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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1909

Page

4

Premium list for Douglas County Fair to print 5000 copies

The Douglas County Fair premium book, 112 pages with hundreds of dollars in prizes, has been completed and 5000 copies turned over to the committee for mailing to farmers. Entries close September 21 for livestock and exhibits. season tickets cost a dollar, daily admission 25 cents, with numerous prizes across horses, poultry, grain, fruit, and farm products.

Douglas County Elmer Brown AIP W. RR Anade Badsky Jaenk Melville W. FL Brankelshy Marty Sihles Douglas Ronnie Association Bob Stewart Kansas Hanse Ransine Wazon iHenn Manwaring Keclining di Douglas Bcene Fair Association Scotland Cahill John Dolist Ar. Plank

Road Notice Forms Patchy Local Update From Douglas County

A late July 1909 Douglas County notice outlines a petition by HG Leaner and thirty nine others for a road location along Beehway centering near the West Coon Creek bridge. The board will meet with the County Surveyor to discuss the route and section lines as specified on the plan.

Kirst Lawrence Daly Douglas Oniy Kansas HG. Leaner Utters Board of County Commissioners Coon Creek Union

Good Roads Questioner Seeks Better Township Road Work

A mining community questions county and township road spending. Residents note large expenditures but poor results and poorly worked roads despite the funds. They urge more effective use of money for road work.

The Squirrel Question and a Divorce Suit Notice

A reader reports minor tree damage from town squirrels and jokes that children should pay for losses. A divorce petition is filed by William F. Sinclair against Matilda Sinclair alleging extreme cruelty and abandonment.

Wm. F. Sinclair Matilda Sinclair

Obituary of Helen Zeporah Houston in North Lawrence

Helen Zeporah Oswald born October 19 1832 in Smithburg Maryland was the third of twelve children. She worked in Illinois to support her mother then married Samuel A Houston in Green Valley Illinois in 186? and moved to North Lawrence in 1877. She helped educate siblings and raised three sons Edward William and Charles and joined multiple organizations including the Lutheran church and Relief Corps. She died after a long illness on a Friday with stomach and bowel trouble listed as the immediate cause and is survived by her husband two sons three grandchildren her Maryland mother and eleven siblings.

Helen Zeporah Oswald Smithburg Washington County Maryland Helen Illinois Samuel A- Houston Green Valley Kazewell County Ilinois North Lawrence Houston Edward William California Charles Housten Lutheran Church Avent Club Mrs. Houston Helen Houston Tony Oklahoma Milneis

Weather and ads note women wanted in Chicago area

Indications show generally fair weather tonight and Thursday from a Kansas weather report. The page also lists ads seeking women for shirt making at Wilder Bros and promotions for books at Wolf's Book Store, plus a sale on a glass frame and various ice cream flavors.

Wilder Bros Chicago Ang Kansas

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