Moving day nears as notices call for removals in Yuruota
Gazette Correspondente reports approaching moving day. Readers urged to send notes of removals and neighborhood changes. Swill Harris expected home soon. Measles cause school closure for a week in the district. Scarlet fever cases rise. LP Carlson home and others ill. Mrs Davis and Mrs Pettit noted ill. births recorded in Paw Huski and Black Jack. George Hedley visits Overbrook and mentions a new girl at home.
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Yuruota
Swill Harris
George
Lena Houk Ui
Mension
W.B Davis
Amy Pettit
Carlton
Black Jack
George Hedley
Overbrook
Snowstorms and illness hit a rural community hard
A Sunday snowstorm disrupted life as many families battled the grippe and illness. Frank Topping and Will Harris were hospitalized in Kansas City, while George Jones and others reported widespread sickness. A weekend program includes a Congregational church entertainment and a U B church quarterly meeting, amid few roads and many accidents.
Eudora News Briefs Include Births Illnesses and Weddings
Florence Stanley of the Valley has pneumonia. A son was born to Charles Kaiser and wife on February 7, and a daughter to Mr and Mrs William McFarland of Kaw Valley on January 28. Mrs Schaffer and children return from Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Jack Gray of the Valley welcome a daughter born Monday. Washington's birthday entertainment planned at Weaver school on February 22. Benj F Crummitt and Annie Nemic wed, William Stih of Learfield and Mery Wawke of Edgarton wed in Catholic church with Rev Simillar officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kaiser
Wm. McFarland
Kaw Valley
Schaffer
Oklahoma
Washington
Weaver School House
William ‘St.ih
Learfield
Mery Wawke
Edgarton
Kansas
Simillar
Woodmen oyster supper set for February 25 1897
Watson Paul Hill and Miss Jessie Norris spent the weekend in Lecompton while Orvill Crum and Raleigh Ferris visit in the area. A Woodmen oyster supper and entertainment is planned for February 25 at their hall, with all invited as Monday was a holiday and hunting was popular. Married couple Miss Effie England and Mr John Read wed February 10 at the Pride home. Rev Will Reed officiated. music by Mrs McHenry and an infare dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hill
Jessie Norris
Lecompton
Orvill Crum
Raleigh Ferris
Longton
Kansas
Pride’s Home
Effie England
John Read
Local notes and social updates from Lone Star area
Clarence Halstead returns from New York while Jacob Weisner plans a move near Topeka and John Franze will clerk for Jess Hodge next season. Mary Kelley returns from Oklahoma. Rev Jones preaches at Colyer. A public sale at Daniel Urichs Friday. James Murphy rents Alex Banks’ farm. Grace Hollingsworth winters with Adam Lind. William Mobler to farm Read’s place south of Echo. Kettles saw mill to move here soon. John Hyland heads to Allen County to buy a farm. Valentine party at Uncle Sent Metsker’s. Dickson farm to be occupied by F Gormont from California. Weather is changeable. mud praised then more mud. Elmer Metsker sells Hereford cattle to George and Wowie Maichell of Lapeer. Birth of a baby boy expected for Sam Lind and wife. Eva Adair weds Lewis Creel by Rev Joseph Michael. they’ll live with Whitmans. Maichel family visited from Lapeer. Californa trip recounted. three Maichel daughters in California. Old folks look ten years younger after visit.
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John Franze
Jess Hodge
Mary Kelley
Oklahoma
Jones
Baldwin
Colyer
Daniel Urich
James Murphy
Alex Banks
Grace Hollingsworth
Adam Lind
William Mobler
Read
Echo
Kettles
John, Hyland
Allen County
Elmer Metsker
George Aid
Wowie Maichell
Lapeer
Sam. Lind
Sam
Arkanresas
Hollingeworth
Book Auction Sale Seals Set of All Authors to Highest Bidder
Sets of all the standard authors are being sold to the highest bidder at the Book Auction Sale.
