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Organized, 1855; named for Stephen A. Douglas, United States senator, from Illinois; County seat, Lawrence; area, 469 square miles, 300,160 acres; population (1915), 25,130; assessed valuation (1915), $36,752,518; resources and industries—agriculture, horticulture, building stone, and coal LAWRENCE Population (1915), 12,884; elevation, 829 feet; established, 1854; named for Amos Lawrence, of Boston, Mass; industries—flour, feed and plaster mills, foundries, brick and tile plants, canning factory, nurseries, paper mill, carriage and wagon factory, tannery, planing mill, broom, barrel, egg case and mattress factories; telephones, electric lights, paved streets, street railway, municipal waterworks system, water power; is on interurban line to Kansas City, and the Santa Fe and Union Pacific railways. State University and Haskell Institute located at Lawrence Lawrence Discontinued Lawrence Short-lived--Vol. 1 Lawrence Short-lived--Vol. 2 Lawrence Short-lived--Vol. 3 ADVERTISER, Democratic; Charles C. Seewir, editor and publisher, Lawrence. Weekly. Dec. 25, 1913 + 2 vols. Founded 1913 by Charles C. Seewir DEMOCRAT, Democratic; Henry Albach, editor and publisher, Lawrence. Weekly. Oct. 13, 1910 + 5 vols. Founded 1910 by Henry Albach FRATERNAL AID UNION, fraternal; V. A. Young and B. F. Williams, editors; published in interest of the Fraternal Aid Union, Lawrence. Monthly. June, 1891 + 26 vols. A continuation of the Fraternal Aid, first published in Holton, Armer P. Shaw and Chas. V. Hamm, editors; moved to Lawrence July, 1897, C. V. Hamm, editor, and H. W. Grant, associate editor; named-changed Jan. 1916, to Fraternal Aid Union GAZETTE, 3rd Republican; C. S. Finch, editor, C. S. Finch, W. J. Flintom and Clarence S. Hall, publishers, Lawrence. Daily. Feb. 9, 1903 + 26 vols. Founded 1903 by C. S. Finch and Ed Martindale GERMANIA [German], independent; Henry Albach, editor and proprietor. Weekly. Sept. 8, 1877; Jan. 8, 1880—June, 1881; Feb. 1883 + 33 vols. Founded 1877 by Gottleib Oehrle GRADUATE MAGAZINE OF UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS; published by Alumni Association of the Schools of Arts and Engineering, Lawrence. Monthly. Oct. 1902 + 13 vols. Founded 1902 by the Alumni Association of the Schools of Arts and Engineering. HIGH SCHOOL BUDGET; edited and published by students of Lawrence high school, Lawrence. Monthly. Nov. 1898 + 17 vols. A continuation of the Windmill; Society's file not complete INDIAN LEADER; J. R. Wise, editor, Haskell Institute, publisher, Lawrence. Weekly. Mar. 6, 1897 + 21 vols. Founded 1897 by faculty and students of Haskell Institute JEFFERSONIAN GAZETTE, , Republican; C. S. Finch, editor, C. S. Finch, W. J. Flintom and Clarence S. Hall, publishers, Lawrence. Weekly. April 6, 1899 + 17 vols. [on film] This paper is a continuation dl the following: The Kansas Gazette, founded 1882, by Osbun Shannon; absorbed 1899 the Jeffersonian, founded in 1883 as the Enterprise [Dickinson County] Register; in 1883 name changed to the Anti-Monopolist W. H. T. Wakefield, editor, C. B. Hoffman and W. H. T. Wakefield, publishers; moved to Topeka, and in 1884 moved back to Enterprise; moved to Council Grove in 1888, W. H. T. Wakefield, publisher; returned to Topeka in 1889 and name changed to the Jeffersonian, same editor and publisher; in 1890 Mr. Wakefield moved the paper to Lawrence, and published it until 1894, when Ed Martindale became the publisher; in 1899 consolidated with the Gazette, under the name of Jeffersonian Gazette, E. Martindale, manager JOURNAL-WORLD, Republican; W. C. Simons, president and editor, The World Company., publisher, Lawrence. Daily. Feb. 20, 1911 + 19 vols. [on film] A continuation of so many newspapers that accuracy is almost impossible. Herald of Freedom, founded 1854 by Dr. Geo. W. Brown; the first issue was printed in Pennsylvania, and dated Wakarusa, Kansas Territory, Oct. 22, 1854; the second issue was published at Lawrence, and dated Jan. 6, 1855; on May 21, 1856, the office was destroyed by border ruffians and publication was suspended until the following November, by which time a new outfit was procured; in 1859 the Herald ceased publication. The Kansas