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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1889
Page
6
A 1888 advertisement touts 54 Lap Dusters for carriage use with stock and workmanship for a first class article. New patterns including embroidery of flowers birds and scenery are displayed in 100 designs at varied prices. Sold by all dealers.
A chemical report from Tevens Institute of Technology confirms Ivory Soap as a pure, mild laundry soap. It cleans without harshness, leaves the skin soft, and shows little uncombined fat, producing clean, white, abundant lather. The letter warns against counterfeit soaps and urges consumers to demand Ivory.
A massive blaze swept the east bank of the North River from Fifty-ninth to Sixty-fifth streets, destroying New York Central railroad property and Fairbanks lard facilities. Elevators A and B of the Vandalia system burned, with extensive losses cited for Rossiter stores, Wilcox Company, dock properties, and lard stocks. At least one man killed, several injured, as flames, heat, and falling walls terrorized the area. insurance figures and total losses run into the millions for the New York Central and Fairbanks holdings.
Leavenworth internal revenue officials report federal directive to block liquor sales in Oklahoma. No special stamps for Oklahoma and deputies will be sent to enforce the law with authority to use force if needed. Col Acers mobilizes ten deputies under E N Gates to Guthrie to prevent infractions before colonists arrive.
Scenes along the road to Oklahoma report the first regular Rock Island train to Caldwell with over 100 settlers from Kansas City and others from Omaha and Wichita. Colonel Jencks leads, town sites planned below Kingfisher as 250 wagons cross rivers. stage line operating with horses and drivers arriving, and mass wagon convoys heading toward Kingfisher.
Secretary of the Interior declares no authority to allow the Oklahoma Capital City Town Site and Improvement Company to enter lands in Guthrie and Kingfisher for town sites. The 1889 act provisions do not apply to such corporations, and any reservation would be handled by existing law.
Washington April 20 Officials warn that scammers target homestead entries in Oklahoma by securing declaratory statements from soldiers to reserve land for six months and obtaining relinquishments. Fraudsters may then sell claims to homeseekers with a preferred right to the land. perjury prosecutions will follow for those involved. Soldiers may enter via attorneys who must swear no personal stake. Baseball scores and exhibitions follow in a scattered notes section.
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