Lawrence Hotel Raid and the Free State Battle
A historical account recalls the May 21 1856 attack on Lawrence by Marshal Jones and 1800 troops backed by the Emigrant Aid Company. The Free State Hotel built by Eldridge brothers faced indictment and destruction as cannon roared, looting began, and the town endured a defining clash over territorial laws and abolitionist tensions.
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Douglas County
Missouri
Kansas Territory
Marshal Jones
Lawrence
New England Emigrant’ Company
W. Eldridge
Kansas
Kantan State Historical Society
Wakarusa
Lecompton
Buford
Eldridge
T Omas
Siafor
Shannon
Emi
Shanjon
Jones
Mt. Oread
Eldridges
Kansas City
Learnard chair heirloom ties Lawrence history to relic auction
The Learnard chair, a famed relic from the 1850s free state era in Lawrence, Kansas, traveled through confinement and rescue by Eldridge family members amid Quantrill’s raid. The chair’s journey included storage in the Eldridge House and other sites before ending in the Learnard home, where a donor decline kept it in Douglas County.
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Thomas
Lawrence
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
Eldridges
Massachusetts
Emigrant Aid Company
Quantrill
Pillazers
Narlor
Shannon
Winthrop Street
Winthrop
New Hampshire
Colonel Eldridge
George Innes
Eldridge
Vermont
Babcock Place
Twenty-third
Learnard Avenue
Learnards
Learnard
Douglas
Free State Times
Kansas
Young author Marie Penny Publishes Children's Book at 12
Marie Prescott Penny of Forest Hills gains attention as a 12 year old author with a children’s book. The article notes her Jamaica Queens County tennis peers, her family background in art and letters, and her aim to write plays in the future. Penny’s grandfather Wilkins Prescott and relatives are mentioned along with her father Carl Parks Penny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie’ Prescott Penny
Marie Prescott Penny
Isa
Forest Hills
Lenglet
Serge
Freiter
Lenz
Ennis
Hue
Queens County
Jackson Heights
Enone
Forest Hille
Louis
Stevenson
Marie Penny
Wilkins Frescott
Ncil Scott Key
Orga Barlow Penny
University of Rochester
School of
Oe Arts
University of Kan
Marie
George Barlow Penny
Lawrence
Carl Parks Fenny
Carl
Emporia
Lawrence Public Schools
St. John's Military Academy
Selina
Columbia
Rochester
New
Woman's Club Sponsors Girls Hobby Fair Plan
The Lawrence Woman's club funds a girls hobby fair to be held April 20-21 with Mrs. E. M. Owen as committee chair. This marks the first time girls display their leisure hour projects while boys have long sponsored fairs through the Chamber of Commerce. Entries include bottle collections, reproductions of signatures, scrap books, tree albums, and a tarot clipping collection, among others.
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Lawrence Woman's Club
E. M. Owen
Chamber of Commerce
Bushong Opens Musical Kindergarten in Lawrence
A musical kindergarten for children ages 2 to 6, started last year in Lawrence by Mies Tone Bushong, continues this year at 710 Kentucky Street. Bushong, KU Fine Arts graduate with special kindergarten training, teaches rhythm, expression, storytelling, and outdoor play with a daily story hour.
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Lawrence
Mies Tone Bushong
Kentucky Street
Igs Bushong
Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Bruce Musical School
Kansas City
Costume wins state prize at Kansas fair show
In Hutchinson at the Kansas State fair a style show crowned the winner from thirty eight H clubs across the state. The ensemble cost totaled fifteen dollars and ninety cents.
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Hutchinson
Antique Cabinet Enhances Betas Dining Room Theme
The Beta Theta Pi fraternity at 1425 Tennessee Street unveils a 17th century Dutch carved cabinet, gifted by Mrs. Francis Drage and Mrs. Edwin W. Shields, Kansas City. The seven by six foot piece, once stored after Shields’ death, joins knotty pine paneling, English hunting scenes, and brass-dated oak tables honoring alumni donors.
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England
Tom Samuels, Jr
T.D. Samuels
Charles Samuels
A. B. Weaver
N. T. Veatch
John H. Kane
Miller Nichols
J. C. Nichols
Kansas City
Ince
Ham
Tennessee Street
John Usher
Usher
Lincoln
Union Pacific Railroad
Dinner Menu Highlights From A Lively Recipe Page
A home style menu features Ham Loaf served with sweet potatoes and buttered cauliflower, plus grape fruit, cookies, and coffee. It includes a ham loaf recipe with diced ham, paprika, celery, onion, bread crumbs, butter, and a savory sauce for fish, followed by a potato dish with mashed potatoes and celery, and notes on seasoning and baking times.
