Mystery Fire Frames Historic Lawrence Building
Fire alarms drew a crowd as the blaze aimed at Pearson's mills but the flame struck a nearby frame structure with deep history. Built in 1855, the decayed three story wood frame on brick and stone foundation housed early drug trade and a pivotal Democratic party meeting. The building later passed through many tenants before a barber shop took its place, reflecting the neighborhood’s rise and decline in Lawrence.
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Pearson’s Mills
Atic
National Democrat
Ryau
Lawreces
Yehod Bey i
Stairway
Ty Gen
Lane
Nations Democratic Party
Kansas
Lawrence
Seheay
Earl of Scheerfenstein
Ahi
Cales
Massichusetts Street
Mark Anthony
Kan
Democracy
Unclaimed Letters and Local Notices in Lawrence
Unclaimed letters listed for week ending December with names including Mrs Susan Adams and Miss Betsy Jrumphrey. Community notices urge charity for a Mission Sunday School dinner at McCullough building tomorrow with a 2 pm service, bread pies and meals requested. The True Citizen office has moved to Indiana Cash Grocery under A C Bell and M K R Crain. next issue planned for January 5 1887. Death announced of Arthur Redington, 17 months, with burial planned in Oak Hill. flags half-masted in Lawrence for John A Logan’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission
McCullough
Henry W. Cheater
Arthur Redington
Evanston Inioois
Lawrence
Arive
Santa Fe
Oak Hill Cemetery
At Hymeo's Altar Wedding of Miss Levy and Mr Hirshland
Miss Fannie Levy and Sol Hirshland of Reading Pennsylvania wed at the bride’s mother's home on Vermont Street. Rev Dr Stauskapl of Kansas City officiated. A wedding feast followed with congratulatory telegrams from across the country. The couple will travel to Kansas City and Chicago before settling in Reading.
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Fannie Levy
Sol Hirahland
Reading
Pennsylvania
Vermont Street
Stauskapl
Kansas City
Grosscup Brothers
United States
Lawrence
Hirshland
M. House
Kansan City
Chicago
Washington
Pan
Howe
Will Albachb
Osage City
Yeaterday
Ratbi Krauskopft
City
Levy- Hircbland
Personal notes from Ottawa and vicinity travel
A tide of brief city notices lists names and movements of residents and visitors in Ottawa and nearby towns. People include Gus Fans, Kerl Benedict, J D Miles, Karl Swope, Judge Wheat, Fred J Cornell, Chay Elwell, M W Fleming, Frank Hutchings, and many others visiting, returning home, or attending events and legal matters.
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Karl Swope
Chanute Yester
Judge Wheat
Leavenworth
Fred J. Cornell
Wyandotte
Chay. Elwell
Ottawa
M. WW. Fleming
Clerryvale Kas
Frank Hutchings
Osage Mission
ML Walker, Jr
Emma McAdow
Burlingame
M. Ashler
Frank Simmons
Pacific Slope
Judy Benson
Fitzgerald
D. E. Hamilton
Sumner Manzer
Des Moines
Iowa
W. H. Johnson
Emporia Hird School
Feltie Reenie
Kansas City
Lawrence
Dangerous Drugs and Kidney Liver Cure Hailed by Warner
A Douglas County Journal interview with HW Warner extols Warner's safe cure as the sole kidney and liver remedy for drug and alcohol habits. He cites doctors and officials endorsing its efficacy, warns on morphine opium quinine cocaine use, and notes rising sales as proof of public confidence. The piece frames the cure as central to treating systemic disease rooted in kidney and liver failure.
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Rochester
Post-Express
Europe
HW. H. Warner
Warner
J. L. Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
Babite
J. M. Hall
State Board of Health of Town
Alexander Neil
Une College of Physicians and Surgeons
Academy of Medicine At Columbus
Stephens
Signs of death and rigor mortis explained in plain terms
A lengthy discussion debunks the simple breathing test for death, noting that heart failure, suspended animation, and varying rigor mortis can mislead. It describes reliable signs such as continuous cessation of respiration, postmortem body changes, and the danger of burying alive. The article cites experiments with animals and accounts from battlefields to illustrate how death can be misread.
