19 Sep 1895
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1895
Page
1
Local notes report a Democratic county convention planned for Sept 28 and updated community items from Lawrence. Residents including E A Smith are noted for illness, business moves, and local events such as fairs, theaters, and school happenings across town.
The Sibley exhibit drew great crowds last week, described as a true country fair full of sociability, neighborliness, and shared experience. It stood out as a homespun gathering not aimed at profit but at pleasure and communal learning, establishing the Bibley Fair as a lasting institution in Douglas county and earning widespread praise for the dedicated managers and generous community spirit.
The Gazette promotes the Michael Fanning Mill from E F Michael Co of Laporte Ind as the best on the market and offers it as a prize for subscribers. Participants must renew or subscribe for one year and answer a Douglas County treasurer election question. earliest receipt wins. The item list includes books, photos, and a year’s subscription.
Calumet Michigan September 17 two more victims were recovered from the No 4 shaft mine disaster bringing total deaths to four. The bodies of Peter Malstrom and Walter I were located in the eighteenth level south shaft this morning, ending the grim toll as rescue workers complete the search.
The governor seeks to abolish the livestock inspection fee for cattle. The supreme court won't reopen the Jobes-Briedenthal case, leaving Briedenthal as bank examiner. Emporia’s east wing repair and multiple fires in Conway Springs damage several stores and a post office, with about 30,000 in losses. Pardons granted to Frank Sims and William Curd. Kincoid bank robbery prompts a 500 dollar reward. The state university opens its thirtieth term in Lawrence with over 1,000 residents. A $100,000 Wichita distillery proposal hinges on enforcement of Prohibition. Disappearances, deaths, and a dam breach add to a wave of incidents across the state.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the I O O F met in Atlantic City on September 17, adjourning early to attend a clan bake in Longport. Reports showed gains in grand lodges and encampments, lodge and encampment initiations, and rising total memberships, with detailed totals for relief and revenue across lodges, encampments, and Rebekah lodges. The asset list included cash and railroad bonds, with a slight year loss cited. Also notes a Salina reunion program of the Grand Army of the Republic and assorted local wartime fraternal items and arrests in nearby towns.
The twenty seventh reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee began with over 100 officers present. Gov. Mel Kinley and Cincinnati officials spoke, Col. Frederick D. Grant delivered the evening oration, and Lt Gen Greenville M. Dodge addressed the members. Warden Lynch handed the state treasury $5,000 from August convict labor.
D W Fuller of Canajoharie N Y says he keeps Dr King’s New Discovery in the house and his family finds the best results from its use G A Dykeman Druggist Catskill N Y calls it the best cough remedy he has used in his family and has long trusted it Free trial bottles offered at Barber
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