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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1885
Page
3
Douglas county community items include new signs at City Drug Store, school term starting September 14, prohibitionist basket picnic at Hesper, lawn social for church renovations, and local vendors advertising goods. Attending events feature Rev Cordly reception, Presbyterian ice cream social, and a birthday party for Maud Savage with games and gifts.
Lawrence announces the dramatic season opener with Milo the tragedian in Othello forthcoming. The critic notes Milo’s long career and places emphasis on religious temperament for stage acting and the high standard of Shakespearean emotion.
A flurry of short city notices runs through the paper: Topeka figures like 5 Chas. J. Smith and J.B. Watthinn travel through the city. Dutton and Poppendick relocate, and D. Dean heads to St. Louis for a Beta Theta Pi meeting. An epior Joussat letter urges Lawrence to adopt a public market to boost manufacturing and commerce, arguing for a Henry Street site near the court house and promising low costs and a small fee for maintenance.
The Walkup sensation remains a topic in Emporia. Lane in Park County plans an old settlers reunion on the 25th. Leavenworth’s Standard notes upcoming events and a Grant monument fundraising tally near three thousand dollars. A funeral for Judge Diefendorf occurred in Leavenworth, and T. G. Thomas, a longtime Emporia resident, died of dyspepsia. Prof Geo G Ryan of Hudson New York was chosen principal of Leavenworth High School. Slaughterhouses and renderings are targeted by Leavenworth health authorities. A theft of fine horses from J W Morris’s Bark Creek farm occurred Monday night. A E Gusbing of Atchison died aged 44. A boy named Hallowell suffered finger loss from a dynamite cap incident in Leavenworth. Henry Mundy was shot in the hand by Dave Miller in a Leavenworth saloon. The Topeka Press Club faced an unfriendly reception in Kansas City during an excursion. Donations to the Grant monument include LT Smith 100, First National Bank In sley Shire Co 100, Atlantic Association 90 from Leavenworth. A baseball game is planned in Topeka to raise funds for the monument. A fine Jersey bull is advertised at Donnelly’s table for three dollars per season.
The annual Basket Picnic of the Eastern Star will be held next Saturday at Blemarck Grove with exercises beginning at 8:30 PM. Members from Topeka and Ottawa invited. W. Weldman will provide ice cream and other refreshments.
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