Eudora News Roundup Includes Skating Rink Plan
Miss Edith Morgan of Ottawa visits cousin Mrs Hittell in Eudora as the local lodge gears up for initiations. A new roller skating rink is planned by Hester Doyle and Fink. Kaw River floods dulled travel. ferry carried downstream before capture. Social Club dances draw crowds with Newport Racquet Society and Akatian on program. Oberlin school forms militia under W H Bears using long lances. A sweet corn factory project advances with W H Sears planning spring work. Thomas Rayson returns from the east noting his aging appearance and quips about Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Morgan
Ottawa
Hittell
Eudora ‘Lodge
Wakarea
Hester, Doyle and Fink
Eudora
Kaw
Tabernacle
Newport
Racquet
Society
Guss A. Faas
Philadelphia
Oberlin
W. H. Bears
Eudora Sweet Corn
W. H. Sears
I. Rayson
R. Butts
C. B. Cramer
Thomas Rayson
Leavenworth County Notes and Local Updates
Leavenworth County reports visits by Mr. T Weets and wife, protracted meetings, and a chicken pox outbreak. Notables include Superintendent Morgan’s town visit, real estate moves by Newt Mann and Ed Brunk, and new druggists Jones brothers. Isom Chance dies of pneumonia. Mrs. E H Houston paralytic loss. hemp sales favorable to railroads. a series of local improvements and theater notes conclude with a Denver Republican review of Sam'l of Posen at the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Weets
Boyd
Morgan
Clark
Seale
Eichorn
Lem Evans
Dr. Gambie Place
Isom Chance
O. W. Shepherd
Shepherd & Duncan
Chicago
Fry
Douglas County
Taylor & Hamilton
Ed. Brunk
W. J. Grimshaw
Bell Creek
Nebraska
Denver
Sam
Poren
Denver Republican
Lecompton Notes: Visits, Lectures, and Sad News
Sid Hill and wife returned from visiting friends in Lawrence. Ezra Yoder gave Bible prophecy lectures at Lane University this week. Ice on the Kaw drew crowds as the river’s calm waters showed a dramatic spectacle. Col William M. Nace supplied J Goddard with a carload of dry oak wood from nearby timber farms. The community mourns the death of P P Heisey, in his eighty third year, an only brother of A B Heisey, and a respected Lecompton figure. His passing follows a severe cold and ongoing frailty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Hill
Lawrence
Ezra Yoder
Lane University
Kaw
William M. Nace
J. ¥. Goddard
Santa Fe
Topeka
P. P. Heisey
Lecompton
A. B. Heisey
Heisey & Leslie
Local notes from Clinton and vicinity hint spring nears
J A Swain plans a return home this year and Emmett’s residence. Rev Bland of Lecompton to preach next Sunday. Ed and Mrs Gripper to travel to California this spring. Festival last Wednesday drew funds despite mud and cold. Justus Howell to move to Lawrence March first. Rumors hint a local marriage. young men misled about Mrs. something. Wheat and farming discuss old wheat, corn in fields, smallpox scare. Trades include Cam Porter and a Twin Mound move. Wagons to Lawrence carry produce and hogs amid market movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Swain
Justus Howell
Lawrence
Clinton
Wakarusa
M. A. Payne
Cam. Porter
Carpenter
Twin Mound
Parties Seek Purchase of Railroad Lines in West
Desiring to buy railroad lines, parties pursue a forceful acquisition in the western region. The initiative aims to secure control of the railroad neokeees and related assets, signaling bold plans amid tense property negotiations and regulatory scrutiny.
