Second Hand Furniture for Sale at A Watkins Building
For sale. Second hand furniture including bedroom set and office desks. Enquire of janitor at A Watkins' building for details and viewing times.
16 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1890
Page
1
For sale. Second hand furniture including bedroom set and office desks. Enquire of janitor at A Watkins' building for details and viewing times.
Cresson Springs Pa Sept 16 The river and harbor appropriation bill ready for president upon signing by the speaker. The president and private secretary non committal yet. Rumor points to possible extra session to push the election bill and other measures, including labor and postal shipping bills, before adjournment. Sac and Fox Agency I T Sept 16 The largest funeral in Indian Territory held for John Whistler a noted leader. He had Civil War service and strong family lineage across multiple wars and roles. his funeral drew wide tribal attendance. Governor Glick Nips a Thief Atchison Kas Sept 16 William Bennett arrested for attempting to pick the pocket of Ex Governor George W Glick. Bennett allegedly part of a fairground gang. Limburg cheese at Whitcomb Bros.
A Chicago Circuit Court filing seeks to forfeit charters of the Chicago gaslight and coke companies and others tied to a Chicago gas trust. The suit alleges illegal combination to suppress competition and charge high gas rates, aiming to dissolve the trust and bar charter privileges. Also reports on a lion attack in Texas, a double killing in Kansas City, a sunken schooner on Lake Superior, and a gasoline explosion injuring Ada Pursell in Nebraska.
Notes report that the Indians who scalped a white man named Boyle on the Tongue river reservation in Washington were killed yesterday by U S soldiers. Other items note New York Central train robbers confessing their deeds, Alabama feuding men, Wichita Sunday business hours for saloons, and Senators Plumb and Frye having another round that stopped short of a quarrel.
J H Holcomb and wife of Belcherville Texas mark their fifty fifth anniversary noting good health by promptly treating ailments. They favor St Patrick's Pills for mild relief and system balance. Barber Bros Druggists sell Nellie Bly fountain pens for 50 cents at Hestera. items advertised with claim of satisfaction.
A blaze at the Alhambra palace in Grenada broke out at 1 am in the Allbeercoat court yard and spread to galleries, causing great damage as the fire continued to burn. Separately, a large column of tooth picks toppled from Raymond's north window, and various notices promote Chamberlain's Colic remedy, Clarke's Extract of Flux, Turkish bath hours, and Clarke's Soap and Cough Cure with local sales points Raymond and Barber Bros.
Advertisement notices promote Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and rashes with a money back guarantee. Clarke’s Extract of Flax and Clarke’s Flax Soap are touted for catarrh and skin care with a one dollar price and testimonials. Raymond Drug Store offers these products and anti malaria capsules with assurances of quick relief.
From September 15 for thirty days W M Rowe will sell any article in stock of silver plated hollow ware at actual cost to clear room for holiday novelties. Come and see prices and select items before stock runs out.
We received our first fall wallpaper bill and claim to be the city’s only purchaser of fall goods. Our trade has been unusually large this year and we now offer latest sidewall and ceiling papers in cheap and fine grades with lowest prices and warranted work. A school book racket is planned, and we offer to exchange Barnes readers for old Appleton at no charge along with other school books and supplies at reduced prices.
Long excerpted scan lists doctors and remedies with promotional tone. Notable figures include Dr. Franklin Miles and Clarke’s Extract of Flax, with free trials and drugstore mentions. Also notes on rent, business opportunities, travel fares, and a Waterbury watch deal, all reflecting a varied late 19th century newspaper page.
Historical notices include an advertisement for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup promising immediate relief for teething children and related claims. Also listed are notices of a shoe shop move to Wells Fargo building, a for rent ad for a corner meat market, a lost overcoat reward, a poultry claim, cheap excursions to Kansas and Missouri fairs, a shoe store display, Michigan or Massachusetts shoe store reference, and a six room rental at 825 Louisiana Street.
The article surveys recent jewelry trends including yellow enamel corms on scarfpins, gold parasol ornaments with jeweled ribs, orchids with diamond dewdrops, a Tam o Shanter cap with a diamond feather for a brooch, and ornate watches encrusted with colored stones. It notes intricate clasps, onyx chatelaines, mourning brooches with diamond settings, medieval enamel plaques, gold feather brooches forming lucky shapes, knife edge bracelets with jeweled borders, and moonstone accents replacing diamonds in cheaper pieces. The piece highlights white thistledown clusters with diamonds and a thistle leaf design with amethyst quartz.
A snapshot of early electric progress shows pocket phones in Berlin and Rochester adapting street railways to electric power. Edinburgh reports over 40,000 riders on electric launches at penny and two penny fares. Electric motors touch bread making and mining safety, while the Associated Press trains telegraph operators to type. France notes new electricity uses, Meudon wars’ motors, and London lighting favors battery power. German imperial orders require a blue knitted uniform for admin ladies in pasta and telegraphs offices.
A batch of aphoristic observations from the Atchison Globe discusses sympathy, labor over gifts, justice learned through experience, the ethics of wealth and influence, the seriousness of life, and human variety. It notes that knowledge of people and communities reveals the world’s complexities and judgments.
The piece mocks Japanese customs, noting sweets before gnata at dinners, boats hauled stern first, riders mounting on the right, weapons faced inward, horses tied with heads forward, and books ending with the next word after the title page. It also claims grooming and page order differ from Western practice.
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