19 Apr 1884
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1884
Page
1
A fragmented classified notice urges readers to place ads for prerte or rent and to contact D. L. Woapiey for best services. It promises best county rate nationwide and furnishing details through his office for homes or farms in the area.
Local notes recount visits by Ed A Brown and Frank Coley relatives and editors to Baker University Oratorical contest in Topeka. Mentions Ill mother of Frank Coley and W Reynolds moving to Lawrence, with Baker University faculty and numerous students attending. Also reports on a deadly mix of weather events and civic notices, including a deadly memorial at Lawrence and misc local items.
The Daily Indicator notes wheat receipts and shipments around 6,116 bushels, prices higher for No 2 red and cash bids around 98. Eggs firm, butter firm, hay bright, flax seed nominal. Live stock receipts show cattle steady to slow, hogs weak to lower, sheep quiet. prices include long clear pork and various lard values. Weather unsettled with spring market softness. corn and oats move firm to higher, barley steady, wheat mixed.
A narrator recalls buying a new suit that falls apart in front of his bride. Buttons tear, seam rips, and a rash of mishaps lead to embarrassment before the couple reconciles. The tale ends with plans for a future as husband and wife.
Telegraphic news from Louisville to San Francisco reports a physician killed by a switch engine at Union Depot, a levee break flooding 10 000 acres of wheat risk, a fatal revolver incident in Hannisburg, and Rome's lower districts overflowing with no lives or houses lost. Weather notes describe showers in Kansas and high water threats in New York and New England. A St Louis case details a convent runaway found and returned.
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