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Pittburgh
Apiso
Usman
India
Perryville
Pen and Scissors. Religious shifts and church stats mix
A digest of religious moves, census-like church attendance, and clerical notes. Jeremiah O Hearn joins the Baptist Church in Dallas after three years of study. Williams president Hopkins recalls 2230 of 2360 graduates taught under him in sixty one years. Methodists report 818,041,387 spent last year on church work, with funds for pastors, churches, missions, and current expenses. London church attendance tallies show 460,000 morning and 410,000 evening. St Pauls, Spurgeon, and Bronner’s counts cited. Negro Methodists total 700,100 across several denominations. Reformed Synod favors liquor prohibition and Indian land reform. Wichita offers a college site. Philadelphia reports 915 ministers and 76,030 members. Ornithology earns little scholastic emphasis despite its importance.
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Jeremiah O'Hearn
Baptist Church
Dallas
Tex
N. S. Witness
Ir. Hopkins
Williams
J. F. Tribune
McCabe
St. Paul's
Spurgecne
Chrch
John S. Bronner
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Methodist Episcopal
Colored Methodist
Synod of the Reformed Church
Philadelphia
Congress
Wichita
Kan
Philedelphia Reas
Providence Journal
It and Wisdom Jokes and Observations
A collage of old jokes and sayings from various papers including N. C. Picayune and Chicago Journal. Bits about a singing fish, wise men, a Philadelphia milliner, a waiter in soup, telegraphs, and a Vermont woman struck by a pan. Maintains light humor and regional quips across several brief vignettes.
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Japan
N. C. Picayune
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Arkansaw
Texas Siftings
Bridget
Chicago Journal
Vermont
Sahe
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Ceam
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Ey Tyee PLC
A. Love
Tiki Andl
Lea Uu
Pennessee Street
Kan Pom
Wand “Paceviung .O
Kallas City
WaAxtepea Hi Energetic Aman
Royteent Us
Amd
GE and
Particathers
Standard Silverwaie ¢ Co
Ted
Nat's Tea & Coffee CO
Miss
Douglas County Bank
Rhode Island
Connecticuts Street
Bloomfield
Madam McGee
Oak St
A. & C. Mugler
Lawrence Aor
Wrees
Atlire
Merald-Tritone
Opera House
Feros
OKENT
Mascachusetts Street
Hanver & Anthony
Express
Charles Clayton
St. Joseph, So
Indergarten
USIC
Hugo Dorner
Tennessee Street
Famous Moscow Bell
Kremlin
Drooklyn Eagzie
List Adams
Susan Butcher
Idy Hineil
Clara Franklin
Betsy Jrumphrey
Ang Jackson
Ida Mawry
Cora Abbie Sponer
Maria Willvyen
Mary Gent
Messrs
Beadle & Hemming
Gans , Pom
JM Taylor
Hatevan Lodge No
Morning Journal
H.W. Henderson
J. M. Willey
W. H. Morris
Tenton Children
John A. Logan
Hymeo
Gus
Kerl Benedict
J.D. Miles
Kaw
M. L. Sargent
Ra City, Fort Scott & Gult Railroad
W. H. Carruth
P. J. Wil- Nan
J. H. Canfield
D. H. Robinson
Topeka
H. F. Smith
Tde City
A. T
F. W.C. Spangler
Girard
Cherseyvale
North Lawrence
Chas. Miller
J. H. Miller
Colorado
U. B
W. Ellis
Pot Jong
M. H. Berry
Leavenworth County
Masaachusetts Street
J. M. Walker
Sophia Stephens
Baldwin
Gill
Douglas County
Young America
Plymouth Church
W. H. Pemberton
Dougla County
PEN and Scissors
State OF Kansas
Crouch
Mark Wesley
Eliza Kaley
James Rice
Birdie Hamilton
Hannah Kelley
Leah Sauierry
C. H. Smith
Lang Place
City of Lawrence
A. H. Smith
Frin
Joe
God
Solon T. Williams
Piaiaci
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