Emporia attorney in town. lumber shipments and events
In Baldwin and Lecompton news the Gazette notes R O Gilliland a rising Emporia attorney visiting town, N J Stark Co receiving lumber from Hannibal and Chicago, a case settled by arbitration, a Sunday school convention planned, and obituaries for Mrs Maude S Plateman and Mr Peter E Bainter. It also details local promotions in ballast inspection, post office improvements, Dunkard meeting prep, and college commencement at Baker university with large expected attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Gilliland
Emporia
N. J. Stark & Co
Hannibal
Heisey Vs. Lacock
Davidson
Henry Pifer
Chicago
Annraity Chapel
Maude S. Plateman
David Shuck
Peter E. Bainter
Colorado Springs
Mr. Bainter
Lecompton
Community Notes and Farming News From the Mound
John Carson builds a house addition while Bine Mound booms.Osage links for Mrs Irvin's brother sick with typhoid and daughter recovering.Horticultural society cruises with Wiggins predicting peach and early cherry losses.Fairview school to close next week hosts grove exhibit and dinner teachers praised.Strawberries look good corn slow from cold weather wheat hopeful for rain.Horse breeding expands with Danforth adding costs and new training stock. City quarantine questions arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carson
Bine Mound
Marshall
Lon Howard
Cannon
Ohio Chain Nursery
Wm. Ware
Iwo
Fairview
Vanvoorlees
Danforth
Farm changes and community notes mix with village events
Gus Dryer buys the old Chamberlain farm and Lew Miller sells his farm. Oregon-bound trip starts next Monday. Dick Richards buys the Harper quarter. Mr and Mrs King mourn a child buried last Saturday from diphtheria. Mrs Johnson suffers a palsy stroke but improves. Big Springs and Tecumseh youths meet at Mr Young’s on the Wak-rusa for fishing with about fifty attendees and a communal meal. A number one blacksmith is in demand at the Springs. Gruber harvests fifteen acres of onions on Chicken Creek. Chinch bugs threaten wheat without rain. Allen Pierce returns from Lawrence. German Baptist brethren plan their annual meeting at Bismarck Grove expecting many from the East. Excitement at the Springs last Friday as E Van Hoesen battles a mad dog with help from a hired man. no injuries occur. Look out for mad dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Dryer
Old Chamberlain
Lew Miller
Oregon
Dick Richards
Harper Quarter
Gruber
Chicken Creek
Allen Pierce
Lawrence
Bismarck Grove
E. van Hoesen
Fall Leaf notes and local incidents in Leavenworth County
Wheat looks fine though rain needed. Corn nearly all planted with some up and ready to cultivate. Visitors include J. L. Anderson and wife at W.S. Griffits, and Emma Bauer visiting Geo W. Bauer. Mrs L Zeigler injured in wagon accident but recovering. spring wagon wrecked. An unknown man rode into town April 30, left horse with Geo W. Bauer then disappeared. a horse later stolen from Jas Donnelly with reward claimed. Zeigler’s bay colts ran away causing a wreck. Mrs Zeigler soon well. A mare and colt stolen from D H Hopkins a year ago returned at night. Palmer & Griffin’s offers good times and durable harness at Apitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Anderson
Linwood
W.S. Griffits
Emma Bauer
North Lawrence
Geo. W. Bauer
L. Zeigler
Asher
Jas. Donnelly
Lawrence
Bauer
Donnelly
Logan Zeigler
Fall Leaf
Local Building Fever and Business Changes on Locust and Elm
Preparations for a two story business house on Locust street proceed as a new stairway is added to the post office hall. S Arnold finishes Elm street residence and plans a rental house on Tennessee street. A Brown Co. ordered two car loads of lumber for Denis Oden to Reno for building use. Town lot sales exceed several thousand dollars with many plots north of the bridge slated for summer construction. Theod ore Poehler loses a horse to colic, valued around one hundred eighty dollars. Ed Bruce & Co. received eight car lots of barb wire last week, doubling their current daily capacity. P P Phillips of Lawrence closes nursery stock after fifteen years to devote time to fruit raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herth Lawr Eters
Philip Lehr
Locust Street
Reno
Theodore Poehler
Ed Bruce & Co
P. P. Phillips
Lawrence
Bullene & Co to Open Dress Goods Sale Next Monday
Bullene & Co plan a morning sale on dress goods silks and linens. Edwin Wellington of Company C Fourteenth Kansas cavalry is advised to seek financial information at Bowersock's Opera House block. Gro B Engar US Claim Agent notes potential heirs. S A Brown & Co offers building estimates and materials. Apitz mentions pure oak leather used in their goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullene & Co
Edwin Wellington
Fourteenth
Kansas Cavalry
Bowersock
Opera House
Gro. B. Engar
U. S
Tailor John Daley Promises Fashionable Woolens
In a bold appeal Daley offers a full line of foreign and domestic woolens for gentlemen. He invites young men at J. W. Beard's Nobby to trust his craftsmanship to provide garments bearing fashion and cultivated taste. Shop over Pendleton's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton’s
John Daley
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P. W. Watkins
Mgr. Watkins
H. Snow
Meriden
Eudora
Snow
A. Finley
Finley
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
F. H. Cornell
Cornell
Dunkard
Howard Crosby
Palmyra
Jacot
Epring
W. F. Corkill
Finley Vaughn
Mr. Allen
Sells
Media
C. F. Mosher
Baldwin
Niagara
Peter Weeks
Wakarusa
Bismarck
Big Springs
Willow Springs
Leavenworth County
FALL
Apitz
Palmer & Griffin’s
S. A. Brown & Co
Massachusetts Street
Cali
Tron Sinks
J. W. Beard
Stock Market
Lawrence Markets
Hubbard
Leavenworth
Fort Scott
Blossburg
Scranton
Carbondale
Charles Achning
Steinberg Bros
Grant & Piatt
J.W. Piatt
C. W. Grant
Mull & Zook
G.rocer
FANCY
Kansas
Justus Howell
Osborne
Nichols & Shepherd
Aultman & Taylor
Eclipse Wind Mills
Fairbanks' Scales
Rain & Turnbull
Howell
Kans
Hythe
Pate
Steinberg
The
King Clothier
Pedro
Famous Boot & Shoe Co
Lawrence, Kans
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