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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1883
Page
5
Mixed ads and society items list drug stores pensions rooms for rent and homoeopathic medicines at Bigelow s. Local residents including Miss Thomas Miss Ritchie and Miss Gibbs visit family and travels of J E McCoy Ben McAllister and notables at Eldridge House. Court officials and dignitaries visit, and anticipation of families moving to Lawrence for state university.
A crowded column of local notices, ads, and updates. Subscriptions due reminders, store promotions at Trade Palace and Field, wagon theft arrest, broadcasts of public notices, a probate appointment, and a plan to delay the bridge work until after holidays. Oarsman Edward Hanlan passes through, and a wedding anniversary is noted.
Fire swept the Southern Kan gag railroad repair shops at Ottawa on Friday morning destroying two locomotives two passenger coaches one baggage car and one caboose with an estimated loss of 65000 and insurance of 40000. A concert at Bowersock’s opera house in Lawrence tonight promises an evening of local talent with parquet seats at 50 cents and balcony at 25 cents. The Douglas County mills near completion aim to produce the state’s finest flour in a large new mill, while John Sullivan has joined as Lawrence representative for several eastern newspapers. Messrs Gleason and Whitman are praised as honest real estate brokers, and Dr Bigelow’s Positive Cure is advertised with trial bottles offered.
In your bilious days when liver torpid and skin yellow remember Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic a reliable aid for dyspepsia costiveness ague malaria and blood and kidney diseases its action is prompt and cure speedy priced 50 cents Barber Bros.
Our townsman John Walruff nears completion of a fine 50 by 72 foot residence with 18 inch exterior walls, a 12 by 34 inch stone foundation, and a 6 foot deep base. The basement includes laundry furnace kitchen and wine cellar, with a near finished elegant barn to match. Nearby, Mrs. Thos. Benjamin hosts a surprise gathering, and local ads promote Pershal’s restaurant, saddles, and a new dry goods store opening.
Prof Andress again wowed audiences with his changing program at Frazer hall in Topeka. Tonight he will present his Franken stein illusion while the Rial Suspension act closed last night. The paper notes audience members examined the stage figure for hidden supports but found none. Also in ads Steinberg Bros promotes cloaks and apparel with various prices as well as live poultry and meat at market rates.
Lawrence Wednesday November 21 corrected by W H Pendleton shows grain and produce pricing from Whear Rye Corn to various vegetables and fruits. Entries include butter per pound two to twenty two cents, cheese per pound, honey per pound, apples cheries plums peaches raspberries, potatoes turnips onions squash cabbage beets parsnips and other items with prices per bushel or per dozen.
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