Hollingberry Tailor and More in Local Advertisements
Slices of 1854 era notices: Majors services to begin next Sunday, legal marriages and licenses, Mrs Betsey Gregg’s funeral, and local shops Hollingbery Grimmons & Son, St Jacobs Oil, Capsicum Drops, and a sewing tailor. Includes church reports, hospital testimonials, and Republican meeting notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsey Gregg
J. R. Johnston
South Lawrence
Phace
Rev. Mercer
Second Baptist
Gilmore's Grand Concert at the Opera House
Local guests include Starrett Bauman Spangler Bay Morrie Rusher Kane and more as Gilmore's Band announces a diverse program at the Opera House. Highlights include Wagner overture Tannhauser, Lange idyl, solo for flute Bird of Paradise with Mr. Fred Sax, Grand Opera selections from Meyerbeer and Huguenots, and polka Pizzicato. The report notes old military connections and a rainy night ending with a quiet farmhouse scene after prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
A.D. Weaver
Nellie Morrie
May’ Rusher
Lizzie Kane
Wellsville
Ilinois Light Artillery
Gilmore
Opera House
Wagner Gilmore
Wagner
Lange
Gilbmore
Fred Lax
Meyerbeer Gilmore
Gema
Cornet
Mr. Bent
Herr Stockiat
Ignor Ratvoto
Ernsni
Er- Verdlousse Pyk
Soldier Chorus
Fanet
Gounod Megers
Guericke, Wilson, Krueger
Raffarolo
Strauss
Johann Strauss
Europe
America
St. Lewis
Il Trovatore
Mr. B. C. Bene
Shelving Collapse at L C McEntire Co Store
A serious shelving collapse occurred at L C McEntire Co s more room Saturday evening. Shelves on the south wall with heavy goods toppled, sending fear through customers and clerks. Mr Dever near the counter helped a clerk escape as panic rose. Clerks cleared and restocked by Sunday morning, suggesting overstocked shelves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. McEntire & Co
Mr. Dever
Dramatic critiques and street scams plaguing the city
A crowded Bowersock's Opera House hearing McWade's Hip and Rip stories with missing lead actress. A phony baking powder scam by women using tests to ruin competitors is warned against. Election bets and barbershop ads mix with health cure schemes and home remedies. Local notices warn on tampering with food via tricks, and vendors promote various goods and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowersock
McWade
Jefferson
Schneider
Goda
Rip
Helen Edwards
Ting
Pears
Stenle
Real Estate Bargains and Odd Funeral Details
Auction style notes show a 320 acre farm for 5200 dollars and 10 and 5 acre parcels in West Lawrence priced at 1200 and 800 dollars respectively. A long account describes the Prince Demidoff funeral voyage from Florence to Siberia with lavish ceremony, the Demidoffs wealth and noble lineage. A separate feature recalls an Undertaker’s Coat of Arms and barber shop novelty cups reflecting trades and humor in Harlem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Demidoffs
Prince Paul Demidof
di Pratolino
Florence
Siberia
Demidoffs
Peter the Great
Ural
Romanelli
Pratolino
Nijni-Novgorod
Pasa
Volga
Kama
Perna
Taigul
Seberia
Laterince
Pall Mall Gazette
New York
Harlem
Lea
Also Mentioned on This Page
Major Whittle
B. H. Douglass & Sons
St. Jacobs Oil
Franklin F. Fisher
Annie V. Pierce
Lake
Lecompton
Wisconsin
Garland Stoyes
Ransea
Grimmons & Son
Garret
Gee, Hollingberry
Plymouth
W- N. Burt
Williamson
W.irelan
Christian Church
White
Haneas City
Sisters of Charity
Providence Hospital
Emerox
D. C
Allcock
Lawrence
Ste
Chicago
Mesara. Crew @ Co
Sigel
W. W. Nevison
Hendy
Messis
Ean
Paul
Wes
Indica
Finsie
Old Hundred
Mrs. 5S
W. M. Culbertson
Dilnois
Culbertson
Bromersick
Johnson & Heylingberg
Massachusetts Street
Aouth
McConnell’s Tailor Shop
Heylingberg
J. J Herysingberg
Johnson & Heslingber
Barber Bros. &Bdawly
J. A. Dalley
Fornelling
J. A. Dailey
E. B. Gorauch
Lawrence Tea
Willow Springs Township
West Lawrence
New Hampshire Street
ROYA
Plota
Graham
Sott
Fess Ld
Ser New
Abe
Cmeaso
Drovers Journal
Texsa
Argyll
J. W. Bear
Beard
New Firm
J. F. Wiedemann
Mass. Street
J. H. Bosch
Daily Journal
Erately
Journal
Jounal Jet Room
Lawrence Journal Co
Whitcomb Bros
Winton
Batavia
California Fruits
Baltimore
National Bank
Bowersock’s Opera House
Winale
Isp Lawrence
Gillmore S
Louise Pye
Ore
Field & Co
Eldridge House
Toothalke
Ko. W. Propriatar
T.o.irwin &Co
T. O. Inewis
Undertaker
Eb Tether Tera
Massachusetts St
Nicholson
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