Local notes and events fill town life yesterday
Farmers gathered in town while the Salvation Army hosted an ice cream social. Fraternities, Republicans, and Democrats held meetings. Nineteen loaded freights moved east on Santa Fe. Street repairs continued. A funeral was postponed. Articles mention tariff literature, a scrub baseball game, and remarks from notable figures. Royal Hungarian Band toured, with upcoming concerts. Pension report outlines $78,775,861.92 distributed to 452,557 people and details by war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Pensions
Mexico
Wm. Hutchings
Hancock County
Maine
Samuel Downing
Saratoga County
N. Y
Bureau of ‘Pensions
At Home Ingathering and Social Notes
Personal notes from Lawrence society recount weddings and gatherings, with Miss Jessie McBride in Kansas City and many locals visiting relatives in Topeka and Denver. reports of Booth and Barrett sightings, university news, and social events at churches and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie McBride
Kansas City
A. L. Selig
J. G. Sands
St. Joseph, Mo
Gertrude Croltz
Russell Whitman
Booth and Barrett
J. W. Flintom
Topeka
H. C. Vaughn
Lillie Freeman
Allie Ding
J. R. Houston
C.S. Gleed
A. S. Clark
New England
Nellie Hamlin
Ottawa
E. F. Goodrich
J. N. Roberts
Chicago
Lilly McMillan
Mary
Edith Manlay
Booth
Barrett
Myrtle Hopkins
Garnett
Ines
Nina Tagart
Walton, Kansas
Belle Taylor
Holton
Richard Hill
New York
Ella Williamson
Helen Baldwin
John Hutchings
Maggie Millspaugh
Nellie Whitehead
B. W. Woodward
Fannie Darlington
Doylestown
Mada Koons
Ella Smith
George Beam
Denver
Colorado
G. A. Lewis
Canada
Lakes
Rector
Hot Springs
J. D. Bowersock
Maggie McClure
Barret
Bella Sinclair
Knoxville
Ill
Wm. L. Bullene
Mattie Rodgers
Booth and
R. W. Earp
Jennie Banning
J. W. Roberts
Mary McQuiston
Ohio Street
Ada. Charlton
Lawrence
W. S. Franklin
J. Deering
Ladies Home Aid
North Lawrence
A. B. Adams
T. Covey
E. McConnell
A. P. Gill
McClain
H. Smith
R. J. Petty
F. P. Burr
C. Oliver
C. Wood
W. T. Findley
Winnie Halderman
Clinton
Mr. Farewell
Lane
Findley
The
Presbyterian Church
Kansas University
Phi Delta Theta
Halderman
McPherson County
Winnebago Agency
Nebraska
Presbyterian Band of Foreign Missions
Ham Griffin
Mary Anderson
Royal Hungarian
Opera House
Wilders
Bowersock’s
Lizzie Evans
John Dillon
Minnie Palmer
Prince's Theatre
Manchester
Cable
Humming Bird
America
Spokane Falls
Montana
Frank Maeder
Nellie McHenry
Douglas County Democrats nominate county officers and state slate
The Douglas County Democratic convention placed W. J. Neal for county attorney S. D. Bishop for clerk of district court W. L. Van Vorhes for probate judge Sarah Brown for county superintendent and W. L. Van Vorhes for the 13th district representative. The gathering endorsed national and state platforms, backed Grover Cleveland, and selected a county central committee amid debates on state senate nominations. A.J. Straham, an old settler, was noted, and local business items noted Bromelsick’s hats for boys and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
W. J. Neal
S. D. Bishop
W. L. van Vorhes
Sarah Brown
W. L. van Vortes
T. J. Sweeney
John Gardner
D. Bishop
B. J. Horton
Lawrence
S. W. Sturdivan
Baldwin
J. A. Kelley
Kanwaka
J. H. Harrison
Wakrusa
A. Kraus
Eudora
R. Donaldson
Wm. Draper
Kanwake
Gardner
St. Louis
Leavenworth
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
Congress
Republican Party
John Martin
Col. Burris
Geo. Innes
Dr. May
J.G. Watts
Milton Shepherd
Shepherd
Lew Green
Baldwin City
J. E. Riggs
Central Committee
W. H. Sears
J. W. Swope
J. A. Montgomery
M. L. Alsott
John Jones
Wm. Barrett
Marion
R. H. Brown
Wm. Mesenhimer
Horticultural Society Hosts Prof Canfield Talk in South Park
The Douglas County Horticultural Society met in South Park for its monthly session. Prof J H Canfield of the State University spoke on the Western Half of the Continent, delivering his address in his usual engaging style. The meeting drew many members and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Church Ladies Missionary Society
D. C. Haskell
J. M. Wood
D. S. Alford
Mra
Dr. Alford
Mra. Siosson
Leavenworth
Board of Missions
Plymouth Church Congregation
Douglas County Horticultural Society
South Park
J. H. Canfield
State University
Society
A Blessing to Every Woman Seeks Painless Childbirth Guide
A notice offers to provide information on painless and safe child bearing. Readers are asked to send four cents in postage stamps to Mrs E Reveaz, address 283 Jersey City, N J, in a sealed envelope to receive the guidance.
