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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1890
Page
2
Big rains last week noted as a regional weather highlight. Local society items report births, marriages, job changes, and removals. Minstrels promoted, railroad station status updated, and community notices call for rural submissions and upcoming racing at the driving park.
The dealer urges buyers not to rush purchases and promises a closer price than rivals. The display highlights this season's styles and a large stock of new cloaks believed to cover a cold winter. Strong emphasis on variety and value aimed at attracting customers.
Prof L I Blake returns from hydrophone work at Portsmouth Navy Yard after a productive summer. Nicholas Alt seeks U S citizenship renouncing allegiance to the German emperor. Agnes Herndon to perform at the opera house October 6 with Paris dresses on view. E A Smith sells Wakena stallion for 3000 to Col W B Jones of Hubbard City Texas. Miss Sarah Houk travels to Portland Oregon to visit sister Kate Eberhart and stay through next summer.
Uncle Joe Harrison reports Moses Ginn of Lakeview broke his leg when a horse stepped on it while helping a neighbor repair a plow. G. W. West near town was knocked down and kicked by a cow but is improving after the incident. Farmers and fruit growers meet at the park on the 11th for a joint convention with a paper on winter quarters by L. D. Howard of Sibley and others. Leonard's Leader cigars sold locally. Committee invites everyone to attend.
H C Lowe visited Marion township last week with his pack of greyhounds and was hosted by M W Metsker at his Alford area farm. The party, including locals from Lawrence, hunted jackrabbits with Metsker Dailey and Lowe praising the superb bloodline and conditioning of the dogs. Lowe plans coursing at Great Bend on the 71st.
In a rundown part of the city two women, one about forty and the other younger, run a fortune telling venture from a small 16 by 16 foot building. The sign proclaims mind reading and fifty cent men and twenty five cent women visitors paid about thirty seven dollars fifty cents in a single day, prompting wonder at the limited scale of such enterprise.
Do not fail to call on Stein berg & Bro and look at their new fall and winter suits Oyecoats underwear hats etc An immense stock has arrived and prices are lower than ever before.
The 13th district Republican meeting chose Dr. G C Bischoff of Eudora as candidate to oppose Melville. The resolutions praise John James Ingalls’ record in Senate, urge Bischoff to back Ingalls for six more years, and endorse the party platforms. The item also notes local ad copy for Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil, and reports large peaches from Orchard Hill and a North Lawrence peach, 11 inches in circumference.
A compact notice describes transition from a half pint paint can to a fifty gallon barrel available at City Drug Store, highlighting growing scale or stock change for customers.
On Saturday October 4 the Cleveland Minstrels, a strong popular company, perform at the opera house. Led by 28-year-old manager Cleveland, the troupe boasts famed names and rapid success with a million dollars in wealth earned over three years in minstrel ventures.
A Chicago paper warns the Republican tariff bill will lift dry goods prices and strain household budgets. It predicts a woman needing about $15 to buy what $10 bought before and jokes the tariff could embolden free traders, urging readers to buy now at GEO. INNES'.
A local ring is described as a solid unbroken circle of bargains at the Massachusetts Shoe Store. The author urges the public to learn of it, predicting the ring will be broken when people become aware.
Boston during Grand Army week featured Kansas and Texas fruit displays at Horticultural Hall. Lawrence resident E A Coleman led Kansas fruit efforts. his Douglas County produce impressed visitors, with apples and pears showcased and minimal spoilage.
W H Pendleton advertises high market prices for oats apples and poultry and offers to discuss dried apples with sellers in a terse 19th century classifieds notice.
Notice from John Hume announcing continued business from 829 Massachusetts Street despite a closing out sale. He asserts he still holds the fort with a fine stock of boots shoes rubbers and related goods, offers to show quality stock at cash prices, and thanks customers for past patronage.
Frank G. Carpenter vents about the Farmers' Alliance shaping public opinion in Washington. He says many public men claim to be farmer friends while farmers hold vast estates and influence, viewing cropland and crops as central to politics.
U S troops Kansas National Guards and Lawrence Cyclones gather at Bismarck Grove October 1 to 6 1890 led by Gen J W Forsyth with fourteen militia companies two artillery batteries and eight U S cavalry from Fort Riley. The schedule includes infantry battalion drills cavalry drills a sham battle fireworks and a governor's review with free admission for G A R badge wearers and rail fare announced.
Local retailer touts a large, complete stock of warm underwear and bedding to beat the cool nights, encouraging shoppers to save money by buying now.
Mayor A Henry invites all offices and businesses to close after 7 PM on Friday October 3 to honor United States troops and Kansas National Guards stationed at Dismarck Grove with a grand fireworks display. Brace & Son advertise coal supplies and Leonard's lead cigarettes.
The piece notes Glass City Drug Store and Crains Urbansky of Lawrence selling heavily this season. Crains traveled east to buy large stock and bargains now go on sale. Boston Square Dealing Clothing House and Mass Store’s competitors are urged to stand firm against cheaper prices.
The New Unitarian Church will be built under Mr Counsel of Topeka who erected the Topeka church. Located at Vermont and Hancock with main entrance on Vermont the parlor opens to the park. Building about sixty feet square housing a forty feet square audience room for around three hundred, parlor 21 by 24, foldable doors joining spaces. Kitchen and dining area over parlor. Site and building total cost not to exceed 6000 dollars. Construction to start when enough workers are available.
The advertisement touts Smoke Leonard's Leader as the best Se cigar in the city and calls on all dealers to stock or sell it.
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