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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1885
Page
2
The notice details the Union Pac Going Limited Express Pacific Express with mixed accommodations. J. T. Smits is named as General Superintendent in Lawrence.
The courthouse renovation nears completion. Bruce Clegham was discharged by Judge Howard for lack of evidence. A wedding joined Bryan B. Powers and Miss Cora C. Kilworth in this city. Free lectures by Prof. Campbell and real estate notes fill the page with community notices and shop announcements.
Journal reports a winding tale of a planned robbery involving Miss Nigel Banks, alleged conspirators Dora Bruce and D J Ross, and ex-convicts Miller and Beatty. Miss Banks received warnings, Ross denies involvement, and investigators weigh Miller's claims against Ross’s rebuttals as the case remains puzzling.
A campaign to relieve suffering among Lawrence's poor calls for a charity concert as the best means to raise funds. A Monday meeting at the Journal office Will organize arrangements. The Handel and Haydn society held its third rehearsal and rewrote its constitution and by laws with officers elected and dues set. Extra skating exhibition by W T Cary is announced at Cosley Bank, with favorable notices from Chicago and Ottawa papers. Local notices mention various business ads and personal items including coal supplies and a sale of meat at reduced prices.
A well dressed New York woman and a seventeen year old accompanyant visit a German grocer on Twenty ninth Street and Third Avenue. She tests several butter samples, questions the clerk, and hints at paying a fine for selling substandard butter, then exits with a quarter. A boy delivers the boss’s money, implying a setup or joke rather than a purchase.
Proclamation announces a February election to select officials including one Trustee Treasurer Clerk Road Overseer two Constables per township and an extra constable in Wakarana with voting at usual precincts. Issued January 18 by Sheriff H. Caemean in Douglas County.
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