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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
1
A local auction urges buyers to bid within twenty days on end-of-rack Merino shirts and drawers, all good quality and attractively priced. Deals include men’s white merino sets at 42c, wool mixed at 60c, extra heavy white merino at 3c, seamless shirts at 1.15, and all wool scarlet at 1.35, plus ladies pieces from 40c to 90c with seamless and extra heavy options. Aimed at clearing stock, prices far below regular values.
A collection of farm notices listing several properties near Lawrence Kansas. Highlights include 400 acre stock and grain farm with 12 room house and extensive outbuildings, an elegant 70 acre suburban residence, 125 acre well-improved farm priced at 20 per acre, and 960 acre stock and grain tract 9 miles from Lawrence with timber and pastures. Also offered are smaller 80 and 80 acre farms with houses, orchards, and water, plus Lawrence city properties. Gleason and Whitman handle terms and inquiries.
Correspondent from The Gazette describes a Westward journey from Ogden to San Francisco, passing deserts, Sierra scenery, and Humboldt mines. He tours Nob Hill and Palace Hotel, notes cable cars, fog and possible earthquakes, and critiques tariffs, arguing they harm labor and favor capitalists with India and Europe competition shaping prices. He cites Col. Mattson’s figures on Indian wheat exports to illustrate global market pressures and predicts a reckoning against the tariff system.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes farmers are beginning to understand the tariff and are growing more restless under its burdens, hinting at potential wider discontent and discussion about policy changes.
The New York World quotes Rev Dr Howard Crosby denouncing wealth dominance over law. He warns that bribes and monopoly empower the rich while starving the poor, urging stringent anti bribery laws and honest candidates. The Anti Monopolist effort is praised as a start. Innes' is cited as a bustling shop.
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