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Newspaper

Lawrence Gazette

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1887

Page

3

Belleview Notes On Harvests Visits And School Meeting

Belleview reports early peaches ripe and oats being harvested while residents share visits and plans. Thomas Rayson grows sixty to seventy acres of sweet corn for Barteldes seed house. A Fourth of July gathering at Eudora Springs, Dr Weed’s timing with a new mowing machine, and a lively school meeting feature town life with re elected treasurer I Conner and a planned well. Vinland choir performances and university speakers add to a day of ample enjoyment and public discourse.

Belleview Eudora Springs Thomas Rayson Barteldes

Local notices and family news from a small town

A string of short items reports residents' happenings, births, marriages, illnesses, travel, and local events. It notes A Gufler roofing an awning, Ernst Kraus shipping a carload to Kansas City, Mary Hiddleston improving, and numerous visits and returns from travels. Also mentioned are births to Charles Hobbs and M N Wilson, a marriage in Melvern, a cholera infantum death, and carpenters at a hotel and Mineral Springs pavilion.

Ernst Kraus Kansas City Mary Hiddleston W. B. Mitchell Chas Kaegi Topeka F’. L. Brender W. A. Fuller Vermont Charles Hobbs Lee Melvern Dick Lee James Crampaleo Annie Mosley Effie Mulson Baldwin Richards D. Harris William Harris Mineral Springs Grove

Picnics At The Grove And Local Weekend Actions

Picnics occur at the grove on alternating days while some vagrants are ordered from the area. A crew will repair the track next week. Frank Nelson plans eighty acres of wheat this fall and J S Adams will replace his hedge fence with barb wire. About seventy cows graze in the grove and W Pine tends a large watermelon patch. Streetcars run busy on picnic days carrying 30 to 60 riders. P P Phillipps holds about thirty crates of grapes, fewer than hoped for this season.

Frank Nelson J.S. Adams W. Pine

Threshing Machines to Start This Week at Local Farm

Two new threshing machines will begin operating this week. Rainy weather last week boosted corn growth while Noah Hill notes the season’s largest tame grass turnout. About two dozen locals attended the Fourth of July railroad celebration at Tonganoxie. A neighbor’s mortgage secures a $300 loan, and a Reno brass band plans a reunion after months apart in Kansas City and Tonganoxie. Threshing so far is light, making yields impossible to estimate.

Noah Hill Tonganoxie Reno Kansas City

Strawberrytown News Roundup and Local Notes

J H Haight travels to New York City while J B Milner sells ten acres of his farm. Jos Bleakley reports wheat yields better than expected. The Lawrence paper mill will gather straw stacks soon as roads grow muddy. Mud Creek ran high last Saturday. Bardell’s fruit farm offered for sale on agreeable terms. Potatoes yield up to 200 bushels per acre. A large platform for twenty dances sits east of Mud Creek. Dr Fugate of Lawrence had a buggy accident on the Leavenworth road. horse spooked, buggy wrecked.

Jos Mud Creek Fugate Lawrence Leavenworth Road

Local Crop Notes and Travel Says Four Towns Split Fourth

The apple crop will fall back about three fourths of a crop. J Hughes of Lawrence visited briefly. People here divided Fourth time among Linwood Tonganoxie and Lawrence. A threshing firm Breese and Fairbanks runs 100 bushels of wheat per hour. River crossing at Eudora hoped to be possible soon. A hospital runner in Kansas City canvassed the county this past week. River bottoms that long fed stock water have been dry for over. The corn crop will no doubt be the source of next news.

Linwood Tonganoxie Lawrence Breese’ & Fairbanks Eudora Kansas City Kaw Salvation Army

Harvesters-Chinch Boyrs Notes and Local Happenings

J A Davidson spent Thursday in Lawrence. Rumor says Gibbons may arrange purchase of De Bauscett Aeroplane to start an aerial line for visiting him. Farmers with no wheat or cats in shack gaze as rain prayers go unmet. District 24 annual school meeting June 30 re elected treasurer J A Davidson and approved a seven mill tax. Will Reynolds reports a plow encounter with a bag snatching the hat for a smoke: the bag addressed Mr. and complained of travel inconvenience.

Will Reynolds Weaver University of Southern California Los Angeles Nettie M. Hewitt Cornell University Iowa H. P. Moore Waterloo Hewitt Wellington J. W. D. Anderson Baldwin Baker University W. A. Quayle A. B Osage City Kas John W. Lampman Old Castle Folin Reynolds Leonard

Local Notes From Grover And Surrounding Area

L Rowan of Grover was in town Friday. Wm Smith markets apples in Topeka. Dora Spencer returned from Topeka last week. River water troubles some boys. Oats harvest about half through. Wm Fultz pleased though chinch bugs have eaten much corn. School meeting passed quietly. M D L Warner re elected treasurer. Seven months school voted four fall three spring. Worthington and Griswold begin thrashing soon. They bought a new Separator and now have one of the county’s best steam outfits.

Wm. Fultz Warner Worthington and Griswold

Tea Visit and Harvest Help Across a Town Tale

A past week plan to capture Pastor Norris matured with a tea invitation to Mrs. Crandall’s home. The piece recalls gifts to the pastor, local indolence of youths, a kind northern side woman with a deserting father, and failed Kaw river navigation hopes. It notes a Salvation Army outing, Mrs. Mary Richards’s fever, Jordan Neal skipping the picnic, and low water on the Wakarusa.

