Guardianship appointed for Charles H R Barton
Judge Norton named John R Barton as guardian of the person and estate for Charles HR Barton, a person of unsound mind. Dr A J Anderson travels to Kansas City to assume control of Dr B H Anderson’s practice until his return from Washington. Ad Manter injured in a fire last Saturday when his horse fell into a ditch, bruising his face and limb. The post office issued a record number of money orders in one day, including 81 domestic, several foreign orders, and some postal notes. The Baldwin folks hope for railroad access and support. Mr Deming of Orchard Hill invites a bloom view week with gates open. The Douglas County W C T U meets at the M E church in May for delegates and attendance. Basket dinner. The supreme court declares Wallace County not legally organized. Sheridan once western terminus of Kansas Pacific rail road with population around five to six hundred, later reduced drastically.
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Supreme Court
Wallace County
Sheridan
Kansas Pacific
Fort Wallace
Wallace
Wyandotte Gazette
Leis Drug Store Promotes Suppositories For Piles Cure
Daily and nightly, St Barber Bro s Leis drug store markets Kemp s Suppositories as the most successful treatment yet for piles. Old sufferers are relieved and a permanent cure follows. Note the disease and seek the remedy now. Price 10c. Martin Schneider dies at Fort Wayne aged 102. he was a soldier from Waterloo. The April teachers examination for Douglas County will be held April 9 at Lawrence Central School. B Bartlett, County Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber Bro
Kemp
Martin Schneider
Fort Wayne
Ind
Waterloo
Douglas County
Lawrence Central School
B. Bartlett
Judge Emory Thrown From Wagon in City Accident
Yesterday morning Judge Emery was thrown from a farm wagon when horses bolted at the Louisiana and Winthrop corner. He struck the curb and suffered two scalp cuts on the head one on the cheek and forehead. Dr Smythe dressed his wounds which were severe but not dangerous.
Lawrence long railway and gas coal venture announced
The Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern railroad company was organized to extend the Carbondale road into Southwestern Kansas via Emporia. Directors for the first year include Griffith Bullene Barker Bowersock Learnard of Lawrence and Plamb Cross Martindale Hood of Emporia. Officers elected for the Natural Gas and Coal Mining Company are Innes Barteldes Rings Hadley and Hoadley. The venture aims to bore for gas and coal, seeking subscriptions to stock to boost Lawrence prosperity within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mee, Emporia and Southwestern Railway
Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railroad Company
Carbondale
Kansas
Emporia
G. W. E. Griffith
L. Bullene
Ged. J. Barker
J. D. Bowersock
O. E. Learnard
Lawrence
P. B. Plamb
H. C. Cross
Wm. Martindale and
C. Hood
New Wool Industry Hinted for Lawrence From East
The president of the Board of Trade, Geo. Innes, reports two eastern capitalists seek to invest in Lawrence. One Boston contact wants a wool manufactory here with a patent wool scouring machine. Another Rhode Island investor offers 10,000 cash to loan at 10 percent. Kansas Farmer endorses a wool industry, citing local wool, grasses, climate, and a home market, with Lawrence as ideal due to central rail access and water power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Geo. Innes
Boston
Rhode Island
Lawrence
Kansas
Newmark's Bargains Promises in Store Prices and Goods
Prices and good goods is our motto. Try us and see if you don't get bargains at Newmark's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmark’s
Transfers of property involving multiple parties yesterday
The record lists several deeds dated yesterday: Ella TMover and William Stover transfer a weeded tract and 190 acres in sections within ranges 17 and 20. Alfred B Weber and wife convey 23X of park lot 90 in Lawrence to Sarah E Luther. George G Johnson and wife sell s and n e quarter of section 10 and north half of section 16 to Merideth Hendricks. Vienna Leeper and husband transfer Lot 47 on Rhode Island Street to Wm Crutchfield. A Marks and wife deed 5 acres comprising portions of sections 7 range 20 to William Crutchfield. Total values include 286000 and 2550 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella T. Mover
William Stover
Alfred B. Webber
Sarah E. Luther
Lawrence
George G. Johnson
Merideth Hendricks
Vienna Leeper
Wm Crutchfield
Rhode Island Street
Marks
William Crutchfield
Evees
Astonishing Success of Boschee Munich German Syrup
Advertisement proclaims Boschee's German Syrup cures consumption and lung diseases with rapid relief. Claims 80,000 dozen bottles sold last year and urges all druggists to offer sample bottles at 10 cents and regular size at 73 cents in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
United States
Canada
Senior Pharmacists Graduation Program
The Pharmacy Department announces a Monday commencement week event for the senior class. Will Dick gives welcome remarks, Sam Lindsey delivers an address to the class, Prof. Sayre reviews theses, and Frank Prentice presents a thesis summary. A prominent pharmacist will close, with Fi at Regiment Band music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharmacy Department
