The Bachelor Club Plays It By Ear At June Wedding Plans
The bachelor group in a small town debates wedding plans and the idea of a June ceremony. A self described cynic recalls confusing ceremonies while others joke about best man duties and the idea of a full dress wedding. The conversation reveals social pressures and humorous misgivings as the group imagines a Lawrence girl wedding and June festivities.
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Bachelors
Akay
Serge
Ikem
Aden
Billy Easter
Saias
Victims Made Good In Engagement Licenses Prank
A practical joker used blank marriage licenses to fuel a quick engagement for an Emporia man. Two couples visited probate judge’s family then to the courthouse where a deputy filled licenses, signed, and the youths showed them on the way home, sparking the engagements. The other couple wed about a year later.
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Emporia
Emporia Gazette
Turkish baths at 824 Vermont street listed for contact
A short notice repeats Turkish baths at 824 Vermont street with Bell 146 and Home 282 phone numbers. A woman credits her religion for calmer days when her husband isn’t cross.
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Vermont Street
Bell
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promoted for Coughs Colds
A letter from A A Herren of Finch Arkansas endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and early consumption. The writer asserts many users are satisfied and claims the product cures consumption in its initial stages. Barber & Ison.
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A. A. Herren
Finch, ‘Ark
Foley
Barber
Local Carriage Co Offers Bargains on Bunabouts and Top Buggies
W L Norris Carriage Co advertises two rubber tired bunabouts for 55 dollars each and four steel tired top bun昨天 ties at 47 50 with other buggy bargains. Also promotes cement work and lawn vases with free plans from Lawrence Granite Co and O'Brien & Co heating and sidewalk installations.
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Surreya
Btanhopes
Lawrence Granitord’ Mfg. Co
Lawrence Nat’! Bank
Bell
Harvest Rates Hopes For Kansas Wheat Labor
Gierow, head of State Free Employment, pushes for railroad support to cut harvest travel costs for Kansas wheat workers. Governor Hoch and Holt press railroads to provide single cent per mile rates, but carriers resist, despite two cent passenger fare in operation. If rates stay high, harvest labor and wages may rise. state officials acknowledge railroads set terms and no formal agreement exists.
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TB. Gierow
Kansas
Governor Hoch
Holt
Geraw
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Gerow
Chicago
Kansas City
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Clean Liver Bowels
Advertisement notes that stagnation causes headache biliousness and jaundice and touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as reliable purifiers that do the work without grinding or griping. Sold for 25 cents at Barber & Son’s drug store.
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Dr. King
Barber & Son’s
Uniform Milk Ordinance Aims to Regulate Dairy Sales
Dr Crumbine of Kansas urges counties to adopt a uniform milk ordinance by State Dairy Commissioner Wilkan. It requires milk sellers to register, licenses in city limits, numbered wagons, and muster inspections by milk inspectors. Violations carry fines up to 1000 dollars or 10 days imprisonment and license forfeiture.
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Dre So. Crumbin
Kansas
Manluttan
Ile
Pathic Romance of an Empress in Royal Tragedy
The fragment recounts Empress Maria Feodorovna visiting Baysland with her sister Queen Alexandrina and a tale of palace sorrow. It recalls Princess Dagmar of Denmark marrying Alexander II and a 1865 Nice accident where Grand Duke Nicholas was mortally injured, shifting succession to Grand Duke Alexander. The empress reportedly urged the crying princess to accept the loss as law due to political duty.
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Adieane
Maria Feodorovan O
Russia
Alesamuter
Czarowitz
Wuperer
de Isrue
Jackson's Address at Chapel Tomorrow
Attorney General Jackson will deliver his address tomorrow in the chapel at 11 o clock instead of 10 as previously announced. A large audience is expected to attend. He will discuss citizen and government relations and draw on his experience as attorney general in seeking stronger law enforcement in Kansas.
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Jackson
Kansas
Death Claim of Hesla Jemma Morris in 1906
Jemma Morris of Skippers Virginia died after a spring illness described as a pneumonia attack. The account notes broad fear and grave illness preceding death, reflecting early 20th century health concerns and local reporting on fatalities.
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Jemma P. Morris
Skippers
Haskell Institute Begins Three Day Commencement
Official program outlines three day events at Haskell Institute in Lawrence with open attendance for locals. Highlights include Rev Esykea sermon, commercial class day, band concert, campus literary society demonstrations, and diplomas ceremony led by Judge A W Benson with student performances and exhibits.