Anxious settlers eye Texas fortunes and local movements
Several residents show eagerness to go to Texas to seek luck while Andrew Gregg purchases 100 acres for fencing pasture. T. J. Taber recovers mobility after ten months with asthma. Mrs. E. M. Hamlinardson heads east to Illinois for business but is water-bound at St. Louis. Haley’s ferry boat was demolished by ice. river crossing at Endora is blocked. Logs and corn shipments move to Lawrence and Theo Poehler. Joseph Adair and Stephen Burrows plan extensive cane growing this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Andrew Gregg
T. J. Taber
E. M. Hamlinardson
Ilinois
St. Louis
Haley
Endora
J. M. Hamlin
Babcock & Co
Lawrence
Henry Swhisher
Theo. Poehler
Joseph Adair
Stephen Burrows
Joe
Steve
Questions of Town Progress and Local Affairs
Residents seek timelines for extending Massachusetts street to the Wakaruga and question whether business leaders will push it through. They ask if the State University regents will appoint a new head or leave the current setup, and whether certain faculty members should resign. City police visibility, fire engine and water works progress, and the upcoming marriage of a love-struck couple in East Lawrence are also raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
Wakaruga
Board of Regents
the State University
East Lawrence
High School Happenings and Happenings
Junior B rhetoricals postponed one week as students prepare for finals. Literary society met Friday evening February 16 in the back room central. Miss Helen Baldwin of 83 resumes studies after illness. No school Thursday for Washington’s Birthday or Friday for teachers’ day. Junior B class gifted Prof. Cooper with an ink-stand, pen-wiper, and paper weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.S5
Literary Society
Helen Baldwin
Washington
Cooper
Richard Voorhees Dies at Age Twenty Two in City Home
Richard Voorhees aged about twenty two years died at his parents residence in the city on Tuesday after an illness of nearly one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lake
St. Louis
Dan, McDougal
W.C. Kean
Missachusetts Street
Bismarck
E. H. Houston
James Adams
James Holton
Kansas City
John Wiess
Kaw Valley Town Company
P. Frazier
Lawrence
Theo. Claus
Mr. Claus
Richard Voorhees
University Notes Highlight Student Movements and Events
George Dunn entered the University last Tuesday. Miss Cora Pierson has gone to Green Castle, Ind. Seven colored students attend the University. H. T. Smith of the Junior Laws went to Topeka Tuesday night. Lillian Crabb, J. W. Danley, and H. J. Alkire have withdrawn. Mr. Crabb left for home Tuesday night. The English Literature class begins Pope writings. Percy Russell returns to college after illness. A grand opera house event is teased for next Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dunn
Cora Pierson
Greencastle
Ind
H. T. Smith
Laws
Topeka
Lillian Crabb
J. W. Danley
H. J. Alkire
Crabb
Alexander Pope
Percy Russell
Old papers and items for sale by local office
Old papers for sale at this office fifty cents per hundred. Steamship Tickets To and Ironvall points in Europe. For information call at the office of the German newspaper 126 Massachusetts street Lawrence Kansas. Milch cows one mare two two year olds one yearling colt for sale John C Nicholau Kanwaka Kansas Drop in and see our splendid Japan tea for 50 cents at Stanford Bayless Co's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Kansas
John C. Nicholau
Kanwaka
Japan
Stanford, Bayless & Co
Hog futures and prices rise across grades this week
On Wednesday February 21 the stock market advanced 10 to 20 cents on all hog grades. Hogs sold from $6.10 to $50.30, stockers $0.25 to $0.50, Cathe-Shippers $4.50 to $4.75, butchers $3.75 to $4.25, cows $3.25 to $3.75, veal calves $4 to ..., sheep none for sale.
Market Prices in Lawrence on February 21
A corrected Lawrence market listing shows prices for grains, meats, dressed foods, dairy, fruits, vegetables, poultry, game, nuts, hides, pelts, and fuels. Notable entries include corn meal at 40, beef and lamb options around 6 to 7 per pound, eggs 25 to 27 per dozen, apples dried 16 to 19, and coal varieties ranging from 5 to 12 per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsham Molas
Eo Hubbard
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the Gazette
Leavenworth County
Linwood
North Lawrence
Sam‘l of
Posen
Opera House
Stock Market
A. Parkhurst
Gov. Charles Robinson
Lawrence Markets
Meveteeees
FRED. _ Chop
Hay
Cherokee
Leavenworth
Port Scott
Rich Hill
Pittsburg
Ore
A. O'Leary, M.D
Steinberg
King Clothier
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