Town Gossipy Roundup From Lawrence Chronicle
Charley Prentice enjoys early success as marshal while fines in the police court total near $1,000. A Lawrence girl’s unusual white bifurcous bicycle dress draws notice at night. A trotter owner offers $5 for Prentice to arrest him for fast driving. John Speer plans self-printed Kansas book of 306 to 400 pages. True Eleven excursion to Atchison marks state prevention event. A fugitive husband, jailed mother, imprisoned father, and a court appearance spotlight a Lawrence family. International moves loom as Mr Jaedicke sails for Germany for six months. Lawyer T S Haun earns notoriety in a Polk Oline affair. Albritton brothers confess a post office heist in Media. Hungarian virtuoso Geza von Dome returns to perform locally with tales of his past notorieties.
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Charley Prentice
Lawrence
John Speer
Kansas
Atchison
Big Dick
Ang.-Poehler
Europe
F. W. Jaedicke
Poehler
Jaedicke
New York
Germany
Haun
Col. Polk Oline
Larned
Heun
Dodge City
John Steele
Albritton
Abilene
Arthur
H. Laughjin
Sherif Hindman
Reform School
Geza von. Dome
Mt. Oread
Dickingon
Jim Charlis
Mr. Challis
Igh
Demmy
Money
Jane
Baldwin town life and incidents of 19th century gossip
A collage of small town notes from Baldwin and nearby areas. Items include new residents, local politics, and social life. References mention McCloath and two locally elected men, bee theft in Richland, a broken pole revival, a Perry stranger with a cigar proposal, a Baldwin editor from the class of ’95, and a county man accused of stealing an accordion. Overbrook society music and barn parties signal high social pressure.
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Baldwin
McCloath
Richland
Perry
Baker
Nhon
Kansas
Jefferson County
Overbrook
Hospitalized Professor Robinson Receives News of Daughter
Professor D. H. Robinson is reported quite ill. A daughter was born Tuesday night to Mr and Mrs Ollie Rutherford, adding a new family member to their household.
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Ollie Rutherford
The Great Corn Crop Yield Estimate Home Kansas
Torrens Kansas July 14 harvest advances boost corn yield estimates. Statewide conditions are prime with 400 600 000 bushels cited as insufficient. F D Coburn notes Missouri to west line crops promising with vast acreage and thriving livestock amid light flood damage in some areas. Rio Grande floods El Paso endangering homes as waters rise and melt adobe and brick housing.
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Kansas
Torrens
Kan
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Goodland
Coburn
Missouri
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Norton
Decatur
Rio Grande
Floada
el Paso
Tex
Paso
Santa: Fe
Lawrence GAZETTE items reflect late 19th century daily life
A heterogeneous local page notes ailing cabinetmaker Eric Peterson, a Richardson band concert at South Park, census figures for Douglas County, and marriages such as Dr E B Haszard to Mrs Corcelia Jennings. Also reported are a north Lawrence residence fire, Epworth League activity, obits for Mrs E R Miller and Chas Dudridge, and multiple civic notices and society events.
Kansas State News Highlights Political and Flood Effects
Kansas reports show withdrawals from a state insurer, new appointments at Osawatomie asylum, and prosecutions including Dawes against Bird. Floods along Smoky Hill near Salina displaced 500 residents, while Saline crops suffered. Also noted are bank and reform institutions, prison director changes, a race to secure Cotton States exposition space, and a lengthy list of local incidents and legal actions.
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Dawes
District Court
Labor
W. G. Bird
Bird Wes
Topeka
Francis Whittaker & Sons
Wichita
Henjemin F. Edwards
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Preidenthal Bank
Morrill
W. J. Hurd
Holton
State Penitentiary
M. M. Beck
Hurd
Kansas
John L. Waller
Col. Learnard
Col. Foster
Cherryvale
Sycamore
Aicily Tyoil
J. A. Mumphey
John Armstrong
Hutelingen Reformatory
Topryka
Iim
Reformatory
Sherif
Atehi Son Equity
Topskw
Maj
Judson
G. Poster
Hulson
Jinlee Foster
J. K. Fisher
Atchison
Gremdl Jr
Foster
Hutoon
Kenry Cummings
Niles
Board of Managers
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Hatch
New York City
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Hope
State
Board of Charities
Clyde Mattox
Bibles for the World: Nearly Two Million Volumes Sent by American Bible Society
The New York based American Bible Society released its seventy ninth annual report. It notes over 1.5 million Bibles Testaments and Bible portions printed in China and Japan army work. Total printed and procured reached 1,958,674 copies with 917,103 issued from the Bible house and 634,025 to foreign lands.
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American Society
New York
American Bible Society
China
Japan
Bible House
Bible-house
Tige Lands
Snd
Valroutible
Gazette Advertisers Reward for Circulation Claim
The Gazette offers a one hundred dollar reward to anyone who proves its claim of leading Douglas county weekly circulation and the accuracy of its Newspaper Directory is false. The promissory offer seeks to deter false statements about its market standing.