Local notices of illness and community events
Rachel Williams has been ill for three weeks. Victims of the grip include Mrs. Sarah Kersey Mrs. Laura Cloud and Mrs Grant ham. Mrs. Holden slipped struck her hand on a hedge with thorns causing swelling and pain. John Cox and Wm. Oatland move goods for Greenwood county. Mrs. Pearson district secretary of the C. K. spoke at the academy and to the public. Prof. Snow of K. S. U. to lecture at the academy Thursday evening the 18th. Roy Davis died Sunday of consumption leaving a wife and one child. Hosper forms a joint stock to buy land and build a blacksmith shop with lumber bought and workmen engaged. E A Lindley will stay and operate a shop to shoe horses sharpen plows repair wagons.
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Rachel Williams
Grip
Sarah Kersey
Laura Cloud
Grantham
Hosper
E. A. Lindley
January February report from Nanwaka School standout credits
The Nanwaka School reports January and February with no tardies or absences for Clara Asa and Ralph Colman. Top averages listed: John Saylor 98 Asa Colman 98, Charles Nitchman 97, Cora Saylor 97, Otlo Pontius 97, Fred Colman 96, Arthur Richardson 96, Ethel Richardson 96, Clayton Pontius 96. Cora Ahlstrom, Teacher. Deane Bros Fail. Lawrence Plumbing and Heating Co closed doors Monday stock in charge by Gen J N Robers on first mortgage 2000. Other mortgages filed Merchants National Bank 1005 US Steam Supply Co 638. Arthur Wilson, a blind boy near Perry, has composed a rhymed cyclone of 93 with copies for sale at 25c each.
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Nanwaka School
Clara
Asa
Ralph Colman
John Saylor
Asa Colman
Charles Nitchman
Cora Saylor
Otlo Pontius
Fred Colman
Arthur Richardson
Ethel Richardson
Clayton Pontius
Deane Bros
Lawrence Plumbing and Heating Company
Gen. J. N. Robers
Merchants National Bank
U.S. Steam Supply Co
Arthur Wilson
Perry
Oskaloosa Independent
All Package Coffee at 14 Cents a Package
All Package Coffee priced at 14 cents per package at E A Kasold's. The senate in committee of the whole recommended passage for Representative Henley's house bill authorizing Douglas County commissioners to meet in regular session each month. Electric Bitters marketed as a tonic for liver health and malaria prevention, sold at Barber Bros Drug Store for 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle.
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Senate
Henley
House
Douglas
Barber Bros Drug Store
Hatchet Family Sale and School Attendance Report
Ye young people are invited to meet the Hatchet Family at Kanwaka Congregational church on Saturday evening February 20 1897. R H Wheeler shipped the pick sow Spot H from a Kansas City sale, weighing 700 pounds and valued high in the Jayhawker strain bred to Had ley Jr. Report lists 31 enrolled students with 12 present for February 12 including Altenbernd Cox Cox Hobbs Perkins Perkins Schaake Trueblood Walters Walters Woodard. The flag was raised February 12 in memory of Lincoln's birth. Many Wageman, Teacher.
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Kanwaka Congregational
R. H. Wheeler
Kansas City
Hadley, Jr
Carl Altenbernd
Grace Cox
Richard Cox
Delbert Hobbs
Floyd Hobbs
Lola Perkins
Pearl Perkins
Albert Schaake
Harry Trueblood
Myrtle Walters
Frank Walters
Ray Walters
Raymond Woodard
Supt. Peakrs
Lincoln
Wageman
Tragic suicide by Grace Wooley near Sweeney home
Grace Wooley ended her life last Saturday at her mother Christina Sweeney's residence northeast of Perry. Her brother O C Sweeney found her body in the snow after discovering a throat wound from a pocket knife used as a razor. Wooley had a history of epileptic fits and insanity including a period in Topeka asylum. her husband William Wooley is mentioned as the neck of the weapon.
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Grace Wooley
Christina Sweeney
Perry
O. C. Sweeney
Sweeney
Wm. Wooley
Topeka Insane Asylum
Oskaloosa
Old Residents of Palmyra Vision in Baker Univ Anniversary
A Palmyra township list of pre state residents includes many named couples and individuals such as Mrs Burris I J Wilkins Clark Reynolds Dr W R Davis Rev C J Lovejoy and others. The Baldwin Ledger notes the group may form an organization to aid Baker University’s 40th anniversary celebration next year.
