Numerous Local Visitors and Travelers Enter City
William Leis travels to Kansas City. S B Hynes visited Topeka yesterday. P G Switzer left for Baldwin City. Mrs B A Ambler leaves for Lake Minnetonka. Vaughn Beatty of Leavenworth visits. Dr A Gifford of the pension board goes to Iola. M R Grant of Cherryvale in town yesterday. Laura Lyons visits Mary Gilmore in Eudora. H J Turner of Wisconsin guests Miss Fay Underwood. Dr Sweet returns to Baldwin City from Kansas City. J A Shuck of Emporia visits T A Pollock. Fred C Barger of New York visits Judge Chadwick. T A Pollock returns after two weeks near Emporia. William Rankin and Mrs Dr Moore depart for Lake Minnetonka. Dr Morris called to De Soto yesterday afternoon. Col O E Learnard in Kansas City on business, returns last night. Charlie Harmon back from Kansas City. Capt I W Stone returns. among the state’s five G A R men. Prof W H Ashley leaves for Las Vegas New Mexico after visiting Mr Wood. Captain Alexander of Co D visits Soldiers Home Topeka. speaks well of it. Prof Cole, wife and son return to Chicago from visiting Mr George March. M K Fleming of Cherryvale in the city yesterday. E Lumley of Manhattan Cloak and Suit Co. comes from Leavenworth. Laura Little goes to Topeka then Chattanooga and Columbia before home to Columbus. Miss Josie Hutchings thanked for aid at Y M C A Ladies Auxiliary concert. Mrs J D L Cook leaves for Atlantic coast. daughter Josie joins in Chicago. family to reunite in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Beatty
Leavenworth
A. Gifford
Pension Board
Iola
M. R. Grant
Cherryvale
Laura Lyons
Mary Gilmore
Eudora
H. J. Turner
Wisconsin
Fay Underwood
Sweet
Baldwin City
Kansas City
J. A. Shuck
Emporia
Charlie Harmon
Capt
I. W. Stone
W. H. Ashley
Mr. Wood
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Captain Alexander
Co. D
Topeks
Cole
George March
Chicago
Taken
M. K. Fleming
Southern Kansas Railway
E. Lumley
Manhattan Cloak and Suit Co
New York
Laura Little
Topeka
Chattanooga
Tenn
Columbia
Ohio
Tufts vs Dudes ball game and local notices
Baseball today features a Tufts versus Dudes game. News notes report Mr. Goodrich receiving 150 barrels of apples, ongoing fraud complaints in Douglas county, a pending water works completion, and a new marriage license for Christian Urspring and Emma Sample. Also covered are travel plans to Manitoba and Canada, a Topeka pension office visit, and Sunday ball game discussions with the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Foote
Christian Urspring
Emma F. Sample
North Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas
County Certificates Passed by County Superintendent
Superintendent Bauta completed exams for 104 applicants with 69 passing. Eight earned first grade, twenty three second grade, and thirty eight third grade certificates. Names include C M Albright Jennie Bell J S Billheimer Isaac Banta F C Clarks Lawrence Oda Campbell J A Campbell Seth Fenton Clara Farr Laura Flagg May Foster Myra Fitz Lawrence Mary Gilmore Bert Gregory U S Greene Alma Griffith Laura Gentry Lillie Gentry Clara HELLATROM Harry Harrington Anna S Hutt H F Hawes Holloway Lena Jones Minnie Jenkins Frank Kerns Linnie Kennedy Charles C Lewis Gertie McGee Josephine Mignario Minnie Miller Wm McQuiston Anna Morgan H L O'Neill Edith Yoder Lizzie Whedon Annie Whitney etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauta
C. M. Albright
Willow Springs
Jennie Bell
Baldwin
J. S. Billheimer
Clinton
Isaac Banta
W. A. Carpenter
F.C
Nellie Oakes
Lawrence
Frank L. Peairs
Vinland
Clara Perky
Minnie Perky
L. A. Pleasants
Alta Raber
Sue Randall
May Richardson
Ada Rothrock
A. J. Sears
J. F. Shuck
Ella Stubbs
Barclay
Maggie Standing
B. E. Tuttle
Sibley
Nettie Ten Broec
Bertha van Tries
Weilsville
Cora van Voorhis
Hala Walker
Eudora
Gertie Wood
Gertrude Wella
Anna Williams
Ward Williams
Myrtle Westenfield
P. G. Ward
Lecompton
Ezra Yoder
Delia Churchill
Edith Yoder
Lizzie Whedon
Annie Whitney
W. L. Harding
Frank M. Dean
Tommy Wagstaff Party Celebrates Eleventh Birthday
Tommy Wagstaff hosted friends yesterday from 4 PM to an ending hour for his eleventh birthday. They played games, dined, and returned to continue the merriment after supper. Guests included Herbert Beard Will Stanly Sherman Foote Amesa Akers and many others, with best wishes for many happy years ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Wagstaff
Tommy
Herbert Beard
Willie Stanley
Sherman Foote
Amesa Akers
Herbert
John Miles
