Lawrence Improvement Society At Court House Meeting
Skim of local items reports the Lawrence Improvement Society meeting at the courthouse Thursday night. Also notes a large country visitor turnout, Usher Guards payment, water mains work on New Hampshire street with fifty men, Sunday baseball ban talks, Curtis Stone’s billiard hall closure, Prof Canfield praising Beecher, a new university baseball club aim, the death of Robert A Schultz in Kavane-Cits, and a fast New York to across the continent mail train debut improving daily newspaper delivery times.
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New Hampshire Street
Leavenworth
Association
New York
St. Louis
L Hemley Starts Wire Nail Factory Boom in Lawrence
A. Healey Onis begins a new wire nails manufactory in Lawrence after a quiet start with a few nails. A machine base at Kimball's foundry will be used in Healey's barb wire plant and more machines will follow. Industry expert L Hemley has built a large barb wire business and will expand into nail manufacture, signaling a rapid growth of local industry.
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A. Healey Onis
Lawrence
Kimball
Healey
Henley
Women Vote in Horton Kansas First Test of Suffrage
Women in Horton Brown County Kansas cast votes in the first town elections under the new suffrage law. At Topeka Republican primaries nearly four hundred women participated, with many prominent in social and intellectual circles among them. Reports note 1000 women registered in Leavenworth and 500 in Atchison, challenging forecasts that women’s votes would be sparse. Chief Justice Horton cited constitutional support for women voting in city elections, signaling a likely test case with Judge Valentine already voicing the same view.
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Horton
Brown County
Kansas
Topeka
Leavenworth
Atchison
Tariff Debate Ends Jeffersonian Series With Canfield Victory
Professor J. H. Canfield closed the Jeffersonian debate asserting the American tariff system is false in theory and pernicious in practice. He argued tariffs raise costs, favor manufacturers, and shift freight rates to Western and Southern states, noting vast migration and divergent state wages as evidence of internal economic impacts.
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J. H. Canfield
Nate
Michigan
The Wig Wolf Hunt Captains Map North Lawrence Districts
Captains met at A J Dicker's store North Lawrence to map the wag wolf hunt zones north of the river. Names and areas listed include William Pine J Dicker William Grifith Chas Spencer W H H Whitney Jss Phenicie Wr Skeets Jacob Stewart Mile Wood Ed Canovan. District court reconvenes March 26.
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A. J. Dicker
North Lawrence
Wiliam Pine
Burnett School House
J. Dicker
Turkey Creek
U. P. Road
William Grifith
Fall Leaf Creek
Chas, Spencer
Nine Mile Creek
W. H. H. Whitney
Jss Phenicie
Catholic
Wr. Skeets
Catholic Church
Mound
Jacob Stewart
Champion
Mile Wood
Judy
Canovan
Burnett
Eaptain
Herriott Farm
Local notes from the region around the depot and wards
J Panto opened a barber shop near the depot yesterday. A fifth ward widow was granted a divorce from her husband, whom she married about ten years ago. Judge Benson granted the divorce. Jenks Walker, a sixth ward native, was reportedly in a good boarding house across the river. Parson Norris left for Abilene to attend the North Side G A R encampment and may update on the next reunion. Four wolves roam Gary Robinson’s farm daily, to be routed next Saturday as a single column advances. A young man, Kohb eight miles northeast of town, nearly severed a head wound while sharpening posts. Dr. Phillips treated him and recovery looks good.
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J. Panto
Yesterasy
Judge Benson
Jenks Walker
Parson Norris
Alnee
Abilene
G. A. R. Peat
Phillips
What Voters Can Do An Address to the Women of Kansas
A Kansas address urges women to use newly gained voting power to improve city life by closing dram shops and gambling houses, strengthening schools and libraries, keeping streets clean, and enforcing laws. It outlines registration, election rules, and caucus guidance, praising suffrage supporters and noting local political activity and speeches.
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Kansas
Tosmiog
Board of Education
Dss
Wemnen
Eseh
Myor
Ballows
Taliet
Caucns
Fanny H. Rasrall
Prof. Kas
W. C. T. U. Sara
A. Brown
W. H. Carruth
State Equal Suffrage Association
Real estate transfers yesterday show Lawrence boom spurs activity
The report lists numerous property sales and transfers in Lawrence, Kansas City inquiries, and large blocks of land and lots changing hands. Notable moves include J. Churchill selling on Ohio street to J. F. Bayless, Gleason & Whitman selling four lots on South Massachusetts for 2000 dollars, and other parcels including Vermont New Jersey and Connecticut streets with prices varying up to thousands.
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Mutual Benefit Investment Company
Kansas City
Tom Sweeney
J. Churchill
Ohio Street
J. F. Bayless
Massachusetts Street
Gleason & Whitman
West Lawrence
Santa Fe
Carmean Place
Col. Files
Lawrence
John L. Meturty
Sarah Maddox
New Jersey
Robert Bartusch
Schuricht
Budora
J. Churchill Sod
Jan. F. Bayless
Addiawa
North Law
TENCE
John Carson
Taule
Columbus Lewis
R. A. Burnoham
Emus L. Harris
John Edwarda
Connecticut Street
W. H. Sweet
M. J. Pierea
Baldwin EL Mellravy
J. N. Roberts
John Simrock
Connecticut
Lorenzo
Woodbury
Co. R. Hoadley
Babcocks
B. Kather
Lecompton News Roundup From Lane Leaflets 1887
Lecompton Kansas reports a busy week with President Ergin absent at the Arkansas Valley conference in Stafford. Prof Robert in town via Abilene where he resigned a high school post. A Saturday rhetorical event faltered due to unavailable performers while the German entertainment drew a full auditorium and praise for Pestalozian instruction. Mrs Addy Slouse and Misses Leahh and Maude Edmonds are noted travelers and local clerks completed enrollment work in Topeka. An upcoming Echoes issue is slated for publication.
