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Newspaper

Lawrence Gazette

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1887

Page

2

Convention Delegates Elect City and County Nominees

A Democratic meeting at the court house last Saturday chose temporary officers and set committees for permanent organization credentials and relations. Delegates from wards and townships were named, with nominations for sheriff county clerk treasurer register of deeds coroner surveyor and county commissioner.

Aeghee Court House Court House Central Committee Joseph Harrison Kanwaka 8. Steinberg Neil Messrs Prentice, Swope and Kelley Harrison VanVoorhie Lane Committee On Credentials Republican City Council Steinberg C. T. K. Prentice Mesers J.J. McGee Wm. M. Nace Mr. Prentice J. W. Swope Edwin Brown B. J. Horton Register of W.W. May Holland Wheeler Prentice Alex’ Walker Fleet Commissioner District G. S. Hicks County Counwesioner City J. 5. Emery F. L. Woodruff A. G. Abdelal Phillip Albach H. B. Belt M. W. Curerell H. J. Snyder T. J. Sweeney C. C. Allen

Booth and Barrett Open New Warder Grand Opera House

Booth and Barrett open the Warder Grand Opera House at Ninth and Holmes, Kansas City, with a week of Shakespearean drama led by Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett. Oct 24 inaugural, prices $1 to $3. Readings praise Booth as Brutus and Barrett as Othello and Hamlet.

Ninth and Holmes Streets Kansas City Booth and Barrett Julina Caesar Craig and Hamilton Walnut Street Gillis Coates Lawrence Minneapolis ‘Tribune Booth Barrett Brutus Wreater Hamlet Wrestest Taya Edwin Booth Mr Booth Lawrence Barrow Deadomona Mr. Barrett

George to the Front at Kansas City Reception

The Kansas City Times recounts a presidential reception with a light interlude and memory of a campaign. Gentlemen from Claey Tener, a young wife, and a group of ladies mingle while Honest John Salisbury is referenced. The president quips about a practiced digit recognition in a light moment.

Kansas City Times Claey Tiene Cnet Ley Otia Fuse & Group Salisbury Wrence John

No Man's Land and the Promise of New Territory

We return from No Man's Land with Hon. Sidney Clarke. Dodge City grows into a modern town with electric lights. Meade Center lies south with Rock Island rails advancing. Beaver City hosts a Territorial Council and debates opening land to homesteaders while settlers praise rich soil, water, coal, and climate.

No Man's Land Sidney Clarke Dodge City Santa Fe P. G. Reynolds Lawrence Kanena Dodge South Weat Meade Center Dodge Dodge la Meade Center Meade County Rock Island Panhandle Texas el Paso State Line Beaver City Neutral Strip Beaver Creek North Fork Canadian River Territorial Advocate Messia, Brown & Payne Kangsa Wilson Mundell Kansas Colorado Indian Territory New Mexico United States Internal Revenue Collection District of Congress Territorial Council C. G. Chase Wu. B. Ogden Ohio Gale California Atreama Clarke

Special Week Only Fabric and Linens Sale Items

Specialties for this week include velvet at 63c a yard, Latin shades for fancy work at 30c, dress goods 25c, table linens 50c, red twisted flannels 20c, ladies medicated vests 75c, and ladies camels hair vests 60c. Come early for savings.

Farmers find ready sale for apples at Lawrence Canning Factory

Farmers with apples to dispose of can sell them at the Lawrence Canning Factory foot of Henry Street. Tnos H. Surry is the manager.

Lawrence Canning Factory Henry Street Tnos H. Surry

Cloak Shop Ad Promises Better Fit This Week

GEO INNES markets cloaks with promise of better fitting and suited styles this week. The notice urges continued patronage, claiming strong business and inviting customers to buy now for improved comfort and quality.

Geo. Innes

Local Fabric Sale Offers Low Week Prices

We offer extra inducements this week on Black or Colored Faille Francaise Rhadi mers Silks Novelty Velvets and Plush es with careful inspection urged. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.

Faille Francaise

Yearly Meeting Proceedings From Mamans Yearly Meeting 1887

The annual meeting of the Friends for Missouri and Kansas opened with worship and formal business. Ministers from England and Ireland attended. committees discussed removing disengaged members and establishing new quarterly meetings in California and Haviland. Key topics included evangelical work, temperance, social purity, and cautions against unwelcome doctrines. The London epistle urged ministry proper conduct, while other notices led to adjournment after prayers and readings. Continuous sessions covered discipline, devotion, and exhortations, with concluding prayers by Charles Brady and E C Siler. The third page will continue.

Society of Friends England Ireland Scotland United States Missouri Kansas William Nicholson Joseph Bevan Braithwaite Cottonwood Quarterly Meeting Hiter California Iowa Modena London Dublin New England Ainners New York Baltimore North Carolina Ohio City of Mexico Reading Circle Canada Charles Brady Hiram Hadley E. C. Siler B. F. Farquhar Susie C. Berry

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