Local notes and society items from Lawrence area
Johnson returns home and various residents are noted including Usher family trips G W Duback occupying Hill house and other domestic movements Elbert Usher and family, Boles entertains, Miss Wilder to Lincoln for Kappa Alpha Theta chapter. Arbor Day declared by Gov Martin. University faculty grants short vacation. Several weddings lectures and property transfers reported with local officials and merchants named.
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Kate Wilder
Lincoln, Neb
Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity
Opening of opera house signals grand Lincoln era events
Numerous Lawrence notes report upcoming appearances by Mate. Rhea on April 23 and Milo Rhea on April 25 at the opera house plus a Unity Club opening night and a grand reopening after the fire. Council turmoil over Dicker’s resignation is settled, while local moves include Martin Burke relocating to Topeka and a serious wagon accident near Leis Chemical Building. Memorial tributes, church vestry elections, and transit belt line plans outline a busy civic scene with arrests and a stray crime story adding to the town’s daily drama.
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Unity Club
Lawrence
Misa Joste Hutchings
Dress and fit meet cost in Protsch’s new shop
In the matter of dress there is always the relation between the clothes and the cost to be considered. A gentleman must balance neat, well cut clothing with affordable prices. Alex Protsch moved to a ground floor location near Weidemann’s to offer spring suits, pants, and overcoats with low figures and high workmanship, drawing praise from customers.
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Alex Protsch
Weitzenkorn’s
Weidemann’s
MclIntire’s
Protsch
Mr. Protech
Douglas County Horticultural Society Plans Meeting at University Hall
The Douglas County Horticultural Society will meet at University Hall next Saturday, its last gathering there until November. Prof Dyche will discuss the zooelogy of the west, and Secretary Smith will present on small fruit cultivation. Members should bring baskets of supplies for the occasion. Also offered: Eclipse wind mill and related parts for sale at low price by Carmean & Haksarge. A brown and white setter named Hector is missing with a reward offered by Geo. Savage of Haskell Institute. Woolone Paviare Lotion advertised for itch and mange by Bros. of Lawrence, Kas.
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Douglas County Horticultural Society
University Hall
University
Dyche
Smith
Lawrence Business College praised for moral business education
The Lawrence University article extols the Lawrence Business College as the West’s best for practical education. It lauds its modern instruction, ambitious faculty, and emphasis on moral culture, courtesy, temperance, and integrity guiding students to leadership in business. The piece urges parents to consider the college and notes a forthcoming Journal edition aiding town promotion.
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Ines
Lawrence Beuillean College
West
Lawrence
Lawrence Business College
EK. L. Mellravy
Local Offer On Shirtings and WashGoods Prices
Retailers advertise a unusually complete stock of Shirtings Overall stuffs Cassimeres Prints Ginghams Lawns and WashGoods with a guarantee that prices are as low or lower than competitors.
Farm for Sale Near Kansas City in Kansas
Finely cultivated 180 acre farm in a top Kansas county joins a growing city near the end of a railroad division. Within 100 miles of Kansas City, the property gains value yearly. Ideal for a home or long term speculation. Laweance Gazette Kansas.
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Kansas
Kansas City
the Gazette
Laweance
Boots and Shoes Offered by A G MengEr in 1887 Gazette
A G MengEr thanks readers of The Gazette for 1886 patronage and announces he will wait on both old and new customers in 1887, selling boots and shoes as cheaply as any man.
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A. Gs. Menger
Local notices and juror list from May term district court
A historical notice lists petit jurors drawn for the May term of district court including Evans Vail Jones Lohrmann and several others. Also listed are names of towns and individuals, plus auction or sale items and a spring wagon at Justus Howell and a bay horse and a Jersey bull at H Johns stable.
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District Court
David Evans
C. B. Vail
J. M. Jones
Fred Lohrmann
W. N. Rowe
F. H. Klock
M. N. Manley
Alexander Protsch
A. Urbanskey
L. J. Worden
Thomas Beal
Wm. Gibson
Henry Hudgon
P. Lehr
J. M. Newlin
Lawrence
Cha
H.john’s
Justus Howell
A Compact House With Efficient Front Stairway Plan
Special correspondence from Indianapolis outlines a compact house design prioritizing bright front rooms and minimal waste hall space. It details a centralized stairway, a front reception room adaptable as an office, a circular bay, pantry, and two entry doors to isolate the kitchen from living areas, plus liberal attic and closet spaces for comfortable housekeeping.
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Indianapolis
House Design Plans Describe Compact Budget Friendly Layout
The plans outline a compact two level house aimed at a little over $2,000 with no major compromises. It features an under tub headroom for a stair, a cellar beneath the kitchen stair and reception hall, and a ground floor parlor connected to the hall with wide sliding doors. Dining room connects to front hall with independent access, with potential for conservatory or bay window upgrades and a hardwood dining room floor.
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Yiele
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D . Johnson
Unli
Sec “Elon
G. W. Duback
J. H. Hill
Pinckney Street
Judge Usher
Mies
Alice van Buren
Laport
Indiana
Edward Young
Knights Tempter
Trinity Church
Frazer Hall
J. E. Boles
Ohio Street
Perry Ward
Forestville, N
Mr. Green
Laport, Indiana
E. van Buren
Ben G. Chapin
Elizabeth Bolen
Norton
W. H. Lowmis
Water Works Company
the Baptist Church
Gov. Martin
Frank Darrah
St. Joseph
Frank Melluizh
South
Car Accountants
Atlanta
Giesson & Whitman
Woodard
Massachusetts and
Quincy Streets
J. B. Watkins
Mae Bassett Browne
Las Vegas
Marshal Prentice
Kentucky Street
Noble
Louisiana and
Winthrop Streets
Hugh Blair
Wynne
Massachusetts Street
City
W. Bergman
Wm. Jenninge
C. Willis
Bond
O. Chanute
Haskell
Gov. Robinson
Douglas County
Lawrence Central School
N. B. Bartieri, Co
Henry ‘Tremper
W. R. French
French & Tremper
Douglas County Bank
Judge Norton
Mary C. Harrid
Aga Harrie
Quincy Street
Resi‘dence
Marvin
Board of Regents
Athanseum ‘Society
Pleasant Grove
Mate. Rhea
Opera House
Rhes
Queen of Tragedy
Milo
Rhea
Dicker
Martin Burke
Topeka
Burke
Santa Fe
Tuesaday
James Taggart
Belvoir
Leis’ Chemical Building
Dr Osmond
First Presbyterian Church
George Shope
de Soto
Price
Wileon’s Creek
Eudora
Art Student League
Parker
Trinity
Menara
C. W. Babcock
Samuel Reynolds
W. W. Nevison
W. R. Carter
F. E. Stimson
L. M. Perkins
J. W. Swope
A. G. Canfield
W. H. Pendleton
Coheen
F. E. Stimaon
L. B. Sayre
J. H. Canfield
A. Wilhelm
Sinclair
Capt. Sternberg
O. EB. Learnard
J. D. Miles
W. Ludiey
W.T. Sinclair
Gry
Pitcher's Castoria
Snow
Ustroouth
Burrog Gazetts
United States
Barker
Eclipse
Carmean & Haksarge
Hector
Gro. Savage
Haskell Institute
Woolone
Bros
Kastesty
Sullivan & Duncan
Newmark’s
Osborne Binner
Star
McCormick
Morria Welah
Sibley
L. C. McIntire
Kitch
Hyll
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