Republican County Convention in Lawrence Kansas 1885
The Republican Party of Douglas County holds a county convention in the Lawrence Court House on September 25 at 5 am to nominate candidates for Sheriff Treasurer Clerk Register of Deeds Coroner and Surveyor and elect a County Committee. Delegates are allotted by ward township and vote totals from 1884. Also reports on local editorials and temperance centennial discussions.
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Douglaa County
Lawrence
Tresaurer
Elec
E B. Allen
City OF Lawrence
Wakarasi
Baldwin City
Vinland
Black Jack
Exdora
Republican County Committee
Ti. B. Ashen
W. M. Thacher
Fall of Hated From the Atlantic to Correct Style
Fragmentary OCR notes show a sale of the celebrated Dunks and Jaye Woe, with mentions of agenor cap and art to invoice. The readable items reference a fall of a style and Atlantic context, but lack clear dates, places, or parties.
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Agenor
Jaye
Atlantic
Royal Wedding Recounted by a Royalist Referee
An English observer derides the ceremony and notes the crowd, the procession led by Lord and Lady officers, Prince Henry's composure at the altar, and the queen's stern demeanor. The lens preserves names like Prince Henry, Queen Victoria, Prince George, and Princess Louise while detailing the pomp and minor frictions of the Windsor event.
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Prince Henry
Spencer Ponsonby- Fane
Lord Lathon
Lord Mount-Edgcumba
Antess Erbach
Francis Clavering
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Christian
Duke of Cambridge
Connaught
India
Gqueen
Prince Albert Victor
10Th Hussars
Prince George of Wales
Princess of Wales
Princess Louise
Baitenberg
Parratt
Handel
Windsor
Prince of Bulgaria
Prince Francis of
Gattenbere
Franca Houry
Europe
Jooks
Prince Louis
Winchester
Prince of Wales
Louise
Price of
Wales
Duke of Urg
Marabal
Hoase
Victoria
Teck
Henry
Benson
Dr. Benson
Loudon
An Elegant Bath-House at Atlantic City
A Baltimore city correspondent describes a wealthy landowner's bath-house project at Atlantic City. The facility includes reception, safes, shower-baths, a ladies resting room, gentlemen’s card-rooms, and a lobby. A large red beach umbrella barrier guards the surf front while sunshades and carpets provide lounging perches. A single daily fee grants access to all amenities.
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Msatic City Cor
Baltimore
Toms
Atlantic City
Decaying Wood and Disease Links Explored by Scientists
The article discusses whether decaying wood near piers and sidewalks contributes to disease. It notes associations with yellow fever and malaria in several cities, but acknowledges evidence is inconclusive. It explains albuminoid wood matter feeds microbes that cause decay and may influence health risks, urging further investigation.
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Providence
Baltimore
New York City
Norfolk
Northwates
Mit
Memphis
Washington
Etleet
Ereen
Brawer
New Heaven
Love of Washington for Lafayette at Philadelphia
The young Lafayette, not yet twenty, impressed General Washington in 1777 when he petitioned to serve as a volunteer. He joined Washington’s circle, served as an aide during the Philadelphia defense, was wounded, and a document left by Lafayette notes Washington directed the surgeon attached to the General to care for him as one would a son.
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Paapenemu Teteeraru
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Rommelia
Cox
United States
Tay
Kansas City Journal
United States Navy
Maj
Hanson
Marine Corps
United States Military and Navy
Lafayette
Washington
Philadelphia
New York Times
Phibuledhpia Press
Chillanos
South Anterien
Eprek
Pes
Chili
Barney
Higgins
C Hili
Uatrick Lynch
Peru
Patricio McGarry
Santiago
Miguel
Michael) O'Kerne
O's
Amt
South America
de Credito
Church
Liberal Party
Sure Cure for Smiles Used by Actors on Stage
An editor notes devices actors use to suppress smiles, including watching the manager exit the back way with the box office receipts. The piece calls this a heroic remedy and cites a recent account seen by the writer.
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Puck
Grand Organ in Salt Lake Temple Attracts Awe
A Salt Lake organ in the Mormon temple features 2.04 pipes and 43 foot towers with a niche for music. The vast, acoustically perfect chamber hosts silver toned melodies and Mendelssohn pieces. The piece also notes Irish Chileans and their warlike lore amid a history of church liberal clashes.
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Salt Lake
Worldess of Music
Episcopal Church
Mendelssohn
Cate
Noted figures and events in a compact report
Joaquin Miller remarks on hunger and writing. Janes W. Marshall dies near Placerville at 74 in poverty and disappointment. In Washington, Justices Bradley and Field poised to retire from the Supreme Court, with ex Senator McDonald and Governor Headly to succeed them.
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Joaquin Miller
Janes W. Marshall
California
Placerville
Washington
Bradley
Field
Supreme Bench
McDonld
Headly
Davis on a Sour Apple Tree Verse Authorship Question
A Topeka figure G A Huron replies to a Leavenworth clipping on the authorship of the John Brown body song line We’ll bang off Davis on a sour apple tree He claims the verse was first sung near New Market Virginia in 1862 during a march and recalls Mrs Davis’s letter about Yankee brutality, noting the line’s early circulation and military wartime context.
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Argus
Leavenworth Times
Davis
Leavenworth
George A. Huron
John Brown
Hans Jeff Davis
Ig Rif
Shenandoah
Stonewall Jackson
Harrisburg
Johar Brown
Atiamd
Aftve
Fortress Monroe
Suno
Meyer
Reel
Havng
G. A
The Fortunes of Gibraltar in the Great Siege of 1774
The passage recalls the 1774 siege of Gibraltar when a 7,000 strong garrison under Gen. Eliot repelled a major assault by French and Spanish forces. It describes night attacks, secret approaches via Silleta, intense bombardment by red hot shot, and a ferocious defense by the marine brigade.
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Dune
Februarie
Gibraltar
Eliot
Ping
Silketu
Weluw
Silleta
Britain
Ann
Haclus
George Rooker
Spain
Angland
Dover Castle
Venturig
Reverend Sam Jones Denounces Darwinism
The CourterJournal recounts Rev. Sam Jones arguing that character is the immortal part of man and declaring he reverses Darwin theory when viewing Cornelius as evidence. He warns that if humanity resembles Cornelius more, society risks regressing toward primitivism.
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Loolay
Cornlus
Heuthen
Cornelius
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