Lawrence Gazette notes and town chatter items
A roundup of local tidbits from Lawrence including an opening day for old ladies by a milliner, Julius Fischer’s ice house up for sale, and beer groups eyeing it as a summer club house. Mentions Tur Gazette readership, a man leaving a dollar with The Gazette, many Douglas county marriages on the November docket, and notes on ex Senator Van Wyck and local connections. Also references potential Dawes contact and a post office job exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Julius. Fischer
Tur Ga-Zette
Douglas County
Bill Thomas
Coon Creek
Gazette
van Wyck
Nebraska
Ross Broadhead
Watkins Mortgage Company
Case
Abilene
Casebeer
Louisburg
Eldridge
Dawes
Many small town happenings fill Kansas pages
Overbrook lodging expands as does local social life with dances events and meetings from Fairmount to Lecompton. A wedding in Lacompton draws quiet notice while a merry-go-round heads into winter quarters and a new ferryman operates at Lecompton. Community groups and fairs share headlines with medical notices and political plans as Douglas County prepares for upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLouth
Alredy
al Greene
Inter-County Navigation and Transportation Co
Lecompton
Young Peoples Social Christian Endeavor
Overbrook
Oscar Richards
Endora
Baker
Lt. Smith
Baldwin
Widow of Capt. King Controls Vast Texas Land
The Philadelphia Press notes Mrs. King of Texas holds about 1 250 000 acres in southern Texas dominating four counties shared by the Kings Kennedys Collinses and Armstrongs. Her Santa Gertrudis ranch near Corpus Christi spans 40 miles to the bay and 300 miles of barbed wire fences. The estate costs about 100 000 dollars yearly and employs 300 cowboys with 1 200 ponies, with Corpus Christi as a key logistics hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Richard King
Texas
Washington
Santa Gertrulis
Corpus Christi Bay
Leyond
Fifth Avenue
New York
Rio Grande
Corpus Christi
Coal in Alaska Could Beat Gold in Profit
Alaska experts claim coal near Cook's Inlet may yield immediate profits. A five foot vein is exposed at low tide with a deeper six foot vein beneath and three more nearby. Veins run horizontally for miles, supplying steamships like the Chehalis with superior fuel, attracting speculators who have staked large tracts on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Cook's Inlet
Juneau
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Never Grow Old Brain and heart sustain senile vigor
The Medical Record cites Dr. Balfour on two parts that resist senile decline the brain and the heart. He explains that brain nourishment stays robust because internal carotids keep brisk blood flow while other arteries lose elasticity.
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Balfour
Bec
A Wily Scotchman Narrative Retold in Church Mock
A tale recalls a Scottish parish custom where the minister bows to the laird’s pew before preaching. In one scene the pew holds many ladies including Miss Miller, who teases the minister for skipping the bow. He replies that worship of angels is not allowed by the Beotch church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaird
Beotch
Reasons for Disinheriting Relatives in History
The piece cites cases of disinheritance for venial faults such as ill manners at breakfast. It recalls Lord Fitzwilliam erasing a son for a cream cup incident and Isaac Casaubon leaving a son nothing for joining the Roman Church, mentioning only a cup valued at thirty crowns. It ends with a dismissive line about a young man named Dashing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzwilliam
Lord Onslow
Lord Fitzwilliam
Ysaac Casaubon
Church of Rome
Temple Bar
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Frank Willard
Bath
Eldridge House
Geo
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Chris Epley
Maes St
A. L. Selic
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J. H. Glathart
Hall
W.R. Williams
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Black Horse Harness
Gro. H. Surry
Eucgeagon
Mass
Ioan
Russell & Metcalf
Merchants Bank
The
Peach
Barteldes
Beal & Gooding
Vermont Street
Lawrence House
Nic Kuhn
Massachusetts Street
T. Sinclair
Mass. Street
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A. J. Griffin
Lawrence Kas
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China
Rogers
J. A. Dailey
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H. W. Henderson
Big Springs
Amchinery
Dummer Lee
Lecompton Kansas
Star Pollishing CO
Chicago
Harry Simmons
Billy Mays
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Perry World
Gazetts
Fairmount
Lawrence Gazeette
New Santa Fe Limited
Wallis Sangs
Eudora Society
Lacompton
Charley Johnson
Oskalopea
Kansas City
Tonganoxie
Lige Cox
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Club
D. H. Lewis
Frank L. Wessren
D. W. Fuller
Canajoharie
N. Y
Dr. King
G. A. Dyxeman
Oatekill
King
Barber Bros Drug Store
Prohibition
Prohibition County
Frank L. Nichols
James Murray
L. Manley
Zivan
U.S
Mrs. King
Congress
Hetty Green
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Boston Transcript
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