Journal Announces Morgan as New Column Editor
W. Morgan will assume management of the Journal's focal columns today. Judge Norton moves to the front room over the Douglas County Bank and will begin work immediately with evident style. John A. Narion becomes Douglas County Probate Judge for four years, promising a pleasant office. Prof. Snow’s weather reports are noted for their accuracy and the ongoing effort to read and translate the extensive observations.
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W.¥. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Fire consumes McCullough block in Lawrence
A late night fire destroyed the McCullough block and surrounding stores in Lawrence. A. B. Kahoweiler and Siler’s grocers suffered major losses as flames spread from Kahoweiler’s two rooms to nearby Falley’s restaurant and Straffon’s drug store. Insurance coverage varied. total property losses exceed $14,000 with multiple owners affected and students displaced. A kerosene explosion near Siler’s grocery intensified the blaze. Authorities doubt arson. water shortages hampered containment efforts.
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A. B. Kaboweiler & Bro
Ames
McCullough
Kahnweiler
Siler’s Grocery
Falley’s
Salvation Hall
Montgomery’s
Struttons Drug Store
Montgomery
Methodist Church
McCulloush
Dasa
AD. Kahowehler
Lawreres
Geo. Farley
Siler
J. A. Ramecuer
Deichman
Ducob Houge
Falley‘s
Straffon
Walter Davis
University
Courier
Otter
J. W. Henshaw
Wattand
John Kleinance
Fetes Dorrance
J. E. Griffith
Jenks
Geo. Falley
Foley
Mendenhall
Cochran
Kahoweiler
Ecke
Kahnweller
Trade Palae
Emigrant Car Fire Destroys Interior On Nooo dants Fe Express
A Blaving car on the Fe express between Kansas City and Lawrence caught fire after its stove overheated. The interior was wrecked and furniture destroyed as passengers fled with luggage to the next car. Train men used axes and extinguishers to control the blaze, throwing the stove and damaged furnishings into the snow.
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Kansas City
Lawrence
Logan Memorial Services Arranged by Washington Post Committee
At the last Washington Post meeting Commander A. H. Whitcomb named I. W. Stone W. C. Barnes S. I. Andrews and H. M. Greene Theo Wiseman to lead a public memorial for Comrade John A. Logan The committee reconvenes January 12 at post headquarters to finalize plans for the service on January 17 in Washington Post headquarters. The Journal also notes Prof Snow's annual weather report for 1881 showing an unusually dry year with eleven inches less rain than normal affecting livestock and rubber boot sales.
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I. W. Stoxn
Snow
Revival meetings and university life in Douglas County
Elder Slade delivered a strong sermon as revival meetings continue at the chapel under Rev. Lewis. Lane University students return to campus, coasting is popular, and Prof. J C Keexel resumes Natural Science duties after a recovery. President Ervin travels in the Arkansas Valley. Weather records 21.4 below zero. A Carbondale rail timing question prompts a Tuesday morning update if tracks clear. Jeffersonian Club plans four tariff discussions beginning next week with Canfield M W Reynolds Riggs and Judge Thacher speaking.
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Lune Leaftels
LecomrToy
Kas
Jan. TV
Iss
Yebuilizer
Douglas County
Slade
Lewis
Lane University
J.C. Keexel
Ervin
Arkansas Valley
Jeffersonian Club
Canfield M. W. Reynolds
S. A. Riggs
Thacher
Co. U. Wethail
Meteorological Summary of 1886 Kansas Weather
Prof F Snow reports Lawrence observations for 1886 noting extreme January cold and a hot dry year with very low rainfall in the second half. Total precip 21.25 inches, 31.02 below average, drought severe in July September, record warmth August and June rainfall, frosts late spring early autumn, snow totals 23.5 inches, cloudiness 39.61 percent, wind patterns NW and SW prevail, high wind speeds up to 79 mph, barometer averaging 29.211 inches.
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Kansas
Snow
University
F . Snow
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Drouth
Saturn
S. Wi
N. E
Mit
Weather Year Humidity Readings and Fogs Recorded
The report notes humidity values for the year with 60.5 at 7 am and 76.9 at 7 pm. A 50.0 at 9 pm and 725 also appear. January was the dampest month with mean humidity 83.0 while July was the driest month with 58.4. Only six fogs occurred during the year. The lowest single observation humidity was 16 percent on November 2 and 2.
Mary Sutherland Pickett Passes After Illness in El Paso
A tribute notes the death of Mary Sutherland Pickett born June 1 1891 in Ohio. She moved to Lawrence at age four and married C G Pickett five years ago, becoming mother to two boys and wife to a devoted husband. After illness and a stay in New Mexico and El Paso, she died on Tuesday January 4th from typhoid pneumonia.
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Mary Sutherland Pickett
Ohio
Lawrence
Elordabe
C. G. Pickett
Tim
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Sue
el Paso
Cona
Lawrence Lecture Series Promotes March Tickets at Plymouth Church
The Lawrence Popular Lecture Course announces General Lew Wallace lecture on Turkey and life in the Palace with other speakers Geo Wendling Kate Field. Season tickets for three lectures cost 1.00 with reserved seats. single lectures 0.50. Tickets available at Field Margis Woeg University Fincher and committee members with reserved seats starting January 19.
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Field & Margis
F. H. Woeg
J. D. Fincher
Field & Harvin
Leroy Crandall
J . D. Fincher
G. B. Edgar
3. C. Walton
S 3
Hurd
T. F. Norris
Unclaimed Letters at Law Tenet Post Office
Weekly list for Law Tenet Kansas shows unclaimed general letters for Bodwin Caldwell Carneasons Husting Miller Rumsey Reund and Julia Ham Belle Lawson Nettie Tuttle J F White with instruction to call and advertise. Local notes report Riggs to Topeka Benedict Greed Asher Woodward Wilbur and Barnes duties during Brooks absence.
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Law- Tenet Kansas
Bodwin Carl Cildwell
A Carneasons
Alford Husting
Edin C. Miller
Thomas _ itumsey
Herbert Reund
W. Lapies
Dedier
Julia Ham
Belle Lawson
Nettie Tuttle
J. F. White
Kate Persons
Osrun Staton
P.M
A. Riggs
Topeka
Herb. Benedict
J. W. Greed
Hank Asher
Kansas City
Oscar Woodward
Ed Wilbur
Leavenworth
W. C. Barnes
Frank Brooks
Smuggling Then and Now The Diamond Trade Mystery
A Washington Star piece recalls the decline of pirate smuggling and shows today’s smuggling by fashionable travelers and businesspeople. It notes diamonds and luxury goods evade duties, reports on informers and rewards, and describes a dramatic discovery hidden inside a soap cake containing $10,000 in gems.
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Washington Star
Suimeggiing
Europe
California
Real Estate Pact Secures Homestead for Aged Friends
More than thirty years ago two Talbot County boys forged a land agreement. One guaranteed the other life use of a tract for his and his wife’s life with a nominal five cent annual rent. The land was developed with a house and outbuildings, and five elders now have a home to end their days, while the landowner has died.
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Baltimore
Mean Practitioner Leaves Printed Funeral Notices
A Montreal doctor with a job printer ran up debt and offered pay in work. After completing printing, a balance remained and he ordered blank funeral notices with his wife’s name. His wife recovered, found the notes, and threatened divorce.
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Toronto Globe
Montreal
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Iluge Borner Tescher
Viulin
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Santa Fe
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Trade Palace
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Kahnweiley’s
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P. M. Hamlin
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