11 Aug 1889
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1889
Page
1
The page lists train services and schedules for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. It mentions Pacific Express and other trains with routes and times, reflecting a historic timetable format and garbled OCR text.
Fragmented Clasified items advertise ice delivery telephone numbers hay for sale on the windrow three miles south of the city and a five room frame house for forty dollars with easy terms. Also listed are a frame house on a good lot and a lighting fixtures offer from Lawrence Plumbing and Heating company with details on chandeliers.
Help wanted notice seeking five hundred bushels of clean oats with inquiry directed to the Jovarwas office.
A burst of brief notices lists residents and visitors including John Walrull Frack Melluish Juli Dengelly and SH Brooks. The report mentions travel to Topeka Denver Atchison and Colorado with arrivals at Lawrence and surrounding areas.
The ad proclaims low prices on colored grosgrain silks in 3 to 15 yard lengths at 10 cents per yard. Remnants from all departments go on sale in the main aisle north room. It promises unmatched deals on wide fancy and plain rib trims, claiming values of 65 cents per yard elsewhere, now available for 75 cents, and asserts these are unbeatable.
The advertisement touts yard wide Unbleached Muslin at 5 cents and yard wide fine at 10 cents, with other fabric prices and a forecast of rising cotton and woolen costs. It declares a great week ahead with low prices on Carpets, Lace Curtains, and Portlists, inviting customers to visit on Monday.
City notes social events weather and church activities with reports of meetings dinners and gatherings. Highlights include deaths Mr Patrick Tarpey and Mr William Bliss, delays on bridge work, harvest festival plans, a Zion church picnic, ice cream promotions, and a fire incident causing minor injuries.
Yesterday we opened up some of the handsomest patterns in Ingram Carpets. Customers who have seen them say they are the handsomest patterns and colorings in Lawrend. If you need carpets we will be pleased to show our stock, L. O. McIntire.
Weaver's Fall Carpets announces fresh stock arriving with a handsome line of carpets including moquettes body and tapestry Brussels and ingrain patterns. The notice urges quick selections while stock is fresh and limited patterns are confined to them.
Priestsley announces early arrival of a new line and marks down current stock to make room. Savings of 1 to 2.50 on each dress pattern are guaranteed with no risk to customers. Special prices on Ladies Muslin Underwear for Monday as part of month end bargains.
A New York importer supplies an elegant line of silk fringes panels and trims with matching buttons buckles and trimmings. On sale are about fifty pieces of all wool dress goods at bargain prices and three lines of silk plushes offered at 39 65 and a low price this week. Also minstrel shows at the opera house praised for humor and music with notable banjo work by the Leer brothers and Mr Charles Schilling. Denver News notes two giant traveling shows arriving Thursday with dual parades and attractions, all under one admission.
The notice advertises Innes remnant sale with discount prices on fabrics and home goods on center counters, urging early attendance. It also promotes a large Lawrence residence listing, and lists diverse farm and grocery prices including corn, oats, wheat, butter, squash, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, and flour.
R EXCHANGE T will trade any portion of listed property for vacant or improved business or residence property in Lawrence or land within a mile of city limits or for live stock or merchandise stock. The notice lists multiple scattered properties and requests offers, asking interested parties to contact IW SWEET, owner, at the Uesfird Market or nearby Grove address for details and terms.
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