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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 2001
Page
3
A Civil War raid led by Quantrill damaged homes and barns as family members hid or fled. Flory recalls fires at a house and barn, a threshing machine lost, and Rothrock and Ulrich family members enduring violence. Jacob Ulrich died three months after the raid, buried nearby with his wife.
The final installment profiles Lawrence artist Ernst Elmer who painted Quantrill raid and offers a local guide to Quantrill history on World Online. Henry Flory recalls Ulrich Cemetery headstones as he searches for familiar names like Laura Fox and Jacob Ulrich while planning a family visit to scrub mold and show respect to the dead.
The German Baptists in Douglas County trace their origins to a 1858 meeting in Stephen Studebaker's log house southwest of Pleasant Grove. The first Kansas meeting house rose in Pleasant Grove in 1877, a split in the late 1800s created the Old German Baptist Brethren, and the 1883 meeting house stands in Willow Springs township twelve miles southwest of Lawrence.
A nine plot burial ground near Sixth and Kasold holds markers for George Burt and Henry T Davis, both tied to Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence. The site, sheltered by covenants, sits within Race Westridge Car Wash property and is preserved thanks to local figures led by former mayor John Weatherwax and curator Steve Jansen.
U S health officials monitor blood stocks as donors face potential loss of access and a proposed Europe import ban could reduce New York supply by about a third. In 1999 Americans donated 13.6 million units, 12.4 million used. real time tracking begins with 29 hospitals to report daily usage and stock. The Red Cross faces donor cuts due to Britain and Europe travel since 1980, risking a 9 percent drop amid mad cow concerns.
Courtney, awaiting plea, is charged with dispensing misbranded chemotherapy drugs. FBI probes link to patient deaths as grand jury eyes case. Authorities note assets worth about 8.5 million in stocks and 1 million in real estate, with possible asset seizure if linked to illegal acts.
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