John Rushmer
George Bowersmith
Frank Bates
James Walker
Allen
Fred Stevens
Willie Mason
Lem White
Kent Tosh
Alfred Wiggins
Eugene Alder
Perry Barber
Bertie Hargis
Kate Gregg
Grace Colwell
Maude
Ollie Tawny
Dora Johnson
Maude Mull
Louisie Wiedemann
Lulu Simmons
Edith Willey
Gertie Spaulding
Abbie Mills
May Mason
Widdie Town
Daisy Starr
City Council Adopts Alley Macadam Bid
An adjourned city council meeting chaired by Mayor Poehler approved the lower bid for macadamizing the alley between Massachusetts and New Hampshire from Winthrop to Berkeley. Graves bid 5 14 cents per foot using limestone. Munroe bid 14 cents. Work to be finished in two months. petitions on sidewalk grades and new sidewalk near Adams granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poehler
Barteldes
Butler
Churchill
Dicker
Eidemuller
Kieth
Petty
Stone
Watts
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Winthrop
Berkeley
Donald Munroe
L. C. Graves
Park
Connecticut
New York
Adams
G. A. R. Delegation Arrives for Grand Encampment
The Grand Encampment in California draws old veterans together with warm friendship. Tennessee delegation passed through the city, Iowa delegates followed, with Illinois and Ohio due today. Bannered depot, welcoming crowds, Captain Stone says Hayes with Ohio and Logan with Illinois may attend. Citizens urged not to miss the sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Tennessee
Iowa
Stone
Illinois
Ohio
Hayes
Logan
Applications Filed with Probate Judge in 19th Century Sales
The record lists 15 E. F. Figslow and others with total applications 1530, naming firms and individuals such as J. B. Walker and Leonard & Hamlin. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advertised for skin ailments with a money back guarantee and a 25 cent price, sold by Barber Bros. and Dawlby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Walker
E. F. Figslow
J. A. Poff
D. A. White
Barber Bros
C. W. Straffon
B. W. Woodward
Ige Leis
Leonard & Hamlin
G. M. Lindley
John Hammett
Ww. E. Cary
Bucklen
Arnica Salve
NOTES FROM THE PEOPLE EXPLORES CITY CLEANLINESS IDEAS
Letters urge community action to curb leaf pests by kerosene experiments and advocate cleaner streets like Portland. Residents push for street maintenance, proper waste disposal, and enforcement of nuisance laws, pledging to monitor dirty spots and push reforms in Lawrence.
Baseball challenge on Massa chusetts street seeks league entry
The Sports challenge on Massa chusetts street between Warren and Berkeley streets to a Wednesday afternoon baseball game is accepted by the Teffs captain between Winthrop and Henry. Four eastern parties offer to share expenses if our boys join the league and arrange grounds. Citizens donate five or ten dollars to help start the project. Women endorse Parker's Tonic for despondency and back kidney relief. Ice from Etde miller & Co. is advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Warren
Berkeley
Teffs
Winthrop
Henry
Lakin cyclone relief appeal calls for aid to the distressed
A July 18 cyclone left Lakin in ruin with fifteen homes lost and many destitute and wounded. A citizens committee asks Lawrence residents to send clothing bedding and cash via the appointed committee to aid the starving and injured, with Edward Russell offering to forward boxed contributions from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakin
Poehler
Lawrence
Ansas
John O'Loughlin
W. P. Haywood
H. M. Carr
Clow Knocks Out Sexton In Shawnee Prize Fight
In a Johnson county bout at Shawnee Mission Merriam Park sites, Johnnie Clow defeats Hugh Sexton after a brutal twelfth round knockout. Sam Jones excites fans elsewhere. Johnnie Evans is arrested on Sexton training charges. Clow and Sexton likely to face grand jury and may depart the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Sin
Devil
Merriam Park
Johnnie Clow
Colorado
Hugh Sexton
Shawnee Mission
Johnson County
Kansas
Clow
Sexton
Johnnie Evans
Branham
Greeley
Speers
Wichita Piscatorial Society Visit Describes Annual Trip
The Wichita Piscatorial Society, on its third annual Northern Lakes trek, passes through the city with five members. They plan weeks of fishing and hunting while companions roast fish and bake potatoes. Their manifesto calls for a July departure toward Minnehaha waters, celebrating Wichita as the “biggest fish” in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Piscatorial Society
Wichita Precatorial Society
Minnehaha
Kansas
Medicine Man
Wichita
