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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1887
Page
3
A scrambled item sheet reports hay and coal sale inquiries, gas stoves, hardware and hosiery offers, a Prohibition club social, festival at U B church, weather and gas drilling notes, a horse theft, a circus wind disruption, bicycle law quirks, a jail fine for vagancy, Hood and Sozodont ads, and local notices on flood risk and a planned university lake and campus project with large donations.
L O McIntire asserts most infant to adult diseases originate from a troubled liver. He hails Simona Liver Regulator as the best medicine in pharmacy and urges readers to buy it for health benefits, citing Cincinnati Gazette as source.
Rev. Olds of North Lawrence severely injured when his gasoline wagon ran away on Penn street. Leather yoke failed, horses pulled the tongue free, throwing Olds and a boy from the wagon. Olds pinned by rear wheel, later taken home. Boy Charley Edgar uninjured. Surgeon Dr. Phillips reported Olds not seriously hurt and likely to recover.
Dated, compact report of railroad rate disputes settled at Garden City with $25,000 raised as a premium for the first competing line to Garden City. Kansas bonds pass with margins. Santa Fe expansion progress noted. resonance of Chicago Kansas and Nebraska Rail Line and Rock Island plans. Also notices about August Flower health claims, fabrics sales, and local housing offers.
A string of brief items lists residents and visitors from Kansas City Bonner Springs Olathe Burnington Topeka and Lawrence. Individuals include Mrs W C Barnes Mrs J N Roberts L Clarke B Donaldson E P Parker A J Turner Miss Delta Neat and Miss Summerville. Events mention travel to Stanton Nanaas City Excelsior Springs and Ouray with health updates and a Gun Club shoot result.
Citywide sale promotes silks dress goods lawns batistes crinkles and all summer merchandise. Vendors claim deep discounts on remnants urging shoppers to hurry as today’s bargains vanish tomorrow.
A collection of curiosities and short notes from Crawford Georgia to California. Topics include a legless preacher in Crawford hauled by goats, large peach orchards in Orchard Hill, cattle losses in winter, a Welsh native in Wilkes-Barre, a wheat clump in Woodland, and various oddities from Europe and Mexico.
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