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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1887
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR hints at Louise Chandler Moulton, Youth's Companion, and a discussion of poetic voice and inspiration. Limited readable text foregrounds a literary context without concrete events or dates.
A fragmented discussion traces beliefs about swallows, sparrows, and snowbirds migrating patterns, asking how and why birds travel south, routes and speeds, and how weather and vegetation influence each species. It includes a satirical aside from an athlete and a professor advocating skull caps to prevent cold and head injuries.
The passage recounts a tale from Zola's Ventre de Paris about Florent, who fled Cayenne and tells of a fellow convicts devoured by land crabs on Devil’s Island. It links Planori Jr to a 1665 Paris opera incident and exile to Cayenne, where thirty-five of forty escapees went mad or perished, leaving a chaotic aftermath in a literary circle.
Practical guidance on creating a smooth lawn with ornamental beds, paths, and low growing plants. Includes designs for parallelogram and square plots, edging, massing, and color contrasts with phlox and asters. Also covers hog cholera remedies, water practices for horses, silos, labels, weather signals, and rural market notes.
A city tailor Alex Protech moved his establishment to a ground floor location near McIntire's and Weide man’s shoe store. He offers dress goods, cut to fit pockets, and low prices with high workmanship. The ad touts spring suits, pants, and overcoats, encouraging customers to visit for quality and savings.
A City Drug Store advertises a large stock for spring cleaning including talcum, paints, oils, varnishes, brushes and related items at very low prices. It invites customers to visit for items in this and the regular drug line.
Levi A Doane lists farm and nearby properties for sale near Lawrence Kansas. A 160 acre creek bottom farm with 100 cultivated acres, timber, orchard, barn and outbuildings priced at 4500 with easy terms. Also a 20 acre farm near Lawrence offering fruit trees and city conveniences with favorable price. Listings emphasize easy payment plans and potential exchanges.
We offer cash transactions only to save you at least ten percent on purchases. Prices shown include flour, coffee, tea, canned goods, and other leading articles with emphasis on cash sales and avoidance of credit or bookkeeping costs.
A fragmented 19th century advice piece urges households to settle monthly grocery bills with their wives at Indiana Cash Grocery. It claims paying early frees end month credit, enabling a wife to buy a new dress and keep a family happier, healthier, and wealthier.
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