City council session ends with appointments and bids
The council debated petitions on streets and sidewalks and approved a sewer bid on Henry Street. They commended the water works poles and asked telegraph and telephone firms to paint theirs. An executive session followed to appoint the mayor’s choices for city offices including clerk, street commissioner, attorney, physician, and superintendent of cemeteries.
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Mississippi Street
Burkley
University
van Burren
Henry Street
New York
New Jersey
Stone
Water Works Company
Wnin
Western Union Telegraph Company
Kansas and Missouri Telephone Company
A. G. Honnold
Geo. P. Ware
W. C. Spangler
C. J. Simmouns
Cemetrics
F. O. Marino
Women’s Pilla for Women and Prophylactic Fluid Ad
An ad copy touts Madame Revere’s Female Pill for women with guaranteed relief and a mail order offer of one dollar for three boxes. It cites Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid as a valued nursery disinfectant and deodorizer. The note mentions Norwegian writer Jonas Lie.
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W.C. Toggle
LaGrange
Darbys
Stntea
Safe Pain-Free Child-Bearing Information Enclosed
Readers may obtain guidance on making childbirth pain free and safe by sending four cents in postage stamps to Ming. E. Revere, Box 283, Jersey City, New Jersey, for a sealed envelope with details.
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Our Lady
Ming
E. Revere
Jersey City
N. J
Bismarck Grove permits and driving rights offered priced at 1.50
Notices invite all keyholders to call and settle for Bismarck Grove permits and driving rights at the office, with season pricing of 85.00. The funds fund grove upkeep as a local public amenity, praised for low cost versus other tracks. Also includes a colonial-era nativist critique and an advertisement for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in a racially charged aside.
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Bismarck Grove
Bismarck
van Horsex
Grace in Grasse and the loyal poor of Europe
A travel reminiscence recalls Grasse near Nice with its olive groves and fragrant moss plants. The narrator reflects on the dignity and hardship of Europe's poor, noting a Hungarian servant who dreams of America where “even a poor boy might become president” despite barriers like voyage costs and poverty.
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Gragce
Nice
Europe
Hesrta
Jesus
Mary
Napoleon
France
Grasse
America
Kousuth Struggzes
Red Star
Sozodont Promises Teeth Preservation and Beauty
An advertisement warns neglect harms teeth and may cause dyspepsia, touting Sozodont as a pure botanic dentifrice that cleanses surfaces, whitens teeth, and removes impurities. It urges using 807' Dont and cautions boys about painted cheeks and kissing illness from rough cosmetics in Reading.
Dr Kings New Discovery and Barber Bros ad note
Mobile reader praises Dr King's New Discovery for consumption bronchitis and catarrh with instant relief and cure. Also endorses Electric Bitters and New Life Pills with guaranteed trial and sale at Barber Bros. Bent Murdock enters race for state senator in Twenty sixth district Butler County.
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W. D. Hoyt & Co
Wholevale
Hetail
Rome
Kinga
Thie
Dr. King
Barber Bros
N. H- Frobrichstein
Mobile
Ala
Bent Murdock
Butler County
The Lounger Visits Lawrence in Springtime Splendor
The Lounger roams Lawrence Kansas in spring, praising river views from Mt Oread to the wagon bridge. He notes North Lawrence Bis marck and Delaware Hills, contemplates park improvements at Central and South Park, and muses on street views, river life, and a hoped for a safer final verse.
