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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1887
Page
4
A jumbled Kansas City scene lists a fire at Wickus Union stockyards, a marriage license issued to Adolph Prior and Dora Walrus, school vocal music mandates, a lecture by George Frances Train, and various court actions in Ottawa and Lawrence. Amid wrecks and travel notes, reports mention missing horses, a Watermelon case, and patent notices to Kansans.
Local items report weather, school, church and university notices, trades and prices, and rail and road developments. Mentions Enora district pupils, a cattle sale, additions to Catholic building, and university events. Also notes steam connections, rail surveys, and shorter Missouri Pacific night schedule.
A joint Missouri Valley and Douglas County horticultural society gathering met last Saturday at Edward Taylor’s Edwardsville farm. Members toured his potato operations, noting 200 acres of potatoes yielding 155 bushels per acre and a total 3,000 bushels stored for next spring. Taylor, owner of 400 acres, ships 45 carloads to Denver and boasts the nation’s largest potato trade from Kansas. President Evatt introduced Prof. Soonte, who spoke on climate and agricultural prospects across Kansas and neighboring states, citing April to October growing season and favorable cool nights despite hot summers.
A Missouri gathering heard Dan Carpenter of Clay County share years of orchard experience. He described planting an orchard 21 years ago with interplanted cabbages, issues with rabites, pest control attempts, and selling fruit from dishonest tree peddlers. Various local experts reported on orchard practices, fruit varieties, and pest challenges across the Missouri Valley, plus notes on currants and grapes.
A jumbled miscellany reports purchases, state Grange debates on extending suffrage to women, civil service reform shakiness, and varied political comment. It notes M. W. Reynolds buying the Gueda Springs Herald, travels by Susax in Kansas, and shifts in Kansas newspapers. Further items mention reform factions, liquor interests, and a Cherokee ballot event.
A transcript presents a jumble of topics from a governor's annual report debating Dakota statehood to medical observations on digestion and bodily symptoms. It mentions Henry George style land value theory, misstatements by officials, and unrelated health remedies. The passage also endorses Green's August Flower as a cure-all despite dubious efficacy.
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