Local notes from the county and town
Mr W J Kennedy and family move to a farm near the city and a large hotel is discussed south of the University to serve lady students. Fruit prospects are good with many peaches expected. The last Black Hawk War colonel Samuel M Thompson resides in Ottawa county Kansas. Col H L Moore to speak before the Bacon Shakespeare Society of London on Baconian theory. The Euders Springs Town Company plans bath houses and a hotel as Springs gain prominence. Fire losses in Ottawa totaled 17085 with 3650 insured. Wolf scalps yield 45 to be paid by the county. Blacksmith J A Johnson injured by a horse, unable to work. William Hatcher dies in Marion township at 77. Hugh J Jewett Jr dies at age 4 years 8 months 5 days. Usher Guards hold a dress parade. militia funding delays lead to possible self funding by Garnett company. Fort Scott and Columbus squads failed to report last quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washbington
Garnett
Fort Scott
Columbus
Resolutions of Home Aid Society on Mrs Carrie Curtis
The Home Aid Society of North Lawrence passes resolutions on the death of Mrs Carrie Curtis who died April 29 1887. The Supreme Ruler has called a worthy member to rest and the society acknowledges her as a faithful officer. Sympathy is extended to her husband and relatives. Resolutions to be entered in records and copies sent to the bereaved family and Lawrence papers. Committee: Mrs Milner, Mrs Stone, Mrs McCage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Aid Society of
North Lawrence
Carrie Curtis
C. Curtis
Lawrence
M. Milner
H. E. Stone
E. McCage
Commencement Week at the University Presents Varied Programs
Commencement week promises unusual interest with class day exercises in most departments. The Orophilian Literary society will substitute an entertainment for the Dread and Orophilian contest, and several eminent men have been invited to deliver the literary society address. The Indian schools are rapidly advancing on new buildings while Col Blood is expected from the Indian Territory with a delegation of young Indians. Delicate diseases of either sex are speedily cured by Wordl’s Dispensary Medical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Blood
Indian Territory
Wordl
Lawrence KS Post Office Ladies and Gent’s List Adverts
Week ending May articles list uncalled letters at Lawrence Kansas for Ladies and Gent s lists. Names include Adena Brown Addie Cerven Mary Frost Mary Jackson H O Johnson Lizzie and others with several last initials. Packages for Mrs E C Anderson and general notices from Osbun Shannon P M Walter Gaines indicate advertised letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
Brown
Adena Baker
Mattie Champion
Addie Cerven
Mary Frost
Mary Jackson
Mary F. Johnson
H.O. Shaw
Lizzie
Anderson
Shelly Berry
Orville
Conile
Joseph Craig
Frank Burley
P. W. Davis
Henry Doe
H. R. Edditte
Eddie Fer
Willie Gilbert
E. G. Howard
Mr. Johnson
B. F. Morgan
Jessie Pearson
Caleb Perrin
E. F. Preest
Wm. Stunez
Henry Simmons
F. A. Taylor
J. E. Thompson
Robert Waddie
W. Walker
M. D. Wilson
Rev. John
Packages
Sunday School Convention Meets in Wichita
The twenty second annual Sunday School Convention gathered in Wichita on Tuesday. Rev J H Barker gave the welcome address praising the city’s law against saloons and noting only water or coffee would be served. Rev T F Dornblaser of Topeka and Rev D Milner also spoke. Chancellor Lippincott was to deliver the evening address as delegates from across the state attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
J. H Barker
D. ©. Milner
Funeral of Mrs Geo J Barker at Congregational Church
The funeral of Mrs Geo J Barker was held yesterday afternoon at the Congregational church with Rev Dr Cordley presiding. Intimate family friends attended including Judson Barker Col John Allen and Mrs Allen. The church was filled, city offices closed in respect, and a large procession accompanied the burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. J. Barker
