Neighborhood Notes From Surrounding Country
Neighborhood items detail movers near town, local educators, and farm life across Clinton, Belvoir, Valley Grove, Wakarusa, Baldwin, Washington Valley, Eudora Springs, and Keystone. Reports mention measles, wheat and flax planting, new bridges, livestock losses, social events, and recent elections. Notable names include Rev JF Gray, G W Draper, EP Steele, C EB Woodward, M Baldwin, and Wm Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvoir
EP. Steele
C. EB. Woodward
Wm. Cummings
Clinton
F.M. Dean
A. Reichel
Topeka
Arkansas
Spring brings renewed hope to Overbrook farming and town
Weather shifts revive crops and fruit as rain and snow ease drought. Reports note wheat growth, fruit blossoms, and improving mineral springs appeal. Local changes include new arrivals, business moves, infrastructure updates, and land buyers from nearby counties. community figures join with personal notices and memorials amid optimism for the coming season.
Overbrook Grange to Open Store and Post Office
Local residents around Overbrook unite to launch a grange store selling dry goods groceries and hardware with stock totaling $1 200. Emery to build a 22 by 50 foot store and lease it to the grange. A post office extension is planned as J Baker of Sibley and J B Fairchild of Overbrook contend for the office. Fairchild wins and mail service should arrive soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Emery
Douglas County
Overbrook
Mr. Brison
Sibley
Mr.Collins
Loam Karns
Harmony
Chris
N. Ware
J. Baker
J. B. Fairchild
Fairchild
Kincaid
Parasols and Umbrellas Sale This Week
This week we opened our second lot of Parasols and Umbrellas. If you want one at a bargain come at once, L, 0, McINTIRE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntire
New Line of Fans Arrives From Importer at Low Prices
We have opened a beautiful line of fans all new just received from the importer Prices very low L 0 McINTIRE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntire
Millinery Stock Closing Out at Newmarket’s
Closing out millinery stock at less than half original cost. Call and see what hats and bonnets Newmarks offers before you buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmark’s
Local Shop Highlights Fresh Offerings for Customers
In a shortened note the shop praises its top choice of goods. It mentions ongoing efforts to present customers with the best possible selection and service, though details remain sparse.
Spring Cleaning Sale of Drugs and Paints at Low Prices
Farmers invited to brighten up spring with a large stock of alabastine oils varnishes brushes and related items. Goods offered at very low prices and available along with regular drug line items. Visit to see offerings and bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.A. Fuller
Leavenworth
Georgia Fitzwilliams
Kansay City
Rev. Endicott
Kansas City
Wyandotte
Lawrence
Ervin Harris
Baldwin City
Geo. Lothholz
Abilene
College of Business
Eudora
Topeka
Various Global Notes on War, Industry and People
Reports from Europe and the Middle East cover beer consumption in Belgium, Krupp’s Prussia taxation, and pest control efforts in Pesth. Observations describe Carnac ruins in Egypt, Jerusalem’s steam engines, and a Siberian well project. Burmese women’s labor roles, a wolf-boy discovery near Bulauch-zahr, and a Chicago incident where a woman was detained by police under street etiquette rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Europe
Germany
Carnac
Egypt
London
Herr Krupp
Essen
Prussia
Holy Land
Jerusalem
David
Pesth
Hungary
New York Star
Bulauch-zahr
Beran
Chicago News
Industrial notes and innovations across 19th century fields
The item surveys diverse topics from fur trade and French explosives to melinite and spring railway car seats. It notes Montana mining output, violin making in America, a cartridge-free pistol, and expanding farming in California including orange cultivation prospects. It also mentions mast-distributed electric lighting and a 150 foot mast system powering a fully lit city district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Montana
Leventy
Osruia Farming
Anaheim
Pacific Coast
California
Florida
Protocrarmr
Avhild Ming
Lens Angeles
Cal
Brush
Ecaudie
Tursiness
A Few Incitements In A World Of Wind And Warm Wit
A fragmentary humor piece lampoons weather improvised entertainments and human foibles. It cites a sleepy man’s comment on rising heat and rain, a wedding vow miscue, a bride’s doubtful consent, a talkative Illinois wife listing adjectives about her husband, and a western merchant’s odd order including rye, a Bible, a butcher knife, and a book titled Whats on the mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Jeras
California wine crop boom and direct sales push urged
California wine production soars with estimates from 16 to 25 million gallons while raisins and grapes surge. Producers set Eastern agencies cutting middlemen, hoping to lift prices and ensure wine purity amid counterfeit risks. Also notes cemetery curiosities and a patent remedy ad. local loan firm Gleason Whitman offers low rate real estate loans in Douglas County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cail
de Young
The
Chronicle
Naud
California
France
Ollivers
Health Department
New York City
Gleason & Whitman
Douglas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Enc Ees
Field & Hargis
Massachusetts Street
Neighborhood News
Gacelle’s” Corpu
Clentos
JF. B. Gray
G. W. Draper
Southwest
Valley Grove
Walter Smith
Shaw
Buck Creek
Chas, Kinkaid
Burt
Ed. Nevins
Emma Deering
Wakarusa
Wm. Taylor
Jordin Neal
John S. Williams
Thomas Ganmer
Argu
Stull
Lewis
Kanwaka
A. Colman
Brackett
Walker Barber
Fred Richardson
Baldwin
Ed Dugger
Garden City
M. Baldwin
A. Weaver
Wm Leonard
Wn. Huff
S. Lampman
N. H. Henderson
R. Dudgeon
J. H. Price
L. B. Keifer
Leib & Son
Cavaness & Gault
Charley Ridgeway
Washington Valley
Meades
Charles Bowen
Benjamin Watts
John Elliott
Washington Territory
Guardians of the Peace
Eudora Springs
John Weaver
Keystone
T. J. Harris
Geo
Kayson
Shellach
John Hill
Heaper
M. E
Dr. Davis
Vinland Choir
Misa Sue Campbell
Edgar Blankinship
Father Campbell
Vin
Cyntha Tryon
Vinland
O.G. Richards
Alfred Bigs
Ohio
Anderson & Evans
Lago Hotel
Will DeWitt
Marks & Bro
M.N. Wilson
J. M. Gibson
Hamilton County
Franklin County
Indiana
Mary Ann Updike
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
24Th
Iowa Cavalry
Sioux City
Kansas
Earth
Overbrook, Osage County
Gideon
Alvin Martin
Tom Darrah
Bloomington
ER. W. Watkins
Aaron Miller
J. J. Tobler
Lester Winters
W.T. Watkins
Geo. Needham
Longanoxie
R. W. Watkins
Jim P. Burgens
Jim
Hannah
Ioed
Weaver's
Greenlawn Cemetery
Indianapolis
Maury A. Mills
Haines
Qolden Sig- Curie CO
Lawrence Marketa
Whitcomb Gros
Cabic
Chanticleer Uoon Hee
Graham Morning Star
Trall
Mary J. Emerson
Albany, N. Y
Buckingham
HALL
Nashua
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