Lawrence Wisconsin 1887 Local Notices and Events
Lawrence Wisconsin items report a house robbery and property sale, tax notices, corn prices, state birds survey by Colonel Goss, a wedding in Bever Dam, a marriage request, and county tax roll details. Also notes on W C A state convention at Ottawa with officers elected and multiple city delegates present.
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Joseph E. Keith
Mini Mila E. Hazelwood
Bever Dam
Wisconsin
Keb
Tex
Lowe
Blato
Ransatecesseesses
Douglas Rounty Kellers
City of Lawrence
Younes Women
Christian Associabon
Saesson
Ottawa
W.C
Ia Ee
Bavess
Ronge
W.usa
Henry
New Hampshire
Joanie Sherman
May Newtong
Mise Campbell
Miin Neile Duan
Topeke
Eunice Lyman
Misa Liedith
Emmies Becker
May Parker
Mina Buewsy
Lecompton
Laura Gunnels
Mre
Be Weiler
Kioms Deering
June Lacock
Ottewe
Jennie Sherman
Frankie Nicholson
Mary Beecher
Frankie Stanford
Baldwin
Blanche Cane
Jose Myera
Mian
Haven Manhattao
Bertha Bachelor
W.M.C. A
Regular Monthly Meeting and City Actions Noted
City council held a regular session with Mayor Barker presiding. Seventeen members discussed sidewalks on lot 177 and part of Act 179 on Vermont street, a crosswalk at Massachusetts and Euclid Sixteenth, and a bay market building for scales. Financials showed October fees at 76 19, and a deputy treasurer’s report on tax collection for the recent ordinance. The death warrant for Lee Marker was prepared for execution, first in Kansas in many years. A speech by Alfred Taylor and remarks from Gov. Robinson highlighted Indian education progress through Haskell Institute activities.
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M.C
Mas Dyer
Mina Nvitio Leuno
Mies Dunn
Mina Parker
Y. W.C
Delia Waldir
Hagewell
Bapth
Aukdresven
Ly D. Wishard
W.C. A
Fixher
Nou
Wiite
Kalies
Mlan Nettie Dury
Mier Nettle Diutan
Young Women’s Christian Ansociation
Congregational Church
Barker Preaiire
Butler
Monroe
Supplee
Vermont Street
Committee On Ways and Meats
Tresaurere
Massachusetts Street
Euclid and
Sixteenth Streets
Bay Market
Col. Lockett
New York
Water Works Company
John M. Walker
Cemetery Road
Stonel
Wea
Committee On Cemetery
Griens Broa
Wpreral Offcers
C.T K Prentice
W. Admire
Guy
John A. Martin
Alfred Taylor
Birmingham
Als
Admire
Newspabers Ie
Haskell
Taylor
Raco
Itubiokon
Kansan
Fremlom
Hera
Robinron
D. Gs
Derawraeny
Inteor
Wasuixeros
Cad
Faxon
Supt
Mitchell Institute
Lewrence
Kaas
Sani
Katsan City
Deffervonia Glub
Haskell Tnetiute
Haskell Institute
Commission
Lee Marker
Jobe Lawler
Sedgwick
Sedgwick County
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Kansas
United States Court
Road relocation inquiry before County Commissioners
Notice shows the Kansas county board considering a petition by Benjamin Stowe and six others for locating relocating and vacating a road. Viewers Welles Cummings Patton named to assess the old route and determine adjustments, meeting set in Beowaka Township with county surveyor on the 25th day of December A.D. hs.
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Corber
Townehty
Gorth
Range
Welles
I. A. Cummings
KD. Patton
Sncresoy
Kemping
Beowaka
A.D. Hs
Boar of County Commission
White
Sunflower Chorus Delights with Cardboard Stage Illusion
The Sunflower Chorus wowed audiences using a hidden curtain prop and papier mache sunflowers to simulate singing. Miss Abbott explained the mechanism and steps for the illusion, from a dark backdrop to adjustable cloth curtains and crafted sunflowers, created for summer performances.
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Memnon
Egypt
Miss Abbott
Brutal ritual execution and women cyclists in Washington
A historical piece recounts a brutal ritual where a chief’s death leads to a suffering execution, including strangulation and decapitation, with spectators enjoying the morbid display. It then covers Washington women riders on bicycles, noting their attire, evening rides, and occasional accidents, highlighting public interest and club influence.
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Lemion News
Washington
Altho
Gallaudet
Columbia Institution For Deaf Mutes
Fifteenth Street
Sam
Reduced Noblem en: Destitute Polish Count and French Viscount
From Lyons a white bearded beggar displays a badge bearing Petrovicki Count of Blankenberg born in Warsaw in January 1789 now begging at Guillottere Bridge. He once fought for Polish independence and lost fortune to confiscation. In Paris Vicomte Richard de Verney known as Pere Ludovic, 53, lost fortune and worked as a journal seller and theater dresser to support his wife and three children.
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Lyons
Guillotlere Bridge
Alma
Petrovicki
Paris
Vicomte
Richard de Verney
Pere Ludovic
France
Journal
Farta Cor
Loados Telegraph
Peppermint Oil Boom Tied to Wayne County Speculation
A Lyons dispatch notes about 200000 pounds of peppermint oil in Wayne County, sparking price talk and speculation. Farmers control the supply, with mint cultivation demanding careful soil, irrigation, and distillation. Germany exports small amounts while the United States ships oil nationwide and abroad. peppermint lozenges drive steady demand, about 160000 dollars yearly in oil usage.
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Saiff
Lyons
N. Y
Wayne County
Thia
Weates
United States
Europe
Germany
England
France
Russia
Austria
M. F Mail and Express
Timely Protest Over Housekeeper Tactics
A Chicago Journal readers letter rouses protest against door to door samples and circulars from housekeeping product agents. It details persistent calls, unwanted deliveries, and coercive payment after usage, noting damaged or stolen items and framing the practice as an imposition on housekeepers. The piece condemns manufacturers and questions why women endure such tactics.
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Sorma
Bla Deak
Chleago Journad
Railway Train Conversation About Crossing Costs
A fragment describes two men on a railway train discussing why a crossing exists and who bears the fee. The dialogue questions the purpose of a crossing and who pays, noting confusion about the railroad company’s involvement and safety flagging.
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