Marriages and gas drills cited in Lawrence itemization
Tssigh W Shaffer and Mary E Weat wed by Judge Norton in Linn County. Ottawa gas well now 640 feet, nearing the earlier 680 foot depth. Contractors plan 700 feet then upgrade to a 2,510 foot drill. A. L Hamlin’s brother Prof. A L Hamlin ill at Medalla. A mislaid umbrella tale accompanies a horse theft joke. Natural Gas and Coal Mining Co. stock reaches 4,500 with bore preparations to probe gas or coal. Wreck injuries reported as two brakemen struck by a low wire near Bonner Springs, transported to Lawrence and Kansas City hospitals.
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Ottawa
Qsawatomie
Natural Gas and Coal Mining Co
Attempted Robbery at Holliday Railroad Office
About 9:00 p m last evening two masked men tried to rob the Holliday railroad office. The yard master operator and agent were present when the intruders demanded money. The agent escaped with about 3200 hidden in the freight room while the others surrendered modest sums and the robbers fled without achieving their goal.
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Holliday
Tom Wilie reports on Tom White criminal past in 1887
May 3 1887 in Minneapolis Mesw recounts Chief Prentice of Lawrence Kas receiving a letter about Tom White. The note recalls White’s two arrests for hotel diamond theft and house breaking, with partners sent to State prison and White escaping conviction. White’s wife accompanied him when he left.
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Minneapolis
Mesw
C. T. K. Prentice
Lawrence
Kas
Deak
Tom White
State
Sheriff Sale Results Show Multiple City Lots Sold
The sheriff sold several New York street lots to Lydia Ath ron for 100 dollars Chan Honey for 157 dollars Jennie M. Hussy for 234 dollars and Margaret E. McIntire for 435 dollars. Jacob House purchased three Topeka lots for 3025 dollars. Total yesterday reached 23073 dollars.
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New York Street
Lydia Athron
Chan
Honey
Jennie M. Hussy
Masaachusetts Street
Margaret E. McIntire
Jacob House
Topeka
Walruff and Moxk Plead Guilty in Intoxicating Liquor Case
In District Court yesterday morning Jobo Walruf and Art Moxk admitted selling intoxicating liquor and each received a 30 day county jail term plus a $100 fine. Prosecution and Walruff supporters agree the case ends a long dispute and justice is served.
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Jobo Walruf
Art Moxk
Walruff
Wairuff
End of whisky business ends term in county court
Convicted and guilty prisoners were sentenced. Sam Clark ten days for larceny, Billy Alien sixty days for burglary, Henry Davis eighteen months in the penitentiary. John Walruff and Art Moak pleads guilty to one count, each fined one hundred dollars and short jail terms. All druggist cases dismissed with costs. Pendings include civil actions and a slander case Miss Petedsk vs Summives. jury likely to be discharged this week.
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Sam Clark
Billy Alien
Henry Davis
John Walrnuff
Art Moak
John Walruff
J. E. Hinds & Co
Leis Chemical Manig. Co
Miss Petedsk
Summives
Couple Weds at Kanwaka Farm Home
A C Pontius and Mabel C Richardson married at the bride’s Kanwaka home by Dr. Jas Marvin. The spacious farmhouse crowded with near relatives marked the ceremony as the couple join the community of farmers with a new intelligent family.
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A.C. Pontius
Mabel C. Richardson
Kanwaka
Jas. Marvin
Local Died J KEK Featheroff and Stock Car Plans
Obituary notes the death of J KEK Featheroff from disease of the apine. Funeral by Odd Fellows is planned for Sunday. A model of John Westfall's patent stock car was shown, promising in- car feeding and watering without unloading. Westfall seeks to form a local stock car manufacturing company. A Wellsville runaway killed a woman and three children and injured a fourth as a frightened horse bolted. A boy nearly drowned after slipping into a dam. a nearby young man named Will Hayden rescued him, receiving credit for timely action.
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J. Kek. Featheroff
The
Odd Fellows
John Westfall
Westfall
Wellsville
Will Hayden
Hayden
Two boys run away from Topeka reach Lawrence and are sent home
A telegram from anxious parents described two little boys who escaped their Topeka home and reached Lawrence yesterday. They were placed on board the plug flat evening and sent back. Real estate brokers Brooks and Meservey at 318 Adame building Delaware street in Kansas City invite inquiries with assurances of honest dealing.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas City
Brooks & Meservey
Adame’ Building
Delaware Street
Amputation of Nimb of Albert Gregg Reports Hopeful Recovery
Yesterday afternoon Dr Mottram assisted by Drs Morris and Young amputated the injured Nimb of Albert Gregg. The patient stood the operation ably well and his chances for recovery are thought very good. The case has drawn much interest due to the peculiar manner of injury and conflicting statements about the treatment. An old oriental doctrine is cited, with modern physiology suggesting women possess purer souls. Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription is advertised with a money back guarantee and price reduced to one dollar at druggists.
