Local notes from Lawrence and vicinity highlight births and bonds
Willow Springs calls and opera house painting. Birth to Clinton Gorman in Worden a girl. The Flest Regiment band concerts at the park. Thirty two students graduate from Lawrence Business College. May 77 speech by Jesse Harper in Lawrence. Various local moves, deaths, and real estate plans. Bonds approved for Kansas City Wyandotte Northwestern in Oskaloosa. University music department scheduled for the 24th. Proposals sought for Douglas county bonds and tax-funded projects.
Lawrence News Roundup of Local People and Events
Sidney Clarke address on No Man's Land invited crowd. J D Bowersock adds to his home. A W Hill appointed deputy county surveyor. Noble Prentiss to speak at university literary address on June 6. J E Norton & Son open a new grocery store. Arthur Adams, aged 2 1 2, dies in Texarkana. remains to be buried locally. Tramp injured entering moving Santa Fe boxcar. Executors named for John Edwards and Jacob Hertz estates. J A Johnson to run hotel and blacksmith business in Topeka. Royal party at Wm Nace’s near Lecompton. Lawrence Transportation buys Melville property for storage. KE F Crocker tests new university boiler system. A Hamlin dies in Sedalia, Mo. N S Higgins visits from Chicago. Entre Nous club hosts at S B Hynes’s West Lawrence home. Carter & Nadelhoffer win Kinley passenger depot contract. Lawrence merchants win state contract bids. Lela Chemical Co. also awarded contracts. J H Canfield invites educators to Chicago gathering July 12 16. Gertie McGee named teacher at Haskell Institute. Prof Sayre hosts faculty reception. chem and materia medica exams conclude.
Remarkable French Monk Wakara and the Indian Trail
A French monk named Waraka, born Corsica 1769, traveled with Napoleon and later settled among the Wyandotte and Delaware tribes in Kansas. He learned languages, wandered Europe and the Americas, and finally took a secluded cabin near Nine Mile Creek in Kansas where his body was found, suspected killed by a predator near Coyote Bluff.
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Abyssinia
Palestine
Persia
Waraka
Corsica
Thie Place
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Asia
Africa
Bonaparte
Lord Wellington
Waterloo
St. Helena
Wakara
Iele
England
Alleghanies
Kansas
Sarcoxie
Lawrence
Nine Mile Creek
Kaw River
Coyote Bluff
The Great Boom In Lawrence Merchants
A historic passage extols the Dry Goods Castle of Innes It spreads wealth through Lawrence and beyond. The director keeps vast fashionable stock at low prices as commercial activity pulsates citywide. Purchases made wholesale promise summer patrons generous benefits.
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Lawrence
Innes
Atlantic
Pacific
Long
Haskell Institute reception hosts officials and guests
A Monday evening reception at Haskell Institute entertained Gov. Robinson and guests though Upshaw and Senator Blackburn did not arrive. The event featured Indian music, John Buch’s orchestra, recitations by students, and remarks by Geo. Innes. Died notices follow with details of Mrs. Katie Cocklin’s death and funeral. An upcoming Jeffersonian Club address by Hon. Sidney Clarke is postponed. Plymouth Church forms a parsonage society. Dixey’s Adonis at the opera house May 24.
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Ion
Haskell
Haskell Institute
Indian Affairs
Upshaw
Senator Blackburn
Kentucky
Gov. Robinson
John Buch
Geo. Innes
I. D. Marcum
U.S
Horticultural Society to Meet at Griesa Residence
The Doulas County Horticultural Society plans its next gathering at the residence of A. H. Griesa about one mile northwest of Walruff's brewery this Saturday. The program offers no papers and the dinner will be picnic style. Attendees hoping for a free meal are advised to bring their own.
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Doulas County Horticultural Society
A. H. Griesa
Walruff
Be sure and visit L. C. McIntire's store this week
The notice invites shoppers to L. C. McIntire's store for bargains in dry goods and carpets during the current week. It emphasizes sale of household fabrics and floor coverings with emphasis on value.
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L. C. McIntire’s
Bismarck Western National Fair set for grand future growth
The Western National Fair celebrates its enduring strength with plans for an expansive Kansas showcase. Managers report ongoing preparations and a contract award for 15 000 premium lists carrying $20 000 in cash prizes. Lawrence Journal Company secured the premium list contract as ground work finishes and Liborera move to complete an extensive, attractive exposition.
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Western National Fair Association
Kansas
Lawrence Journal Company
Weat
Weekend Offer For Capital and Farmers Journal Subscription
Readers are urged to subscribe to The Gazette and The Weekly Capital and Farmers Journal for $2 a year with cash terms. The ad promises broad civic access and cheap local papers, plus a notice of a secret-class dramatic company performing for one week starting in May. Also advertised are new Sateens at 10c and 12.5c and a hot weather dress goods sale at L. C. McIntire's.
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Capital
Farmeere' Journal
Gasetts
Farmers’ Journal
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Nebraska
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W. Tt. Sinclair
Las Vegas
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Kanwaka
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Norton
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John Edwards
Alford
Jacob Hertz
J. A. Johnson
Topeka
Wm. Nace
Lecompton
Mrs. Nace
Lawrence Transportation Company
Melville
Vermont
Winshrop
KE. F. Crocker
University Buldings and Grounds
Chicago
J.A Hamlin
Sedalia
Hixof
Hamlin
Higgins
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West Lawrence
Richard Horton
Lyle Hynes
Carter & Nadelhoffer
Kinley
J. H. Canfield
National Educational Association
Quebec
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Prince Edward's
Mexico
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Jacob McGee
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Sayre
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Jeffersonian Club
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Hattie A. Bailey
M. K. Haskell
M. E. B. Haskell
Emma T. Mason
Esther A. Moore
Abbie E. N. Raymond
M. B. Emery
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Sarah G. Thacher
T. D. Marcam
Catlettsburg
Marconi
Dixey
Adonis
Skye Terrier
H. Barrett
Locke
JoJo
Koatroma
Rueain
Manager Barrett
Douglas County Surmday School
Fairview
M.E
Duecker
Hill
Newman
Washington Post
John Payne
J. B. Edgar
E. W. Houston
M. Pettibone
J. M. Spencer
C. M. Randall
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F. A. Myers
I. W. Stone
A. H. Whitcomb
Millocker
Amberg
Thalia Theater
New York
Pedt Nee Anny Geiden Cirtc Co
Sigs Aoe
Ramarch
L. O. McIntire
the Gazette
A. G. Menger
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