17 Jan 1888
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1888
Page
1
An assortment of outdated local notices, shop prompts, and sale offers. Includes mentions of a weekly newspaper subscription pitch, a variety of “single cutters” and horse-drawn sleighs for sale, a home for sale or trade option near the city, coal delivery services, and rental space for a printing office or small manufacturing within Douglas County.
The report lists numerous individuals traveling through Topeka and nearby towns, including J. L. Bolles J. W. Grean John Jaey and others visiting or returning from Kansas City Baldwin and Omals Nebraska. It highlights social calls, visits to relatives and business connections, plus local updates on residents and incidents.
A dramatic promotion at the Opera House next Friday promises bargains and entertainment as the management emphasizes comparable productions seen in New York Philadelphia and Chicago. The show features a lavish stage production and two recitals once linked to the University, with new programs and a fresh line of spring goods announced by L. C. McIntire.
Read about a Sunday fire on Vermont Street near Carbondale Road with minor damage to a Brent residence, plus a second blaze on Main Street. The notice covers a Hamburg embroideries sale at 592 Main with low prices, and related notices on excursions, legal cases, and local club meetings.
The Kansas Historical Society reviews letters and documents related to John Brown, including a War Secretary autograph and a 1868 Missouri River episode. W A Paine and others discuss the Spring Green and Harper's Ferry events, with references to fugitive slaves, arrests, and frontier actions in Kansas and Nebraska.
Remnants and notices indicate the Batley firm of Bailey & Smith dissolves by mutual consent dated Jan 1 18%, with CW Smith continuing at the old stand. Warnings to creditors to present claims and settle debts promptly. Co W Mirh announces purchasing the stock and continuing business, promising attentive service. A broad sale of dry goods, carpets, liquors, and embroideries is advertised, urging immediate orders and claiming low prices and large stock.
Journal items report H Calton and McDonough in the city, Bynes’ expected arrival from New York, and 635 cases treated at the Atlantic Pacific railroad hospital this year. Mentions talks of a new time card on the Santa Fe, possible changes in therapy materials, and depot work at Colorado Springs Pueblo. Prospects of Wyandotte and Northwestern road building to Lawrence noted, with Union Pacific president Potter returning home to Burlington and needing rest after poor health.
Mixed storefront sale notes list men and women undergarments with prices and old values, plus a health remedy pitch for Prickly Ash Bark and Berries and Dr King’s New Discovery. It mentions McIntire’s winter goods, free trial bottles, and a notice about punctual payment to the JOURNAL Co.
Lawrence parties seek to trade city or county property and request descriptions with Gleason Street Whitman or mail to 1015 Malo Kagess City Sho Ava Dias.
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