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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
8
This notice warns subscribers whose renewal has lapsed and prints numbers opposite names. It urges arrears payers to settle promptly at their earliest convenience, noting small individual sums but large aggregate totals. It appeals to friends to respond generously to the appeal.
Community notices report receptions for YMCA District Conference delegates, DeMolay entertainments for visiting Knights Templar, and promotions for Dr J H McLean medicines. A Douglas county bar resolution urges Gov. Martin to appoint Judge S O Thacher as supreme court commission, with ads for storm charts, medicine claims, cattle sales, an auction March 10, and a death in the Bullard family.
February 26 1887 Forsiale describes a sale listing forty head of cattle aged one to six years to be sold Thursday March 10 at August Lucken farm three quarters of a mile north of Fall Leaf Kansas. Cash for under twenty dollars. over twenty dollars six months time with security at eight percent. Also a heavy eight year old draught team and harness ready for viewing at the old Shepherd place three miles south of Willow Springs. T. McDonaup manager for the sale.
A compact listing highlights a beautiful stock for spring including New Dress Goods Duchess Silks Rhad French Satins and ginghams, plus new carpets and living room items from INNES.
The article surveys European wheat crops and deficits amid low prices and imports, noting France seeks higher duties to curb American competition while Austria Hungary and other nations show reduced yields. It also describes global supply shifts, India exports, and Russia's tight season, ending with a vivid portrait of the Neva river and a San Diego man misplacing his baggage before a San Francisco voyage.
Rev. Dr. Alderman, formerly pastor of the M. E. church here, has accepted a call to Portland, Oregon. The notice follows other fragmented phrases mentioning Caatoris Castoris Caetoria and Cantoria in relation to a child named Baby.
Real estate and loan agent promotes farms in Dongine and adjoining counties plus multiple house and lot listings in Kansas. Highlights include a two story brick home with river frontage near the university, low down payments and long terms, and extensive farm tracts from one to a thousand acres. Rentals, water, fruit, shade trees, and proximity to street cars and schools are emphasized. Agent Bailey of Douglas County Bank invites inquiries and printed lists.
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