Entertainer Eom Abbott at Opera House December 4
Local notices detail Eom Abbott visiting the opera house on December 4 and news on Franklin county activities. Baoh Donnelly reports luck during a week in Franklin county while Tannehill comedy company plans a Tuesday night production of Fan on the Bristol at the opera house. L. Bailene & Co. announce a shutdown and retirement from trade. Wm. Brown reports the loss of a valuable hog to hog cholera, having paid fifty dollars for the animal in Iowa. In district court Judge Benson grants Mrs Sperry a divorce from L J Sperry with 40 acres of land and 3500 dollars alimony, Sperry to pay costs. Thadeus Stevens and Charley Drennell arrested for alleged theft at a Sigel festival. both fined, Stevens paying costs, Drennell jailed. L. Ballene & Co. announce closing out their business, a public regret in the city. Subscriptions offers for Century and Gazetter subscriptions. Marriage licenses issued in Douglas County with multiple couples listed. Unitarian Church fairs announce sale of Christmas goods in the McCullough block with a 25 cent supper on Thursday and a New England dinner Friday, oysters Friday night, and an auction sale of unsold goods. no admission charge.
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New England
Unitarian Church
McCullough
Local residents and visitors in Iola and region
Miss Lillian Belt is visiting in Iola for nT. Smith of Leavenworth visits Col Noble’s family. Clipton Stephens of St Louis visits his sister Miss Kate Stephens. L Bullene and wife travel to El Paso for health. D F Metcalfe returns from Colorado after sixteen months away. Martin and Flo Andrews of Baldwin City visit G W Bennett. Frank Lockwood of Medicine Lodge visits Col J L Barnes. Jacob Badaky of Twin Mound, on petit jury, calls on Gazette. Joseph Savage leaves for southern state for several days. Geo Bopes and John G Haskell attend Western Architects Association meeting in St Louis. A Benpiliet of Grant township visits town after 80 years in area.
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Lillian Belt
Iola
Smith
Leavenworth
Col. Noble
Clipton Stephens
St. Louis
Kate Stephens
D. F. Metcalfe
Colorado
Martin
Flo Andrews
Baldwin City
G. Ww
Frank Lockwood
Medicine Lodge
Geo. Bopes
John G. Haskell
Aocration
A. Benpiliet
Graht Township
Retailer Closes After 29 Years in Lawrem Stock Liquidation
After twenty-nine years of business in Lawrem the firm announces a close out sale to clear stock and reduce prices. Retiring owner says they will push prices down to show customers they mean business. Cleanup will reduce inventory and finalize operations as store winds down.
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Lawrem
Baptists Convention in Lawrence Highlights Pastors Work
A two week long Baptist convention in Lawrence gathered leading ministers from Kansas and beyond. Notable speakers included Rev. C Sheffield Rev. J Fulton Rev. O W Van Oadel Rev W F Harper and Rev J B Mulford with addresses on Ottawa University Home Missions and Publica tion Society. The event featured visits by Miss Burdette and other missionaries and concluded with multiple sermons across local churches and a final evening gathering.
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Corneil
C. Sheffield
Topeka
J. Fulton
MecPherson
O. W. van Oadel
J. P. Williams
H. Cordley D. D
J. A. Smith
Standard
Chicago
Lippencott
Ottawa University
L. Ward
Sutherland
Misa Burdette
Bob” Burdette
J. A. Howe
A. M. Beacon
Miss Higly
Birmab
A. L. Merrifield
J. R. Edwards
C. Silene
Miss Burdette
A. L. Vail
Olathe
Ww. Sanders
Wellington
Christian
Winfield
F.tolman
Colored Baptist Church
C. F. Tolman
Coffy
Lanae
Lawrence
Buffalo enclosure rules and land lease commentaries
Notes report buffaloes roan in locked enclosure with gates secured day and night. U P Company plans to keep land south of the fair ground leased another year. J W Davis will move from Cockins farm to a near Mud Creek headwaters. About three thousand minnows placed in lake near the Tabernacle last week after Run above Lawrence. Fletcher, who shot G Jackson near Dicker's store, sentenced to three years in penitentiary as a poor marksman.
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Biswarck
Lince
Io Ia
U. P. Co
Fair Ground
J. W. Davis
Cockins
Mud Creek
Tabernacle
Lawrence
Fletcher
G. Jackason
Dicker
Benson
Clinton Clatter and Local Happenings in Clinton
Clarence Wicks paints a house while Mr Jackson catches fish in his trap. J C Brown reports his new home finished and satisfactory. Loren Wood moves to Clinton and stays, as a Democrat. The McClung dance of November 7 drew fifty youths, but a thief stole Floyd Porter’s hat and most of Mrs McClung’s teaspoons, blamed on W W W. A repeat dance is planned for November 28 with hopes for honesty.
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Clinton Clatter
Clarence Wicks
Jackson
J.C. Brown
Loren Wood
Clinton
Floyd Porter
Mrs. McClung
Caid W
Corn and Farm Life News From Vinland and Lapeer
BTRBAWBERN town notes 80 bushels of corn daily, cattle feeding for Kansas City market, Hollern Tabernacle moved to U P depot until spring. Mule killed by lightning near Nine Mile farm, wolves drive farmer indoors. Mrs Bardell wintering in Quincy. Fertile river frontier land near Turkey and Mud Creeks yields high corn per acre. Vermont farmer question raised. Vinland reports protracted meetings at Fairview and Flora Dunn visiting in Kansas City. M E church fair planned for 26th at Grange hall. A. Swazy visits from near Belvidere. Rumzy builds on Wm Soule farm. Steen, worker, injured after apple-breaking fall, gravely ill. Dr Perrine treats him. Lapeer windbigler absent, Rev Severly substitutes. Corn cribbing begins with frosty corn, poor quality. Prof Jay Baldwin of Richland teaching in Richland with sixty six pupils. School board advised limiting geography and grammar to focus on arithmetic.