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Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Suday
Peairs
Laskell
Law‘rence
Exercitad
Haskell
Esyoga
Es Ypeka
Gi Dunlap
Mur Minulolin
M. E. Nethercut
Iehard Smith
Leah Somers
Annie Lawrie
Mayon
Dewing
Aguilar
Peake
Dairy Franklin Doxtator
Malinda Mouse
Misses Nash
Vartey
Mabel Bandy
Emma Jackson
Mollie Traversi
Louise Guyon
Melinda House
Guadalupe Aguilar
Somers
Mabel Bundy
Avelina Salas
Dair Franklin
Dextator
Amos
Paul Beaver Bentry
Rt Smith
Elfren
Furminames Dixon
Alex Eagle
Monty Wanashe
Phillip J.eel
Jonas Denny
Slarness Maki
Howard Poor Thunder
Ildison Walker
George
Leeey
Ida Prophet
Patrick Movai
Zee Danoban
Harry G. Walker
George Shavonas
A. Beale
Thomas J. Fly
Eunk
Susan Dowing
Eva St. Arnaud
Mary Wright
Mary Inmuan
Anna Bender
Pelagie Nash
Willian D. Smith
Bessie Weix
Minnie
Oh- Orisen
May Ladd
Jennie McCauley
Tam
Sailor
Maskell
U. S
Lost River Tribe
Haskell Business Department
The Way to There A Mother and Two Daughters Mystery
A mother in Atchison hosts entertaining gatherings for young men, leaving her plain daughters in the background. Each daughter marries well before twenty-one, with rich husbands and handsome homes, a secret known only to one person named Mather.
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Atchison
Peron
Tes Mather
A Hoarde of Nomads and Vigilant Townspeople
A discussion notes the presence of traveling nomads and the wary vigilance of Salina towns, as police monitor for encroachment. It mentions that travelers seek work, communities keep watch, and drivers avoid contact, with a closing insertion about De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve marketed by O. P. Barber & Son.
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de Witt
Uazel
de Witt’s
O. P. Barber & Sop
Mercy to the dumb creature in a weary world
The piece laments neglect of mercy for animals and criticizes lack of compassion in religion society and law. It reflects on suffering, calls for mercy, and cites Elwin Markham and Christ’s blessing of the merciful amid widespread indifference.
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Christ
The First Chautauqua at Lake Chautauqua History
The original Chautauqua at Lake Chautauqua New York was founded thirty two years ago by Bishop Vincent and has inspired many Chautauquas nationwide. It brings to communities top preachers editors platform stars entertainers and musicians. The programs reach all classes and demand across towns remains high.
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Lake Chautauqua
N. Y
Vincent
The Sewing Bee and Defiance of Party Etiquette
A fragmented account recalls a social gathering where women debate party etiquette and truth telling. A narrator cites that rigid creed hurts interaction and exposes vanity and pretenses in social conflicts, highlighting famed lines from a discussion about dance, fashion, and honesty.
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Ad Promotes Health
An advertisement extols Swamp-Root as a kidney tonic that strengthens weak kidneys and improves blood quality. It claims modern science links most diseases to kidney disorders, offers a one dollar sample, and directs readers to mail for a pamphlet from Riltter & Co. of New York.
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Willy
Riltter & Co
Bette
Near 21's Vote Shapes Election Debate
A local race centers on a controversial pledge by a Nevtrist group to back a constitutional change. Key figures include attorney Tre a and Prod S, with discussions highlighting timelines and potential six month voting holds.
Bucklen Arsen Salve and Kodol Digest Foods Promote Health
A fragment from a 19th century ad mentions Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for piles and sores with a claim of twenty years’ relief. It also touts Kodol for indigestion as a pleasant digestant, available at Barber & Son store.
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Lawrence
C. P. Barber & Son
Bucklen
Worlaver
Lelile
Barber & Son Rig
Foley's Kidney Cure credited for cure of Bright's disease
A letter from A Sherman of Lisbon Red Mills New York reports long term kidney disease improved after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He describes frequent urination brick dust sediment and slimy deposits before relief. The ad also mentions Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as children friendly and gently laxative.
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New
A. Sherman
Lisbon
Red Mills
Lawrence, Co
N.Y
Foley
Barber & Son
Kennedy
O. P. Barber & Son
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