Neighborhood News From Willow Springs and Vicinity
Local items report tenants sought for farms near the Springs. Partnerships crop up with Bohnmaier brothers renting father’s land for cash, plus various moves in Willow Springs Lone Star Vinland and Belvoir. Notes on farms, fruit shipments to Kansas City, school terms, and community events including concerts and a district meeting.
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A. H. Buck
Bohnmaier Brothers
John Mitchell
Lu Myers
Mitchell
Fix
Peckham
Willow Springs
John Zerby
Lawrence
Studebaker
M. Holloway
Herr
California
John Herr
C. C. Flory
Star
J. Flory
Geo. Shuck
L. H. Elson
Kansas City
Reno and Tonganoixie Notes Share Local Happenings
Leavenworth County reports Reno growth with new houses and resident moves while a child dies of cholera morbus near Reno. Tongoxie details a Ft. Scott man chasing a widow she once knew, leaving town after a hurried search and a promised update next week.
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Reno
Will Kahn
Reno Township
Cyrus Eaves
Lawrence
Will Tornadeena
Tonganoxie
Ft. Scott
Talk Is Cheap Says Local Dry Goods Firm
A Lawrence retailer boasts no empty promises and invites inspections of a large stock of dry goods and carpets. The firm claims direct purchase from manufacturers lowers costs and invites customers to judge for themselves, emphasizing business principles over hype.
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Lawrence
Blue Bridge Coal Offers Lowest Prices at Innes Trading
A. J. Griffin markets shaft coal at 813 and 815 Mass Street in Lawrence Kansas promoting their Blue Bridge coal as the best value. The ad repeats locations and product to attract customers.
Be Liked the Indians Because They Kept Their Promises
An elderly storyteller recalls frontier life from a bluff overlooking a river bottom, praising Indigenous honesty and recounting tales of settlers, cave homes, and the Sauk and Fox people. He mentions Maj. Ringgold, Seeley’s mill, and the 1820s era, including the Til Pruitt disappearance and a woman leaving an Indian husband.
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Little Til Pruitt
Uncle Rowel Honeycutt
Bortes
Iowa
Oregon
Alton
Serley
Jacksonville
Springfield
Maj. Ringgold
Seeley’s Mill
Min
St. Louis
Maj. Pruitt
Shabbona
Tle
Til Pruitt
Til
Baptiste
Eloteed
Mary H. Catherwood
Chicago Tribune
Bargains at L C Melntire’s Yard Goods Sale
Wide brown muslin 5c yard bleached muslin 6 1 4c to 7c. Cheviots 8 3 4c. Ticking 7 4 3¢ 19¢ 12 1 2¢. Denims 12 1 2c 15c. Prints and Charlies 5c. Ginghams 6 1 4c 7 1 4c. Sateens 7 1 2c. White goods 5c 6c 10c. Dress goods 10 12 5 15 25c+. Corsets 50c 75c 1. Hosiery 5c 12 1 2c 15c 25c. Carpets curtains at lowest prices. Come see the goods.
Ideal Strawberries and Varietal Aims in the U S
L C McINTIRE advertises IDEAL Strawberries highlighting top varieties by state and urges readers to send two cents for the 890 Strawberry Manual. The note lists Jessie Sharpless Warfield Windsor Chief Mt Vernon Tippecanoe and Kansas Jay Hawker as ideals guiding berry growers.
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Wisconsin
Jessie
Ohio
Missouri
Windsor
Mt. Vernon
Indiana
Kansas
B. F. Saern
Lawrence, Kans
For Sale or Trade in Kansas Wheat Region
Classified note offering 160 acres for trade toward Lawrence property in Kansas. Includes dental ads from Dr Wheeler at 829 Massachusetts and Raymond & Dick's stock of Diamond and Peerless dyes. Dental prices listed: artificial teeth 8.00, amalgam fillings .50, gold fillings half price, full set 35.00, extractions 25. Open 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at 829 Massachusetts Street.
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Lawrence
Union
Rhode Island Street
Kansas
Raymond & Dick's
Dr. Wheeler
Massachusetts Street
Hume's
Wanted goods and coal offer from local buyers
The notice seeks potatoes chickens turkeys pigeons and eggs for top market price by W H Penpieton. Also mentions old fashioned dyes and chemicals kept by households. A.G. Griffin advertises Lumyr Coal at very low cash prices with a full stock availability.
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W.H. Penpieton
White Wolf and Elk Pack Battle in Oregon Glen
An account from The Helena Independent recounts a dramatic hunt in southern Oregon where a white wolf pack engages a herd of elk over a fawn. The wolves are driven off after a fierce, protracted clash as hunters observe from concealment, then shoot the elk for sport.
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Oregon
Helena
Say
Tse
Theowolf
Elks
Woule
Wis
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Belvotir
J. R. Woodward
Newt Hurst
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E. G. Macy
Lewis Jackson
Sears
Rock Creek
Ira Steele
Henry Cummings
John Connore
Peter Nuffer
Scouten
Clinton Corner
Collier
Frank Dean
Alva Ive
New Mexico
Lone
James Hodges
Dunn Place
Lulla Barton
C. W. Flory
Mr. Stilson
Osage County
Harvey Flory
Walker
Mr. Boles
J. M. Flory
J.T. Hodges
Jamie Flory
J. W. Flory
H. C. Metsker
Charles Flory
Pleasant Grove
Mr. Barton
J.T. Herring
Vinland
William Whitney
M. E. Cherch
Pasley
Paires
Dan Bingham
Oklahoma
No. 6 Literary
Enjoya
Misses Brown
Grover
Parish
Judson Brown
Nancy
Hertha Chandler
Will Howe
Shane Felt
N. P. Deming
Sam'l Reynolds
Emma
H. B. Chandler
Willard Brown
Elmer Brown
Frank Savage
Ed Shanefelt
Fairview
Cox
Thos. Rayson
Olathe
Gertrude Wells
Belleview
Wesleyan Methodists
Hackett
Barnhisel
Spencer
Dr. Weed
Rev. Whitney
Weed
Mrs. Hungerford
Mr. Hungerford
Michigan
Terment
James Corel, Jr
Hester
Mary Gilmore
Kaw Valley
Solon Mellee
Oak Hill Society
Albert McGee
Ida Walters
James Eggert
Ephram Simpson
Robi Saunders
Hobt Saunders
Anna Corel
Eva Saunders
Shepherd
Mctlee
Saunders
Daley
Russell
Gloyd
Lapeer
Bronerburg
Winters
Carpenter Smith
Mr. Baldwin
H. V. Thompson
Lola
Lizzie Matchels
Clinton
Guell Brothers
Theaters Place
Norwood
Jack Bennett
Boston
Mass
Bennett
Twin Mound
J. P. Banker
Mary
Branklin
George Boyd
Will Morris
John Garrett
Herbert Macy
Arthur
George Clark
Santabara
Cali
Isaac Pavey
Marion
J. F. Chevalier
Fred Haverkampf
Eugene Fiski
ENCE
Bridge Street
Bridge
Liverpool
Europe
U.P
Leavenworth County
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Green County, Ills
Farmer
Bostos Barald
L. C. Melntire
L. C. McIntire
Our County
A. J. Griffin
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Cbuiis
Hackman
Jehu
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