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Palmyra
Kansas
Astate
Burris
I. J. Wilkins
Frye
Capt. N. Cradit
Clark Reynolds
Smith
Griffith
Beeks
Stephens
C. J. Lovejoy
Cavaness
Clayton
Gaddis
A. A. Cavaness
W. R. Davis
Martin
Lee Bodwell
Oliver Johnson
Fred Vaughn
Lillian Scott
Henry Humbert
Henry Starr
Esq. Walker
J. E. Walker
F. H. Wheeler
L. N. Snider
Dike Barricklaw
S. C. Barricklaw
R. H. Pearson
D. G. Kennedy
C. B. Rice
A. Stonebraker
John Black
William Black
Albert Johnson
Mra
Baker University
Baldwin Ledger
Golden Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Jordan Neal
Mr and Mrs Jordan Neal celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home southeast of town with about thirty five friends. Guests sent gifts including decorated china silverware and a gold piece, among other keepsakes, in a memorable display of hospitality and best wishes for many more years together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan Neal
Neal
John Gardner
Ben Urbansky
William Miller
A. L. Cox
J. J. Cox
Nannie Stall
Lou Clarke
L. M. Jones
J. L. Jones
Andrew Jones
Clara Macy
Garrett and
Sors
M. Newmark
N. E. Fisher
O. H. Stewart
Bars Laundry Soap for 25 Cents in Jefferson City
Police arrest Joseph J. Jones of Springfield at the City hotel as he rode a trunk. guests reported missing small items from rooms. Jones, an engrossing clerk of the House and noted politician, was held on a $500 bond. In Little Rock, Ark., a Fulton county jail inmate in Salem is believed to be George Taylor, the Meeks family killer, with traveler's claim that the madman is actually Charles Lampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Henderson
Joseph JF. Jones
Springfield
City Hotel
Miller
Innist! Jones
George Taylor
Little Rock
Ark
Fulton County
Salem
Meeks
Missouri
Charles Lampton
Jeff Hunt
Taylors
Railroad access drives Stone county petitions in Missouri
The residents of Stone county in Jefferson City petition for new railroads granting 4 cent mile rates and 25 percent premium for five years after operation to attract lines into rail-denied areas. Ex-Postmaster T F Anthony touts Mystic Cure for rheumatism, claiming two doses helped more than prior medicines. Barber Bros. Druggists in Lawrence sell it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Stone County
T. F. Anthony
Promise City
Iowa
Barber Bros
Lawrence
Warner Accepted as Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Washington dispatch reports Major William Warner of Kansas City has accepted the role of assistant secretary of the interior. If Judge McKennon leaves the cabinet for the supreme bench, Warner is expected to be promoted to secretary of the interior.
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Warner
Cuteauo
Washington
William Warner
Kansas ‘City
MecKenns
Supreme Bench
Interior
Kansans Chiy Market Prices for Grains and Live Stock
Kansas City grain and live stock market report lists prices for wheat and corn grades, oats, rye, bran, and hay. Prices show No 2 and No 3 wheat ranges, corn and oats quoted with grade distinctions, rye and hay options with multiple quality levels and per cwt or per ton units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bard
UBM
Hay—Choice Timothy
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Gazette
Leeompton
the Sun
George Jones
M. E. Church
Sturdy and Priestley
Fred ‘Woods
Craige
Brixentine
Andy Eberhardt
Rogers
Vinland i
Grippe
J.G. Tiffi
Jonsh ‘Sturdy
A. F. Allen
Burnett
D. HoLewis
Webson
Peter cLaptad
Eudora
Florence Stanley
Jack Gray
the Valley
Watson
Lone Star
Clarence Halstead
New York
Jacob Weisner
Topeka
Uncle Sent Metsker’si
Dickson
F. Gormont
California
Joseph
Michael, Lewia
Creel
Eva Adair
Mrs. Whitman
Joseph Maichel
Maichel
ED Kasold
Sara
Whuss
P. H. Peirce
Maas
Helven
Prof. Snow
Academy
Roy Davis
John Woondard
Cora Ahlstrom
E. A. Kasold
W.S. Tanner
Rhode Island St, Lawrence, Kans
William Simon
Kfis Farm
Echo Post Office
Kauwakte Entertsi
J. M. Jones
M. Jones
Go Liven
Chicago
Texas
Innes
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