Lawrence News and Notes from North Lawrence to Evanston
Arthur L. Adams visits the city to see old friends while Mrs. Wm. H. McDell opens a new restaurant east of Fincher's in North Lawrence. Col. Limbert heads to Indian territory to recruit for Haskell Institute. William Butler of Hesper, brother to Oliver Butler, dies in the south of consumption. Mrs. N. O. Stephens travels south with her husband to tour the new Southern Kansas railroad extensions. E. J. Baskevill, ex elocution teacher, now pursues theology at Northwestern University in Evanston. The report notes persistent drought with springs failing and water scarcity affecting farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. McDell
Fincher’s Grocery
North Lawrence
William Butler
Hesper
Oliver Butler
Tallmadge seeks correspondence with Kansas Cavalry veterans
WASHINGTON D C February U S claim solicitor T W Tallmadge 1493 F street seeks to locate and correspond with former Kansas Cavalry soldiers Samuel Miller Co B 3nd Reg Kansas Cavalry Logston Co F 3nd Regt Kansas Cavalry Jni saklin M Jordan Co G 14th Kan Cavalry Hugh T Kilbourn Co G Regt Kansas Cavalry. readers urged to contact Tallmadge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Tallmadge
F. Street
Washington, D.C
Samuel Miller
Kansas Cavalry
Logston
J Ni Saklin
M. Jordan
14Th
Kang Cavalry
Hugh T. Kilbourn
Gas outage disrupts Plymouth church service
A vandalized gas supply darkened Plymouth church Sunday night during a sermon as the minister read scripture. The doctor pleaded not to be forsaken as all lights failed except two. Separately, Mrs. Mary E. Neff, once of the city, died in Topeka last night. her funeral will be at 11 at the M E church Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Church
Mary E. Neff
Topela
Art league meeting shifts to January 3 after Christmas week
Mr Frank L Webster moved to 685 Ohio street. The art league held an interesting meeting last evening. Mr Geo Little gave a pleasant talk on Boston artists of today and their work. The next meeting is postponed from Christmas week and will be on Monday evening January 3.
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Art League
Geo. Little
Boston
Tin Wedding Celebration for Add Manter Couple
Mr and Mrs Add Manter hosted a small West Lawrence gathering Saturday night for their tenth wedding anniversary with progressive euchre as the main amusement. They received many fine and useful gifts. A wedding on the hill is planned for Wednesday at high noon.
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Add Manter
West Lawrence
Closing out sale by L. O. McIntire Co
A special notice announces a December 25 deadline to sell about fifty pieces of dress silks black and colored and eighteen pieces colored silk Rhadamise. The sale includes novelty velvets plain velvets pinshes fine linens napkins towels twenty-five dozen ladies kid gloves and Jersey hosiery. carpet sweepers lace curtains bed sets scrim and more. Also real lace curtains Nottingham lace curtains and floor coverings. Bargains urged.
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Jersey
Nottingham
L. O. McIntire & Co
Jacob Reed's Sons Notice on Suit and Overcoat Reductions
Local notice announces liberal reductions to close large lines of goods including suits and over coats. Visit the office with J F Wiedemann one door north of L C McIntire & Co. Agt S B Dever.
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Jacob Reed
J. F. Wiedemann
L. C. McIntire & Co
Athlophoros Promises Pain Cure From Blood Remedy
An advertisement touts Athlophoros as a safe cure for rheumatism and neuralgia, claiming the diseases are blood borne. It includes testimonials from George Schneider of Muscatine Iowa and a Iowa druggist who report relief after using the remedy and continued absence of symptoms thereafter.
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George Schneider
Huttig Bros. Manufacturing Co
Muscatine
Iowa
Athlophoros
W.C. A. Aerk Eee & Eons Steel
Tic
Iealy
The Reckless Reporter and the Illusion of Titles
A critique of how newspapers inflate titles for local figures and how readers imitate those labels. The essay argues reporters create imagined ranks like General or Prince, misrepresenting real status and distorting public perception. It cites stockmen, merchants, and journalists, ending with a reflection from Drake's Travellers Magazine.
