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Lawrence Weekly Journal

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1887

Page

3

Fence Work Adorns Morais Residence and Local Notes

Fencing is being added around Dr Morais new home near Cennese and Berkley as a second fence on the block this summer. The Lemons street area is highlighted as a protest hub for Superintendent Bartletts schools, with teachers facing derisive couch patting and broad concerns about education across the county. Various notices cover church resignations, prohibition events, holiday preparations, and local commerce, including an electric wiring project on Massachusetts Street, a Topeka prohibition conference, and a university celebration.

Dr. Morais Cennese+ and Berkley Cennese Sreet Lawrences

Weekly JacuNaL and New Fork Weekly Tribune Subscription Offer

A reader advertises a yearly subscription price of 1.50 for two weekly papers. The note touts a “best clubbing offer” and mentions Ephom JocrxaL. It describes two young men seeking work to fund university terms and notes students and young women employing themselves through term-time jobs to support studies. The writer, W. H. Canmury, hopes to help readers find work and balance university tasks.

New Fork Tribune Ephom Jocrxal W. H. Canruruy

Weekly Journal and New York Vigilante Offer

The offer combines The Weekly Journal and New York Vigilante for one year at $1.50, promising latest Associated Press news and county market reports. A separate note promotes the New York Tribune as a leading Republican organ. A disturbance on Massachusetts Street led to arrests after a fight at a lunch counter, with costs about Hs in police court.

Ernest Weks Journal Office Sfterseen Ike Tne New York Associated Press New York Tribune Massachusetts Will Hayden John Miller Hayden Good’s Marshal Walker George A. Monroe Bisting Costa

Beta Theta Pi Reception Celebrates Fifteenth Chapter Anniversary

The Beta Theta Pi fraternity marked its fifteenth chapter anniversary with an elegant reception in its opera house era setting. Prof. W. H. Carruth presided as toastmaster as toasts honored Alpha Nu Chapter, alumni, and Denver and War Sports chapters, followed by banquets, dancing, and campus songs. Sixty one attendees gathered with distinguished alumni and local members sharing anecdotes and memories from early days.

Fisue Beta Theta Dd Atwran Grosscup’s W. H. Carcuth Dee Harry Barnes Alpha Nu soneChas Scott S.- Eee W. T. Reed Florence Kelly Geo. Beebe Jr T. F. Doran H.S. Tremper Denver Sess Eeea T. Moore Alpha Nu Chapter Merrill Sidney Dailey Carruth H. &. Tremper Douglas Hamilon Snapp Finch Kelley Boston Misa Deihi Olathe A. T. Moore J.G. Strain Luscher Arch Watson H. T. Se@ith Kansas City C. E. Hall Hutchison C. F. Scott Iola H. L. Cali Topeka J. D. Patterson J. G. Smilth Rapelle City Hadtey Scott Walker Little Kate Wilder Lizzie Wilder Freeman Pickerleg Henshaw McKinnon Bartell Crotty Love Gillmore Howland Epman Daily Grifith Webster

Jeffersonian club annus ball thrills Lawrence crowd

The Jeffersonian club at the armory held a brill iant first annus ball with about 250 attendees. The Coates Opera House orchestra from Kansas City played as dancers filled the floor until nearly four o clock. Governor Robinson attended and the event was praised as a success by all, with lavish decorations and a grand march led by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Belt.

Jeffersonian Club Armory Coates Opera House Kunsas City Geo. Falley Robinson Belt John Zerby Abe Levy Lawrence John V. Zerby Chicago John Hutchinson Hutchinson Randolph Vermont Dartmouth W. H. Seward Auburn New York Madison Wis Kansas Independent State Government Topeka United States Sumner Big Springs Executive Committee Seward Washington Dakota Territory Minneapolis Dakota Territory Lincoln Leghorn Italy Mia Henry Leis W. ©. Hutchinson

Quips and Quotes From Various Papers on Human folly

A collection of joking snippets and aphorisms from multiple papers. It includes wry takes on diligence and neighbors, aging brains, bribes, tall tales, health resorts, romantic misfires, art critique futility, and warnings against overambition. Each item offers a compact moral or chuckle about human nature and society.

Wild Jack Booth Pranks Cowboys With Grinning Cat and Buried Indian Joke

A tale from the Akonsma City Star recounts Wild Jack Booth's rough humor on frontier camps. He faked an Indian corpse emergence using a lariat to drag a foreboding prank across the prairie, caused a cowboy to recoil, then laughed as the prankster rode away. Other stunts include a dead wolf scare and a captured wild cat hidden in a leather legging, leading to a long, tense march back to camp before the cat finally escapes with a teeth-baring glare.

Jack” Booth Mack’ Booth Jack Kiver de Wolf Texas Jim Cushing Jim Akonsma City

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