Neighborhood News From Finland and Baldwin Topics
The Gazette reports on community happenings from Finland and Baldwin. Notable items include improved health and rains filling cisterns, a singing school, a large apple shipment to New York, and a conference meeting in Vinland M E church. Baldwin notes student enrollment, Funston rally aftermath, and local farm activity with new corn handling machinery. North Lawrence covers local character profiles and a dramatic tale of a German couple, plus a literary society update.
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Finland
Robert Pasley
M. E
Walton
K. Funk
Ella Gill
Kansas City
Ladies Foreign Missionary Convention
Jones Brothers
New York City
Vinland M. E
Daily wanderer noted in village town report
A neighbor describes a lone woman who walks daily across town, leaving her cottage at five in the morning and returning by two in the afternoon, recording observations along Massachusetts street and nearby routes. The article also reports local visits, travel to Topeka, a church outing, a new bridge grading completion, and social quilting at Mrs. Joe West's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Offie
Massachusetts Street
Winter Absences And Local Happenings In Jefferson County
John Morgan plans a California winter stay while Geo Snow makes molasses at four cents a gallon. Mrs. K Simmons will winter in the east. Frank Paddy bought a forty acre farm and moved in last week. Len Petelish enters the stack business on a new farm across the creek. Miss Perkeys school in district 3 progresses with many scholars. Salutations echo the joyful phrase Salvation. Wolves are heard twice weekly in the hills toward Fall Leaf. Lost pilgrims note the bright electric lights on University hill. A den of snakes was found near Burnett school house. eight were slain. Cool water flows from springs in limestone most summers though one season hinted at drought.
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Repferson Heights
John Morgan
California
Geo
Fall Leaf
University Hill
Burnett
Leavenworth County Notes From Topeka Reunion and Local Happenings
About a dozen old soldiers attended a reunion in Topeka last week. W Kahin offers top sorghum in Leavenworth County and supplies the material to make it. A Reno county group visited Bismarck but left after facing admission fees. W B Anderson shows a 1200 pound two year old colt from Scotland with historic pedigree. B Plummer opens a Walnut street blacksmith shop opposite Cottage hotel promising versatile work. A young rider rides bareback in pursuit of a girl then buys a cart but switches to a four wheel buggy. Fall loafers aim to keep good name and credit. During corn cutting two youths agreed to eat corn for a rich man for fifty cents a day but earned more. they privately agreed to cease work until next season.
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Bismarck Grove
Hismarck Grove
North Lawrence
John Ebtridge
Job
Sheriff Clarke
Clarke
Jobo
Kansas City
Eldridge
Salvation Army
George Blank
Rhine
Ilinois
Lawrence
Kaw River
George
Anna
LU. P
Topeka
Leavenworth County
W. Kahin
W. B. Anderson
Highlands
Scotland
William the Conqueror
B. Plummer
Walnut Street
Cottage Hotel
Color line dispute near Mad Creek ends in compromise
A feud between A Hults and J Lee, two colored men east of Mad Creek, erupted last Saturday before Squire Pettengill. After exchanges and a wood billet threat, a loaded musket failed to hit. They compromised with Hults paying about fifteen dollars. Hults had lived there ten years. Lee, from Missouri eight months. Hults owned about a hundred acres. Lee was a tenant.
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A. Hults
J. Lee
Mad Creek
Squire Pettengill
Lee
Hults
Missouri
Justice Miller Dead in Washington D C After Paralysis
Justice Miller died at 10:52 p m after a paralytic attack that began Friday afternoon while returning from the Capitol. His death ends a long career as Associate and Chief Justice, noted for the slaughterhouse cases ruling and his constitutional authority. Interment will be in Keokuk Iowa, with Mr Irvine Miller and Mrs Miller at his side.
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Wastincrox
Justive Miller
Parently
Omaha
McKenny
Supreme Court
Keokuk
Iowa
Capitol
Norning
Saray F. Miller
Riehman
University of Transy Incania
Noonn
Becaue
Lincoln
Supreme Cort
Field
Miler
Re Waite
Darise Metheyelinad
Adi
Miller
Daatie Wate
Melville W. Fatler
Justice Miller
Justi Marshall
Slaughter House
Louisiana
United States
Washington
Corkhin
Sie
Leonard's Lead er cigar and Griffin coal offers
Smoke Leonard's Lead er the best 5c cigar in the city. Sold by all dealers. A J Griffin handles the best shaft coal at the lowest prices. Try his Blue Bridge. For good Lump Coal at very low cash prices go to A J Griffin.
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Leonard
A.J. Griffin
A. J. Griffin
Joint Meeting of Farmers Institute and Horticultural Society
The Douglas County joint session at City Park drew small attendance due to rain threats. Talks covered winter quarters, education and the Catholic church in schools, plus fruit exhibits, mangelwurzel farming, and the case for root crops to boost dairy production. an December 11 12 institute in the city will unite regional agricultural groups.
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Douglas County Farmers’ Institute
Dlertiesiturc Society
Oteisil
Denshes County Farmers’ Institute
The
Horticultural Society
Cowles
LP. Howard
Sibley
Bentleman
Ewart
EA. Colman
A. Colman
Boston
Kansas
GAK
Cohnan
Orchard Hil
Tabnansweer
Genetin
Romantic
Willow Twig
Ben Davis
Gano
Tompkins County
Northern Spy
Baldwin
Jonathan
Missouri
Vandevere
Newton
William Brown
W. Whedon
James Kane
Dodgins County
Brown
Farmers’ Institute
County Alliance
War Stixer
Boston Clothiers Offer Clothing at Former Low Prices
An ad notes the Boston Square Deal ing Clothiers continue selling clothing at former low prices with or without tariff. It offers real estate, chattel, or collateral loans of any amount and term, with partial payments accepted. Office location is upstairs over the Wells Fargo Express Co of L&E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Square
Wells, Fargo Express Co
Farmers and Merchants in Franklin County Scandal
A traveling salesman accuses a Franklin county merchant of using duplicate bills to secure profits from Farmers Mutual Benevolent association contracts. The practice would allow fixing costs above real prices, harming honest storekeepers while boosting the seller’s wealth amid broader tariff and currency debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Ols
St. Louis
Farmers’ Mutual Benevolent Association
Farmers’ Matmat Benevolent Association
P.M B.A
Chicago Herald
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