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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1891
Page
6
A weary mother, Mrs Mardon, contends with a fretful child and a busy kitchen as she manages care, letters, and plans for her son and daughter in a fraught domestic scene. The passage centers on family duties, concern for well being, and financial worries.
Weekly trade review notes broad gains in business activity from Boston to Philadelphia and Chicago. Wheat and corn receipts surge, clothing and shoe trades run large, money remains plentiful for legitimate trade, and shipments to cotton states rise as imports dip. Germany and Denmark open pork markets, lifting pork prices. overall outlook remains unusually encouraging.
A Milford memory recalls Lewis Cornelius of Sandhill House, famed for Pike and Pennsylvania prominence. Weighed 645 pounds unclothed, stood six feet tall and measured 6 feet 7 inches around the waist, dying in 1841, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
The census bulletin lists Kansas mortgage indebtedness by county with a statewide true value near $800 million to $900 million. It notes debts of about $255.5 million excluding state and railroad land, plus $7.6 million in land contracts, and highlights heavy debts in Sedgwick Wyandotte Cowley Reno and Shinner areas, plus a plan to map debt locations.
Letters and quotes from Leavenworth county residents and local merchants extol the Cinderella cooking stove. Farmers and townspeople from Wakarusa, Vinland, Lecompton, Endorn, Williamstown, Clinton, and Lawrence trumpet its draft, baking quality, fuel efficiency, ease of use, and reliability amid long-term use and customer satisfaction.
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