Neighborhood News Request from The Gazette Correspondents
A notice announces a call for local items from surrounding areas for the Gazette column. Readers are urged to send neighborhood news by Monday afternoon for inclusion in the department.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1890
Page
3
A notice announces a call for local items from surrounding areas for the Gazette column. Readers are urged to send neighborhood news by Monday afternoon for inclusion in the department.
Leaf-roller damage seen in strawberries as Wm. Brown leads district 6 with Haverling seedling Jessie and Brubach varieties. Vinland reports visitors from Knoxville and Lawrence, May day events, and rain boosting crops. Local dances, picnics, and a church renovation fill community life across Burnett Willow Springs Lapeer Belvoir and nearby towns.
Leavenworth County authorities discuss a potential cider saving initiative in the city, proposing a general reduction plan that could save about 40 gallons of cider. The proposal aims to start soon, with implications for local households and businesses.
Local notes recount a sensational claim about cider produced from worm ridden apples with worm excrement enhancing body. Readers hear warnings against cider and suggestions to switch to whisky from Missouri. News items from Linwood and Tonganoxie cover a stray notice, upcoming picnics, repairs, coal plans, and an insurance claim over a fire loss in a four mile north Carr residence.
In Wasuixcrox on May 21 the Senate debated a Judiciary Committee bill to subject imported liquors to state laws, arguing it would cede interstate commerce power to states. Senator West warned such delegation would wreck the federal framework, risking chaos as states may bar different goods. The measure withered post discussion.
A convention of railroad employee representatives in Philadelphia with delegates from 13 000 workers heard a Baltimore & Ohio bill of grievances. It compared B&O wages on through Washington and other lines with higher rates paid by rival companies, noting lower pay on B&O divisions.
A partial ad lists fabric prices including ginghams at 5c and 6c, muslin at 6c, dress goods from 8c to 25c, satteens at 8c and 12c, encouraging customers to trade and save money.
L. C. McINTIRE and The Leis Drug Co announce obtaining the agency for Sherwin Williams pure mixed paints. The paint is praised as superior to others on the market. C. Bruce & Son open for orders of the best, clean coal at low market prices.
No restrictions on low prices as Lawrence stores tout a vast stock of white goods and fabrics at deep discounts. Indigo blues, printed lawns, challies, French flannels and carpets are advertised at fractions of their worth with bold claims of larger selections and lower costs. Sample comparisons urge customers to visit and buy.
Kansas City daily departure at 1 a.m. with stops at Kansas City Salina and McPherson reaching 4 30 p m in McPherson at 7 05 p m Returning from McPherson at 11 40 a m and arriving Kansas City at 6 10 p m The service aims to help eastern state residents visit neighboring cities and return the same day and may serve many previously unable travelers
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