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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1890
Page
2
City and county news from September 23 1890 with items on B F Smith winning 13 fruit prizes at Topeka and the new fruit evaporator handling apples. Resignations moves marriages enrollments ship notices editor changes jail escapes and local business updates across Eudora Lawrence and surrounding areas.
A local carpet dealer touts a great season with extensive stock across Ingrains Kidderminster Agricultural Tapestry and Body Brussels Mogquettes Velvets Wiltons. The store features Art Squares Rugs Linoleums Oil Cloths Lace Curtains Shades and window trimmings offering first class home outfitting at low cost.
Anno Domini 1919 advertisement notes WEAVERS selling cloaks wraps car pets oil cloth rugs and curtains with styles and prices described as right. Article references Louisiana State Lottery Company charter terms and public trust statements attributed to Beauregard and Early with a Fayetteville banner note.
A pitched ad praises Worthless Woodward s mixed paint with lead that lasts, zinc that whitens and spreads well, and linseed oil that preserves and holds. A traveling man reports a glowing opera evening in Lawrence and notes tickets go on sale tomorrow at Crew s.
We are loaded with boys and children's suits overcoats hats caps and more. Prices are astonishingly low at Steinberg & Bros, inviting shoppers to take advantage of the extensive youth apparel sale.
Frank Daniels and his company wowed Park theater patrons for over two months affirming the show’s popularity. His manager reports the season has been re embellished with new music dances and ludicrous incidents. The troupe returns to the opera house on September 30 with seats available at Crews Saturday morning.
Do not fail to call on Steinberg & Bro and view their new tall and winter suits Overcoats Underwear Hats Caps etc An immense stock has arrived with prices lower than ever before.
C Bruce and Son advertise their coal dealing offering the best quality in all kinds of coal with a constant, ready supply kept on hand for customers seeking reliable fuel sources.
The Gazette records a joyful golden wedding celebration at the home of Mr and Mrs David Martin of Lecompton. Attendees included George W Martin and family of Kansas City Kansas, plus relatives from Colorado and Nebraska. The Martins, married September 16 1840 in Pennsylvania, have ten children and twelve grandchildren. They migrated to Kansas in 1857 and helped shape local life, witnessing Kansas growth from a sparsely populated territory to a thriving state with railroads, universities, and diverse churches.
Advertisement urges readers to hurry for woolen goods including flannels blankets yarns and underwear. Claims ready for customers in every department with good trade and stock and right prices, noting early buyers will do best.
Mrs. M. E. Lease of Wichita, a powerful speaker for the Field & Huar gis booksellers, will appear at Twin Mound Friday, Oct. 3 at 2 p m and at Globe school house at 7 p m. The event aims to draw a large audience as part of a lecture tour.
Gen C W Blair and others headline a state central committee organized rally at Bowersock Opera House in this city on Friday evening October 3. The event promises the finest oratorical appeal, music, and speeches and invites rural supporters to attend and be well repaid.
The store showcases three Ivers & Pond pianos with soft stop options in walnut, oak, and rosewood plus a French burl walnut Weber. Washburn and Harwood guitars and mandolins are highlighted in four cases, with sheet music heavily discounted. Crains & Urbansky Boston Square Dealing Clothing House promises unbeatable prices.
The census special investigation on truck farming reports Georgia will yield 8,000 cars of melons this year, about 8 million fruit, with forecasts rising to 10 million next year. Growers earn six cents per melon while railroads collect about twelve cents. farms average 700 melons per acre, with some experts reaching 9,000. Georgia melons ship east to Portland and west to Denver, underscoring the crop’s regional reach.
Across the nation farmers rally for organization and cooperation to gain equal education and fair shares of industrial profits. Professor C S Walker notes a new era of farmer empowerment as a shift from servile status to proprietor in the 19th century. Exchange column touts cheap Woodward window glass promising bright, even goods and no seconds.
U S troops and Kansas National Guard convene at Milmarck Grove from October 1 to 6, 1890. Fourteen militia companies, two artillery batteries, eight cavalry, and Fort Riley units under Gen. J. W. Forsyth prepare daily drills, a sham battle with fireworks, concerts, and a grand governor’s review. Half fare rail travel offered.
A brief catalog note advertises window glass at Raymonds and promotes early cloak purchases with a discount, signaling a small local sale event.
Washington Special reports Congressman William M. Springer of Illinois discusses depressed farm values in New York, heavy mortgages, and farms foreclosed below mortgage amounts. He argues tariffs halve farmers’ purchasing power and warn of consolidation of farms into vast estates if relief is not found. He cites surplus production, foreign markets, and protection as core causes of rural decline.
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