17 Mar 1887
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1887
Page
1
A description of Hero an imported Norman stallion foaled a Zaz dark gray draft horse standing 16 hands high and weighting 1700 pounds. The text portrays him as a powerful stud prospect with strong ground contact and notable stamina aiming to showcase his traits to the world.
Advice on traveling south via the Gulf Route Kansas City Fort Scott and Gulf R R calling it the only direct route from Kansas City to Eastern and Southern Kansas Southwest Missouri and Texas with through trains Pullman sleeping cars and reclining chairs from Kansas City to Memphis and New Orleans. Includes request to send map and free monthly Missouri and Kansas Farmer details to J E Locowoon Kaneag City.
A collage of verse lines by Tay Hubbard Kernan, biographical sketch of Eben Rexford the songwriter, courtroom anecdote with a clever trick by Judge Robinson, Paris antiquities restoration using spermaceti glaze, and assorted society and literary notes from New York and Detroit.
Dana Dean a noted newspaper man dies March 9 after traveling from New Mexico to Kansas with his mother aboard a Pullman. Born 1859 in Clinton he graduated from the University in 1884 and earned esteem at the Tribune and Journal. Funeral services were held at 1016 Tennessee Street before the burial in Clinton with pallbearers named by the deceased.
The Douglas County Horticultural Society will meet next Saturday at University Hall. Prof Carruth will read a paper on European Horticulture and P P Phillips will discuss orchard planting. Members are urged to attend during pivotal fruit months. Mrs J L Holes hosted an elegant Irish party Friday.
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