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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1884
Page
1
A lively trade scene features a business called Trade Palace selling goods while neighbors express distress and growling complaints. Advertisers insist there is no panic, yet voices rise in alarm as the bargeirs are bought and neighbors cry out.
Andrew Tosh and Co present a long sale list of improved residences in Lawrence Kansas with prices from 1000 to 6000 dollars. The ad notes offices at 54 Massachusetts Street and urges readers to visit for additional properties including a suburban 30 acre estate near the university and several two story and frame houses with prices and features.
A hovere storm swept in yesterday with fierce winds and heavy rain. Notices report many social updates including Miss Cora Pierson departing for Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Cale visiting, and several residents planning moves or travel. Funeral for Miss Sadie Mallison held with large attendance. Democratic conventions and political chatter dominate the page with nominations, speeches, and state reports from Missouri and Indiana, plus scattered disaster and weather notes across several towns.
Rain and showers sweep Missouri with winds reaching the coast and causing damage estimated around 300 dollars. Trees blown, some residences untested, and local disruptions noted as officials assess the impact.
The market report summarizes prices and activity for grain and livestock, noting receipts in Kansas City and Chicago, with bids for corn oats and rye, and prices for eggs butter and lard. It records market conditions, declines and recoveries, and closes with price ranges for wheat corn oats pork lard and related staples.
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