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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1884
Page
1
Eldridge House Corner Lawrence Kansas prints farm property offers including 400 acre stock and grain farm with 12 room house 64x84 barn 64x84 feet and several smaller holdings within a mile to Lawrence. Listings detail multiple acreages 70 80 160 and 960 acres with descriptions of wells timber pasture fruit orchards and terms for purchase from Gleason Whitman.
A historical critique of the 1864 Northern Pacific land grant and its extensions. It argues Congress enabled vast public-domain spoils to a railroad monopoly through repeated extensions and a powerful lobby, risking massive land forfeiture and erosion of settlers' rights. The piece calls for legislators to scrutinize the grant and protect the people from corporate usurpation.
A correspondent from Livonia, New York, describes a train trip east from Detroit to London Ontario, noting differences in engines, manners, and customs. He observes colder dress, flat Far West Ontario contrasts, frost covered windows, and a tidy London station dining area with courteous service. He comments on drinking habits, travel kits, and public behavior, praising manners and restraint, while noting Canadians’ pride in England yet self-doubt about their own land. He compares opportunities, training, and discipline between Canada and the United States, predicting a shift toward merit and efficiency in the States and noting potential cross border benefits from Canadian labor and Chinese cheap labor lessons.
To the Electors of the City of Lawrence you are notified that the poll books for registration of the voter for the year 1884 are open. You may register at my office by appearing and applying therefor F D Brooks City Clerk.
An 880 population Richmond Virginia note reports a colored preacher Reverend J Jaaper asserting the sun moves. The item includes crowd directions to a church and references to commercial cures and local advertisements. It mentions Dr Carl Neumann’s clinic and a series of aggressive promotions by Lo Gro Innes Co.
Notice to stockholders of the Patra Co-operative Association of Douglas County Kansas an adjourned meeting will be held in Lawrence on the third Wednesday in February at 1 p m to close the association business J B Griffin President Lawrence Jan 19 1884 also notice of meeting place at C Wicks Co for coal heaters at Willey & Savage 104 Massachusetts street
Geo Innes and Company announce a sweeping sale of their entire stock at fearfully low prices to convert stock into cash. The sale runs over the next few weeks offering opportunities for shoppers to buy dry goods at unprecedented low prices.
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