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Faber
Bob
Dlev. Sweet
Drake
Travelers’ Magazine
Paris Fashion Notes on Winter Styles and Worth Creations
Graceful winter costumes and extravagant millinery dominate the column. Capotes in bead networks with pale blue tulle, ostrich materials, and velvet hats with bands of green feathers illustrate the season. Worth shows tailored jackets in navy cloth, Astrakan trims, sable or silver fox accents, and velvet gowns in new dove and chaudron hues. A Belgian countess receives a green velvet dinner dress with matching satin.
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Maria Josepha
Saxony
Worth
Astrakan
Lucy Hooper
N. Y
Dutch Prisons Describe Leeuwarden as Model of Cleanliness
A magazine excerpt praises the Leeuwarden prison in Holland as a landmark of architecture and discipline. The building is stone and iron, fire proof, with whitewashed dormitories featuring a central iron cage for 100 cells. Inmates face strict routines, limited privacy, and rigid military discipline. Food is sparse but may improve with work earnings, while dungeons hold unruly prisoners and talks are forbidden during work.
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Holland
Leeuwarden
Somelentoe
Teratescape
eReokive Magazine
A Brave Woman Inspires With Courage and Skill
A Tangipahoa Parish mother of a large family, paralyzed over fifteen years, teaches herself to draw and write, sews for her children, runs the household, and even reattaches her injured son's severed finger tips with left hand and teeth. Her example of strength and fortitude is praised as exemplary.
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Tangipahoa Parish
Winter Fashions Bring Handsome Fabrics And Trimming
A New York Evening Post item surveys winter garments and textiles including street and ball toilets. It highlights fabrics with borders and stripes, plush underskirts, wool etamine and camel’s hair overdresses, and decorative bands. It notes India silk tulles, crape with metallic lines, and satin brocaded with floral bouquets for ball gowns, plus new cloaks and rain cloaks in dark greens, blues, and browns, with various striped and netted textures. It reports opulent gowns with Josephine bodices, velvet and lace combinations, and rich petticoats and corsages, reflecting current high fashion trends.
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India
Faille Francaise
N. Y
Ten Grizzlies Reported Killed by Detroiter
A Detroit traveler returning from the West was pressed to state how many grizzly bears he killed. He first claimed five, then seven, then nine, finally settling on ten. He added that several bears escaped to die in their dens.
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Far West
Detroit ‘Free Press
Berlin Night Watchmen Remain Amid Urban Change
Berlin, a city of about 1,155,000, still preserves night-watchmen as a hybrid of porter and policeman. Unlike Paris or Vienna, many large buildings lack guardians, leaving watchmen to admit residents at night. They patrol with a baton, are often married, and keep their lives modest and safe from danger. A proposal aims to bolster the regular police force.
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Berlin
Heine
Peter
Paris
Vienna
Hamburg
Missionary Entrants Teach Youth at Moody School North
At Mr Moody's school in North a new batch of young men entered for missionary work. About three hundred educated youths prepare to depart for stations abroad to advance the enterprise.
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Mr. Moody
Northa
Cruel Practice of Dishorning Cattle Exposed in Scotland
James Thretpland, V. S., recalls a surgical operation on Irish cattle in Fife to remove horns, describing three deaths and severe injuries from the procedure. He notes post mortem findings of brain and nervous system damage and reports authorities fining owners and ending the practice in Scotland while humane society persists.
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Fifeshire
Scotland
Cooper
Fife
Humane Society
James Thretpland
V. S
Farn, Field and Stockman
Working Horses and Comfort in Harness and Rein
Dr. Harvey addressing the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture urges humane horse care. He stresses comfortable work, proper harness fit, bridle length, noncontact with eyes, and free head movement. He cautions against constant tightening and notes the check rein can aid a lively horse briefly but should be releasable at rest.
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Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture
Harvey
Colman
No man idle when a home needs work and comfort
A Western Rural reflection asserts homeing tasks keep men busy, noting idle hands waste value. It argues improving doors, windows, and simple conveniences aids housewives and lowers labor, with industry always finding tasks. The piece extols a first-class salt as pure, white, and uniform in color and solubility.
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Ted Ucla
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