Congregational Church
Cordley
Judson Barker
Wis
Barker
Col
John Allen
Jobn Hutchins
Dr. Cordley
Douglas
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mrs Merce Cannon Sent To Insane Asylum
Friends and relatives mourn as Mrs Merce Cannon loses recognition due to illness. The Cannon couple, long residents of Lawrence and Fort Scott, arranged for probate review, a jury found her fit for asylum, and she will be hospitalized to seek recovery from this sad affliction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Cannon
Waters
High School Commencement Class of 87 Exercises
The class of 87 held commencement exercises with a strong program. Saluta tory by Miss Ida Bessie King and essays by Laura Radford Mamie Louana Tisdale and Bertha May Van Tries highlighted the night. Oration by George Lytle Beam on Might and Right and other recitations impressed the audience. Valedictory by Gus Berger closed the exercises before diplomas from Dr Cordley. A long list of graduates followed. Geo Wells recently sold the Grand View hotel site near Leavenworth for 60 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Bessie King
Laura Radford
Arthur Osborne Ridgway
Mamie Louana Tisdale
Quebec
Francis Graves Monet
Tom’s
Callie Blanche Melvin
George Lytle Beam
Bertha May van Tries
Cora Elmira Beckner
the Tay
Gus Berger
Dr. Cordley
Jennie May Adams
Minerva Maggie
Asher
Cora
Strayed mare near Lawrence with faint W brand
A dark sorrel mare pony strayed from a stable 12 miles south of Lawrence. The horse bears a faint W brand. Any person who takes her in will receive a suitable reward by leaving word at the Journal office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Journal
Watt McConnell Demonstrates Superior Horse Handling
Watt McConnell offers training in all horse classes including runaways and balky animals. He asserts a horse can be shown more educated in sixty minutes than any man in the county. Tam with N. G. Fluke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt McConnell
Tam
N. G. Fluke
Railway bid to build southwest branch through Marion township
A Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railway reply assures Marion township residents the Carbondale branch toward Washington Creek Valley will be built, contingent on mutual encouragement. The letter notes no sole reliance on B M and cites potential Missouri Pacific connection and broader railroad interest. May 6, 1837.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Emporia & Southwestern Railway Company
Messrs. O. £. Learnard
J.D. Bowersock
L. Bullene
G. W. E. Griffith
George J. Barker
Lawrence
Carbondale
Washington Creek Valley
Douglas
Osage
Quenemo
Marion Township
Kansas City
Baldwin
Edgerton
Washington Creek
Rosd
Kansas
Indian Territory
Missouri Pacific
COLORS IN ANIMALS LECTURE BY DR WALLACE AT UNIVERSITY
Dr Alfred Russell Wallace lectured on The Origin and Uses of Colors of Animals and on Mimicry at the University last evening. He discussed color roles in protection recognition and warning signals, cited arctic white and desert yellow examples, and described mimicry aiding survival with engaged audience and illustrative views. Albert Gregg, recently injured, was reported in poor condition from a broken leg. A small society party enjoyed a moonlight return to Baldwin City, and Thomas W. Keene resumed acting after a fifteen month layoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Russell Wallace
University
Wallace
Arctic
Desert
Baldwin City
Fashion and home care tips from the era
A roundup of domestic advice covers baking soda on burns, repousse brass napkin rings, fashionable light coats, cautions against cheap black goods, sewing trims for wool dresses, silk handkerchiefs in table covers, and white gloves with broad stitching. Additional notes discuss spring mantles, jewelry beads, chintz wall coverings, funeral flower etiquette, straw bonnets, and skincare guidance from Dr. Anna Kingsford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Kingsford