Santa Fe
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Trails
Great Lake of
Newark Zouaves Parade Through Missouri Hits and G A R Delegations
Sunday the Missouri delegation of G A R passed through to a warm greeting from locals and the state’s best drum corps. A special train carried the Veteran Zouaves of Newark New Jersey, forty three men in blue uniforms with red fez and yellow tassels. The train also carried G A R members from Iowa and Wisconsin, and later Tennessee and Georgia delegations with the Woman's Relief Corp on the same trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Newark
New Jersey
G. A. R. Poate
Iowa
Wis
Tennessee
Georgia
Woman’s Relief Corp
Not Located in K C Prof Samuels Optician
Report misstates Prof H Samuels location. He lives in Quincy Illinois and can be reached there. He is temporarily at Eldridge House in this city offering eye care and glasses without consultation charges. Ayer remedies are recommended by physicians for bowel regulation and malaria cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C
Prof
H. Samuels
Kansas City
Prof. Samuels
Quincy
Ill
Eldridge House
Glen Park Chatauqua Emerges Near Denver
Our Denver letter reports the embryonic Glen Park Chatauqua at Palmer Lake with cottages rising and a planned lake resort villa. Judge Gilmore heads the park company. Will Learnard, once with the Lawrence band, travels in the area. The letter notes Kansas moss agates, growing mineral museums, and a railroad town expansion near Colyer. A coal bed near Russell yields small supply while a fossil snake is unearthed. The writer plans to exhibit specimens at the Bismarck fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
DEAR
Palmer Lake
Colorado Springs
Judge Gilmore
E.P. Land Corn
Park Company
Will Learnard
Wallace
Will
Old Lawrence
O. E. Learnard
Aud
Kansas
Colyer
Isbela
Kansas Agates
Bismarck
Pacific
Islands
Sea
Ark
Amazon
Russell
Paradise Valley
Jos. Savage
Transfers of Property For Week Ending July 23 1886
Property transfers listed for the week ending July 23 1886 cover numerous parcels in Lawrence Kansas. Documents show Amos D Johnson and James H Iane selling Lot 61 Massachusetts street to Thomas J Covey for 25 dollars and Emma F Mason and R D Mason selling Lot 178 Ohio street to Obie C Eberhart for 1800 dollars. Additional transfers include Rashet A and J B Parnham selling large fractional parcels to William G McFarland for 3000 dollars and C A and Anna G Merger selling s w 1 4 of ne 1 4 of section 11 town 12 range 20 to J B Parnham for 725 dollars. Other entries list Henry Gray acquiring several tax title lots in west Lawrence for modest sums and Kate and John Schopp selling to Philip Husisger for 2100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Amos D. Johnson
Kansas City
James H. Iane
Thomas J. Covey
Ohio Street
Emma F
R. D. Mason
Obie C. Eberhart
Jage A. Kennedy
M. L. Kennedy
West Lawrence
Henry Gray
Rashet A
J.B. Parnham
William G. McFarland
C. A
Anna G. M
J. B. Parnham
Kate
John Schopp
Philip Husisger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Price Baking Powder CO
ST. Louie
St. Lous
Hotels
Ldridge House
Mubr&z
J. A. Lewis
Arker, Gleed
Gleed
Attorneye
National Bank Building
Oo. Thacher
Office Over National Bank
Je. Spangler
Joe Blythe
Selig Building
Winthrop Street
Post Office
D. L. Tosh
J T. Stevens
Welle Kargo Express
EETC
Ee i. Pierson
Notary Public
Avent
Ras
E. Riggs
Ws. Riley
M.D
Bridge Street
Brett
Cale
Menes
Exatern Star Bakery
A. Steele
Patrada
Eatate E Aoc
Ineurance
Physicians and Surgeons
Rank Smythe
W. Howe
Esterley
Woodward
Mansachuseetts and
Henry Streets
COAL
A. Duane
A J. Griffin
National Bank
Brier & Son
Estaurant
Geo. M. Falley
Banking
E. Brncon
Cashier
J. D. Bowsrs
W. F. Manca
Douglas County Bank
National Kansas Ci - Bank
Louie
Kounts Broc
New York City
Frank C. Clark
Selig
Wiliam Leis
S. B. Hynes
P. G. Switzer
B. A. Ambler
Lake Minnetonka
Josie Hutchings
Ladies’ Auxilliary
J.D. L. Cook
Atlantic Coast
Josie
Mr. Cook
The
Morning Journal
Tufts
Ottawa Republican
Presbyterian Church
Topeka State Journal
B. Hynes
Manitoba
Quebec
Canada
W. G. Hughes
Brown County
Wallace County
Ewing Herbert
Lincoln Republican
Grant Harrington
Capt. E. Harrington
State University
Lawrence Journal
Ephor Joco‘nxat
E. D. Thompson
Pacific Coast
Portland
Oregon
Ol —— Street
Daily Journal
Council
Marsuall
Etdemiller & Co
Ance
Edward Russell
O'Loughlin
Zook
Newark Zouaves
Ayer
Moss Agates
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