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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1890
Page
2
Neighborhood readers are invited to contribute local items to The Gazette’s Neighborhood News department. Correspondents are asked to send local notices by Monday afternoon for inclusion.
Wheat looks splendid and a fine harvest is anticipated. Farmers report large geese production and slow corn planting due to shock corn in fields. Notes on buckwheat, strawberries, dairy ventures, and various local households. Mentions a Baptist prayer meeting, new U P depot, and district updates across Hesper Vinland Burnett Willow Springs Lapeer Orchard Know.
In Jefferson Heights, planting corn with a sister is noted as fashionable. Common corn planters are fading as more chickens are raised locally, contributing to a regional wolf surplus seen traveling at dusk. A recent survey of Jefferson Heights shows limited wheat compared with vast corn and flax fields, reflecting decade changes.
The text asserts flax offers superior profitability, estimating an acre yields $15 in seed value. It claims flax is resistant to insect inroads and quad rupeds, distinguishing it from other crops this season and the next. The note emphasizes flax as the best crop for raising high returns.
American Clothing House invites shoppers to prepare for spring with clothing of all kinds at bottom figures. The ad emphasizes that no one sells cheaper and positions the store as a discount clothing supplier.
A local note urges residents to purchase Diamond Brand Prepared Paint from Raymond's Drug Store in Lawrence to complete painting projects now that rains have settled dust. The ad touts the paint as long wearing and suitable for finishing work and starting new jobs.
A Newton Republican market item details a major price-cutting sale on dry goods, carpets, and curtains. Discounts include prints at 6 1/4 to 14 cents a yard, ginghams from 7 to 11 cents, and sateens at 11 cents per yard. The sale runs daily from a quarter to eight morning until further notice. It also reports a betrothal announcement for Miss Rebecca Gerson and Mr. Seymour A. Heyman with the Gerson household hosting the ceremony’s social aspects and a list of relatives and guests from multiple cities.
L C McIntire at 919 Mass Street Lawrence advertises pre cost disclosure before work. Dr Wheeler at 829 Massachusetts Street promises fair prices and quality teeth. Upper or lower set 8 dollars. Amalgam fillings 50 cents. Finest gold filings at half price. Fair set 85 dollars. Teeth extraction 25 cents. Office over Humes shoe store 829 Massachusetts Street open 7 am to 6 pm residence 1020 Penn Street.
The message pledges lower prices across all dry goods departments for the season, claiming superior knowledge of competitors and asserting customers will be convinced by visiting the store. It emphasizes the store’s intent to beat any advertised price this season.
The Union Pacific launches an early train from Kansas City at 2:35 a.m. daily, stopping at Salina and McPherson, arriving in Kansas City at 4:30 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. return. The service, passing Lawrence eastbound at 1:43 p.m. and westbound at 10:05 a.m., aims to aid eastern Kansas travelers. J T Snannxin, Agent.
Mr Eben Saunders and bride returned Monday from Topeka where they married on Wednesday April 24. A large number of relatives gathered at their Lawrence home to congratulate them with Riverside Mandolin Club providing music. Guests enjoyed lunch and many presents. The item notes hospital fund drive and a grand free concert next Friday at the rink with Bell's Band offering services. Also mentions Woodruff trial coverage and local harness shop offers.
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