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Massachusetts
Winthrop Streets
National Bank
North
Lawrence
Bismarck
Leavenworth
Mt. Oread
Tam O*shanter
Santa Fe
Tennyson
Bismarck Grove
South Park
Henry Street
West Lawrence
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Winthrop
Tennessee
Trenton Red
Central Park
New York City
Ohio
Kaw
Wichita Convention Sees Ingalls Rally and Chicago Delegates
Kansas Republicans convene at the Grand Opera House with Hon. P. D. Bonebrake presiding. Speeches praise John J. Ingalls, attack democratic leaders, and endorse Blaine if Ingalls falters. Delegates chosen for Chicago with Strong, Borin, and Griffin prominent amid lively floor votes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Kanis
Prohibition
Republcan Party
Ingalls Brigade
Bautt
Grand Opera House
P. D. Bonebrake
J. D. Hewitt
Welty
Kelley
McPherson
J. W. Adey
Harvey County
Eugene Ware
John L. Waller
J. A. McNeal
J. Ware
Butterfield
Jas. Leggutt
W. W. Smith
Republican Party of Kansas
Grover Cleveland
United States
Voorhees
Indiana
West
Blackburn
Congress
John J. Dugalls
Andersonville
Belle Isle
Knights
Kentucky
Senate
Kansas
John J. Ingalls
Ingalls
James G. Blaine
Plumb
Europe
Albert Griffin
J. K. Hudson
Shawnee
C. Borin
Decatur County
Webb McNall
Smith County
Griffin
Borin
A. Osborn
Jan
T. B. Murdock
Butler County
J. K. Culbertson
J. Strong
Larned
Henry Booth
E. P. McCabe
A. B. Stone
A. T. Lee
Decatur
J. Downing
Ellis
Strong
McCabe
Stone
A. C. Swanson
Alfred Whitman
J. Butterfield
T. C. Breen
E. F. Ware
Fr. Scott
University lecture echoes from Gettysburg vividly recounted
A letter from Lawrence invites many to hear Rev. Jesse B. Young, D. D., recounting the Battle of Gettysburg in a dramatic lecture titled Echoes from Round Top. Young, a veteran with staff experience at Gettysburg, is praised for vivid battle descriptions. May 15 at the university hall. request for Washington Post and G A R members to attend.
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Fort Donnelson
Pittsburg Landing
Carrinth
Army of the
Dr. Young
Gettysburg
The
Washington Post
J. A. Lirrcott
Imported Cleveland Bay Stallion and Chatsworth in sale notice
Two imported stallions President and Chatsworth advertised for breeding season 588 at George Roe’s stable near Vinland Kansas. Insurance on foals $20 for President $15 for Chatsworth, mares incur foaling risk. Also an offer to sell Forest Home farm near Union depot with 20 acres and improvements, owner offering owner financing. Ottawa Franklin County dispute noted.
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Huntingdon
Royal Albert
Warwick
Farmer’s Profit
George Roe
President
Wo. Ror
Vinland
Douglas Co. Kannas
Union Depot
Notice of Pendency of Action in Kansas District Court
Notice to Thomas KT ary that Mollie M Parker seeks a divorce on grounds of gross neglect and abandonment for one year, with alimony and relief as permitted by law. Plaintiff’s petition filed in the clerk’s office at Dawes, Kansas, requiring appearance by Jane text or default. County Board of Revalization to meet next months to discuss changes. apply at the Clerk’s office if wishing to propose changes.
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City of
Lawrence
City Water Company of
Lawrenes
Company of
New York
DSPEN
Sah Dared & Lawle
Minera Boan
Dobar Maxwell
de Manda
Henry de Comegya
Eo Lewin
Apeil
Titekl
Oread
Dow Reticn
Browied
Bowcine County
Kansas
Thomas KT
Dawe Kaneas
Pinintis
Mollie M. Parker
CHAS + TADWICK
Plaintif
Oliver
County Board OF Revalization
M.D. Grrenlee
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Whipple
W. HL
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Shenandoah
Iowa
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N.J
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Hostetter
Arkansas City
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Friends Church of Lawrence
Kaw Valley
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Rock Creek
Twin Mounds
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Sutton
W. H. Sears
J. Ge Sanps
Dean Sins
KR. W. Swan
Lawrence, Kan
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Dornins County
John
Axwell
Cleese Aednety
Comers
Lawin Sraltheity Water Company
Fopeoid
Enim Elie
Tabbof
Cleveland
Sportsman
Luck’s All
Forest Home
Seth A. Gillette
Franklin County
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar
Milan
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Treasury Department
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Sil
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Addrews
C. W. Allendorph
C.J. Buckinallas
Kn. D. Mason
Kungaa
Citizens of
W. H. McBryor
A. F.C. Taylor
A. T. Winchell
Fifth Street
Kansas City
Davis
JourNal Bindery
A. Palin
Massachusetts Street
John Deer
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