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A. C. Walters
Lach Jurk
Leahh
Maude Edmonds
McLouth
Addiy Slouse
Willow Springs
Ea Baimgardner
Lynn Qu
Pate
Conell
Topeka
Cows in North Lawrence Prompt Petition and Local Rift
Notes from the people report a petition with about 140 names to restrain cows from running at large in the South and Gauk wards, while observers claim 212 names in the fifth ward and another in the sixth. Councilmen Stone Dicker and Keith are accused of personal cow interests, amid voter calls for strict enforcement and moral fencing against roaming cattle. An Alpine Choir and Tyrolean company from Europe is slated to appear at Plymouth church on March 29 after a March 20 appearance in Lawrence.
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North Lawrence
Evirek DaIty Journal
Bir
Underwood
Stone
Dicker
Keith
Warde
Atesh
Herr Audre
Plymouth Church
Europe
Lawrence
Lecture on Mormonism Sparks Audience at Plymouth Church
Miss Field delivered a pointed critique of Mormonism in a Jest evening talk at Plymouth Church. She contrasted polygamy and church surveillance with women’s rights, citing Brigham Young and Elder Taylor to illustrate alleged teachings and practices. The speaker warned that Mormon influence in Salt Lake City and nationwide poses threats to American values and woman suffrage.
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Kav. Wi. Mullen
Plymouth Church
Africa
Mate Field
John Taylor
Boulogne-Surmer
France
Taylor
Utah
Isle of
Jersey
Miss Field
Brigham Young
Hell
Bilsa Field
Dca
Kansas
Salt Lake Its
Marcy
John T. Calne
Storman
Congress
Arthur
United States
Mormon Church
Hop Bitters touted as medicinal not alcoholic remedy
A letter to Green B Raum Internal Revenue Commissioner argues Hop Bitters should be certified as a medicinal tonic. The author claims Col W H W cured drunkenness with Hop Bitters and is renowned in Rochester Cincinnati New Orleans and New York, asserting the product could create many sober individuals if endorsed.
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Green B. Raum
Wasuigron
Baltimore
Rochester
N.Y
Cincinnatti
New Orleans
New York
Counry
Ramn
Prejudice Hills and Hop Bitters Endorsements
Letters from readers and clergymen praising Hop Bitters as a remedy for debility nervousness and indigestion. The missives claim restoration of health after long illnesses and urge others to try the tonic, noting endorsements by Rev J H Bertacop and Rev E R Warren.
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Milton
Hayling
J. H. Bertacop
Cured of Drinking Prompts Lectures at Baptist Church
A railroad official in Chicago testifies that Hop Bitters cured a man of a deadly liquor thirst restoring sobriety for over two years and inspiring others to quit drinking. Mrs Woodbridge of the National W W C U will lecture Friday night at the Baptist church.
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Scirio
The
Baptist Church
Aod
Albany
E. R.warren
R. R
Chicago
Illinois
Woodbridge
Railroad Racket Blood Purifier Endorsed by Spokesman
A Georgia railroad official from Atlanta reports his wife suffered catarrh and blood diseases resisted by remedies until using B. B. blood purifier. He credits rapid, complete recovery and endorses it for all blood diseases. The Evening Call in Louisiana notes the daily scripture.
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R. P. Donar
Georgia Hailroad
Wim
Atlanta
Free Trade Boosts Medicine Bottles Size and Value
The passage notes that reduced internal revenue and the removal of revenue stamps on proprietary medicines have benefited consumers and home manufacturers. It highlights Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup, which now come in larger bottles at the same 75 cent price, offering about one fifth more medicine. It mentions the drinks’ uses for dyspepsia, liver complaints, and coughs, and that sample bottles remain 10 cents. Dr Horner is slated to lecture to the pharmaceutical society at the University tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Boschee
Consumption Cured by Arnold Physician Offer
Consumption cured by an East India mission sponsored physician who claims a simple vegetable remedy can permanently cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung diseases along with nervous debility and nervous complaints. He will mail the recipe free in German French or English with directions upon request by sending a stamp and paper name to W A Nova Rochester NY. Farm Implements and Horse Shoeing by A Palm offers to shoe horses repair wagons buggies and machinery at Kennedy's old stand 034 March street with guaranteed satisfaction and low prices.
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Arnold
East India
Msi
W. A
A. Palm
Lawrence Plaw Company
Kennedy's
Maranchusetts Street
Advice to Mothers Mrs Winslow's Teething Syrup Warranty
Advice to Mothers describes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething remedy used for forty years by mothers and nurses in the United States. It claims to relieve pain cure dysentery and diarrhoea stop griping and wind in the bowels and provide rest to the mother. The price is one dollar per bottle.
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Muyler, Lawrence
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Tion
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Rles Clayton
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Curtis Stone
University
Henry Ward Beecher
Divine
Athleticaily
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Robert A. Schultz
F. W. Jacdicke
Endlans Street
Mr. Schultz
Memphis
Tennessee
Kavane-Cits
Tack Watts
Nathan
Salvation Army
Eudora
L. Hemley
Women Voters
Hood
District Court
W. €. Sinclair
Lawsrence
Lawsrenve
Republica Club
House
Smith
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Prejudice Hills
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Beneft
Domestic Mfg.Co
Marion
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