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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1883
Page
5
The timetable lists arrivals on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 7 pm with closing later that day. A second stage arrives Wednesday and Saturday at 12 10 pm and closes the same day at 1 am. Sundays and National Holidays mail closes at 11 am.
A collage of ads and notices including new inkstands at Warren's, jewelry and timepieces at Murdock's, discounted Teas at Stanford Bayless Co, and upcoming bargains at the Indiana Cash store. Subscribers urged via A B Hoad and J D Smith. Prairie game prices offered by Harry Hutson. barber and pawn broker Chas Hope. loan notices at No.5 Henry Street, Lawrence. Also barbed wire gate exhibit by Dr J C Gamble and piano offerings from Wilder Palm with Wilcox & White organ brands. Notice ends with local editor A M Thintlethwaite no longer with the paper.
The Sozial e Verein hosted its annual Bal Masque last Thursday in the Miller block hall. A Gazette representative was admitted amid a crowd of attendees, with costumes ranging from Rebecca at the well to exotic masquerades. The list of masks includes Carrie Steinberg as Rebecca, Bertha Jacobs as apple girl, Mrs Rudiger in fancy dress, Mary House as hunter, Emma Poehler as artist, Fanny Levy as Topsy, Mollie Erb as domino, and many others including felines, elephants, and frogs among performers.
The city clerk announces poll books are open for voter registration for the year 1883. Citizens may register at the clerk’s office by complying with the law. Failure to register means loss of the vote. The notice urges readers to read the city clerk Monet’s notice and register.
Pleasing note on Mr Faxon’s top wave of success describes his shop stocked with venison, buffalo, game, fish, fowl, oysters, meats, honey, canned goods and more. Also reports on local visitors, returning residents, and a push for Kansas State Mutual Fire Insurance with strong county uptake and agent notices.
Merth Lawrence notes a vogue for fortune tellers among youths and a surge in weddings. Fourteen carloads of wheat moved over the Leavenworth branch, two engines needed. A Poland China hog weighed 700 pounds gross sold by W. P. Wilson. Moving day may delay due to bad roads. Birds arrive from the sunny south while river beds hold surplus water. Gardeners foresee vegetables. four men from Mt. Gilead, Ohio scout Douglas county for farms. Farmers urged to burn old litter to curb chinch bugs before April.
Buy tickets only at regular offices where genuine passes are guaranteed. Counterfeit tickets sold outside are deceptive and may cause loss or denial of travel. Visit the Union ticket office for reliable, free information and tickets that will take you through to your destination. J. P. Ross, Agent.
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