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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1887
Page
3
A cluttered page includes Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific timetables, freight and passenger notes, local notices on gas stoves and breads, with ads for Sozodont and Lawrence outfits. It mentions a Prohibition lawn party, Masonic lodge entertainment, river trip breakfast, and a Santa Fe freight wheel issue delaying trains near the Kansas line.
Eudora Mineral Springs marked the Fourth with a parade led by the Eudora drum corps and a two hour speech by Judge G A Huron of Topeka. The celebration drew about a thousand at the springs near the village despite rain, with dancing, boats on the Wakarusa creek, and praise for U O Richards’ organizing efforts. A wedding ceremony joined John Bruebsker and Rhoda Akers at North Lawrence, with Rev B F Billingsley officiating and a reception following.
The ad promises dramatic reductions on dry goods to convert stock and exiled remnants. It lists silks, satins, embroideries, white goods, crash, linens, lawns, ginghams, prints, and flannels, urging early shopping as prices drop and panic in stock may occur. GEO. INNES.
The Rev Gus Anderson preached a farewell at action chapel and his congregation voted unanimously to re elect him for the coming year. A river is said to have a greenish tint raising health concerns about its water and cooking use is advised against. Delegations from the city including G A R members visited Tonga nixie yesterday. The Starret place north of the depot, a 20 acre tract, was leased to Capt I W Stone for a pasture. Many locals think enclosing livestock should apply to dogs too and a fortune teller on the riverbank offers easy, paid guidance in domestic disputes.
A field notice from Bazarr Chase Co Kus dated February 10 86 reports R C Hsing describe chronic kidney inflammation. He suffered severe pain and chalky urine until applying two Allcock's plasters over his kidneys which he says cured him in a week with soreness gone and urine returning to normal.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a time tested remedy for female weakness. It promises to restore youth and bloom, urging women to purchase the product from all druggists.
The Ottawa to Santa Fe rail notice invites all to consign spirituous liquors for Indian Territory points. An odd hymn aside touts Piewant Purgative Pellets, claiming gentle, mild relief like a natural bowel movement with no lingering effects.
Bright morning promised a pleasant Fourth with early firecrackers and a lively parade. A multi lodge Masonic and Wyandotte bands joined the procession from Massachusetts Street to the park, followed by trades displays and elaborate wagons. Rain shortened races and public speeches, but ball games and a grand evening display with rockets and fireworks concluded the day in a festive, peaceful mood.
A meeting of the advisory board of the Lawrence Business College and Academy of English and Classics elected officers for the coming year and outlined instructional departments. The faculty includes Rev James Marvin, Solon Thacher, Prof C L Martin, Joseph Statler, Nina Marvin, and others. The new building is due by October with school opening September 1, promising strong prospects and a catalogue in press.
The store proclaims an aggressive price war on summer dry goods. They pledge deep discounts on all summer items and urge shoppers to bring small bills as the sale commences this morning, promising genuine reductions and a strong bargain focus.
Mrs M F Woodford Christian Scientist operated at 718 Ohio Street offering mental healing and patient care. The text mentions a student Mrs Aire Geese Weston aiding in teaching and practice at the location. The fragment preserves a local health practitioner profile with incomplete details.
Personal items describe Misa Ollie Baer visiting, Hutchings’ Burlington trip, Shaw’s Fourth in Lawrence, Baldwin’s Croaby in town, Bowes of Topeka, Hughes heading to Hutchinson for business, Doane on dancing pavilion duty, Hogeboom and Curdy from Topeka, Crowell and Jackson in town, Sternberg surveying for Santa Fe, Tenneys from Kansas City visiting, Osbun Shannon arriving in Washington DC to start summer by sea, Barteaux couple from Ft. Scott visiting before California trip. An ad praises Green's August Flower for health, and Fred W Reed of Lawrence attends Topeka to collect Quantrell raid claims. also a mental healer offers home treatments and free consultations. Water warnings issued by city superintendent.
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