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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1886
Page
5
A lawn tennis ground was laid out yesterday in the South Park with city authorities granting permission. The Zodiac club will meet this month at Mrs. Bailey's corner Hancock and Louisiana streets. The Dime Entertainment will show Above the Clouds at Grand Army Hall tonight. Ida M. Nelson died Sunday in Wakarusa township and was buried yesterday at Oak Hill cemetery.
The University of Kansas Class of 1888 met to draft resolutions on Ellsworth Crandall’s death. They mourn a faithful student and warm companion, express sympathy to his parents, and request copies of the resolutions be sent to the bereaved family and city newspapers.
The Kansas Superintendent of Insurance warns against pretending agents for Globe Reserve Mutual Life Insurance of Baltimore and People's Mutual Life Stock of Chicago. These swindles have been driven from Ohio and Missouri, and Kansas may be next. The Mutual Live Stock Association of Marion, Iowa, is also said to lack authority to operate in Kansas. Information on such agents should be sent to the superintendent for action if proof is sufficient.
County commissioners met for the regular April session with Draper and Walton present. No major business occurred. Road case hearings were announced for the J. P. Banker road from Marion Township on Friday the 16th and the Jas. Fischer case from Lecompton Township on Saturday at 10 a.m. A petition for the Morrie Welch road prompted appointment of viewers W. B. Kennedy, J. J. McGee and Frank B. Varnum. Board adjourned until today.
A vintage advertisement promises fast relief from itch mange and all scratches using Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Sold by Barer Bros druggists in Lawrence.
Local items include mayor and city clerk issuing eighty cent bonds on the dollar, a horse and buggy incident on Massachusetts crossing, and a bustling University concert and home talent drama. A traveling confidence scare prompts a draft for $100 to protect an elderly man, while commerce and school attendance face dullness and illness.
The Old and New club’s twelfth reunion honors four remaining members and bids farewell to Dr. A. M. Wilder and Professor Spring. Col. Learnard delivers a tender eulogy for Wilder while Spring reflects on his long ministry and the club’s influence. Spring praise the club’s freedom of thought and its impact on members as the gathering closes.
Yesterday at 4:30 Captain Stone of the Southern Kansas auditor's office alerted Marshal Prentice about a frail elderly man acting oddly in the office. The man, claiming to be Robert N. Thompson, 58, of 212 8th Avenue New York, had a ticket from San Francisco to New York and rode the westbound train, then was put off by the conductor in Kansas City. Thompson's mind appeared impaired by illness. He had left New York last August to visit his destination.
Yesterday afternoon Sergeant Carmean received a dispatch ordering the Usher Guards at Parsons to return were to depart on the 4 30 train but a later message reversed that order telling the men to stay and that they would be home tomorrow morning. The company earned praise for their conduct and readiness and is to be welcomed home with pride by the city.
Arrangements set to notify the public of company H passage at Cherryvale with three blasts from Pierson's mill whistle around 2 p.m. If delays occur signals will not be given yet the signaling schedule continues daily until arrival. Official D Brooks Adjutant directs the plan.
Miss Ada Charlton is visiting friends in Kansas City. Geo. R. Peck of Topeka was in the city yesterday. Dr. Finney went to Topeka for a State Medical Society meeting. Mrs. Orme returned east with new millinery and fancy goods. J. N. Davis, ex clerk in Dr Summerfield’s office, now a Burlington attorney, is in town. Mrs. Jas Foster started to Cincinnati yesterday with little Stevie Grant. Louis Kaboweller arrived from New York to work at the Trade Palace. he spent a summer here two years ago. John Sullivan the pugilist returned from Pueblo after a government mail service trip. J S Burdick of St Louis commends Parker’s Hair Balsam for restoring color and texture to thinning hair.
The weekly list of uncalled letters at Lawrence Kansas shows advertisements across Ladies, Foreign, Packages, and Gentlemen sections. Names include Miss Mary Brown and Mrs Cary N Devlin among others. patrons must say advertised with the date Osbun Shannon P. M.
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