Indianpolis Thursday News Ledger of Local Court and Circus
The city treasury gained 41 yesterday as the circus dispersed money among merchants. S. C. Gilges filed tax returns for Willow Springs township showing a drop in personal property value. A Marion township petition seeks a Kansas Colorado Texas railroad election. county commissioners meet today. Judge Foote issued a marriage license. the couple kept names from press. Local shooting club scores list, and a defendant acquittal followed, with costs charged to the complainant. A theft at Kunkel’s tailor shop led to arrest. pickpockets jailed. jail conditions noted. Police success reduced depredations. bond election in Marion township looms with opposing views. A death and funeral announced for F. M. Alexander. Bullock denies circus attendance. Kappa Kappa Gammas host twenty five couples with supper. Captain Stone’s birthday celebrated by Southern Kansas Rail Road staff with a commemorative cane bearing inscription.
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S.C. Gilges
Willow Springs
Marion
Kansas, Colorado & Texas Railroad
M. W. Reedy
EL. Gibson
Wm. Gibson
Oscar Wright
F. Juedicke
H. J. Babcock
G. A. Graeber
Robert Earp
A. Herning
Ben McFarlane
Reinhardt Koehler
Howard
Sasiwit
Ernest Griffith
Wm. Davis
Davis
Wash Talley
Kunkel
Ellis
Talley
Show Ground
Harbaugh
Massachusetts
Warren Streets
Calaboose
Marion Township
F. M. Alexander
Pennsylvania
Walnut Streets
North Lawrence
Bullock
Advertising results and court notes from the era
The piece reports a big sales rush at Mr. Innes store after advertising ladies undergarments at 25 cents a garment with a daylong line of customers. It praises ads’ power, notes remaining stock, and urges continued promotions. It also covers Handel and Haydn Society rehearsals and a district court session with multiple assault and theft cases and bond details.
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Innes
Handel and Haydn
Handel and Haydn Society
Aldrich
J.Q. Hauser
Society
F. E. Simpson
Music and drawing in public schools debated in Lawrence
A Lawrence editorial argues for including music in public schools, noting its ennobling effect and the citys standing as a musical center. The piece invites authorities to consider funding and placement alongside reading, writing, and arithmetic. It cites East schools as showing tolerance for a music hour and urges public discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
West
Local fruits and social events brighten Friday in town
The Journal office hosted Dr. Wm Evatt and Mr A H Griesa who shared Prince of Berries strawberries. A garden crop yield forecast follows as Mayhie shadow fever shrinks. a strawberry social at the Methodist church drew a large crowd with cream and berries plentiful. A county railroad petition verdict, university exams, Decoration Day observations, and a police case wrap the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Goodrich
Journal Office
Journal
Wm. Evatt
Mayhie
A. H. Griesa
Mr. Griesa
Sudden Death of Miss Myrtle Hoge at University
Miss Myrtle Hoge a University student dies suddenly from cerebral hemorrhage after visiting Kelly's barber shop with Miss Jo Gimore. She was 18, a sophomore, bright and popular, with ailing health recently and plans for funeral arrangements to be announced. Her father in Iowa is being telegraphed for and arrival expected today.
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Myrtle Hoge
Jo. Gimore
Kelly
Dr. Prentiss
Miss Dolbee
Prof. Miller
P. A. Dolbee
Iowa
Morse
WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP Advertised Cure for Teething Mess
Advice to Mothers touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething remedy used for forty years by millions of mothers. It claims to relieve pain, cure dysentery and diarrhea, stop griping, and ease wind colic, promising health to the child and rest for the mother. The price is 2 shillings per bottle.
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Kappa Kappa Gammas
Eva Howe
Mississippi Street
Grosseup
J. W. Stone
North
Casey
Mr. Stone
W. Stone
S. K. Railway
Kansas
T. J. Casey
S T. Pueder
William Elder
W. W. Black
E. Hutt
John Hutt
Nettie Haskell
Louis Constant
Ben F. Akers
A. Pearson
Satan
Ike Fenis
Lydia Campbell
Sam Strode
Wm. Harper
W. H. Nolan
Stainer Wash Tualley
Wo. W. Bardell
O. H. Newman
Stirling Remedy Company
la Fayette
United States
Mina Hannah Oliver
Tenn. St
Carruth
City of
Wash Green
Y.M.C. A
Henry Martin
Charlie
Parsons Sun
Lillie
Parsons
Wash. Green
Emily Powell
Whipple
U. P. Ti. R.vo
Usher
Son
Thos. P. Fenlon
Leavenworth
Byron Shelly
Kansas City
W. H. Dosle
Burlington
Willie
Klock
D. B. Matlock
Douglas County
State Board of Railroad Assessors
Kas
Topeka & Western
Kansas Division
U. Peew
St. Louis
Lawrence & Em- Pofi Asacaverrecnessasers MW
RGLOL
Southern
Wilson Creek
Samuel Houston
Locust Street
Edward Reilly
Leavenworth City
County Board of Equalization
Joels Warte
Eounst
Durham Bulls
Judge Thacher
Clinton Road
Tucker
Iso
W. A. Norris
Powis
Rochester N
Best Mechanics
J.S. Crew & CO
The
Western Farm Mortgage Co
Western Farm Mortgage Company
National Bank Building
Winthrop Street
Over City Library
L. H. Perkins
J. J. Runkel’s
Massachusetts Street
National Bank’ Hill & Mendenhall
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