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Douglas County
Ep worth League elects delegates for Lawrence district meeting
At a recent Ep worth League business session delegates were chosen to attend the district League convention in Lawrence on July 22 to 24. Elected were Orval Danner Will Keeling Cappie Peppard Lelia Hamilton Frank Morley with alternates R M Foster Ethel Lane Anne Keeling Mad Peppard Mabel Legler F J Roberto and Ed Hislop as district officers and Mr Crysler as pastor. Hints of future plans surfaced as the meeting adjourned.
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Epworth League
Lawrence
Orval Danner
Will Keeling
Cappie Peppard
Lelia Hamilton
Frank Morley
R.M. Foster
Ethel Lane
Anne Keeling
Mad Peppard
Mabel Legler
F. J. Roberto
Ed. Hislop
Mr. Crysler
Oskaloosa
H. Winter
Oregon
Washington
Billy
Clase
Kansas
Lecompton Sun
Horticultural Meeting Set by Douglas County Society
The July session of the Douglas County Horticultural Society will meet at President Plasket’s home west of the university on Saturday. Attendance is urged and expected to be full.
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Pepple’s
Seton Township
Marion Center Hall
Rev
Dexter Tucker
Enry Hiatt
Jos. Maichel
Thurber Harding
John F. Badsky
Simon Hickox
J. W-Kelley
R. A. Willis
Douglas County Horticultural Society
Plasket
County Fair Meeting Planned for Douglas County
Fors Paler Thers calls a Saturday July 20 meeting at 2 o'clock in the courthouse to discuss organizing a county fair in Douglas County. Also a Car Bond Railroad meeting set for July 20 at 2:60 p.m. at the Lawrence courthouse for all interested in railroad operations. attendees urged.
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Fors Paler- Thers
Douglas County
Carbondale
Court House
Lawrence
Kansas
Treo. Pobhler
National Education Association officers named for year
Denver July 12 The National Educational Association elected officers for the coming year. President N G Dougherty Peoria secretary E Sheppard Winona Minn treasurer J C McNeill Kansas City first vice president N M Butler New York City Mrs A J Peavey Colorado W E Bartholomew Louisville N G Schaeffer Harrisburg Pa W N Sheetz Tallahassee Fla Henry Sabin Des Moines Ia E B McElroy Portland Ore C G Purse Beatrice Neb H B Pettingill Lansing Mich Also chosen as directors are F B Cooper Iowa John McDonald Kansas John BR Kirk Missouri and W H Skinner Nebraska Botseholder's Bucces Torrsa Kan Gov Morrill appoints J D Barker Girard trustee state board of charitable institutions in place of M A Householder resigned Barker in 1892 was Republican nominee for governor Fatally Kicked by Horse Atomsos Kan Walter Watson son of George Watson farmer living south of here was fatally kicked by a horse.
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National Association
Denver
Desver
Col
National Educational Association
The
State University
Lawrence
Kan
Teachers’ Institute
Earl Haines
Stanford Uiversity
California
L. H. Jones
Cleveland
National Council of Education
James N. Green
New Jersey
A. R. Taylor
Kansas
J. R Preston
Misssissippi
Augustus 5. Downing
New York
Henry M. Leipziger
W. N. Payne
Tennessee
W. R Garrett
J. F. Millspaugh
Utah
H. K. Wolfe
Nebraska
J. G. Schurman
Charles W. Elliott
Thomas G. Harris
Texas
Oscar H. Cooper
N. G Dougherty
Peoria
E Sheppard
Winona
Minn
J. C. McNeill
Kansas City
N. M. Butler
New York City
A. J. Peavey
Colorado
WE Bartholomew
Louisville
N. G Schaeffer
Harrisburg
Torrsa
Morrill
J. D. Barker
Girard
State Board of Charitable Institutions
M. A. Householder
Barker
Atomsos
Walter Watson
George Watson
South
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. H. Robinson
Eric Peterson
Richardson
South Park
E.B. Haszard
Corcelia J. Jennings
E. R. Miller
Maria Jordan
Kentucky Street
William Jones
North Lawrence
Toot Peet
J. W. Bandy
Speery
Ganter
Taral
Kansas Cities
John Cross
McLouth
Ottawa
C. B. Hoffman
W. D. Hall
Remaburg
Laura Knox
James Pontius
Alexander Rose
Chas. Dudridge
U. B
Dhsrre
Roussell Council No. 35
Mr. Dodridge
Rob Manley
Nate McCage
Jack Harris
Jim Brooks
Brooks
Catine
John C. Moore
Belvoir
Moore
Board of County Commission
Averyone
Bia
Jonathan Akers
Bedalla, Missouri
Chancellor Snow
Henry Ritter
Edith E. Henry
Frank Rameey
Adair McCoy
Mr. Biggs
the Gazette
A. H. Greisa
Ab. Albritton
Media
Pat Large
I. Labarrier
J. A.erwin
Blue Mound
J.D. Bowersock
Douglas County Mille
Mrs. Strahl
Rhode Island Street
8. T. Field
Wisconsin
J. Gordon Gibb
Mr. Field
Jim Hoyt
Kansas State News
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Rowell’s
Newspaper Directory
Bell's
Daily World
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