21 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1888
Page
1
A chaotic mash of advertisements and society notes lists misc items from plumbing and ice delivery to clothes and coal, with several local residents, visits, and events mentioned. It includes stray lines about market goods, a stray medical cure ad, and political musings from a visiting governor, all in scattered columns.
A long account of F W Read leading park cleanup in Lawrence with many volunteers. Men carried brush, ladies arranged flower beds, premiums offered by Whitcomb and others, and a final cleanup day planned for Tuesday at 2 pm with further planting urged. Notes name several participants and praise the councilman’s efforts.
A D Weaver endorses low prices and calls for Mr A Brechtelabaur at 720 Massachusetts Street to supply top tobacco brands. Special box rates for regular customers and Sultans cigars advertised. reader urged to view the Guest store collection.
Local merchants advertise deep discounts on silks and dress goods. Tables list prices on satin and surals, black gros grain, rhadames silks, china silks, fairies, and lace trims, with odds and ends like cheap thread and hose. Also promotions for toilet soaps and a Reader’s old stamp meat market opening.
The notice reports a Friday trade with linen goods selling well and a plan to continue the sale for a few more months, noting no comparable value in the market. It references a letter to the people and a misdelivered message intended for Jace.
The ad from Geo Innes promotes eye opening offers with 20 piece tricot at 2c and 50c foulebeiges. It touts last week’s better deals and urges the public to buy cheap as a measure of appreciation.
In an overstock sale Whitcomb Bros Cash Store offers fresh Jersey cow and registered Holstein Friesian heifer with a note of surplus stock across multiple fruit and produce items. The ad cites prices and quantities like 600 cans Vinton Corn and 200 cans Green Pons, plus Bartlett Pears and Muscat grapes, with sale notes near RR Petrie and O Brivit Hardware.
Blue Ridge Coal and WM. L. Allstot advertise coal supplies. Oliver City Drug Store and TH Mussachimetts street offer products with money-back guarantees. New clothing, jackets, and suits priced up to $12. Fresh Peaches from Richardson & Robbins. Whitcomb Bros promote suspender and candy items. A Lawrence House waiter position listed with weekly wages. Real estate listing for a 4 acre orchard residence near Union depot with brick building, barn, and water, offered with flexible payment through A Gillette.
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