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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1885
Page
4
Cost to make room for spring purchases is high as goods must be sold. Every garment will be well trimmed and made with a perfect fit guaranteed.
Train timetable fragment shows service to LEAVESWORTH and ARRIVE DEPART times. Mentions Benassy and Lawrence & Emporia Railway with officers J. Smith and D. T. Shanklin. Unclear times appear as 4:13 pm 8:10 pm and 7:00 am 1:30 pm.
The Daily Journal urges attendance at a Lawrence charity concert to aid the needy. Lawrence visitors include Mr Wille Bogan of the Journal staff. WCTU meets at 3 PM at the M E Church. Mrs Ed Charlton and husband welcomed a ten pound baby. Mrs A D Mackey hosted a large luncheon at Otio Street. Bal Masque by A O U W planned to fund a piano for the hall. London Daily Sportsman praise for St Jacobs Oil as a cure all widely noted.
At a February 1885 public meeting in Vinland Douglas County the crowd passed a preamble urging Congress to open the Oklahoma land for settlement under homestead laws, to open forfeited railroad lands, enforce existing laws to remove fences on public lands, and restrict aliens from land ownership. They also urged road work by contract, appointing a state entomologist, and offering bounties for wolves. Secretaria y John Walton signed and sent notices to Lawrence papers and to legislators Funston and Bonebrake.
Amusement notes praise the Clara Morris company in The Galley Slave at Lawrence with Frederic Bryton Emily Seward and Helene Adell receiving strong applause. Mentions Windsor Theatre updates in New York Bowery and Ford’s Baltimore reception, plus local University regents, oratorical contest, and Minstrels at Bowersock’s Opera House.
The item notes talk of a crowded charity concert and lobbying for a bridge, while hints of an upcoming city election battle surface. It mentions various people and local events including theater acts, railway officials, and social visits, all within a lively, era-specific city newspaper tone.
An 1883 Milwaukee advertisement proclaims Andrews' Pearl Baking Powder free from alum and safe, offering a $1000 reward if tests prove otherwise. It stages a public, courtlike challenge with experts to assess purity and fixing qualities, to be conducted in Milwaukee or Chicago. An aside promotes Leis drugstore with goods and discounts.
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