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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1891
Page
3
Douglas County items cover visits, town gossip, farming updates and a Baldwin area wedding. Messages mention Mrs. Thomas Rayson visiting Olathe, new building for band goods, a harvest picnic, and the Price anniversary party with gifts and speeches.
Monday school starts with D Willis painting for P A Simmons. John Baldwin hauls lumber for a new house. Miss Effie Hiatt seriously ill with consumption. Charles Baldwin leaves for Baldwin City to attend school. Miss Emma Snider goes to Lawrence to work in a shirt factory. Mrs Peter Baile of St Joseph visits Alrs Wendel Saile's. Sunday school moves to 10 a.m. Dr P A Ponpeny to lecture at church on Sunday 27.
Leavenworth County reports include Thomas Stout at home, Buckner absent from Sunday preaching, Miss Perkey teaching at Reno school, and potato selling at 10 cents a bushel. Mentions of Rev. Gill, Miss Towne, births, visits by Geo Southwell and M Hadley, and a reunion at the academy with Rev. O’Hri en speaking.
The store reports complete lines of medium weight underwear for Ladies Misses and Children in Black White and Natural colors. Cashmere Hose and Fall weights in Cotton Hose for Ladies Misses and Children are also in stock with prices lower than ever before.
The People's Party of Douglas County will hold a county convention at the courthouse in Lawrence at 10 a m on Saturday September 26 1891 to nominate candidates for Treasurer Sheriff County Clerk Register of Deeds Coroner and Surveyor Delegates and alternates are allocated by votes for B M Gregory for district clerk in 18 84 and by ward township divisions The primaries to select delegates will be held September 24 from 3 to 6 p m in the country and township precincts and from 7 to 9 p m in city wards under the party rule not the optional law of this past winter.
The weather bureau reports generally favorable growing conditions with delays in planting and harvest. Notes varied effects: corn late, potatoes small damage, tobacco advancing, cotton deteriorated, and fruit and hops reports mixed across Maryland Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Oregon Colorado and California.
An advertisement from White Front, Srarr and Alexander promotes newspaper subscriptions at reduced rates. Readers are urged to inquire at the post office about subscribing or renewing and to look for general delivery windows.
States and organizations push funding and exhibits for the fair in Chicago. New Mexico and Kansas seek tens of thousands to aid displays while Virginia plans a grand prelude in 1893. The American Philatelic associations and postal prints groups gear up for extensive stamp exhibits. Ohio allocates funds for a major building and historical digs. Frederick J. Skiff heads the mining and-winning department for the exposition.
A paragraph from the Clothier and Furnisher reviews menswear trends for summer dress. It notes washable waistcoats, spats, and coats with plaited seams, silk bands on London hats, and a push toward velvet caps while warning conservative critics about knee breeches and retro models.
The Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis B B Co outlines round trip excursion fares to Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Tennessee and other Southern states with one fare tickets valid thirty days for return. Additional Florida trips on select dates are offered with thirty day return limits. Tickets maps timetables and full information available at Grand Junction Main Street 332 Union Avenue or Union Depot offices. JE Lockwood G P T A Kansas City Mo. Also notes new attractions in The Gazette and Leonard’s 5¢ cigars sold by dealers.
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