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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
3
Local notes report births baptisms and weddings in Lecompton and Valley communities. Mentioned are Thomas Pearson and several families, with school and church events, farming, market activity, and community visits from Topeka and Lawrence.
Reno needs a barber shop and local residents report crop and livestock losses. Townspeople discuss a dry season forecast by prophets. Concerns rise over liquor shipments and officials note station activity. Miss Susie Powell visits relatives as others travel and grape crops are damaged.
Closing exercises for Fairview School district No 21 were held Friday May 1 with pupils reciting reading and dialogues and music from Walt Carpenter Sydney Prentice and Prof Sommers. County Superintendent J B Pegirs and Chancellor Snow visited, praised the district and thanked patrons for their cooperation.
Advertising fragment notes ongoing ticket sales to and from Europe. It mentions information on gallons or address G and references Oxi and Agent at 934 New York St.
Early soil incorporation of mineral manures such as superphosphate and potash benefits barley, improving yield and grain quality, especially on lime or phosphate deficient land. Dry, well-timed applications show marked effects. excessive nitrogen can weaken stems. A Canadian dairy scheme splits milk for calves and the dairy, maintaining calf milk with high cream content in the dairy portion. Ohio tests note oats yields vary by variety and planting method. pop corn fails when ears are too green or too dry and can be coaxed by brief soaking. Florida phosphate use rises. horse values and stock farm numbers shift in New England and California. Reading economy saves dairy costs, potential millions annually.
Joe Harris, a young Black man, struck Gus Seidle on the head with a club as Seidle bailed out a boat on the river bank. The assault left Seidle seriously wounded and drawn attention in the Douglas Shawnee Lyons Osage Franklin and Miami county area. A separate notice references The Mortgage and Loan Association in America. Raymond's Drug Store advertises Diamond Dyes.
The Gazette offers a monthly free novel to every subscriber at no extra cost. A promotion in Jefferson County advertises a long term 3800 loan in Op land with low rates, and the office invites readers to take merchandise while it remains fresh with no surplus stock.
A brief notice promotes White Front Spare and Alexander at 831 Mass St Lawrence. The ad touts products to fight garden pests including worms and insects with a product called Shig Shot available at Raymond's Drug Store.
Get out that cart and put on a coat of Realy Mixed Buggy Paint before you get mixed up in your spring plowing Leis has it.
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