S Good died suddenly Friday night at her Louisiana Street home after a fainting spell and coughing fits while returning from the Daughters of Rebekah meeting. Heart disease listed as probable cause. She leaves husband, two sons, and a daughter. funeral held at the Methodist church with Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges in attendance.
A Santa Fe wreck near Strong City injures three postal workers including Emanuel Breneman and Jobo Blerce. Deserter Frank Chaney, once of Lawrence, is pursued after escape and arrest warrants follow amid vigilante chatter. Authorities emphasize swift capture and public safety.
Democratic delegates from townships and wards met at the courthouse forenoon session at 10 o'clock. A temporary organization was formed with Mr. S. Steinberg in the chair. The convention adjourned to 2 p m for the afternoon. The permanent organization committee nominated Joe Birgeau for president and Frank Webster for secretary. A five member committee on the order of business reported.
A clipped column with social reflections on aging and progress, praising longevity, health, and moral uplift. A vivid anecdote follows a son bringing his old mother to a photo gallery, highlighting tenderness, filial duty, and the wish to preserve a fading life in a photograph. The piece contrasts youthful promise with aging wisdom, ending on a solemn note of gratitude.
A satirical health piece discusses fat as a bodily reserve, citing doctors and philosophers. It traces fat's protective role, body weight estimates, and how obesity affected historical figures, plus early advice on diet and lifestyle to reduce fat with nitrogenous foods and exercise.
Fragmentary notes describe varied topics: prison hair rules in the Washington Territory, a Me inscription about a large family gathering, ancient skeletons near Tucson, organ grinders in New York City, society women walking for health, a Peters burg forgery case with a wife’s plea, a claim about advances in microscopical science, and a math puzzle listing the number of arrangements for numbers one to one hundred.
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