11 Jul 1895
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1895
Page
1
Local notes reveal a damp week with Lake Lawrence rising over a foot. Reports mention political chatter, district travel to Colorado and sea shore, and scattered social updates across Lawrence including appointments, births, and upcoming meetings.
Atchison closes all liquor joints reducing city revenue by about 15000 dollars. Be loit appoints Mrs V Leeper superintendent of girls industrial school. Cherryvale boy Harry Smith killed in Fourth of July race accident. John Smith jailed for patricide in Leavenworth. Weather bureau notes strong corn prospects east and hot winds in west. Wyandotte County potato crop projected to break records with value over 100 million. Warden Lynch announces new prison staff and incidents including a fatal train collision near Stanley Johnson County. Topeka temperance convention elects officers and outlines fund drives. Police incident: George Rosa shot by ex-employee. hospital condition grave. Insurance regulator revokes several life and mutuals for bond defaults. Fort Leavenworth pardons seventy prisoners. Kansas City Kan reports highwayman shot by Ira Jorgenson. State horticultural office moved from Lawrence to Topeka. Newton reports unusually large egg specimen weighing a quarter pound.
A brief public notice inviting challenge to a specific claim. It seeks verification from the first person to demonstrate the statement is untrue, implying a contest of proof and response from interested readers.
Notices cover visitors from Denver through Lecompton Sun elections and staff changes at local schools. Personal items include a Lawrence visit, a Lawrence move, a Lyndon wedding, and a Winchester Star farewell for Dr. W H Lemon family. Obituary notes begin with Charles Starbuck on New Hampshire street, age near 100, with family connections in Baldwin City.
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