Will Dick
Sam Lindsey
Sayre
Frank Prentice
Fiat Regiment
Lawrence graduates from Heeper Academy class of seniors
A large Lawrence turnout attended Heeper Academy graduation exercises for the senior class. Graduates included John H Nowlin with Growth of Democracy, Cora A Baily on Political Liberty Means Intellectual Liberty, F G Nichols presenting Abraham Lincoln, Mattie A Pitts with Labor Conquers All Things, O V Allen speaking One Taper Lights a Thousand. Superintendent E Stanley of Lawrence delivered the class address. The event went well as the academy begins its fourth year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Heeper Academy
John H. Nowlin
Cora A. Baily
F. G. Nichols
Abraham Lincoln
Mattie A. Pitts
O. V. Allen
E. Stanley
Academy
Saved His Life by Electric Bitters in Kentucky
Mr D I Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Ky recounts years of Phthisis and Diabetes with severe pain. After using Electric Bitters he felt relief from the first bottle, continued six bottles and gained eighteen pounds. He believes he would have died without the remedy. Sold at 50 cents by Barber Sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. I. Wilcoxson
Horse Cave
Barber Sin
Haskell Institute Items Reflect Local School Activities
Masonry work advances on the new building while J M Canson becomes shoemaker. Y M C A boys held a prayer meeting after study hours. About fifty Lawrence citizens attended the Literary Society meeting with brass instruments and remarks by Governor Robinson and Prof Lippincott. The program for May 4 was announced, including declamation, debates, readings, and talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Canson
Pierce
Colonel Blood
Indian Territory
Lawrence
Robinson
Sullivan
Lippincott
Long
Johnie Blake
Alice Longpoi
R. Whitelow
L. W. Primeaux
L. W. Tyler
K. Long
May C. Darling
Ernest Robiotalle
Emma Dagnetti
Rosie Darling
J. F. Garman
Muskogee Block
Greatly Excited Citizens Over New Discovery Cures Consumption
Citizens of Lawrence are excited by reports that friends once given up as incurable with consumption have been completely cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. The remedy claims to cure coughs colds asthma and bronchitis with free bottles offered by Bro's Drug Store.
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Lawrence
Dr. King
Bro
Vinland Items and Household Notes
Local items note dawn to dusk planter noise and a house under construction for George Wiler by Awos Iliff. John Jenkins plans to plant five acres of melons. Osborn reports a missing horse. C Stephens just returned from southern Iowa where he taught. Alice Boltos Poon and niece Ella Jay visited Topeka. J A Campbell has one week left of school before robes for Wa farmer’s salt. M E Church Sabbath School remains active and improving.
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Awos Iliff
George Wiler
John Jenkins
Osborn
C. Stephens
Iowa
Alice Boltos Poon
Ella Jay
Topeks
J. A. Campbell
Blooming ton News Upshots and Local Changes
Mr. Philip Plats buys a new sister. H Smith and Sidney Petterson settle their land question. John Marcy rents farm land for eight dollars per acre. B Frederic has fifty acres of corn planted. Mrs. Frederick returns from Eureka Springs. L B Steele of Lawrence buys his old home place on the hill. his two sons occupy it. Kansas City farmer Hollingworth seeks seed corn the last two days. Rock creeks flow for the first time in ten months. Filth in deep holes will be washed out. Vinland farmers expect a great variety of crops this season with potatoes drawing strong attention. Grange members grow about fifty varieties for exhibition at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Plats
H. Smith
Sidney Petterson
John Marcy
B.f.frederic
Frederick
Eureka Springs
Grange
Transit plans eying Eudora Springs line progress
Rapid Transit directors plan a meeting tonight to elect officers and push the line toward Eudora Springs once right of way is secured. Local business leaders back the project, signaling a likely successful issuance. The Iowa Supreme Court suspends a sixty day injunction against operating the International Distillery at Des Moines. The Nineteenth Century Club forms with equal numbers of men and women. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery praised as a top remedy for pulmonary consumption. James Morgan sues the city for 1,005.55 unpaid salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora Springs
Supreme Court of Iowa
International
Des Moines
Pierce
Beven
North Lawrence items report local moves and events
A new Missouri linked restaurant will open near De pot tomorrow. United States claim agency on Elm street moved across town. A revival continues at the colored Baptist church on Lyor street. Mr. Philips moved his office to the new C Strong building opposite Pier son’s sill. Miss Cricket Still of Beloit visited, famed for a twenty mile equestrian race at the Bismarck fair. Miss Jennie Newby, tongued orator from Tonganoxie, talks on intemperance at the M E Church tomorrow. German physicians’ union warns young men against medical practice due to crowding.
