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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1890
Page
2
Local notes report visits and travels of residents, new marriage licenses issued in Kansas, a death from a fall near Twin Mound, fires and property damage, upcoming Y M C A services, funeral attendance from Kansas City and Lyndon, weather and rainfall charts for Kansas, and brief notices of legal and social events across Lawrence and nearby towns.
A call issued by diverse labor and reform groups for a peoples convention to nominate a Congress candidate for the 2d Congressional district to be held in Ottawa on July 16 1890 at 12 noon. County conventions to elect delegates urged for July 12 1890. Delegates apportioned by county listed.
The Grant Township Union Church Workers held a pleasant Fourth of July picnic at W. H. Carey’s farm, four miles northwest of town. About 100 attended from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a dinner served by society ladies, prayers by Rev. Endecott, and a fine afternoon of music, recitations, and speeches by Rev. A. H. Stote and Rev. Dr. Jessup.
Allison Andrews, committeeman for Douglas County, issues a July 12 1890 convention call in Lawrence to elect nine delegates for Ottawa to nominate a Congressional candidate. Delegates apportioned by township and precinct, primaries urged for July 11, two oclock, open to supporters of the St Louis platform of the Farmers Alliance and Knights of Labor.
All Our Summer Goods must be closed out within ten days. The store invites early inspection and offers cut prices to attract buyers. L. O. McIntire at 919 Mass. Street, Lawrence.
The death of Frederick William Apitz on Saturday from a paralyzing stroke shocks the Lawrence community where he long built a reputation as a harness maker and dealer. Born December 20 1832 in Halle Germany he immigrated to America at nineteen settling in Peoria and then Lawrence in 1865. He leaves a wife and two sons Edward and Charles with notable business ties in Lawrence and Overbrook Kansas. He built the 824 Massachusetts street store and was widely respected for generosity and standing in local business. The article also notes a Sunday School gathering at the U B church south of Willow Springs with about 200 attendees and plans for a Sunday school institute August 3 1890 at High Prairie schoolhouse.
T F Holloway owner of a Second and Walnut street newsstand won the Denver State Lottery first prize of 7 500 with ticket 45350. He invested 50c for a whole ticket a week before the drawing and received 375 twenty dollar gold pieces from Wells Fargo. The lottery notes integrity in claim processing. Also mentioned are Kansas City resident David Oliver who won 1 250 as third prize. Tickets sold in wholes and halves for 50c and 25c.
An ad appeals to shoppers with bold claims of immense stock and low prices. It invites readers to join the sale, promising good dividends on all purchases and urging broad patronage.
A lengthy reminiscence recounts a.Maine law era feud between a wealthy French farmer Campeau near Detroit and a self serving lawyer. After a drunken confrontation with a judge like Irish combat, the law was not served and a public scuffle erupted leading to a drunken trial and a suggestion to send the lawyer to Canada. The piece closes with local school board notes from Atrorp Kansas reporting meetings, appointments, and purchases including a clock dial for a high school tower.
In Kansas, the wife and two daughters of a prominent Wichita business man were arrested in a dry goods store after being found with stolen articles. The report spans multiple local incidents from murder to fires, drownings, and travel and politics across several Kansas towns, noting fatal stabbings near Sedan, a real estate fire death, drownings at Fort Leavenworth, and census figures for Kansas City and Topeka. The item also mentions a murder in Comanche County, a burglary case in Topeka, and political reorganizations in Wichita.
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