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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1889
Page
5
The brief notice presents the railroad timetable for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line. It outlines departures and arrivals, station stops, and service windows for train movements across its routes.
Local items note A T S F railroad activity and bond interest payments in Douglas county, a sheriff tax remittance, and railcar movements for steel rails. The Usher Guards drill before a Fourth of July event, farmers report chinch bugs gone, and a Central Mexican railway delegation passes through. Crime reports include a midnight theft spree in North Lawrence. Community notices mention a July 6 picnic, chess in wheat, and horticultural society humor. More brief items cover eager expansion in Lawrence housing and business prospects.
The new dining hall of Haskell Institute has been formally accepted and will be opened to the public for inspection today. Indian chiefs and parents of Indian children are in the city to attend the closing exercises of Haskell Institute this afternoon. The closing exercises will be held in Lawrence next Wednesday.
A testimonial touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy. It claims to purify blood, cure liver and kidney diseases, pimples, boils, salt rheum, malaria, headaches, constipation and indigestion, with a guarantee of full satisfaction or money back. Sold at Barber Brothers Drug Store for 50 cents and 1.4 dollars per bottle.
Testimonies from C H Morris of Arkansas and Jesse Middlewart of Ohio praise Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption, 2 bottles in, says it saved health and farm work. Free sample bottles at Barber Bros. Also Bucklen s Arica Salve advertised as top skin cure, guaranteed or money back, 25 cents.
Ballard's Horehound Syrup is touted as the best cough syrup for consumptions bronchitis croup asthma and all throat lung diseases with a global guarantee. The claim cites every user and druggist as evidence and notes Barber Bros. sells it. A brief Kansas note mentions upcoming wheat market movement.
The notice describes hay fever and rose cold with inflamed nostrils tear ducts and throat. It notes acrid mucus burning sensation sneezing headaches and eye irritation. Ely's Cream Balm is promoted as a dependable remedy priced 50 cents at druggists or 60 cents by mail from Brothers Druggists 56 Warren St New York.
Mrs Eva S Savage offers a three day cut sale at her 901 Massachusetts street millinery parlors. With purchases of 1.50 or more a doll is given away. Also promotes new styles in millinery and fancy goods to Lawrence ladies.
An all day event by city Masons and their families unfolds in a sunlit grove on the North Side after light rain, with swings games croquet and dances. Dr Evatt Sheriff Love and Dr Prentiss attend among the older and younger guests as Col Greene and Judge Thacher speak at the Tabernacle and a long feast follows.
A Roche artwork adorns the Henry Street front of the Merchants National Bank, pointing to the office of L. 8. Steele with signs reading Money to Loan and Abstracts of Title. Call and visit to see the sign and drop in.
In police court yesterday multiple hearings occurred. E Putz paid fines of 35 and costs 14 for dodging dog tax. Mrs Amanda Clarke fined 5 and costs 14 for assault on Thos Chateau. The Lee Clarke case for assault on Thos Chateau was continued to June 28. W J Murray faces a 300 occupation tax dispute. defense contends ordinance invalid as applied to those shipping goods into the city before passage. Judge Howard will rule next Monday.
James Epley aged 73 died at 9 30 yesterday at his daughter Mrs Frank Gourley’s home on New Jersey street. He leaves four children Mrs J Rashskopf Mrs M Snyder Mrs Gourley and Frank Epley all in the county. He came to Douglas in 1859 after living at Freeport Illinois. Funeral at 3 this afternoon from the German M E church. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery. He was long identified with the German Evangelical church and was highly respected.
Ailments of the kidneys and bladder are numerous and dangerous, and Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is praised for stimulating kidney action and purifying blood. It claims to counteract inactivity, prevent organic disease, and aid constipation, biliousness, fever, age, rheumatism, and dyspepsia. Second hand gasoline stoves offered at the Gas Office.
Prof. F. H. Snow reports a white fungus disease decimating chinch bugs across Kansas fields. The contagious illness causes dead bugs to cover the ground, with tests showing healthy bugs dying after exposure to dead ones. Entomologists note prior outbreaks in Minnesota and Illinois. The pest’s threat to crops prompts hope for a natural control method.
Washington reports the president has appointed William Walter Phelps as minister to Germany this morning. The item notes Brass chamois skins and sponges displayed in Blue Mortar windows, praising their beauty and suitability for fine fancy work. Salina advocates a packing house and a salt plant with a call to action to advocate for them.
The article argues humanity grows wiser yet weaker while noting more centenarians exist due to medical advances. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier, claiming cures for scrofula fever sores and ulcers, and advertises Kemp's Liver Pills for liver function and complexion, sold by Barber Bros.
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