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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
3
A reading of Reno township items reports Dr Shinmooe’s farm declining after his move to Lawrence with dying trees and reduced yields. It notes fairs, horse yields, corn and wheat cutting, social events, school repairs, and plans for a wagon road to Lawrence.
A district numbering correction is noted for Sabbath School attendance in district No 11. Mrs Lavon, once Dora Stone, is mentioned. A Black Jack broker is sunstruck during a heat wave and now struggles to move. Chiis Eberhart sends a Mansameta cane to Sykes in Oregon. Daniels of Black Jack, a long time soldier, seeks a pension amid government delays and hardship among veterans and workers.
TonganoXie reports rapid town growth with new buildings and a waking railroad, as citizens push improvements and expect a thriving fall term. Observations include local homes and businesses. Crop reports vary with corn yields ranging from about forty to over fifty bushels per acre nearby tests.
Local notes report Cradby and W W Amos both very sick with varying recoveries. Miss Elle Follta and Miss Mamie Yeats visit, Buckner dedicates Clinton M E church, Kidder family moves to farm, Rev Boas ill but recovering, Nickum starts new home excavation, Mrs Simson arrives from Winnemook Nebraska to visit relatives. Frail held here on.
The itemized notes include Mrs Reedy's precarious condition and a relapes, visits by T Z Pierce and wife from Los Angeles, a school board hiring Ottawa architect for a six room schoolhouse with basement, cattle disease spreading with eye inflammation, Charley Cheney jailed ninety days for theft, farms sold and rented, Sabbath school and church events, concerts, residents moving to Baldwin and Kansas City, and two women leaving Elm Street for Ohio.
Mina Jessie DeTarway visits in Kansas City while Mr Christy of Waverly calls on McCandiesa. Stella Laws and brother from Olathe were in town. Mrs. Reid of Prairie Center visits her parents, the Perkinses. Uncle Billie Fisher ill but improving under Dr. Tucker. Our baseball club played Wellaville last Saturday and lost. Minnie Smith of Kansas City visits. she’s bookkeeper at the St James Hotel. Walter Fisher runs the Vilas telegraph office. Mrs. L. L. Moore is very ill with rheumatism and has little hope of recovery.
W. J. Gilmore, who bought 320 acres east of town years ago, has worked weeks to restore water for stock after a spring failed. The area was a field pasture but lacks water now. Clinton reports hope for a local flooring mill rivaling nearby cities. Railroad men on the K C M railroad carry canteens as the grade extends, with water flowing through cars unimpeded. Ice cream party noted at Wallace Deans'. Maggie Woodward bought John Warner's property and Mr. and Mrs. McCreath visited. Maggie Woodward rents her farm for five years.
SROVER. News notes from Vinland to Bloomington describe school start in district 24 on the first Monday of September. Local residents Fletcher Wilson and others visit Squire Nickell while John J. Bunce returns from Shawnee travels.
A Blooded Adair was advertised as the best blood in horses and stock to be shown at the National Exposition and Inter-State Fair at Bismarck Grove Lawrence Kansas September 5 to 10 1887. Stock for sale includes Thoroughbred stock Poland China Hogs and Short Horn Bulls. Call or ad free M McMinusn 359-3m Centropolla Franklin Co Kansas.
Vintage ads tout Buckien cures for piles and ointments for horses from Barber Bros and English Spavin Lineament addressing lameness and sprains with claims of savings and warranties. Herman Brooker promotes gasoline stoves and Castoria for children as a household remedy and product pick.
Weston argues that long walking tours should use simple nutrition and natural stride. He advises light broad shoes, daily salt-water baths for the feet, and gradual stagey journeys by train to Albany, then walking to mountains. He stresses consistency and rest to prevent injury on extended walks.
An eyewitness recounts praying for rain in a drought-stricken port town where farmers blame wickedness. A storm finally arrives as a train passes and locals debate whether supernatural power could intervene, while a second item mocks society’s excesses and a note on a casting process in progress.
The Carpet department invites buyers to act now while stock is complete and prices are at their peak for the year. George Innes promotes the best selection of new patterns and colors available.
Our governor's order aims to raise August sale to July levels through low prices and fair treatment. The Dress Goods department is in splendid shape and ladies buying now will receive correct fall wear items.
A promotional notice advertises a low price offer for the Weekly Capital and Farmers’ Journal and Tax Gazette plus a gas offer. It urges subscribers in the state capital and their local paper at about the price of one subscription. Also mentions builders and plans available through the Shophell Build Co operative Association at 68 Broadway New York.
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