This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1891
Page
8
An OCR fragmented page shows a Kansas Railway ad alongside assorted notices and social items. It mentions Crutchfield and Forest Avenue, a medical remedy offer with a money back guarantee, and a Barber Brothers Drug reference. It notes a quarterly YB C meeting and arrangements for an annual Bible school with names Dexter, Tucker, and Theo.
The fragment discusses money and investment in rubber rowths, a $2,000 estimate, and local improvements. It mentions Contra Ricans, city weeks, and delays caused by mud and splashing with a tone of cautious optimism and disputed figures.
The Gazette promotes reader recruitment with a three month credit for each paid advance subscription and a free year for four new subscribers. It also notes two papers for the price of one from November and announces Republic weekly editions with six pages twice weekly, plus state editions for Missouri Illinois and Texas.
The Douglas county Gazette promotes a special limited price for a yearly subscription to the Gazette and National Democrat. It emphasizes wide Washington news coverage, congressional proceedings, and a strong Democratic stance. Readers are urged to pay in advance to secure the offer and clear arrearages. The office is located on the second floor of the Journal building.
A miscellany of discounted fabrics and garments lists prices for wool blends, cottons, linens, prints, ticking, ginghams, table linens, and hosiery. Includes a one dollar corset with a money refund guarantee and a note on mens and ladies wear.
Lawrence residents are invited to order choice brands of pure wines and liquors for medicinal and family use from Joux Doxs City Kansas City Mo. Port wine priced 1.50 to 4 per gallon blackberry brandy 1.50 to 1 cognac brands Mc Brayer and Monarch are listed with Bond and Lillard Primrose among others. All goods guaranteed to be as represented.
A noisy vintage ad lists stock thousands and harness items. It touts three hundred saddle sets, hair faced collars, and Howe farm harness. Also promoted are three buggy whips for 25 cents and Kangaroo Spider spools at 20 cents a dozen. Sands & Co. sells playing cards via mail order from John Sebastian Chicago.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.