28 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1891
Page
1
Local items report corn at 38 cents a bushel and oysters sold by the can at Chris Epley and Chas Epley. A social at Fellows Hall, train arrivals for Topeka, church meetings, legal notices, marriages, and community updates fill the page with prices, purchases, and local happenings.
The Methodiat church hosted memorial services for late Senator Plumb with over 150 mourners, including speakers Governor Robinson and Dr. Cordley. Tributes praised Plumb for his integrity, loyalty, and leadership in civil rights, the Union cause, and public service.
To Clean Up: balance of stock for Ladies garments trimmed or untrimmed priced up to $12 and more sold as a lot at 4.25. Garments worth 14 15 16 and 13 offered at 7.23. Children's clothing in various prices offered at 2.75. All garments valued 9 11 12 and 13 go at 4.65. No garments carried over, come early for first choice.
Master Clarence Brown of Olathe visits the Polsons as Dr. and Mrs. Walker return from Topeka. Miss Zoe Thomas redeems time visiting at the institute while H B Peska travels to Arkansas City to arrange the Haskell exhibit. Rev. Job Jacobs, Ottawa nation leader, speaks and sings with local children. Meserve hosts a busy round of visitors and talks, with numerous named locals traveling to Topeka and Emporia for events.
Local page blends a store ad for Field & Hargis Book and Stationery with a theatre listing featuring Aaron Ho Weednuil and the play Lucie Ura. Also recaps an exciting tugboat rescue story from Chicago Tribune detailing the John A. Miller blaze and Welcome's daring act to save four crewmen.
A fragmented sale list shows assorted goods including canned corn, Baker's Chocolate, lemon peel, jelly, eggs, butter, apples, sugar, tobacco and other pantry items with prices like 15¢ and 25¢ per unit. It appears as a closing one lot auction or sale note from a local market.
A long OCR fragment lists items like decorated lamps, glassware, spoons, carvers, and tableware from a Rochester Lane shop. It mentions wares such as crocks, glassware, and a bread maker, with stray references to prices and sales tone urging careful inspection before purchase. The text also references vendors, customers, and a parade of furniture and housewares in a period newspaper style.
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