10 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1887
Page
1
Rail timetable notices from Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Northern lines appear alongside county politics and community notes. Announcements include bank scrip buying, real estate and business updates, church and social events, and local public notices from Baldwin to Lawrence and Douglas county as fall planning and elections loom.
Entries urged for the Bismarck Fair with mixed local notices. The water works may install a two 10-foot Hiatt filter system to supply pure water, while retirement and changes at Union Pacific officials surface amid broader county institute updates and historic war reminiscences in Lawrence.
An interview with Hon. E. Turner of Sheridan County covers crop prospects in the Sixth District, predicting about half a crop with one third good, one third fodder, and the rest ruined. He discusses state races, a potential secretary of state, and likely Republican strength, plus national hints on Blaine Sherman and a cautious presidency.
A large audience attended the opera house last evening for Called Back. Mr. H. M. Markham as Gilbert Waughs impressed as a favorite, with Stella Leland as Pauline March and Fanny Belmont as Teresa performing well. The company earned much praise for their effort.
The article notes a fine storefront display at W. W. Fluke & Son featuring piano scarfs spreads and instruments from Weber Ivers Pond Hazelton Packard Whitney Holmes and Western Cottage. It mentions fall dress goods and a state reunion planning in Topeka with Lawrence proposing Bismarck as a possible site and Topeka citizens offering support. Railroads plan special low travel rates for the event.
The governor’s directive urges raising August sale to July levels, promising fair treatment and correct dress goods. The dispatch urges district boards to inspect schoolhouses for repairs both inside and out, citing holes, broken stairs, and neglected grounds as a bleak schoolyard image needing action. It ends with praise for Hood’s Sarsaparilla by a grateful mother.
In the UAE of gasoline quality matters for safety and satisfaction. Mr. Brett of the Bonth End Store offers fine gasoline at a quoted price for six gallon lots with AJ orders delivered promptly by telephone. The notice also mentions helpers for disaster victims and a call to residents to sell certificates at Douglas County Bank. Water authorities warn against unnecessary waste and nighttime road use.
A rapid list records Miss Lou Phillips visiting in Topeka and J E Biggs in Kansas City. Several residents including A L Wilmoth J W Walker H M Allen F Legate Miles Hattle Connell S D Thacher and Miss Bertha Keating are in or visiting the area. Albert Hadley has returned from Lake Minnetonka. Mrs B P Dickinson has returned to Washington D C after visiting her daughter.
Reading rooms and a library form Staten Island’s Working Women’s Guild led by Miss Elizabeth Curtis. Oxford scholar Miss Agnes Ramsey tops classics, while President Cleveland writes with a stub pen and wears steel framed spectacles. East Kentucky’s Colonel Clay is injured by a bull after pursuing it on horseback. Roscoe Conkling carries law books to Central Park readings. A famed actor scolds a theater child, and George Westinghouse patents numerous devices amid gas and electric work. The column pokes fun at lawyers with a light jab and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets for digestion.
Two day sale offers Misses and Boys colored percale shirts at 50 to 75 cents with former prices 1.00 and 1.25. Also notes a shawl found on Pinckney street and requests inquiries. Popcorn buyers sought at highest market price. Lawrence Journal Co. announces circulation changes and ad staff updates.
An excerpt from a Boston Globe piece recounts a boarding house acting as a hub for street workers. It notes a diverse clientele including Belgians, Italians, Germans, and French speakers. Stories cover earnings, scams, and the fate of a long-term beggar with a forged pension, illustrating urban hustle.
An ad praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as essential for good health during seasonal changes, claiming it boosts appetite and digestion and strengthens the whole system. It urges readers to obtain Hood's Sarsaparilla and mentions stock market activity and the new German Post in Leavenworth, with a fragmentary note on Kingman’s colored population.
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