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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1887
Page
3
Finer line of wall paper and window shades offered at low prices. FIELD and HARGIS advertise new goods arriving in weeks at 803 Massachusetts Street with unusual inducements. Customers invited to visit and compare prices and wall coverings.
Neighborhood report from The Gazette details Ada Keown visiting Edwardsville and families, residents traveling to western Kansas and Excelsior Springs, and pension news for Mrs. ReHesea Garrett. Local farming, deer escapes near Dry Creek, drought impact on fruit, corn planting, and community events at Burnet school also noted with multiple names and places such as Mod Creek and Nine Mile Creek.
In Sixth ward about twenty five acres are peas in bloom. Kansas City cooks open a new restaurant near the depot. Town cows are seized when wandering beyond city lines. Penalties often go unpaid. New parsonage cellar begun for Pilgrim church. cost around twelve hundred dollars with funds already raised. Vigilance committee urged on the north side due to frequent thefts. Eudora reports electric light talks and repairs to the old American house. Mineral springs draw Lawrence visitors and a barrel shipped to Buffalo. Eudoria votes bonds to probe coal or gas. O Rily Brothers creamery prospers. bad news from Adam Knipple’s brother. Health seekers find mineral water at Kraus & Anderson’s hotel.
In Twin Mound area farming is active with corn coming up while baseball players are scarce. The death of Teniah Hatcher occurred at home near Twin Mound on May 6 at age 77 and was buried at Clinton Cemetery. Report mentions Scott Harding in a serious condition.
In Kaw Valley notes a crop oddity where several hills show potatoes from seed without sprouts while new potatoes form on root ends as large as walnuts. Local observers wonder why some tubers fail to sprout as others thrive.
The Bend election returns show Marion 157 for and 140 against along with Willow Springs 132 for and 144 against in the railroad bond election held Tuesday.
The ad lists patterns in sateens with prices from 81 2c to 40c and notes Scotch Zephyria stripes with plaids matching. It mentions L O McIntire and a County Board of Equalization meeting at the county clerk's office on the first Monday in June to adjust assessments, inviting aggrieved parties to appear and have errors corrected.
The University held preliminary contests to choose participants for the Declamatory and Oratorical events at commencement week. In Oratory the elected speakers are Gertrude Hunnicutt C L Smith Frank Mareball T F Doran W E Higgins Elmer F Engel. The Declamatory speakers are Nellie Valmer W W Davis R E Kroh H T M Bear N A Ayres Fred Bowersock Julius Liepman. Declamatory set for June 2 and Oratorical for June 4.
Notices describe L O McIntire promoting a great rush of bargains and vast inventory while Fred Apliz expands his store with new goods and enhanced harness and turf lines. Readers urged to call on Apliz for affordable items and quality service.
A California apiary, or bee ranch, thrives in wildflower fields with Italian bees replacing black bees. The article explains hive layout, comb foundation production, extracting honey by centrifugal force, and yields up to 400 pounds per swarm while noting a low price per pound. Bears raid hives, with one incident ending in three dead grizzlies near a watering trough.
A fragment notes a notable rise among English travelers reaching 50 383 individuals, the highest figure since 1884, up 1 070, influenced partly by colonial and botanic factors.
The article surveys numerous topics from 19th century industry and innovation. It details tin supply for trunk fittings and roof work, a mercury silvering process, Japan and Krupp gun plans, portable bridges, boiler shape theories, and London building trades figures. It also notes diet impacts in Japan, the origin of the silk hat, wood compression methods, pine needle products, and cast-off horseshoes exports.
The physician recounts Beecher's forgetfulness and oddities, noting attempts to recall facts and a preference for certain social plans. He cites Beecher recalling Latin prepositions with surprising fluency while misplacing other engagements, illustrating a mixed memory.
A historical critique warns against overloading children with schooling. It argues children’s brains are disproportionately large for their bodies and highly impressionable, needing protection from overtasking and ignorant parental pressures. It laments lack of laws safeguarding minds as opposed to bodies.
Legal notice announces wills and heirs including Willan H and Harriet Gerie Wieney et al as defendants in a property dispute. It references a tract in the county, possible right of way actions, and a lawsuit filed under a specific section and order, with officials and claimants identified in the incomplete text.
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