Cure Brought By Cut Remedies Claims By G Ahern
Ahern of Dubois Georgia details a three year crippling leg disease with skin loss and bone exposure. After wasting hundreds, he tried Cut Remedies and reports rapid improvement in three days and full cure in two months with flesh regeneration and purified skin. The letter claims no remaining signs of disease.
Cure for skin and blood disease with Cuticura remedies
I have suffered for years from skin and blood diseases and avoided public places. After trying many physicians and spending much money, I found relief with Cuticura Remedies. They cured me and cleared my skin and blood, leaving me as pure as a child's. Ida Ay, Olive Branch.
Cuticura Resolvent Promises Blood Purification
The notice extols Cuticura Resolvent as the greatest blood purifier with Caticara Skin Cure and Caticora Soap for external use and Caticura kegolvent for internal use. It claims cures for skin and blood diseases from pimples to scarfuls and advertises prices 50c for Soap and 1 for Resolvent. Prepared by Potter Drug and Chemical Co Boston Mass. Also offers a 64 page booklet with testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caticara
Caticora
Potter Drug and Chemical Co
Boston
Mass
Porter Druga Anp Chemical Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Dinsmoor
Salvation Army
Sigel School House
Plymouth Congregational Church
Vermont Street
Santa Fe
Ware
George
Democratic State Central Committee
Delia Churchill
Columbus, Ohio
Attica
Kansas
Carruth
State Journal
Lb. A. Humphrey
A. J. Felt
Downs
Phillipsburg
D. R. Anthony
Yates Center
James F. Legate
WaKeeney
Bradford
Lutheran Church
Journal
A. Wertheim
Royal Hungarian Band
Orpheum Theatre
San Francisco
Bowersock
Mrs
George Dick
Allerton, Io
Gordon Rushmer
Scott City
Rudolph
Artie Kelley
Lawrence Business College
Stotler
New Jersey
A. D. Jacke
Indian Territory
Iowa
Rowena Reynolds
Beverly
Ohio
City
Dr. Howe
South Lawrence
Frank Woodruff
H. C. Moody
Sue Moore
Gertie Holmes
Edith Fairchild
Seth Bailey
Kemeter
Chas. Elwell
George Gould
Findley-Halderman
Mrs. Deering
Dick-Littel
Geo. Dick
Nettie Litte
New Hampshire
Marvin
Maggie Mitchell
New Theatre
Harlem
Grand Opera House
Paris
Miss Mitchell
Wm Lykens
Sarah Bernhardt
Damala
OPERA
Fort Scott Monitor
Wilber
Degrde
Fort Scott
Bowersock Opera House
Moses
A.J. Straham
California
Mr. Straham
Bromelsick’s
Campbe
Washington, D.C
Sanford
Efers Werd
1. Louis
Coco Barre
U.e
International Eradicator
Boney
Naga
Keene
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