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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1885
Page
4
Partial railway timetable shows Lawrence 4 K leave and express numbers for Pacific Express Guaymas Osage City Express and Kingsme Express with arrival and departure times. Signatures include A A Robinson general manager and K Fanon agent with agent names and waitors.
A column-styled summary notes a mix of local events and anecdotes. It mentions a sports trip by the Zig Zag to Leavenworth and Kansas City, a Christian Church discussion on Christianity, a lecture by Miss Jennie Newby, a local student Maud Boor returning to Ohio, an incident at the Santa Fe depot where a baggage-master removed a young colored man, and the Kickspeo cannon firing 58 times for a Democratic president’s inauguration with no accidents.
The article outlines the Isa Keli Institute in Hasket, detailing a government led Indian school with a superintendent, school and farm superintendents, carpentry heads, clerks, and guards. It notes a 340-student roll, mixed study and labor, English language emphasis, tribal separation, and planned additions like carpenter and blacksmith shops. Personal notices list several locals and events including lectures, theater bookings, and a large Jeffersonian Club ball in Lawrence.
Lawrence Kansas March 3 1235 final call for a Republican city convention to nominate candidates for mayor city attorney city treasurer board of education police judge and other posts to be elected April 6th. Ward delegations listed and primaries urged for March 14 with details of venues and times.
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