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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1887
Page
7
A sprawling summary of late 19th century turmoil covers Abdul politics with hints of abdication, royal and parliamentary intrigue, legal actions against major papers, and warnings from Simla on Afghan affairs. It mentions trials, fires, strikes, and financial collapses across Europe and America, linking governance, war threats, and society’s shocks.
A digest of Kansas items notes Minneapolis bond votes for a western railroad, Santa Fe expansions in Topeka, and an 1500 worker boost. It covers state health board meetings in Topeka, depot disputes in Rice County, railroad property assessments, post office changes, and the Chicago Kansas & Nebraska tariff shift. Also reports losses from a Lesbenworth fire, prison reforms, census counts in Gray County, and a fatal derrick accident near Augusta.
East window factories visited by Secretary Whitney. Brooklyn navy yard inspected on the 27th. Hop crop unlikely to suffer. Ex Governor Morrill of Maine slight paralysis but able to talk and move. About 4000 California G A R veterans to visit St Louis next fall. Seventy NY police retired at 60. London reports Ovid’s tomb found at Küstendam. Strikers at Uniontown coke works plan to return to old wages. Judge Shepard refuses bail for boodlers McGarigle and McDonald. Chicago Bricklayers refuse arbitration. Berlin Muehlheim express train accident with seventeen aboard. Cornell trustees sell pine timber in Ashland County for $500,000. Murder case against Anderson continued to November. Salmi Morse manuscripts sold for $147. Passions play sale fetched $845. France to repatriate six weavers. Temple beat bike record at Alexandra Park in 37.15. Woodside failed five mile record. Sheriff Lynch’s posse arrests three armed men. Lynch wounded in leg. Rebels collecting funds at Alpena.
Market notes from St Louis show quiet grain trading with No 2 red wheat quoted cash and futures, oats and corn mixed, butter firm and creamery prices higher, with provisions steady. Cattle and hog markets steady to firm, with shipping steers and lambs detailed, and New York flour and wheat futures showing weak trends.
Reports describe Lookout Mountain Tennessee as a growing tourist spot with a new small park near the summit and a cable car line rising 1500 feet per mile. The one mile ascent carries 35 riders per trip in six minutes, offering public buildings and views for visitors.
Fragmented comic vignettes describe a prisoner attempting a palm pay, a juror bribery aside, a barber’s tale of fear and youth, a pun on aging and womanhood, and society’s jokes on aging and romance. The piece blends quips on meals, feelings, and social roles with light satire.
An oblique ad proclaims Indiana Cash Grocery buys and sells strictly for cash to save customers at least ten percent. It touts cash pricing on groceries and warns against credit, claiming lower prices on leading items though the text is garbled and partial.
A reader outlines budgeting to buy a fresh dress by end of the month. The note suggests paying up with Indiana Cash and keeping enough funds to cover essentials, arguing substitution and thrift help avoid debt while securing a new gown.
Old improved farm for sale near Lawrence Kansas 160 acres with creek bottom, timber, fenced pastures and a large house. 60 acres cultivated, orchard and fruit trees, good neighbory, school nearby. Price 4500 with easy terms. Also other properties including a half-price city house and an empty acre farm three miles northeast of Tonganoxie. Levi A Doane handles loans and sales.
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