Railroad Time Table shows 4 31 p.m. schedule note
A rail timetable item records 4 31 p.m. in the schedule. It mentions a ticket agent associated with the time. The fragment highlights a station role without broader context or further events.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1886
Page
5
A rail timetable item records 4 31 p.m. in the schedule. It mentions a ticket agent associated with the time. The fragment highlights a station role without broader context or further events.
Thursday’s notes from the university discuss the literary societies and an impending oratorical contest with speakers from Emporia and Baker University, plus plan changes for commencement oral exams and faculty moves. Items cover campus life, football practice, a dean’s departure to Williams College, and local events from Topeka to Atchison.
A farmer three miles north of town fell victim to a female con artist on a Union Pacific train to Topeka and Lawrence. She feigned friendship, recounted a counterfeit note tale, and persuaded him to give her a ten dollar bill before vanishing at the station. He lost the money but escaped worse harm and gained a cautionary lesson.
Unity Cloud The Unity Club held a well attended meeting last evening. Mrs Diggs read a paper on Boycotting and its effect on the labor movement arguing that relations between Capitol and Labor have become perverted and create public discontent. An animated discussion followed. Next meeting will feature Co Learmard reading a paper. First hour reserved for literary work and second for social. All invited.
Old residents recall the 5 year old shooting of John Carson by John Schaich near town. Schaich fled after bail, resurfaced in North Lawrence as a yard master, and later hid again. A warrant led to his arrest in Kansas City, where Officer Burt-Judge took him into custody yesterday evening.
The Chautauqua Club hosted an Evening at the YMCA with Prof. Arthur Canfield presiding. Miss Odell spoke on Longfellow, Mr. Burr offered a biography, Miss White sang Evangeline and The Bridge, and George Mull closed with a solo. The event drew many members and two invited guests each.
Judge Tourgee lectured last night in the opera house to a good audience. He spoke about the condition of the negro in the south, contending that northern credit for emancipation is overstated and predicting conflict unless education solves the race question. Afterward a reception was held at Mr. W. W. Nevison’s residence with twenty five or thirty leading citizens in attendance.
Friday notes report a pleasant city dance at Cyclone hall and farmers moving between farms in good weather. Five carloads of fat cattle arrived from Richland via Carbondale, fed by Osage county farmers. Glesson and Whitman note the sale of D. B. Gyers farm on Clinton road to L. K. Taylor of Kansas City for 6125 dollars. A misprint about an order length is corrected and a missing young city woman sparks concern. Judge Footes issued licenses to Geo W Shirk and Mary Murphy of Baldwin City, and Henry R Armstrong and Mollie J Clark of Douglas County obtained licenses to wed.
The Methodist revival at the church draws large crowds with a prayer and experience session led by Dr. Marvin. Judge Tourgee recalls a prewar Slavery era tale of a pious mistress bequeathing servants to fund a missionary. John Schaich faces a preliminary hearing for a long ago shooting, with Union Pacific workers backing his acquittal. A Daly comedy, A Night Off, debuts at the opera house to rave reviews and a strong opening crowd.
In the District Court yesterday afternoon alimony of 2.09 per week was granted to the wife in the Reinsch divorce case. Chapman vs Barris resulted in a defendant’s win with $300 awarded to him. J Benson set May term juries and adjourned sine die. Local society notes include Miss Hadley’s Tennessee street gathering, Prof Pratt’s Topeka dancing contest win, Sons of Veterans plans, an Idaho license to wed James W. Davie and Mary Vaulen, and a skunk assault on a Rhode Island street resident. Also reports on Holliday typhoid cases, Tennyson day at the High school, Frank Davis’s carrier promotion, and multiple real estate transfers. Names and nicknames of states section follows concluding remarks.
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