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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1890
Page
3
DOUGLAS COUNTY NOTES AND ODDITIES
Douglas County items report wheat in fine shape with first frost noted October 19. Tariff speech by Dr. Ward at Glenn geboo house next Saturday night. tidbits on grippe cases, typhoid recoveries, a revolver rumor in Sunday School, and campus clover. Nearby Burnett and North Lawrence notes cover school improvements, visits, and local travel. several brief community vignettes and local family updates across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Ward
Glenngeboo House
J. L. Masterson
Grippe
Patrick v Cummings
Lecompton
J. M. Gregory
Lane University
Browning
M. E
Guery
Pat Rhiney
Topeka drive scare ends with curb stop
In Topeka A H Buck’s horses bolted before being halted by forcing them against a curb. Guests included Mrs A W Ellet of Eldorado and Mrs Buck. Local notes reveal social visits, quilting gatherings, and a five foot wingspan grey eagle shot on Mrs Dissinger’s farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Ellet
Eldorado, Kas
A. H. Buck
Topeka
Belleview
Sam Wilbur
Buck Creek
James Still
J. R. Allen
Clarence Randall
Kayson
Jefferson Iwrighs and Local Headlines From Reno
Jefferson Iwrights report hog cholera spreading through large herds with hundreds of cases. A storm disrupts Betsy Dusenberry’s market journey to Lawrence, leaving flour behind. Willa Jos. McCall dodges disaster jumping between train cars, narrowly saving limbs. Community notes describe church work, schooling, and local trades, with brief mentions of illness, weather, and business retirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Iwrights
Lawrence
George Nottingham
Mud Creek
Betsy Jane Dusenberry
Mud Ereek
B. S. Petetish
Willa Jos
McCall
U.P. Sea
Leavenworth Friends Meeting Brings Visitors and Ambitious School Plans
At Leavenworth County the annual Yearly Meeting of Friends drew about 25 families with visiting ministers from multiple states. A new district 54 schoolhouse will begin with a granite foundation from Hagerstown quarry and a premier design, aiming to be a standout structure in the county. Voters deliberate whether to build anew or repair the old school house each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley
Archy Garvin
Shockey
Mr. Walter
Morris Sutter
Tennessee
Deichmann
Billy Hughes
W. J. Kennedy
Society of Friends
Leavenworth County
Hagerstown
Great Assignee Sale at 903 Massachusetts Street
The Bankrupt Stock of A. J. Dicker opens for sale at 903 Massachusetts Street opposite Poehler's, offering dry goods notions gloves gents and ladies underwear boots and shoes and a full line of Sweet Orr Co jeans pants and overalls sold below cost for cash to raise creditors. Farmers are urged to visit as the stock was bought for the farmer's trade and is reliable. Less Drug Co. gains the Sherwin Williams pure mixed paints agency and touts their superiority over other paints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Dicker
Massachusetts Street
Poehler
Orr & Co
Dicker
Crains and Urbansky Offer Clothing at Former Low Prices
The Boston Square Deal ing Clothiers continue to sell clothing at former low prices with or without tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Square
Hayseed Farmer Awakens Against Railroads and Banks
A farmer poet rails at party bosses and bankers, denouncing railroad tie ins with agricultural interests. He clings to farmer alliances urging open meetings to unite against internal measures, while Southern farmers consider cotton price controls and credit pressures from merchants and banks.
Bad Figuring and Farm Mortgages in Kansas
A Farmers' Friend column warns about erroneous mortgage figures claiming 2,650 Kansas farm foreclosures this year totaling 200 million dollars. It suggests such bets on debt exceed value in farming and notes 213,000 titled farms in Pennsylvania with farmers making up about a third of voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Pennivanis
Why Do They Leave Jersey Farming Prospers, Secretary Finds
Secretary Franklin Dye of the New Jersey State Agricultural Society toured south Jersey to assess farmer conditions. He concluded the Jersey farmer is generally prosperous, with depreciated farms and a dismal outlook being misrepresented. He noted wealth in the southern region and found people moving west, paying similar land prices despite brighter agricultural prospects at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Dye
New Jersey State Agricultural Society
South Jersey
Jersey
Dye
Trenton
N. J
New York Press
Nebraska Farmers Unite Against Railroads' Grip
Rural Nebraskans face railroad influence across the state. The passage complains of bribery, lobbying, and manipulation of legislation by rail interests, accusing officials of favoring lines, controlling crops and prices, and taxing farmers unfairly amid poor weather. It notes farmers must unite for relief amid hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
State Board of Transportation
Tstek Choipp
Fie
Farmers spark new party in Colorado politics
King Beadle notes farmers have started a new party as a reaction to old loyalty politics. He questions whether the movement can grow to challenge established boodle power and whether King Boodle still dominates Colorado politics, asking if this shift signals a lasting change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Beadle
Colorado
King Boodle
Denver Field and Farm
Publication Notice in Douglas County Court Kansas
In the District Court in and for the County of Douglas and State of Kansas Ton M Powrus is named in a publication notice. The notice announces a court action and directs interested parties to respond or appear by a specified deadline. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Sage
County of
Douglas
State of
Kansas
Ton M. Powrus
Harvey Wiextrey
Kansaz
Ida M. Powers
Harvey Gentry
Doulas
Kanan
Tyeler Place
Lawrents
Douglas County
Kangax
Uarvey Gantry
Pornern & Howton
Dorgins
Tex M. Powers
Losasten Boscaxr Livexfranceg
Ant Marit P. Livassparcen
Hollister Veechet
Livenabarger
Malic F. Livenzbarger
Kangsas
Douglaua
Lola M. Powers
Hollister Beecher Livensbarger
Mattie P. Livenrberger
Nnte
Jude Ieee
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