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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
2
George Mull travels to Chicago while Sinclair seeks mayoral talk. Residents extend subscriptions and renewals for Tux Gazette and Tar Gazette. Obituaries note Daniel Futton's death. Burglaries reported at Cook's grocery. Mining talks, real estate moves, and university staff changes listed amid community updates. Wolf hunts planned with local captains and farm lines mapped. Spring goods flood merchants as March nears.
Balmy weather and real estate gains set a lively tone as residents share births, marriages, travels, and community events. Reports list deaths like Mrs. J. Thompson and Mrs. A. Thompson, social visits, club elections, a wolf hunt planning near Bloomington, and shop fires, with emphasis on local institutions and citizens such as Jeffersonian Club, State University trustees, and area nurseries.
Mineral wells cropping up around the city are reported at Baldwin Eudora and Wakarusa sites. New springs on the Wilkerson farm near the poor farm, north bank of the creek, have been analyzed by Prof. E H S Baily and Prof. Sayre of the University. Water shows iron bicarbonates and various carbonates with notable iron content, suggesting a strong mineral water supply.
The Art Students League continues to grow with increasing interest and plans to move to a larger room as spring approaches. Miss Parker leads instruction while the club urges interested joiners to enroll at the new month start and enjoy broader voor art opportunities and outdoor sketching later.
The March issue presents a table of contents including portraits, frontispiece from Healy, Sha ler on the earth's stability with illustrated diagrams, Aunt Fountain's prisoner by Harris, Reminiscences of the siege and Commune of Paris, The Commune by Washburne with illustrations, Seth's Brother's Wife Chapter XXII by Harrold Frederic, The Story of a New York House III by Bunner with Frost art, An Interlude by Armytage, The Bayeux tapestry with Lowell photographs, The Residuary Legatee part II The Codicile, Ballade of the Penitents by Andrew Lang, What is an Instinct by William James, Father Andrei The story of a Russian priest by Butler, Cordon by Sullivan. 25 cents a number, 3 dollars a year. Coaries Scrmyner's Sons, publishers, 743 and 745 Broadway, New York.
L C McIntire returned Monday from the East with a large stock of dry goods for the coming season. He bought heavily and cheaply. One car load has arrived and more are coming. The headquarters for bargains in dry goods this spring will be at his store.
The advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a safe, fast remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. It claims the medicine treats the disease rather than masking symptoms and urges readers to keep a bottle at home. It notes price and availability from druggists and dealers and mentions Ferm Lease Gleason Whitman arranging with Eastern capital to offer farmers real estate loans at low rates.
A mix of local classifieds and medical claims. Includes Buekien's Arnica Salve claiming cures for skin eruptions and piles with 25 cent price. listings for land for sale or rent near town with multiple owners. notes of visits to Southern California. a county township meeting to set equitable assessments. and an advertisement for Dr Haines Golden Seal or Goltes Specific claimed to cure drunkenness with coffee in a private manner from Cincinnati.
Neighborhood news reports cattle movement near Riley Brown’s Nine Mile Farm with minimal losses, new homes planned by Joe Bleakley, and population shifts like Chas Taylor moving to Alabama and John Mercer to North Lawrence. Measles fears persist. several residents listed as ill. wolf hunt planned. church growth noted at A M E Church. varied local chatter on springs potential at Kudora and regional water discussions.
Local notices reveal plans to develop mineral springs into a hotel and resort. Builders announce new structures, hotel renovations, and utilities as prospects for summer visitors rise. officials discuss funding and land transfers while residents report on health analyses and business growth.
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