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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1887
Page
10
A slice of 1880s life, listing deaths and marriages including Mrs Yeatman and Miss Ware, nine licenses granted, and J H Bell & Bro planning occupancy. Also notes bank director changes, library hours, Santa Fe timetable updates, and local business purchases and moves across Safford Ambler, Agnes Clarke, and Dodge City connections.
Mesars J E Riggs and M Newmark toured gas fields in Paola and Fort Scott to gather data on projected wells. They reported strong wells, a 933 foot depth, and a 5 1/2 inch tube flow, with plans to drill to 2000 feet and possibly 2600 feet if flow remains. Local real estate trades and industrial activity also noted, with markets rising.
Notice served on J M Walker superintendent of the Lawrence Water Company in Lawrence Kansas dated June 11 1887 forbidding certain pipe work and actions at the water works. The terse proclamation names the Lawrence Water Company and Walker as the affected parties with a formal restriction.
The Baker University commencement in Baldwin City began on Saturday June 4 with joint programs of the Chiouian and Athenian literary societies. Students delivered orations, recitations, debates, and closing addresses. Sunday featured a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. H A Gobin and an alumni sermon. Monday marked society anniversaries with more orations and debates. The final graduating exercises occurred midweek with numerous orations by C W Bailey D S Colt Nellie F Elliott J K Elwell May Engatrom T F Graham H J Hoover A B Stover N G Key C E Moore and others.
Merchants juice up the Bismarck Fair with special premiums. The Bayless Mercantile Co invites couples to wed on the fair grounds with top prizes including a nickel plated coal base burner parlor stove and a twelve piece toilet set, awarded to first and second applicants who bring a marriage license. Probate Judge Norton will perform the ceremony free.
Last Thursday at 7 a.m. in the bride’s home at Hays City, Gorton E. Bushmer married Misa Anne Robbins. About fifteen friends attended. The couple, soon to reside on Ohio Street, were acclaimed by the community. Robins, formerly of Lawrence, is described as charming and capable. The groom, a rising local businessman, is admired by all.
Board of Education reports a year of promotions and new certificates. Thirty three teachers named, with salaries set for a 32 week term beginning September 12. Kansas State University celebrates a 53 graduate class, including collegiates, law, pharmacy and music, with eight chosen for commencement. Degree awards include LL D and A M and A B honors for several officials and editors.
Special correspondence from Washington notes summer dullness as the president and cabinet travel. Describes the capital’s beauty, extensive government gardening, and summer cleaning via rain. Reports J B McLean’s bid to buy land at Fifteenth and I streets NW for a new hotel near the Arlington Club, facing opposition over Sixteenth Street property.
Fragmentary notes discuss beginners in literature seeking applause, the patience of repeated practice, and the tension between effort and recognition, alongside stray phrases about concealment and a table seat margin. The text hints at broader editorial concerns about premature burial references and typographic errors.
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