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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1887
Page
8
The notice requests subscribers in arrears to settle accounts at once to avoid inconveniences. It explains that small individual sums accumulate and that prompt payment will benefit the paper, with readers urged to respond generously.
Interesting ball game last Wednesday between University faculty and Senior class ended with the Senior team winning 22 to 35. The report also notes various local happenings including arrests, medical notices, and community updates with multiple named individuals and places.
The piece surveys Haggard’s early life and rise as a novelist, noting Dawn and The Witch's Head as precursors to King Solomon's Mines. It extols his vivid battles and exotic scenes, then discusses Sax, Sue, and the moral themes, including the author’s remarks on Sue and the immortality motif.
A fragment recalls Castoria as a remedy used from infancy to motherhood. The speaker notes a pattern of giving Castoria to a baby, a child, and later to offspring, reflecting a long held family habit.
A reader’s note thanks patrons of 1886 and offers boot and shoe services in 1887. Douglas county loan broker Par Leons Gleason Whitman promotes real estate loans with Eastern capital. An advertised liquor cure claims Golden Specific can be added to beverages to sober drinkers, with a Cincinnati company offering circulars.
State of Kansas notice records the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Frederick Bartel, deceased, in Douglas County. The document cites a March filing date and assigns duties to the appointed party under Kansas probate procedures.
An old advertisement proclaims a salve that cures cats and various skin conditions including fever sores and chili blains with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. It promises relief for piles and costs 25 cents per item, offered by Barber Bros.
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