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Hollern Tabernacle
U. P
C. Eaves
Nine Mile
Jay W. Baldwin
Richland
Worthy School Board
Lapeer
Revival at Globe school house and county farming notes
A Free Methodists revival at Globe school reports conversions while local schools boast strong teachers. Kanwaka loses a baseball game 9 to 0 to Twin Mound. Sarcoxie and Tonganoxie areas show thriving farms with Polled Angus, Poland China hogs, and rich corn crops. Hog cholera absent, owners like EB Cox and Sam Cox praised for pork and farm success.
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Globe
Free Methodists
John Clark
Bullwin
Hattie Simmons
Deming
Mr. Whetstone
Concord
Mary Jane Car
Tonganoxie News and Local Progress Updates
Miss Greas returns from visiting friends in the east and home again. Will Hollingworth of Springdale visited this week. The east town iron bridge remains unfinished. John Constant Rev Constant and Mr Hamilton of Lawrence visited Sunday. Tonganoxie schools under Prof Lee M Rameey thriving. Angell and Son build a large livery stable on 3d Street opposite Colwell's smith shop. Friends Academy students host biweekly literary entertainment. Tonganoxie hopes for a calaboose to properly care for the borough.
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Miss Greas
Friends
Will Hollingworth
Springdale
John Constant
Tonganoxie Schools
Lee M. Rameey
Angell & Son
3D Street
Collwell
Smith
Friends’ Academy
Tonganoxte
Boun
F. B. Whipple
Locnat Street
Whiting
First Baptist Church
Carbondale
Baptist Association
Pilgrim Church
Major Whittle
Local notes from Leavenworth and Palmyra society
Community columns report Ada Knight's move to a Leavenworth dry goods job, social events, church concerts, and a sheriff's visit. Town news covers land questions, political speeches, factory influence, and local arrivals, with details on a U P Depot night police appointment and a new incubator venture.
Why jurther? Shimmons & Son Trade Exceeds Dull Season
A reader notes Shimmons & Son display higher prices and larger trade than merchants reporting a slow season. A sidewalk price comparison shows their two-quart glass pitchers 35 cents vs 65 elsewhere, Eureka Family wringers $2 vs $3 elsewhere, and other items priced below rival stores. The observer concludes price differences explain their extensive trade despite dull conditions.
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Jurther
Shimmons & Son
Shimmong
Eureka
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Opera House
Baohn Donnelly
Franklin ‘County
Abunt
Tannehill Comedy Company
Bristol
Be Opers House
L. Bailene & Co
Wm. Brown
Douglas County
Gholera
Iowa
Mrs. Sperry
L. J. Sperry
Sperry
Thadeus Stevens
Charley Drennell
Sigel
Carme
Alex. Cowan
Howard
Stevens
Drennell
Gazetts
L. Ballene & Co
Cemtury
The
Gazette
Century
Gaystre
James M. Brenton
Martha A. Hemmainger
David G. Wideman
Violetta Garrard
City
Chas. H. Ryder
Helena Wendberg
Linwood
al. Todd
Mary E. Moore
Hans
Olson
Minland
Sylvester Stull
Mary Koehler
Frances K. McCorkhill
Emma Kennedy
Jefferson County
Mrs. L. Bullene
el Paso
Mr. Bullene
L. Bullene & CO
Aire
L. Q. McInrer & Co
McCullough Ip
J ‘A. Dailey’s
F. Clendenin
C. C. Collins
Kansas City
J. C. Bardell
Quincy
Ill
Turkey
Vermont
Vinland
Davis
Fairview
Flora Dunn
Barnes
M. KE
Amos Swazy
Belvidere
New Jersey
Joseph Liff
Rumzy
Wm. Soule
Steen
A. F. Alien
Windbigler
Severly
KaNwaKa
Ladies Society
E. A. Colman
Twin Mound Club
Deacon Sedgwick
Minees Evans
Richards
Ricker
Ida Evans
Sarcoxie
Sarcoxie Township
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth County
O'Neill
Talbot
EB. Q. Cox
Cox
Poland
China
Berkshire
Sam Cox
A. P. Clark
C. Holliday
Illinois
Hag
J. Hagan
Mr. Steiner
A. Dickingon
Mrs. Reed
Teous
Ada Knight
Tiss
Crancer
Mickel
M. E. Church
Miss Lyon
Dr. Bushnell
Skingley
Kansas
Bowera Carter
Carter
Mr. C
Snell
Henley
Palmyra
Squire Beeks
Bristow
South
Ezekiel
Tyre
Andersonville
Old Palmyra
Schnebly
Col
Capt
Cradit
Bodwell
Wheeler
North. Lawrence
Dan Covey
Mozely
Walnut Street
U. P. Transfer Company
Locust Street
Wm. Peet
Denver
Chas. Oliver
Spotted Tall
North
Nebraska
J. Moon
Aurora Spring
Miller County
C.B. Allen
South Side
U. B. Church
City’ Council
Christopher Harmon
County
California
Mr. Harmon
Joe Taylor
North Street
I, Berkman & Co
Bismarck
Whittle
Mr. Willis
Baptist
Garnett
W. J. Osborn
M. EB. Church
T. L. Norrie
E. Atkinson
W. J. Lewis
U. B. _ Church
Fairview Boys
Fairview Club
Moanour
Texas
Parla
Tex
J. E. Curley
Dr. King
Barber Bros
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