Romantic Elopement Drama Sparks in Mansfield Ohio
The article recounts Prof. Joseph B. Pratt's elopement with Miss Bessie Lewis from Mansfield to Bucyrus aided by friends. The pair faced pursuit by the bride’s parents, used telegrams and a minister to wed at Mr. Bauslin’s study, and received forgiveness. Hood's Sarsaparilla is cited as a cure and the Douglas County Bible Society reports meetings and officer elections.
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Topeka
Joseph B. Pratt
Firet
Bessie Lewiz
Mansfield
Ohio
Mansfield News
Miss Lewis
Bucyrus
Mr. Lewis
Manefield
Manafield
Professor Pratt
Guaran
Horace Deal
Deal
Mr. Bauslin
Douglas County Bible Society
D. S. Alford
W- W. Cockins
A. G. Menger
A. H. McWorter
D.S. Alford
RB. Cordley
Jan. Marvin
A. H. State
BR. A. George
T. F. Norris
Decker
G. F. Savage
O. A. Tosh
Alford
G. W. E. Griffith
O.A. Tosh
W. W. Cockins
James Marvin
A- G. Menger
Cordley
G. Grovenor
A. H.mcworter
O. U. Tosh
Senate Bill Referred After Constitutionality Doubt
In Lawrence Kansas February 15 the senate debated the Quantrell raid bill on a special order. Senator Jennings raised constitutional concerns and the judiciary committee and attorney general will weigh the issue before tomorrow’s agenda. A separate note honors Susan B. Anthony with a large gathering at Mrs Tremper’s home detailing her lifelong advocacy for women’s equality. The program included speeches, music, and a telegram of birthday wishes from Washington. A mass meeting is planned after a Saturday club session at Mrs Brewer’s residence.
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Torres
Kan
Quantrell
Senate
Jennings
Cowley
Judiciary Committee
Attorney General
Susan B. Anthony
Tremper
South
Masachusetts Street
Hunnecutt
Busan B. Anthony
God
Xanses
Stanton
Mott
United States
Mra
Mre
Matt
Aaron and
Hur
Paulina
Joan of Arc
Martin Luther
Geo. Fox
Napoleon
Miss Anthony
Promised Land
Helen
Alice Winne
Humunecutt
Equal Suffrage Association
Sarah A- Brown
America
Misa Anthony
M. E. Rice
Misa Lijian Bell
Lecompton Echoes and Local Events in February 1887
Local item notes the Echoes will appear next week, changes in Misses Edmunds visiting Oskaloosa, Prof. Keezel near Ottawa, and discussions of a boys and girls club in Lecomp. Public rhetoricals set for March 5. Revival progress ends with about fifty five conversions. weekly prayer meetings scheduled.
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Lecompton
Missea Edmunds
Oskalooss
J. W. Keezel
Ottawa
C. Waters
Lecomp
Brookville
Bondoske
Sarcute
Feroct
Waters
Nace
Cardwell
Si Ps
Winmer
Ad Piaroe
Banpelie
Indiana
Mm ‘Ivennan
Stafford
Sheriff and governor clash over Walruff case in Missouri
Sheriff Carmean travels from Kansas with John Walruff to Jefferson City on a requisition from Gov. Martin. At the governor Marmaduke’s mansion mistaken for the state house, Carmean gains a favorable ruling after a late hearing. Walruff is released on bond and returns to Kansas City with bondsmen Fisher and Sutorrius.
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K. Carmean
Jefferson City
O. Carlson
C. Carlson
Kansas City
Carmean
Carlson
Weidman
C. K K. Carmean
Arkansas City
Ad L. Weidman
Mileham
Carmesn
John Walruff
Missouri
John
Lawrence
Kansas Avenue
Kansas
Carmesa
St. Louis
Walruff
Jefferson Cip
Govenor
Legislature
University
Marmaduke
Legislative Hall
Walrui
Col. McGionis
Watroff
Kannas
Gov
Walroff
Fisher and
Sutorrius
Benson
A Little Derky's Original Letter
A Savannah News item reproduces a year old colored South Carolina citizen's handwritten note to a teacher. The letter laments missing school due to rain, stresses faith in divine will, and urges patience without complaint.
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Derky
What the Dear Girl Thought at Tea Time
A playful dialogue excerpt centers on a couple discussing stocks and animals, with humor about a bear and hens. The exchange hints at clever wordplay and domestic teasing while hinting at shared gossip or mistaken impressions during a tea moment.
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Pittburgh
Diverse Parlor Notes From Old Newspapers
A collage of brief items covers fashion, legal notes, travel times, divorce rates, health tips, agricultural practices, and curiosities. Topics include a fashion demand for distinctive stock, a rag-merchant’s craft, a patient’s property in medical records, heat comparisons of wood, gun laws in Arizona, a San Francisco monument, cost of living in Geneva, a New York tobacconist, and long travel times. Also featured are fire department sizes, murder rates by country, hair in the British Museum, tramp charac ter studies, and notes on New Castle resolutions, eye medicines, and milk odor control.
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Merson
Arizona
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Switzerland
Poughkeepsie
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Boston
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Belgium
Russia
France
vItaly
Spain
Germany
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Creedmoor
British Museum
Thebes
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Tuenke
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Boston Bulletin
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New Jersey Supreme Court
Buffalo Express
Bostonian
Wood River
New
Spd
Keonebec
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