31 Jul 1889
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1889
Page
1
Directory listing for Lawrence city offices and services includes city physician, library, livery, and a garbled reference to a bequest site. Reads as a historical city directory fragment with scattered place names and titles.
A disastrous storm strikes Texas and New Jersey leaving wide floods and property damage. Officials report injuries but exact counts and rescue operations are ongoing as communities brace for cleanup efforts and continued rainfall.
A raging storm submerged towns near Concord New Hampshire and left many buildings damaged while floods swept through areas. Fire, tremors, and widespread destruction marked the event as emergency crews work to salvage lives and assess losses. The storm caused fuel shortages, downed power, and displaced residents across multiple communities.
A garbled OCR fragment reports various financial and market items, pension case notes, and local notices. It mentions corn market pressures, third auditor exchanges, and named places like Sioux City Omaha and Kansas City, with scattered names and dates embedded in the noise.
A report notes Tulley declines to attend the encampment in Milwaukee, signaling a stand on the event. Local officials and organizers respond with statements about the gathering’s significance and implications for the community.
A garbled OCR led to a chaotic report spanning attendance at a Milwaukee meeting, forecasts starting at 7 a.m., and scattered mentions of conferences, delegates, and a Paris event. It references President Connor and a mix of political and wartime topics with unclear connections and numerous corrupted names and places.
Fragmented telegraphic copy reports fires at manufacturing plants plus a court and public safety update. It mentions deaths and injuries, rumored motives, and personnel changes, with references to battles, rail accidents, and a wide array of unnamed officials and departments.
Markets by telegraph show jittery stocks and mixed commodity prices across major exchanges. Notable mentions include Western rail lists and Kansas City grain and provisions reports with shipments and prices. Local reports cover wheat, pork, dairy, and paint merchandise influenced by seasonal demand, with commentary on investment value and consumer guidance.
Fragmentary OCR lists court and county roles including deputy clerks sheriffs treasurers auditors surveyors and coroner. Names such as Bristow Hartefox Bartlett Wm Draper and attorneys Barker Thacher Hutchings Norton appear amid scattered titles and addresses.
A garbled sheriff sale notice from Kansas appears to list property associated names and a court action. The fragment mentions the county, city daily publication, and sale terms though many words are unreadable. It conveys a legal notice of property sale under court order with unclear specifics.
A highly garbled obit and sale notice fragment mentions Kansas, county names, and several personal names in a puzzling OCR run. It references a death or sale event, various places, and officials, but the text is largely unreadable, with scattered proper nouns and dates.
An early 20th century advertisement extols Huntetter's Stomach Hitters as a preventive cure for nervousness, indigestion, feverishness, and other ailments. It markets the product through vivid claims of bodily unrest and remedies for constipation, rheumatism, and malaises, with price and receipt figures embedded in the copy.
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