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Mottram
Morris
Young
Albert Gregg
Pierce
Forest Park Ottawa site hosts German Baptists meeting
Mr. 8 B Hynes of Southern Kansas Railway promotes Forest Park Ottawa Kansas as the venue for the German Baptists annual meeting starting May 30. The park is praised as the West’s Chautauqua with forest groves, walks, lawns, and ample amenities. The railway plans westward expansion toward Indian Territory, and a county map is featured in the folder. The Bee Line Gazette offers best wishes to Hynes. Also noted is University of Kansas music graduation: Miss Mabel E Gore will present a public recital May 24 in University Hall with Miss Josie Hutchings and Prof MacDonald assisting. A plastering bid notice for J B Watkins building, Lawrence, appears with May 20 deadline.
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Southern Kansas
B. Hynes
Southern Kansas Railway
Forest Park
Ottawa
Kas
St. Louis
Kiowa
Indian Territory
Kansas
Hynes
Bee Line Gazette
University Department of Music
Department of Music
Mabel E. Gore
Lawrence
University Hall
Josie Hutchings
MacDonald
Massachusetts and
Quincy Streets
J. B. Watkins
Miss Daisy and the Pocket Robbery in Union Square
A New York Sun report tells how Miss Daisy, a debutante from high society, boards a streetcar in Union Square and, after seeking the doorway, accidentally slips her hand into a stranger’s pocket. She experiences shock as a gentleman’s hand rests there, and confusion ensues as the two slide through the car for three blocks before addressing the awkward mix‑up.
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Daisy
New York Sun
Union Square
New York
Miss Daisy
Strange Creatures at Philadelphia Zoo Include Echidna and Penguin
A Philadelphia Zoo exhibit adds two rare animals. The black-footed penguin from South Africa, paired with a Hamburg mate, lacks flight but hops and uses paddle-like wings. The echidna, a platypus relative from Australia, is egg-laying and quilled, with a long bill and burrowing claws.
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Philadelphia Zoological Garden
Hamburg
Germany
South Africa
Times
Animal Kingdom
Zoo
Academy of Natural Sciences
America
Australia
Alphabetical birth names in Vermont tale ends oddly
In a Vermont town a man named his children in alphabetical order starting with Ashley Brigham as the first son and ending with a daughter whose name was left unfinished by the dying father his widow then naming the newborn with a skipped letter sequence ending in a final W name
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Skhde the Babe
Vermont
No. 1
Ashley Brigham
No. 2
Epithenia
Foster Gilman
Hilarity Juno
Kathire Selonus
Melina Nolilla
Obadiah Polander
Quiretta Rosena
The Russian Empire and Its Vast European Asian Realm
A Youth's Companion overview explains the Czarist empire spanning from the White Sea to the Sea of Japan and into America’s Siberia, detailing its 80 million people, 600000-strong army, and potential to mobilize two million. It notes diverse subjects, European power dynamics, and cautious hope for peace under Alexander II.
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Polar Ocean
Sea
Japan
America
United States
New World
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Siberia
China
Afghanistan
India
Persia
Germany
Austria
Roumania
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Alexander I
Alexander
Adulterated Spices Report Exposes Grocery Contamination
The Department of Agriculture chemists under Commissioner Colman report widespread adulteration in spices and condiments. Of twenty ground clove samples only two were pure, cayenne pepper eight samples with one pure, mustard largely adulterated with wheat flour and turmeric for color, and other spices mixed with husks, charcoal, beans, and rice to boost flavor and appearance. Two of five white pepper, two of five mace, and all three nutmeg samples were pure.
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Department of Agriculture
Colman
Baltimore
Boston
American Mastiff Size and Color Debate in Breeding
An English view argues mastiff size should favor mass and character over height. It cites English standards, notes weight targets for 27 and 32 inch dogs, and discusses head shape, color varieties red brindle fawn and their reception. The piece stresses agility with size and warns against mongrel blood.
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Hero Hr
Pharaoh
Mastiff Club
Cuvier
America
England
Ilford Cromwell
Charles C. Marshall
Harper's Magazine
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