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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
3
Kauwaka reports Children's Day plans at the U B church with a 10 30 start and a picnic dinner, socials at Congregational church, plus a string of visits, farm news, births, illnesses, and community happenings from nearby High Prairie and surrounding area including dances, picnics, and village gossip.
Corn is growing. Various residents report trips to Kansas City for business, corn and wheat shipments, and orchard notes. Socials include parties at Mr Chapman’s and an ice cream social in Media. Updates cover rail depot talk, accidents with minor injuries, and township census figures for Wakarusa with detailed farm statistics.
An assorted listing details 18 inch all Linen Crash at 7 4c per yard. 16 inch brown duck Crash at 334c per yard. 16 inch honey comb Crash at 334c per yard. Additional items include 12 1-2c, 1c, and 18c Crashes offered in a mixed lot at 10 1-2c.
Cottonwood Lumber offers about 30 000 feet of yellow cottonwood for sale at a farm near Lake View station. Prices range from 10 to 8 1/2 dollars per thousand. Seller identified as Alex Rose.
A listing shows yard wide brown muslin at 4c to 6c, soft finish brown muslin at 5c to 6 1-2c, bleached muslin 5c to 7 1-2c, bleached mushin 6 1-2c, 8-4 brown sheeting and 12 1-2c or 16c bleached sheeting. Ready made pillow cases priced at 42 and 45 inches at 12c each.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Rose spent Sunday in Lecompton and Messrs T N and Wilson Crowder visited Lawrence for Decoration Day. Herbert Reed moved to housekeeping in the Orr house in March. The day at the Lake featured ideal weather, festive preparations for dancing and abundant refreshments as many gathered for the exercises and crowded the lake area.
The Foreign Missionary Society will meet with Mrs S W Nye on Thursday June 3. The Literary club met with Mrs Winn Gill last Tuesday afternoon and enjoyed strawberries and other treats. Recent rain refreshed vegetation and improved farmers prospects but gave the church bugs a setback. The station agent owns a horse wagon bicycle and two feet and plans to visit his sweetheart twice weekly if she agrees. Mr and Mrs Will Harris marked their twentieth wedding anniversary May 25 with about sixty guests and refreshments of ice cream strawberries and cake. George and Jennie Adams, longtime Lawrence residents, will move to Colorado to join sister Ella and make it their new home, wishing them success.
Free Pills offer urges readers to send address to H E Bucklen Co Chicago for a free sample box of Dr King New Life Pills. Claims ease of action relief for constipation headaches malaria and liver troubles with vegetable ingredients and no deleterious substances. Regular size 25c per box sold by Barber Bros druggists.
Lawrence stores offer continued cold weather bargain wash goods with wide lawns at 4c per yard and 8%4c lawns at 5c. Percales, Batiste, Ginghams, Jaconets, Dimities, Organdies, and India Linens priced from 5c to 35c. Lot includes English Lappets and French Organdies with reduced rates.
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