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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1887
Page
8
The notice warns debtors in arrears that amounts are typically small but accumulates over time. It states willingness to consider reasonable extensions or compromises to recover funds and urges response to the creditor.
Hope loans money. Mr W Weightman of Topeka and Miss Hattie Bailey wed on Rhode Island street. Dr Harter’s Iron Tonic praised in Detroit for healthy women. James Donnelly seriously ill with neck carbuncle. Dr Pierce’s Extract and Favorite Prescription advertised. Funeral for Charles Hope set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Henry and Indiana. Boschee's German Syrup touted for consumption and cough relief with 80,000 bottles sold last year. Prohibitory liquor law takes effect. druggists out of stock. Dr Philadelphian notes painless death theory. Golden Medical Discovery promoted. Anniversary toast for Mr and Mrs A C Griesa. Electric Bitters lauded for liver and kidney cures. Barbers Bros. Drug Store price 50 cents. Misa Lyle Coburn visiting relatives in Illinois. music store work. Barber Bros. advertises Fiona stock and reliability.
A Charleston correspondent describes a wild West Virginia settlement of nomadic cave dwellers near Kanawa county. Deacon Edom Smith and his wife Olga preside over a sect with eerie rituals, a coffin in a stump, nocturnal hymns, and a haunting legend that ends with the couple's disappearance and a cave vault still said to house the box and Olga's ghostly song.
A Fulton Street tobacconist notes a street smoking trend resurging. He recalls five years ago youths tried pipe smoking on opera nights at the Academy of Music but stopped under public pressure. He has since sold a dozen meerschaum pipes to men who plan to smoke them outdoors, arguing pipes can be as acceptable as cigars in public.
A fragment from the Brooklyn Eagle notes that pipes grow old and their odor becomes unpleasant. The piece suggests smokers adapt, while others should do likewise, highlighting aging pipes and veteran habit.
A Boston Record-inspired view argues that marriage costs and risks push women toward remaining single. It predicts rising female independence and clubs for women within twenty years, reducing marriage rates as men become choosier.
Fragmentary readable lines show Castoria referenced across generations. The note hints at loose election bets and unclear dates or outcomes, suggesting a quirky mock ad style connected to a political moment.
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