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United States Claim Agency
Elm Street
Colored Baptist Church
Lyor Street
Philips
C. Strong
Pierson
Cricket Still
Beloit
Miss Still
Missouri
Bismarck
Jennie Newby
Tonganoxie
M. E. Church
Miss Newby
Kemp's Sareaperilla Refund Promise Stirs Curiosity
A provocative notice claims the proprietor of Kemp's Sareaperilla authorizes refunds to anyone needing relief after consuming three quarters of a bottle. It promotes blood cleansing and system toning with a $1 price. BakBer Bros advertise the offer. United States Vice Consul General Penfield in London resigns, assuming charge of preparations for the American exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Res
Bakber Bros
United States
General Penfield
London
Kemp's Balsam Advertises Throat Remedy in Lawrence
A chorus of notices tout Kemp's Balsam for throat and lung relief claiming broad local use in Lawrence population around 15,000. Ads push trial sizes free and prices 50c and $1.00 while noting medical associations and other remedies. Also reported are a Cherokee outlaw’s death, fish landings near Pensacola, and varied health claims from Buffalo to Santa Rosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Barberrites
Electric therapy and salve aid Harrisburg man’s leg
An Illinois man credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for curing a eight year running sore on his leg after doctors advised amputation. The remedies, sold by Barber Bros, cost fifty cents a bottle and twenty five cents per box. A Pennsylvania widow who lost her railroad worker husband built a fifty two room residence, one room for each week of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Shephard
Harrisburg
Ill
Buckien
Barber Bros
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised for spring purification
The ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as best in spring to purify blood and strengthen the system, claiming it removes debility, languor, and humors. It notes the body is most receptive to the medicine during changing seasons and highlights reviving, purifying effects. Cardinal Vannutella named to succeed Cardinal Jacobini as papal secretary of state.
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Hood
Cardinal Vannutella
Cardinal Jacobini
Papal
C. L. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
A Woman's Age And A Cure For Weakness
A discussion notes that a woman’s age is often misread due to nervous disorders that wear on nerves and vitality. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for irregularities and weaknesses, claiming a one dollar price and a stage trial. The item also reports forty snow storms in Rutland Vermont and extended slush lasting one hundred days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Rutland
Saving the Lawyers with Pleasant Purgative Pellets
An editorialish ad notes many lawyers suffer dyspepsia indigestion piles and loss of appetite from constipation. It promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a quick cure to relieve these disorders and restore comfort and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Overreached Himself How a Court Officer Got Left
Justice Miller recalls a silver mine case and a marshal who tried to speculate on a court decision. The story notes the marshal bought stock on a margin after hearing Justice Clifford would write the opinion. The stock later fell, costing him money, while Miller defends the integrity of the U S bench and says no one whispered about the case. Senator Cockrell interjects while they discuss potential hints to influence rulings.
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Justice Miller
States Supreme Court
Senator Cockrell
Missouri
Boston Journal
Brother
Clifford
Brother Clifford
Justice Clifford
Cockrell
Judge Miller
Rich Feat of Rock Island Bride Bertha Pingre Wundrum
Bertha Pingre, now Mrs. William Wundrum of Rock Island, married coachman William over eighteen months ago after coming from Germany amid family opposition. Wundrum inherits his father’s fortune of $500,000 upon his death. The Austrian government stallion Buccanneer, once sought at $100,000, is shot at Vienna at age thirty. Sculptor M J Ezekiel receives Cavalier's Cross of Merit from the Grand Duke. Artesien wells in Algeria reclaim waste land, aiding irrigation. Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy marketed.
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Peoria Freachye
Bertha Pingre
William Wundrum
Rock Island
William
Fred Hass
Germany
Young Wundrum
Vienna
Golden Medical Discoveries claims to conquer consumption
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discoveries as a cure for consumption and scrofula, claiming miraculous results in throat and lung diseases. It notes William J. Allen was appointed U S District Judge for Southern Illinois, succeeding Gen. John A. Logan in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Golden Medical
Wm. J. Allen
U. S
Southern Illinois
Copperhead
John A. Logan
Prof Norton on oil geology and conditions in Ohio
Prof Edward Norton of Ohio outlines the oil and gas formation theory. He explains three essential layers a shale source, a sandstone reservoir over the shale, and a confining shale above the sandstone. He argues oil and gas originate from decaying organic matter and that oil trapped in arches and basins could supply the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Norton
State Geologiat
Ohio
Athlophoros advertised as cure for rheumatism and kidney disease
An advertisement claims Athlophoros and Athlophoros Pills cure rheumatism neuralgia and related liver and kidney diseases by cleansing and regulating organ action. It cites a testimonial from Charles F. Griffin of Stuart, Kansas, detailing relief after using the remedy and water treatments, with prices and mail order details from the Athlophoros Co. New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Griffin
Stuart
Jons
Colfax Springs
Athlophoros
Athlophoros Co
Wall St
New York
Winnebago Creek Crow Reservation settlers faced eviction order
In a tense move, troops were ordered to drive settlers from the Winnebago Creek Crow Reservation, as the Arthur Administration opened the area for new actions on February.
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Jar
Winnebago Creek
Rue
Arthur
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