16 May 1899
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1899
Page
1
Lawrence criticizes mud filled streets and backs vitrified brick paving. The editorial notes past missteps, praises council resolve, and cites local experience to urge brick streets as a durable, era defining improvement. John Ingalls and Topeka figures are referenced amid broader national and regional commentary.
Local commentary on paving Massachusetts Street and its broad benefits prompts property owners to demand more streets. Mentioned are political figures, county bonds, and city governance, with digressions on national war coverage and railroad policy. Lawrence and Topeka discussions touch on local prosperity, infrastructure, and public works, framing a period of municipal ambition and political satire.
The Lawrence city council voted ten to two to start paving Massachusetts Street from Berkley to Adams with brick, approving a special committee ordinance. A gas franchise proposal followed, promising gas at 50 cents per thousand feet, with a later session set for Monday to debate further.
Emma Leonidas Kelly of Topeka, who spoke of her Klondike journey last winter, remains detained in San Francisco due to a party member's illness and will not reach the gold fields before late May. Her manuscript, written during the Topeka visit and left for editors, is expected to be published next month with photographs. Major Inman and MacMillan & Co. show interest and Northwest Trading's Capt. Healy has ordered a copy. The book, illustrated by Kelly’s photographs, will follow her experiences and may contain about 66,009 words.
Andrew Kegg baled about thirty tons of bay for shipment to Kansas City Missouri. Isaac Keeler goes to Idaho to join a surveying party for three years or more. The last field of corn in the valley was plowed Monday afternoon. Geo Thrall is from San Francisco after mustering out from the 76th. The young women from the Collins case home last week. String town near Eudora bridge hosts twenty floating teams for now. Otto Lukan bought a Javice last Monday for cultivating care and patented a pond draining machine for ponds under ten acres. Mrs Sarah E Hixon is seriously ill with fever at her home near town.
The executive committee of Washington post No 12 G A R convened May 8 and laid out Memorial day preliminaries. Decorations at cemeteries, a public observance at South Park or the opera house in rain, and school visits by comrades with specific teachers and locations are listed. Committees for flowers seats transportation music and reception are named with detailed assignments and dates May 23 and 24 for high and other schools.
The item urges subscribers to report missed deliveries by 6 pm to improve service and asks them to deduct missed papers from monthly carrier bills. It advertises Dr Thurmonds Catarrh Cure sold by Barber Bros and lists multiple travel deals via Santa Fe Route with agents Geo C Bailey and Geo C Hailey, including Denver and Return and San Francisco routes with valid dates and conditions.
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