07 Sep 1881
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1881
Page
1
Lawrence digest with ads and notices including medical nostrums and local business appeals. Mentions Dr. Marshall Bromoline cures, price signals, post office changes, fair week sales, campus notices, clothe store closures, and social notes about residents visiting or returning for the fair.
The Color Guard drew a much larger audience than Monday and seating will be scarce tonight as the house is expected to be crowded. The piece has been received with great favour in Lawrence and invites strangers to enjoy an evening there. The program promises a battle scene between Union and rebel troops at Liberty Hall tonight.
The President travels from Washington to Long Branch by train at 6:30 a.m., wave to Mansion inmates, and arrives in Baltimore and other cities with doctors reporting steady improvement. Officials note minimal discomfort due to engineered bed and rail arrangements, while press crews struggle to relay updates from distant telegraph offices.
Reports place Cabinet at Long Branch with the President as four cattle thieves lie dead near El Paso. A Arcola fire destroys 100000 worth of property. French engage Tunisian tribes as American Indians are fought. Washington endures desertion and Tuesday prayer observances for the President.
Market notes list prices for cattle hogs and unspecific grains, with quotes for wheat oats corn and various fruit and poultry items. Government bonds and mercantile paper are mentioned among financial listings, reflecting a composite price sheet of the day.
Kansas City market notes mixed with uncertain figures show shipments of 28.542 tons and 2712 bushels, plus smaller batches and store activity. Reports mention bids and price movements but many terms are garbled, leaving unclear totals and entities.
Kansas report details periodic shipments and weather impacts, noting steady points and count of consignments. Reading captures sporadic figures and references to shipment timing and supply conditions affecting travel and commerce.
The St Louis market reports cattle receipts around 7,000 with mixed steer prices. Native steers and Texan export stock are scarce, with far west shipments showing moderate demand. Prices range from 4.00 to 5.25 per unit, with heavy shippers at about 5.00.
CHICANO Sept 6 market notes unsettled demand for corn and lard with prices drifting. Meats show strong movement, shoulder and short rib quotes firm, whisky steady, and flour grains trading with varied cash and future quotes across September October and beyond.
Chicago stock market report dated September six, eighteen eighty one notes cattle receipts five thousand, shipments four thousand two hundred, prices varying from three four to three dollars twenty-five cents for medium to good cattle, natives steady, sheep receipts one hundred with fair demand, Texan and Territory sheep at indications. Weather in Washington, September seven reports upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys cloudy with local rains, winds shifting northerly, rising barometer.
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