Notable Local Woman Drives Mysterious Career and Property Grifts
A long descriptive profile from Black Jack recounts a distinctive resident who traveled to San Diego on a Santa Fe train. The woman, married with seven children, evaded identification, drove a buggy with her daughter, and excelled in stock trades while avoiding formal recognition. The piece notes her sharp intellect, rumored wealth, and a controversial past linked to a farmer’s missing money. It closes with community views on Dunbar and his wife amid ongoing rumors and a brief mention of prohibition conference notes and November weather data.
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Santa Fe
San Diego
Cal
Ithe County
Frederick Douglas
Rockies
Quantrell
Lawrence
Dunber
Mr. Dunbar
Dunbar
Bose
M. A. O'Nea
A. Stonebrazer
Black Jack
Correction sought on Arthur Dunbar case in Taz Gazette
The article defends Arthur Dunbar amid claims about Sam Tinney's assaults on Dunbar’s sister Alice, then fourteen. It notes turbulent Civil War times, Dunbar’s veteran furlough, and his honorable service with Captain Coleman in Co D 2nd Missouri Battalion defending the eastern border and fighting bushwhackers.
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Bprtor Gazetts
Taz Gazette
Arthur Dunbar
Sam ‘Tinney
Dunbar
Alice
Coleman
Mo. Battallion
Hog Cholera Debunked and Local Notices From Lawrence
A letter from J. M. Surra defends hogs as healthy and cholera free in Kansas with claims of proper remedies and precautions. The column reports church elections, a 101 year old aunt Esther death, Kohler’s death, rail travel notes, and local obituaries, including Herbert Tucker and Miss Hattie Williams. It notes a forthcoming appearance by Heine the violinist and a new law partnership between Senator Barker and Marcus Summerfield.
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Eprrom Gazette
J. M. Surra
Globe, Kansas
Esther
Lawrence
New Jersey and
Warren Streets
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J. M.buira
Globe
Apougias
Coanty
Kas
Kansas
Kansas River
Fright
Massachusetts
E.wrenee
Kan
Bigelow’s Drug Store
Alex
Protsch
Massachusetts and
Lawrence, Kansas
Mnehmaetin Beveet TL
Corrner
Central Hotel
Daniel McBride
Prrex Batt
Attorney At Law, ET
A.C. Bet
Notary Public
Massachusetts ST
Rei. & Co
A. Wheer
Geo. W. Toothaker
Winthrop and
Vermont Sts
B.muarat
Lewis
Eldridge House
EANS
C.K. Camean
Carmean & Harbaugh
Vermont Street
Lawrence House
John W. Swope
Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company
House
City of
Mass
Hugh Blair
Steele
Baldwin City
Eudora
Douglas County
Kauass
General Real Estate
Inguranes Busi
Rence, Han
H.W. Howe
Crew's Book Store
T. Sinclair
St. Lawren
Kansas State University
United States Indian School
Gleason & Whitman
Douglas
Jefferson
Leavenworth
R. R
ASFE
Gleason & Whitm
Earate
Prohibition
Prohibition Party State Central Committee
Christian Church
C. H. Branscombe
A.M. Richardson
J. P. St. John
I. W. Houston
Garnett
Moses Rumley
N. B. Elaine
Dodge’ City
Wm. Crosby
Jefferson County
Lucius Hopkins
Jennie Newby
Tonganoxie
Cyrus Corning
Quenemo
J. K. Rastall
Burlingame
J. C Hebbard
Shawnee
M. V. B. Bennett
M. W. B. Bennett
H. Branscombe
State Central Committee
National Prohibition Committee
Louisville
Kentucky
Snow
Handel and Haydn
Handel and Haydn Society
Handel
Kowberb
Tima
Schumann
Rubinstein
Mr. Porteus
Lohengren
Wagner
Monater
Agne Zimmerman
T. C. Irwin & Co’s
Establishment
The
National Bank
Street
Irwin
Ss. W. Goodhue
Massachusetts Street
D. L. Tosel
Geo. A. Banks
BUC Ess
Demorest
America
Zattera
Elt
M. E. Apitz
Irel
Whips &c
F. W. Jaedicke
Hinds
Consolidated Barb Wit Company
J. P. Ross
Ticket Agent
Art Barners
Hidridge House
Sarah M. H. Gardner
Plymouth Church
J. D. Bowersock
O. Thacher
I. H. Snow
J.G. Haskell
D. Mason
John Chariton
James Faxon
MacDonald and Sterling
A.D. Weaver
L. H. Perkins
Hermann H. Kohler
Arbamaky
J. W. Willett
Mr. Willett
J.H. McLean
Poff
State ‘Teachers’ Association
Topeka
Union Pacific
Burclington
Missouri River
Kansas City
Fort Scott & Gulf
Fort Scott & Wichita
Southern Kansas
St. Joseph
Grand Inland
Clifford Mills
Milla
Hattie Williams
P. J. Williams
Herbert Tucker
Captain Tucker
Ohio Street
Heine
Barker
Marcus Summerfield
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