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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1890
Page
3
Local notices from Twin Mound and nearby settlements report multiple moves, farm activity, and community events. Moves include F Webber, C Thurber, N Blocher, J Badsky, and others. schools, dances, and an open lecture by A F Allen are noted along with farm sales and harvest preparation.
The article proclaims a mining machine adaptable to all mineral types, simple to build and operate, with potential use across regions including Denver. It notes it can be operated by a boy of ten or a ten horse power setup, and mentions a miner Mr C from North Carolina solving placer mining in his youth.
Leavenworth County items report John Stevenson Straw berry Toan moving to Lawrence until May first with plans to retrace moorings. Chas Smock sells oats at thirty cents per bushel. Advice given to fetch best prices and to hold sales of old farm tools for a ten percent advance over new material in six to eight months. Willie Hackly received a letter from his mother now at Independence Missouri noting her hundredth birthday.
A collage of local items mentions Hackly’s long life, marsh hunting on Mud branch, and the luxury of wading two feet of water at creek banks. Cider barrels head to Lawrence and Tornaden brothers ship two loads of cattle to Kansas City. Captain Marvin opens a Kenyon place barn while C Chapman and Geo Howard relocate near Reno.
In Mission Creek area oats sowing is underway and wheat promises a good crop. Cheese price around 7 cents. horses selling from 50 to 100 pounds. several plan to move to Oklahoma. Keene Alliance has about 40 members. land to be cleared this spring. W Fare bought a team from J Bullfish. a new railroad may rise in the valley. Stocks look strong, many to be sold. H Buttish rents farm to son John for two years with fenced pasture for 50 cattle. contact Snokamo Price.
Jefferson Deights announces Riley Brown Sr and Jr sending fat cattle to Kansas City by the car load every three days. George Beasley, once in Lawrence, now heads for California. Elder State’s sermon series at Union meeting house concludes with more to follow. Potatoes remain in demand despite low prices, aided by improved farming machinery.
An advertisement claims a dry goods and carpet house in Lawrence, GEO. INNES, sells at lower prices than any city rival with no two price figures shown. It also promotes Diamond and Peerless Dyes at Raymond and Dick's and Dr. Wheeler dentist services with low cost artificial teeth and fillings. Office hours 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.
For sale or trade 160 acres of land. Interested in trading for property in or near Lawrence. Located in the finest wheat growing region in the union. For particulars apply at 1120 Rhode Island street Lawrence Kansas.
Inter state Commerce Commissioners Morrison and Veasey held a hearing in Torena Kansas with railroad officials and shipper representatives. The session examined rate structures from Kansas to eastern centers, rebates, and the impact of the 1887 Interstate law on grain cattle and beef shipments through Kansas and Missouri.
A promotional statement declares unprecedentedly low prices in every department of a city store. It asserts proof of the claim and invites shoppers to visit, promising courteous treatment regardless of purchase size.
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