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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
2
Readable scraps describe a Friday gathering near Yunieheon and Washington Park with Mrs Snow hosting a pleasant reception. Mentions a young Colorado druggist and a Leavenworth mail carrier. Includes stray lines about tea coffee spices and local bargain piles.
Fragmentary notes mention a Memorial Day item and a sale reference. Readable names or locations are not provided, leaving the main action and participants indeterminate.
The ad touts the season’s finest moquette and Ingram carpets with bold claims of the lowest prices and fashionable body tapestries. It emphasizes style and value for home decor.
Advertises imported China mattings from 20 to 45 cents, opaque shade and spring fixtures, silks, gloves, hosiery, handkerchiefs, linens, nainsook, ginghams, wash goods, and dress fabrics. Highlights include silk mitts and gloves, fast black hose, and a wide array of textiles from multiple origins. Willing to show customers the stock.
In the District Court Riley Brown Jr faced forgery charges. jurors failed to agree after a three day trial and were discharged. Albert Kasold was found guilty of assault and attempted rape against his separated wife. Anta Roach received a divorce from Thomas Roach amid jail terms for abuse. Euphenia N Taylor was granted divorce and custody from George Taylor on adultery grounds. Chavalier versus Pavey involved a real estate deception suit with a verdict around $800 announced Tuesday night.
A call from Farmers Alliance representatives and senators defends independent policy, criticizes old party retrenchment, and urges voters to back reform, lower interest rates, and new railroad and prison reforms. They reveal alleged wheat smuggling and vow to pursue joint committee investigations while calling workers to action for a 1882 campaign.
The May gathering of the Douglas County Horticultural Society occurs on Saturday the 18th at the residence of BF ith.
An English chemist reportedly found a practical platinum substitute for incandescent lamps using a device that shapes metal rapidly by forcing it under dies while the metal becomes plastic with an electric current. Telegraph and electrical news cover Paris London links, Frankfurt fair plans, and a new electric moth trap.
The Beltish force will grow to a 1000 strong by end of 1895. Germany considers a South American naval station to guard German interests in upheavals. Lieutenant Powhoten Clarke, US cavalry, serves with a Westphalian Hussar unit by special permission. Japan is highlighted for its heavy cannon readiness after costly tests at Havre, each round costing $3,000 with total outlay reaching $10,000.
The column mixes aphorisms on observation and folly with a county news update. Homer W Moore, an elder resident and brother to county commissioner, vanished last week from Topeka with no trace. A $500 reward for identification of his body and $1 for alive is offered. A house fire near Lake destroys Firs contents. insurance values noted. Also mentions coal prices, a world’s fair exhibit fund, and a memorial poem about long life and passing.
A compilation of cooking terms with definitions such as Velente white sauce and Quenelles, followed by miscellaneous notes from The New York Journal. It covers inventions, statistics on Venice and Alaska, and brief remarks on language, the World's Fair costs, and a novel washing machine idea.
Snapshot hobbyists push travel to improve field work and carry prints in muslin mounted packs. A Brooklyn Academy exhibition features varied views while new developer cristaltos promises rapid action. Hoboken Camera Club raises funds for a new building as Utopia disaster survivor William Colbron recounts lost undeveloped views from the Mediterranean trip.
Fragmentary report notes Russia building a powder factory in Kasan for powder, France adding two armored battle ships Hocho and Marcean to the Mediterranean squadron, and scattered weapons counts for several nations. Names and details are incomplete and largely uncertain.
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