N. S. World
Bits of Science and Inquiries From Daily Life
The notes cover variants in science and industry. Topics include lightning rod protection radii, nickel on soft steel for lamp reflectors, a plant alkaloid dramine vs cocaine as anesthetic, milkweed genus connections, chimney fires from multiple flues, new flexible non conductor material YouLcaBESTON, British Pellisfort bindery, Darwin red clover fertilization, Martian seasons and climate, Red Sea oil development with international experts, George W Childs as a devoted pedestrian, Minnie Hauk in Carmen in Amsterdam with Dutch singers and Italian lead, and a final fragment Tae
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
England
Mars
Earth
Red Sea
United States
Belgium
Colleges and churches expand education worldwide
Discussion notes global efforts in faith based and secular education. Topics include a Chinese YMCA building in Honolulu funded partly by Chinese donors, a San Francisco children’s playhouse funded by Senator Sharon, and Dr. Matthew B. Riddle joining Allegheny. Also covered are English Methodist Jubilee aims for children’s welfare, Halifax’s frugal Baptist mission fundraising, and growth in Methodist Book Concern branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warfield
Princeton
England
Stevenson
Baptist Juvenile Missionary Society
Halifax
United Presbyterian
New York
Methodist Book Concern
N. Y. Examiner
Stanford
California University
California
Philadelphia
Sarah Winnemucca
Lovelock
New
Piute
Young Women’s Guild
Boston Globe
University of Bologna
Bologna
N. Y. Post
Wit and Wisdom Quotes From Distant Papers
A collage of humorous and aphoristic lines from various newspapers. It collects quips on persistence, ego, hair, books, and a schoolyard joke, noting the diverse voices from Louisville Journal to New York Journal and Christian at Work.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Business Directory
Udridge House
Attorneys AT Law
H. J. . Howard
Boston Clothing Store
Arber & Summerfied
National Bank Building
QO. Thacher
E National Bank
Spangler
Cleph E. Riggs
S. Strele
Estate Neetta
H. W. Howe
Crew & Co
A. J. Griffin
Winthrop
M. E. Charch
A. H. Foote
Massachusetts Street
OU. Thacher
W. Haver
A. Hapley, Gashier
T. B. Newin
Assi Cashier
the National Bank
Lawrence, Kansas
United States Depository
Europe
EB. Guirrirn
W. W. Cockens
K. G. Samson
Merchants National Bank
Jacob Honse
G. Grovenor
Theo. Poehler
Edward Russell
W.W. Cockens
G.W. E. Griffith
Alex, Monroe
A. E. Benson
W. F. Magell
Angs’t Cashier
J. D. Bowsbock
Douglas County Bank
National Bank
First National Bank
Laclede Bank
St. Louis
Kouitz Bros
New York City
A. L. Selig
Inea Asaina
Lossa da Sre
Plate
State of
Nsurance Building
WM. T. Sinclair
Real Estate and Loans
Bell & CO
Mass
Lawrence Kas
the Journal
Kas
Mr. W. J. Kennedy
Samuel M. Thompson
Abraham Lincoln
Ottawa County
H. L. Moore
Dr. Theobald
Bacon-Shakespeare Society of London
Euders Springs
Ottawa
John Anderson
E. Blood
Clinton
J. W. Ingle
Willow Springs
J. A. Johnson
Pierson
William Hatcher
Hugh J. Jewett, Jr
J. K
Bessie Jewett
Mississippi Street
Henry
Warren
West Side
E. C. Anderson
Osbun Shannon
P. M
Walter Gaines
Geo. Wells
Grand View Hotel
Leavenworth
S. P. Weaver
D. Mifflin
Jobn N. Shulaman
L. Hoover
I. L. Hoover
W. Postma
A. Tuttle
A. M. Reser
J.T. Hodges
David Smetzer
D. P. Weybright
A. B. Send
Dwight Frazer
N.G. Frazer
J.C. Davis
M. Miller
F. Webber
M. W. Metsker
Wm. Weybright
Fred Sherry
Samuel Fisher
J. Cranahan
G. H. Metsker
Henry Webber
Marion
A. BR. Wallace
Naturalist
Albert Gregg
Thomas W. Keene
BITS
George W. Childs
Minnie Hauk
Amsterdam
Tae
Religious and Educational
WIT and Wisdom
Louisville Journal
Mlurtford Sunday Journal
York
Penn
Dispatch
Brooklyn Eagle
Bessie
Walter
Lowell
Baptist Weekly
Mary
New York Journal
James
Christian
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