Episode in early Kansas history court case and jail escape attempt
Details a 1850s Kansas controversy involving Dr. Day, his son Charles, and accomplices in Lawrence. The trial for enticing Dick the colored man ends without verdict. Day is jailed in St Joe, later convicted and sentenced. A dramatic planned jail escape by Lawrence residents nearly succeeds amid a violent storm and a large reward offer. Names of local participants are listed.
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Mayor Wood
Kansas
Lawrence
Doy
Divay Dick
John’ Doniphan
Dory
Acqui
Miller
Tho Delars
Kangas
Missouri
Dr. Do
Charles
Althe Day
St. Joe
Platte City
Jefferean City
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Dow
Buchanan County
Dr. Day
James B. Abbott
Joshua A.’.Pike
Jacob Senix
Joseph Gardner
Thomas Simmons
J. Willis
Charles Day
John E. Stewart
Silas Soule
George Hava
Pikes Peak
Lawrence rescue tale from the border era told by Day family kin
The account describes a Civil War era rescue in Lawrence involving Dr Day and a captured horse thief. It notes the forged jail plan, the boat journey, and a later meeting where the thief was banished. Relics including the Sharp Rifle and a pardon are deposited with the State Historical Society.
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Joseph Gardner
The
Gardner
Willis
Simmons
Missouri River
Lawrence
Doy
Clark Stearns
Massachusetts Street
Col. Shaler W. Eldridge
J. Willis
Hussey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Dr. Day
William
State Historical Society
Franklin
Kansas
Patrick Fay
Lawrence area social notes list numerous visits
Lawrence residents and neighbors are recorded visiting kin and friends across area homes. Many names appear planning dinners, tea visits, and weekend trips to Topeka and Clinton, with several accompanying family members and midday meals noted.
Merchants Dominate Kansas Mayors in City Directory
The League of Kansas Municipalities reports merchants head the list of Kansas city mayors, making up 20 percent of leaders. Bankers follow at 2.9 percent, with retirees from active occupations next at 0.7 percent. The data appear in the directory of city officials and Kansas cities.
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Kansas
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas Cities
Speedy Relief From Bunions and Soft Corns
An advertising claim promises fast relief from bunion pain and inflamed areas using Emerald Qi antiseptic. A drop or two supposedly reduces inflammation, with soft corns shrinking and dropping off, and a guarantee of results from a single bottle.
Kansas Mayors Election Trend and Roving Sentencing Note
Summary of occupational shares shows doctors seven percent grain merchants five point nine percent managers five point seven percent farmers twelve percent and railway workers forty four percent with others under four. Mention notes over 50 mayors elected in Kansas in April of odd numbered years. Also reports a court sentencing in Soperton Georgia for flogging related to a case In October sentence given by Judge Graham with defense claiming mis conviction.
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Kansas
Soperton
Raymond Lea
Flanders
The
Soperton News
Graham
Clear skin remedy promises eight three five eight eight eight
Physicians say pimples boils and eruptions signal a systemic abnormality and promote a patented treatment 8.3.5 5.8.8 claimed to detoxify blood nourish the body and relieve itching and sensations described as balls in Cincinnati and other cities a testimonial from Mrs J W Barker cites weight gain and renewed strength after using 8.8.8 the ad claims the product is plant based laboratory produced and sold in two sizes with larger size offering better value
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Ted Zorpulscles
J. W. Barker
Walnut Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Otto Busch
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