Norris

Community letters recount visits and a thriving Indian school picnic

The notice recounts Kelley and Whedon visits from Kansas City, a family reunion near Vinland, and a mineral spring iron test. It praises Gov Robinson and an Indian school picnic with speakers including Judge Emery and John Walton, noting well behaved children and early musical progress at the school.

Kelley Kansas City Whedon Coffey County Neal Bailey Gazette Guv. Robinson John Walton Baldwin Emery Gov. Robinson Dr. Evatt

Notable visits and appointments in Baldwin area

Harmon Hoover preaches at Americus while Phil Campbell acts as advance agent for Col. Buckner on a lecture tour. Various locals travel to visit relatives, seek opportunities in law and education, and Baker University announces faculty appointments and a large school meeting in Baldwin with renewed leadership.

Phil Campbell Col. Buckner

Committee discussed purchase of Old Castle for school use

A district committee including Mesars Huff Lampman Priestly Sturdivan Pas ley Henderson S D Anderson J C Patterson and Fred Malose considered the old Castle as a schoolhouse. They reviewed its unsafe conditions and were instructed to investigate and report at an adjourned meeting on the most feasible plan for the district.

Mesars Huff Lampman

Golden Specific Promised to Cure Drunkenness

Advertises Dr Hainey Golden Specific as a safe cure for liquor habit to be added to coffee or tea without the drinker’s knowledge. Claims it makes the liquor appetite vanish and that thousands have become temperate. Provides address for full particulars at Golden Specific Co. 185 Rece Street Cincinnati Ohio.

Hainew Golden Specific Co Rece Street Cincinnati

Strayed or stolen cow offered reward in Lawrence Kansas

Dark red cow about five to six years old with a star on the forehead and upward turned horns. A cotton rope is tied to one horn and a long rope to the other, about 20 feet total. Reward offered for information leading to recovery. Address L C French Lock Box 58 Lawrence Kas

L. C. French Lawrence Kas

Summer Stock Sale Attracts Bargain Hunters

Unloading summer stock at low prices promises bar gains at L. C. McIntire. Buckien Amnica Salve advertised as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price per box sold by Birber Bros.

Birber Bros

Dressgoods sale to cut prices during duty month

During the month of duty we will make some great reductions on our entire stock of DressGoods. If you want any kind of a dress, come and see US. L.C. McIntire. About forty Indians from the Iowa school arrived Saturday to enter Haskell Institute. Itch, prairie mange, and scratches of every kind cured in 30 minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. Warranted by vate Bros., druggists, Lawrence, Kas. Sly

Lawrence Avery L. C. McIntire L.C. McIntire Iowa Haskell Institute Woolford Vate Bros Kas

Bargains in White Goods and Embroideries This Week

L.C. McIntire and W. C. Coup present an equestrian show of trained horses and dogs at the opera house on July 11. The event accompanies sales of white goods embroideries and laces offered this week.

L.C. McIntire W. C. Coup Opera House

War on Summer Goods Prices Begins This Morning

Our semi annual sale is here with aggressive price cuts on summer dry goods. Remnants will be cleared at near giveaway levels as the store slashes prices across all summer items. Details appear on small bills. sale starts this morning. Bring your pocketbook to seize the mighty dollar deal.

as_ the mighty dollar

Lawrence Fourth celebration praised for features

The Fourth of July celebration in Lawrence is hailed as the best in years with a strong procession and splendid fireworks. The event is described as creditable given the short time to organize, followed by Innes Mighty Dollar Sale promoting remnant and summer dry goods and carpets.

Lawrence Innes

Printed India Linens and Levantines on sale today

A local ad proclaims a handsome line of Printed India Linens and Levantines offered at 10¢ and 12k¢, valued at 15¢, urging potential customers to inquire with L. O. McIntire. The notice also advertises a housework opportunity for a woman in a small family on Lee Street, first house west of Massachusetts, with good wages and a permanent position.

McIntire Lee Street Massachusetts

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Field.& Hargis Massachusetts Street Neighborhood News the Gazette Laura Dissinger Annie Varnum Vinland Miss Sallie Dissinger Coast of Maine J. R. Allen Mitchell County Dr. Weed Timothy Conner Hesper Gobin W. H. Carruth The State University Grange A. Gufler W. H. Musick Clearfield Rejoices Itan Girl Tom Rayson Hamilton Ashland Wis Bismarck P. P. Phillipps Strawberrytown J . H. Haight New York City J.B. Milner FALL J. Hughes Éder Harvesters Chinch Boys J. A. Davidson Big Springs L. Rowan Grover Wm. Smith Dora Spencer North, Lawrence Mary Richards Wakaruga Jordan Neal Jordan John S. Williams Joe Halladay Toe Gazetb John Walker Fairview Joe West Breeze Harmon Hoover Americus, Kansas B. J. Anderson Eureka Miss Groves Jewellsville Ohio Mrs. Davidson Harry Mr. Davidson Buckien‘’s Amnica Lawrence Markets Whitcomb Bros Aeones Life A Chanticleer Ueen Morning Star Graham New York Elliott London John A Area Ww. T. Sherman Prof. Baird Henry Ber America Trul M’lle Elcherethe Eonts Ants
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