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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1886
Page
7
Advertisement seeks male agents to sell a female garment claiming $20 daily. One woman reportedly earned $59 in two hours and another $37 on the first day. Address provided to Mme. B. R. Little, Box 343, Chicago, Lis.
A lawyer and client debate pressing a claim over a house with a dying couple. The old man prays for guidance, the case hinges on faith and destiny, and the lawyer finally agrees to withdraw, sensing a higher purpose in a mysterious outcome.
During the 1864 campaign Grant and Meade with their staffs visited a porch where Burnside arrived in full dress. He saluted the women, claiming they had never seen so many live Yankees, and an elderly lady replied she had many more in Richmond, turning the moment into a sharp joke about prisoners.
A New York Herald editor receives a Bennett cablegram ordering a first steamer trip to London in nine days. A young man crosses the ocean in obedience, waits three weeks without word, and then writes he is seeking payment of expenses.
Market flips between firm and weak with wheat futures firming late on improved buying. Reports of northwest wheat damage and overestimation of winter wheat yield influenced sentiment. corn steady, cash weaker. oats dull and lower. provisions firm. Flour prices listed for Southern winter, Michigan, soft spring, and other grades. Wheat corn oats rye sale ranges and closing figures provided for June July August contracts.
Cattle receipts 4100, shipments 1600. Market opened 5 to 10 cents higher, later gains eroded. Shipping steers 950 to 1500 pounds 3.75 to 5.55, stockers and feeders up slightly 2.60 to 1.69, cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.25, through Texas cattle 3.15 to 4.50. Hogs receipts 15000, shipments 2500, market active and higher. Rough and mixed 4.10 to 4.45, light 4.25 to 4.40, ships 3.75 to 3.90. Sheep receipts 1500, shipments none, market active and up. Natives 2.57 to 4.50, Western 3.20 to 3.75, Texas 2.25 to 2.75, lambs 1.50 to 3.25 per head.
Mrs Clara A Fredrick of Broad Brook Connecticut reports a long battle with eczema on scalp face ears and neck ending in four months of Cuticora and Cuticora Soap with Resolvent internal use. She declares cure and gratitude. Herman Slade of New York City says five days of treatment improved his scalp and face and expects full cure.
The Indicator notes a dull flour market and sluggish wheat with limited bids and mixed asks. Corn and oats show quiet to steady action with No 2 and No 3 red futures bid and asked ranges, while butter eggs hay and rye display varied price tones and steady to light activity across market lines. Potatoes and live poultry report modest price ranges and steady supplies as readings vary by grade and season.
Local druggists report strong summer sales of Cuticura remedies as relief for widespread skin complaints. Dr W L Hardigg notes prominence of Cuticura Soap, while Dr H W Brockway of Franklin Falls NH attests cures where other medicines failed.
Levi A. Doane of Lawrence Kansas advertises loans on city property and Chatel Mortgage securities with low rates. A series of properties for sale includes a $550 three room house on one acre. a magnificent 20 acre farm with buildings, fences, orchard, and lawn at corner near two intersecting streets. a six room frame home on one acre with abundant fruit crops. the cheapest city lot with three acres and fruit. and a large Douglas County farm of about 200 acres with crops, water, wells, and mature fruit trees, offering immediate possession and favorable terms. Interested buyers urged to contact Doane for full particulars.
Kansas City Live Stock indicates cattle receipts 1,245 shipments 645 with good activity and slight gains. Hogs receipts 9,895 shipments 2,414 market active with prices from 4.10 to 4.30 for good to choice and 3.00 to 3.72 for common. Sweep receipts 95 shipments none market steady with good to choice 2.75 to 3.50.
A cited ad extols Dr Sanford's Radical Cure for constitutional catarrh claiming quick head relief and restored senses. It promotes a package including Radical Cure, Catarrhal Solvent, and an Improved Inhaler sold by Potter Drug & Chemical Co., Boston.
The page lists commodity quotes with wheat No 2 red at 2.40 to 4.80, corn No 2 mixed around 30 to 33 cents, oats No 2 mixed at 26.3 to 28.4 cents, rye 5 1/4 cents, butter Creamery 14 2 15 cents, dairy 11 12 cents, eggs 84 per dozen, whisky 1.10, and provisions pork 9.25 and lard 5 dollars.
St Louis livestock report shows cattle receipts 1410 with heavy shipping cattle slow while light and medium cattle rise modestly. Prices: good to choice shipping and export 5.00 to 5.44, butchers steers 3.25 to 4.20, cows and heifers 2.25 to 3.25. Hog receipts 4060, market up about 15 cents. heavy hogs 4.30 to 4.10, lights 4.10 to 4.25. Sheep receipts 230, market slow at 2.25 with quality poor.
June 22 report shows money rates at 1.343 percent, discounts 4 to 5 percent, foreign exchange dull around 4.88 for 66 days and 4.883 on demand. Stock sales totaled 245,118 shares. Flour retail prices listed, wheat prices varying by grade, corn white new around 0.88, hams 6c, bacon 9c, lard 64 cents per pound, eggs 10c per dozen, cheese 10 to 12 1/2 cents, potatoes and apples at 30 to 15c, poultry chickens alive 5c per pound.
An unclear ad markets a home based money making scheme promising high daily earnings and enormous returns. It touts earning potential within days, asks readers to send a small fee for a sample kit, and claims a risk free offer with a free follow up shipment. The copy also references piano and organ lessons said to be possible without a teacher.
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