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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
2
Local column lists Haverly's Minstrels at opera house next Thursday July 28 and other entertainments. Citizens travel to Idaho Springs and Atchison for work and vacations, births, marriages, deaths, and gossip recur with school events, church socials, and town business. Notable items include Miss Belle Dix's summer plans, Shane's gallery boast, and a fatal typhoid claim.
A retrospective piece recalls the Round Corner drug establishment in Lawrence, its one stop stock range from medicines to hardware, and its low prices. It also recounts a Baldwin California rescue tale of a boy who wandered on a train and was found by a fellow passenger who recognized him.
A patchwork of short items details a desert mishap heroism with a man warming himself and being found by a rancher, a fatal accident near Mud Creek involving Oscar Yaples, a moving circus crowding in Topeka and Omaha, praise for Howe’s London Circus, Haverly's Minstrels, and The Builders Portfolios as well as spavins in horses and a Lecompton marriage.
A set of competition rules from Lawrence Kansas grocers outline prizes for best butter and bread. Linwood and Douglas County Mills offer premiums for butter and loaf bread made with Bowersock flour. Awards include gold medals for top entries and smaller prizes for second best. Certificates confirm age and flour used. Grocers stock A1 flour for entrants.
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