29 Nov 1889
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1889
Page
1
Directory listing Lawrence businesses with names of proprietors and services. Includes hotels, lawyers, abstracts, insurance, and lodging options with brief rates and locations. Contains multiple small ads for rooms, meals, and local services.
In Boston a startling finding reveals seventy buildings once thought fireproof have been destroyed. Officials say the fire swept through dense urban blocks, leaving charred remains as residents assess losses and investigators trace the blaze to its source.
Fire at 8:15 in the mam moth stone building at Kingston and Bedford ignited a widespread blaze. By 10 o clock crews from Cambridge and nearby towns fought the flames that spread along Chauncey and Kingston streets destroying Brown Durrell Co Jordan Marsh and other firms. No deaths reported with injuries in the single digits. losses estimated at ten million dollars.
A Nov 28 dispatch covers the Silvar Convention in St. Loria with resolutions urging restored silver coinage and mint openings. Also reported are a Baltimore cracker room score, a Santa Fe train robbery suspects, and a Thanksgiving dinner in Berns with dignitaries present.
The Jowalers' Weekly highlights a range of novel pieces such as a heart shaped diamond pin with ruby crown, a platinum Eiffel Tower pendant, a toad hid in a gold bush lace pin, and a five of clubs match box. It notes waning popularity for the diamond circled ruby setting and rising use of dark stones. A toy wheelbarrow pin shows enamel details, reflecting artistic trends in jewelry design.
An eighty year old coffin maker recalls a sixty five year career among embalmers. He cites tests to detect life in the dead before embalming and ice. He notes a distinct odor and firmer flesh as indicators and argues burial alive is rare. He also muses on painted brick houses and longevity.
New York November 28 Princeton defeated Yale 10 to 0 in a clash watched by about twenty five thousand spectators at Berkeley Oval. The game featured strong Princeton rushing and Yale fumbles in the second half, with Princeton securing two scores and claiming the Intercollegiate championship formidably.
A jumble of short items notes Governor Gordon of Georgia may be seen in Chicago next Sunday amid broader mentions of political moves. Other entries reference Patt and Nicolini sailing from London, Bedell named resistant engineer in Kansas, and municipal actions in Minneapolis and Oklahoma City.
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