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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1891
Page
3
Willow Strings: Kansas County Farm Notes Mix Weather and Work
Farmers report delayed sowing due to wet weather while hogs and corn are shipped. Neosho area updates include school closures, bridge activity, new buildings, and community events. Local residents, families, and businesses are noted, with March and April activities, health mentions, and social gatherings at the Quayle residence.
Glenn and Glenn County News Briefs
Local items report Ed Newcomb working for Mr. Moore and Herbert Ward visiting Glenn Sunday School. Miss Lizzie Heise sews for Mrs. Connell, while Parson’s dog killed many rats. A dramatic club plans an upcoming Glenn entertainment. Notes on Kansas irrigation, and community marriages and politics. A cyclone sighting brings strange happenings with horses and saddles near Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehold
Ed Newcomb
Mr. Moore
Herbert Ward
Glenn
Lizzie Heise
A. H. Buck
Big Springs
Pullin
White
Glennd
Leavenworth County Notes On Homes And Fences
Mr Kelsol builds a new house while Mr Whitney travels to Kansas City. Allan Las has about 10000 feet of lumber cut. James Dwyre plans a new house this summer. Driesbach fences sixty acres of pasture hog tight in three new enclosures. Officers of the Kansas State University athletic league discuss Baldwin University and Wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelsol
Whitney
Kansas City
Allan Las
James Dwyre
Driesbach
Bundle judgments and Jerry Simpson in the arts of wrapping
A discussion on judging people by appearance uses Jerry Simpson as an example. The piece notes leaders like Grant Lincoln and Horace Greeley, arguing that value lies in substance, not how one is dressed. It cites a Kansas Farmers pledge for World’s Fair exhibits and quotes from the New York Times on political currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Simpson
Jerry
General Grant
Uncle Sam
Thomas Cirlyle
England
Abraham Lincoln
Horace Greeley
Horace
Dudley
Washington
Webster
Arthur
Boston Globe
Kawaas
Farmers’ Alliance
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Kungas
Chicago
Wyandoute County
Wrandotte County
State Alliance
Dorsey
Fix
W.e.dorsey
Nebraska
Sigateon
New ‘York ‘Times
Country Road Problem and Ripley’s Road Reform
A New Jersey pamphlet by Chauncey B. Ripley argues for statewide improvements to country roads as a profitable public works policy. He cites real estate gains, increased travel, and county road acts, urging two perfect state roads from Newark to Camden and Cape May to the north as educational examples to spur wider adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Saya
New Jersey State Board of Agriculture
Chauncey B. Ripley
New Jersey
Sach
Union
Ripley
Mr. Ripley
Sanis
Newports
Lenoxes
Despand
Telford
Orange
Dover
N. J
Union County
Elizabeth
XN. J
Ripsey
Board of Agriculture
Newark
Camden
Cape May
Nety Jersey
M. Ripley
Local retailer touts best stock and largest inventory
The message proclaims the dealer's claim to have the best assorted stock and largest business in town. It invites customers to shop, promising twice the chance to find a suit compared with rival houses and urging fair tax participation.
Lawrence Woman Dies After Nervous Prostration
Mrs. Melinda Wathe of Lawrence aged 71 died at her home after four months of illness including nervous prostration and a recent paralysis. She leaves a husband a son and two daughters with many friends. Funeral services were held at the family residence. The Lawrence Business College change of ownership is noted with new proprietors Contrad Smith of Atu hi son. Governor Robinson offers six acres for an athletic field if six more acres are purchased adjacent north of the campus on Mississippi Street near the Ridenour and Baker Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melinda Wate
H.C. Watte
South Lawrence
Robinson
Mississippi Street
Ridenour & Baker
Local shoppers compare prices as Jones sells 25c articles
Mro and Mrs. J. & Leib of Baltimore visited their nephew Wilbur Leib in the YM. Cc area on Wednesday. The note mentions Jones offering the same article for 25 cents, reflecting price comparisons among local grocery stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Mro
J. &. Leib
Baltimore, Maryland
Cneeday
Wilbur Leib
The
YM. Cc
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