Local notes from the Gazette and surrounding news
A compilation of short items reports various local happenings from Lawrence to nearby towns. Highlights include illness improvements for Garson Wicks, horse and cattle movements, a spate of fines for dog killings, a missing horse in Kanwaka, horticultural plans at Bramarck Grove, summer travel for Mrs Brooks, and the loss of a horse Montgador valued at $2,500. Also noted are political candidacy talks, deaths of Mrs Kennedy and Miss Spring, a fire and gas explosion injury, lodge installations, and community events, with weather noting the hottest day of the season and a drowning incident at the river near town.
Lawrence and Atchison Hot Week Impacts Local Life
The week brought scorching heat with Monday to yesterday the hottest yet. Lawrence resident L. G. Johnson returned from California to settle here, and G. W. Toothaker reopened a stable behind Eldridge fence. Miss Maude Mansfield and J Gordon Gibb will wed at Riverdale on July 20. Photographs at Shane's gallery boast high quality with low prices. The Trades Display features a Blue Mortar drug store float, a grand mortar centerpiece, pills, and more attracting crowds. Coup's Eques curriculum draws big crowds with meritorious performances. The Elliott cycling feats and other exhibition acts are highly praised, closing Saturday night. The Entomological Committee notes the handmaid moth observing earlier fawn development. destroy caterpillars by breaking limbs and crushing on the ground. The forest handmaid moth is active on walnuts and can be destroyed similarly. The Board of Regents awarded boiler house contracts for Snow Hall and related steam fittings, with Schneider of this city winning the main contract. The brick building will house a workshop and lab for Prof. E. L. Nichols and generate electricity for lighting. Gasoline stoves and paints are advertised by local merchants, with references to Boschee’s German Syrup and Castoria for children.
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Elliott's
N. P. Deming
The
Horticultural Society
Kansas
Board of Regents of
the State University
E. H. F. Schneider
Joseph Newsome & Son
Leavenworth
Snow Hall
Schneider
E. L. Nichols
Department of Electrical Engineering
Lawrence Atchison & Southern Railroad Booms for Lawrence
The Lawrence Atchison and Southern railroad project gains momentum with a diverse board of directors from Lawrence Winchester Oskaloosa and Atchison. Officers named include J D Bowersock president and W A Morton vice president as surveys begin for a line from Atchison through Winchester to Quenemo linking to Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe systems. The plan promises major regional economic boosts, farm value increases and wide grain stock shipments to markets and mills.
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Atchiven
Lawrence, Atchison & Southern Road
Lawrence
New Road
George Leis
J. D. Bowercock
J. 8. Emery
Ed Brown
Lavi Mileham
D. H. Coulter
W. A. Morton
Winchester
J. Johnson
Oskaloosa
C. D. Walker
Atchison
J. D
Carbondale
Washington Creek
Douglas
Franklin
Osage
Quenemo
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
St. Louis
Southwest
Young Men's Jeffersonian Club Organized in Franklin County
Ottawa Herald reports Franklin County youths formed a Young Men’s Jeffersonian club. Fred Miller elected temporary chairman with J B Kessler as secretary. Officers named for the year include W S McCartney president Jad Lipp vice president G C Smith treasurer Will Allison secretary and Frank Van Scholack assistant secretary. An executive committee and committees on constitution by laws resolutions and member solicitation were named, with adjournment to meet next Monday. The group pledges pure Jeffersonian Democracy and Democratic work in Franklin county.
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Franklin County Jeffersonians
Ottawa Herald
Herald
Fred Miller
J. B. Kessler
Franklin County
Council action and notices from Trenton meeting
Reports deferred on city book purchasing pending further investigation. Street committee recommendations uphold current market placement and wagons at Central Park southeast corner. South Park band stand to be painted. Treasurer’s quarterly report referred to Ways and Means. Street repairs and public fountain railings ordered. Weed cutting ordinance passed. Mission Sabbath school granted South Park use. Obituary: Mrs Julia M Spier of Trenton dies July 4 1887. mourned by husband W C Spier and many friends. Lubricating Oils headquarter at Wood End listed.
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South Park
Mottarm
Mission
Julia M. Spier
W. C. Spier
Trenton
Spier
G. W. Cady
Grant, Township
Crowded Saturday crowds flood Innes store for great bargains
Lawrence residents packed Innes dry goods on Saturday evening as the store advertised extensive bargains, boasting the largest stock in the city with quality goods at lower prices than Kansas City. Shoppers inspected a wide range of items from Crees goods to luxuries, while staff emphasized fair dealing and guaranteed authenticity. A Kansas City, Lawrence & Nebraska Railroad charter was filed, naming a 260 mile line through multiple counties with a $60,000,000 capital, and directors from several cities elected to run the enterprise.
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Innes
Tomei
Busines
Lawrence
Kansas City
W. P. Price
H. M. Holden
J. F. Richards
Kannis City
J. B. Heartwell
Hastings
Neb
J. B. Powell
Parker
D.T
M. 8
Beal
Westmoreland
I.N. van Haan
George J. Barker
A. Henley
Edwin Brown
Osbun Shannon
J. M. Webster
SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE BRINGS HOT WEATHER GOODS
The store reports strong sales in hot weather apparel and accessories during a busy day. A large Handkerchief Sale Counter drew many buyers, with pets also exchanged or sold. Returns and restocking are planned for tomorrow as the sale continues.
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Remnan
Straig
Ev Petline
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