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Newspaper

Lawrence Weekly Journal

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1888

Page

4

Local items and notices from a Lawrence city page

A miscellany recounts court, civic, and social happenings in Lawrence. Mentions Moot court adjournment, arrivals from Jerseyville, clothing purchases, and slow Hiliman case progress at the capital. Notes crowding by colored youths, street crossing condition at Winthrop and Toones, Young Men Republican club meeting, Southern question discussion, and milk adulteration tests. Marriage licenses issued locally, and a fifteenth birthday celebration for Gertieames at C C James home in North Lawrence.

Gertieames C. C. James North Lawrence Misses Farinda Katie Crouch Fannie Morgan Opera House Tysted

Veterans Pension Petition Drive Urges Statewide Action

Petitions should be signed at each public meeting with active comrades canvassing every township to locate ex soldiers and transgender allies. The managing committee must dispatch petitions to Washington and veterans should write to their congressmen monthly until the bill passes. The group seeks press cooperation and copies of the report to spread the cause across the commonwealth. Contact K Ob Park Osage Mission Kansas President Kan State Service Pension association and A Jay Garrison Lyons Kansas Secretary KSP ACOMMITTEE.

Natmwoal Advocates of Curthouse Winfield Carnéel E.& Park Osage Missiony View Sident D. B. Loog Elsworth A. Jay Garrison Lyons W. A. Caldwell Beloit J. F. Sterling Chetopa Taylor Hartford J.T. Godfrey F. Campbell Abilene Baker Atchison TF. Norris Lawrences Seaver Acastie Unie Acd Nativg Sud Scienatic Department of Kansas Anita Euust Hood Leto Washington Commonwealth K. Ob. Park Osage Mission Kas Kan- 81S Service Pension Association Lyons, Kue K.S. P. A.—Committee

Republican clubs form in Erie and Scompton areas

The Republican club at Erie Neose county organized and sent its constitution and bylaws to the secretary for copies. A Republican club has formed at Scompton with fifteen members and began aggressive work.

Republican Club Erie Neose County Scompton

Interments total 25 at Oak Hill and Maple Grove in January

The month saw 18 interments at Oak Hill and 7 at Maple Grove, with 8 from outside the city. Mortality skewed older, as 15 deaths occurred among ages 49 to 82. Names listed include Willie Thomas and Dell CMaplin among others, with causes noted such as cancer and heart disease.

R. S. McFarland Oak Hill Cemetery Willie Thomas Torneden Oak Hill Maple Grove R.S. McFarlanxp

Lawrence News Roundup Highlights Local Visitors and Plans

A column notes regional visitors from Linwood Topeka and Kansas City, plus the Sam's of Po-en Troupe at the Lawrence House. It reports Col Walker as a witness in the Hillman case and discusses public building plans, paving costs, and Indian affairs funding. Eudora items cover farming moves, church events, and a Lawrence Teachers Institute program with local speakers and schedules.

Sam's Milla Lawrence House Col. Walker R. A. Lewis Ruth Canon City Col E. Learnard Washington Lawrence Atchison Emporia Kansas City Kay Massachusetts Indian Department Haskell Institute Department of the Indian Affairs M. E Teachers Institute Eudora N. B. Bartlet Kunkle H. I. Carr Lizzie Albright Irving Stanley Stanley Lawrete Muste Nina Perky F. Kerns Shuck Carte Schleiffer Clara Perky Lawrence University ceeseseeeMise Myrtle Darting Enoch Arden Mixa Lizzie Kunkle Edwards

Friends Hold Regular Quarterly Meeting Weekend

The Friends held their regular Quarterly meeting on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. William Outland traveled to Lawrence on Wednesday.

William Outland Lawrence

Lane cantata and new music director add spring term buzz

Quakes report new Lane students for the spring term beginning Tuesday. Neutrophean society plans an oyster supper Friday night as women expect to serve in style. Miss Genieve Lichtenwalter arrives from Toledo to lead instrumental music, joining Mrs. Moore in the vocal department. For sale items include multiple spans of bay mares and other horses with foal prospects, a standard breeding set, and one short horn bull calf. Vinland Kan.

Lane Neutrophean Society Genieve Lichtenwalter Toledo Iowa Moore Rex Vinland Kan

State News Roundup of Kansas County Items

Seventy five Leavenworth glucose workers struck over five day weeks. Lyndon voters approve a 2500 gas well investment. Seward County editor sued for libel and acquitted. county attorney resigns. Coal mining work available for the attorney. Kingman hosts a fire extinguisher manufactory. Kinsley board weighs Kansas City ad page versus boosting local Mercury circulation. Ashland Herald notes Jacob's Well spring yields. 20,000 cows drank long ago with no drawdown. Ulysses Peters faces no convention opposition in Garden City May first. Eldorado Times reports no sugar manufactory this year due to funds shortfall. Medicine Lodge Cresset notes Capt Byron Ayers dead, third Kansas officer lost recently. Bent Murdock of El Dorado Republican moves about with compound spectacles. Junction City Republican lauds local creamery as best paying industry in Davis County.

Kinsley Board of Trade Kansas City The Mercury Ashland Herald Ulysses Tribune Peters Garden City Medicine Lodge Cresset Byron P. Ayers Union Co. F. Second Kansas Infantry Col.Second Kansas Cavalry Kansas Hugh D. McCarty Frank Tracy Bent Murdock el Dorado Republican Philadelphia

Lawrence fruit plant pamphlet praised by LB Smith

The Lawrence Journal reports LB F P Smith proprietor of South Lawrence small fruit nurseries issued a 24 page pamphlet on small fruit planting and price lists. Smith built his business from a small start testing varieties on experimental grounds and promotes plants that perform well. His annual praises productive varieties and omits unproductive ones. He chairs horticultural committees and serves as secretary of the Douglas County Horticultural Society. The small fruit annual is sent free upon request.

The Lawrence Journal, Printing Company LB. FP. Smith South Lawrence Smith Douglas County Horticultural Society State Horticultural Society

Louisa M Alcott Dies in Boston After Father's Death

Louisa M Alcott died this morning in Boston Mass after her father A R Bronson Alcott died Sunday. She had suffered nervous prostration and recently traveled to the Highlands with Dr Rhoda A Lawrence where a cold on March 1 led to spinal meningitis. Her death follows closely to her father’s passing. In Indianapolis W F A Berhamer, convicted in tall sheet forgeries, was sentenced to one year at Michigan City prison.

Clark Kendall Plummer Vestal Pickering Stanfield G. Edwards Sarah Wilson James Vestal Henry Pierson Enoch Pierson William Mendenhall Lawrence Newton Henshaw Boston Mnass Louisa M. Alcott A. R. Bronson Alcott Miss Alcott Highlands Rhoda A. Lawrence Pianopolis W. F. A. Berhamer Michigan City Botton Juvaxan House of Representatives Alexandri Theological Seminary St. George's Hall Aspinwall Bohlen Meade Hall United States Po Teust A. Beatty

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