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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1883
Page
5
New invoice of canes arrives at TF. W. Wieman and W. M. Rowe jeweler advertise repairs and leather goods. Apitz promotes cheap cook stoves at Willey & Savage 104 Massachusetts. Rowe moves to Bigelow’s drug store. Numerous social notices list residents, visitors, and travels through Kansas towns and nearby states.
A long page of ads and notices lists room rentals, goods for sale including whisky barrels and coal, service offers from Palmer & Griffin and Wm. Rowe, and various business promotions. It mentions the fair bringing many visitors, a police court fine total, tax subscription sales, and multiple local trades from jewelers to tailors and druggists. An obituary for Fannie Beam notes her birth in 1868, move to Lawrence in 1873, family losses, and a funeral led by Rev. Nelson.
A notice proclaims management by a gentleman with East House experience, titled The King Clothier, with ongoing discussion at all times about the latest in clothing and gear.
University life looks rosy with Professor Spring back from the east and Mrs. Spring home due to health. Students crowd the rooms near campus while girls seek lodgings in northern and eastern town parts. The new chemistry building, soon ready, will be visible only after a walk around it. State scrutiny of the university will be heavy, and Lawrence citizens are urged to ease the burden for Dr. Lippincott. The K S A opens for students, and the district sees shifts in leadership and classrooms as Perry schools begin October 1. Local farming notes report wheat sowing, a thriving but uneven crop, and notable agricultural output. A drama, Princess Chuck, is set for three nights, with tickets at Field’s bank store. A 120 lb Chill squash from Washington's department of agriculture highlights local curiosity. Road dust, heat, and a few accidents color the week, while the United Brethren church buys land to move its meeting-house, with funds raised nearing six hundred dollars and more needed. Census work resumes, and a historic Mud Creek land sale near Lawrence announces $25,000 in deals. Col. Whitman passes away in Cambridge.
Annual gathering of Kansas early settlers set for Saturday September 15 at Bismarck grove with invited Old settlers from across the state. Picnic and supper on grounds. Douglas county residents urged to bring baskets. Also notes on Dr Carl Newman practice location and local oil products at D F Bigelow.
A fragment from Richmond Missouri dated August 9 1882 contains a testimonial letter from James Wolf to Dr Neumann praising swift treatment. The page also lists stock market quotes for September including shippers buyers and price ranges for hogs cattle sheep and grain items like wheat rye corn oats and hay along with produce and groceries such as honey dried fruits vegetables poultry lard and butter priced per unit or per dozen.
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