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Avory Sauc
Merits Case Details At RaK Public Meeting
Mrs ant head of Ba Poderstront presided at a public meeting in Kansas City. The session discussed departowata chair positions and parliamentary roles with Mrs John Sei City and Mrs Willard named among attendees.
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Mra
Ant
Rarthout
Arrison
Park
RP Peerem
Gai
Kansas City
Gapial
Thoredey
Gismies
John Sei
Job's Comforters in Saldeen and Mews Earns Interplay
The piece discusses parental breaches of confidence when adults discuss children’s flaws with friends. It highlights how such candor erodes trust, fosters resentment in youth, and damages family loyalty as children feel attacked and alienated by well meaning but critical elders.
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Tima
Seal Returns to Fashion With New Seal Items
AP reports the seal is back in fashion with coats muffs and hats in bronze brown and black. The 1084 model is a large pillow muff voiced by a cosack cap worn over the right eyebrow. New colorways and melon-inspired designs lead the season with bold styling and textured yarn accents.
Unclear OCR Fragment Mentions Lawrent Home and Local Names
Fragmentary text mentions a Lawrence home and several individuals including Mrs Fitch and Mrs nae EaRe Je, with references to a dinner and brides.Readable details are limited. items appear as garbled OCR from a local notice or social column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst
Fitch
University House Mothers Luncheon At Wiedemann's
The University House Mothers association plans a Monday luncheon at Wiedemann's with Mrs E H Lindley and Miss Agnes Husband as guests. Newly arrived house mothers will be welcomed, followed by committee activities. The article notes other club events and engagements among local groups and individuals.
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University House Mothers’ Association
Wiedemann’s
E. H. Lindley
Agnes Husband
Weelaeaeaa
Delta
Clara Facey Nes
Jean Pi Ripnar
Meen
Wiikina
Pier A
Russia
V Blre
Prominent locals plan village outing and meetings
Vers Mre Eilis T Mra Lydia Mosive, Mrs Birch and others announce a sequence of events. A Ventura lab gathering, a children’s room activity, and Teedie club at 3 oclock hosted by Mrs Marek at 941 Kentucky Street are noted. A former member Mrs Marvin- Diego from Cal is visiting, and a birth of a daughter is reported from Memorial Hospital.
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Marek
Oueagey
Kentucky Street
Marvin - Diego
Cal
Eluby
Personal Notices From A Busy Midweek Assembly
Fr Mi Negel of oy ecto Otis and J M Anderson left Thursday for Chicago to attend football games. Mrs William Arende and Harold Wampler plan a visit to Indianapolis. Ed and Mrs Fi left for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress. Mr and Mrs W O Fi and Allan Misa of St Paul attended recent gatherings. Marriage licenses noted for Topeka area residents.
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Mi Negel
Ecto Otis
Otte Ae
Kappa Alee George
J. M. Sanderson
Thursiay Motor
Chicago
Th .Ate
William Arende
Dane Forrow
Marek K. Wampler
Harold Wampler
Indianapolis
Ihler
Hasan Mio
Clyde Miller
Old Dawa
B. McCal
Allan Misa
St. Paul Hina
Phelps
Chicken p ai rit B to 12 F Ady Sat ar
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Henry Robert Quillen
Cooke
Don Carlos
Sieghcey Nth Spring
Sana
Tions
F Early Dava
Rebe’ Oer Learnard
Woman's Club
Fone Bushong
Lawrence Vera Flory
B. F. Geer
Furmanie
Seal
Mia Sotgcery
Ema Pesaeee
Logan An
Cora de Grant
Mateel
Iin
Darton
AF. W. Gaunt
F. C. Whipple
F. H. Smithmeyer
Migs
Lila Lawson
Kappa Kappa
Gamma
A Frever
Tennessee
C. Heeshesre
Hutchinson Manaunice
Elizabe
Charles Summers
Liberal
Miss Humphreys
Pi Beta
Summers
Ralph Summers
Verner
Iystern At
A.f. Finnaey
P Vndeey
Noble Grands Club
Chelsea Ziesenis
B. Dodds
Nell Sullivan
Woodward
Tole
Grand Lodge
Wilfred Mc
H. G. van Nests
Stall
Promcent Seit
Lora Warnick
E. Ian Ring
Mrs. Birch
Mi Che Sideman
Wilma
Aes Rae Ieee
Ren Hoff
Catherine Geet
A Bunker
Margaret Jane Wadhams
Dorothy Winey
Ventura Lab
Tussareas
Fredo Barteldes
Bob Dock R
Temorial
Hoovers
Hoover
Eleanor Free
Marae
Hanna
Massachusetts St
Irpiniare Flower ‘Shop
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