State Journal, founded 1861 by Josiah C. Trask and Hovey E. Lowman, was the successor of the Herald of Freedom; in 1869 it was consolidated with the Lawrence Republican and the Ottawa Home Journal, and was edited and published by Rev. Isaac S. Kalloch, T. D. Thacher and Milton W. Reynolds; the daily edition of the State Journal was founded in 1865 by James Christian and Milton W. Reynolds. Lawrence Republican, founded 1857 by Norman Allen; T. D. Thacher, editor; published as a daily during the legislature of 1861; destroyed in the Quantrill raid Aug. 21, 1863; reestablished 1868 by T. D. Thacher, and consolidated in 1869 with the Kansas State Journal and the Ottawa Home Journal, the name of the daily edition becoming Republican Daily Journal, and of the weekly edition Western Home Journal. The Kansas Weekly Tribune (2d) was founded in 1863 by John Speer; destroyed the same year by Quantrill's raiders; reestablished by Mr. Speer in Nov. 1863, as a daily and weekly; consolidated 1874 with the Republican Daily Journal, as the Republican Daily Journal and the Daily Kansas Tribune, T. D. Thacher and F. E. Stimpson, editors and publishers. In 1875 the Kansas Weekly Tribune was again revived by John Speer, J. E. Covel and George M. Richards, with John Speer as editor; consolidated 1884 with the Kansas Herald, and called the Herald-Tribune until 1885. The North Lawrence Courier, founded 1866 by J. S. Boughton; name changed same year to the Kansas Valley Courier; in 1867 name again changed to the Clarion, and sold to the Tribune. The Kansas Herald, daily and weekly, founded 1883 by C. C. Thacher; consolidated 1884 with the Kansas Tribune, under name Herald-Tribune, W. F. Chalfant & Co. editors and publishers; ran until 1885, when the name was changed back to the Tribune; consolidated 1890 with the Journal, as the Journal-Tribune. Evening Telegram, founded 1888, and consolidated same year with the Evening Tribune. Lawrence Weekly Journal was discontinued 1909; daily edition of the Journal was burned out Feb. 1911, and consolidated at that time with the World. Lawrence Daily Gazette (1st), founded 1884 by Osbun Shannon; absorbed in 1893 the Daily Record, founded 1889, H. M. Greene, editor. The Daily Gazette was absorbed in 1895 by the Daily World. Lawrence World, daily and weekly, founded 1892 by J. L. Brady, editor and publisher; weekly edition discontinued 1909; daily consolidated with Journal 1911, under the name of Lawrence Daily Journal-World KANSAS EDITOR; Prof. Merle Thorpe, editor and manager; published by the Kansas University Department of Journalism, Lawrence. Monthly. Feb. 1914 + 2 vols. Founded 1914 by Kansas University KANSAS MUNICIPALITIES, municipal; official organ of the League of Kansas Municipalities, C. H. Talbot, editor, Lawrence. Monthly. Jan. 1915 + l -vol. Founded 1914 by League of Kansas Municipalities MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT of the Department of Meteorology of the University of Kansas, meteorological; published by the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Monthly. Aug. 1903 + 13 vols. UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, college; edited and published during the school year by the Kansas University Publishing Association, Lawrence. Daily. Jan. 16, 1912 + 8 vols. Founded 1895 as the Kansas University Weekly, Wilbur Gardiner, editor; name changed to 1904 to the Kansan; in 1910 published tri-weekly; in 1912 changed to a daily and called University Daily Kansan UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BULLETIN, scientific; W. J. Bumgartner, managing editor; published by Kansas University, Lawrence. Occasional. Oct. 1892 + 20 vols. Founded Feb. 1892, as the Kansas University Quarterly; name changed 1902 to the Science Bulletin BALDWIN Population (1915), 1231; elevation, 1057 feet; established, 1858; named for John Baldwin, of Berea, Ohio; telephones, electric lights, municipal water system; is on the Santa Fe railway. Baker University located at Baldwin BAKER ORANGE, college; Frederick Vandegrift, editor; published by Baker Orange Company Baldwin. Baldwin Discontinued Baldwin Short-lived--Vol. 1 Baldwin Short-lived--Vol. 2 Weekly. Jan. 8, 1896 + 20 vols. Founded 1895; C. E. Dalton, editor LEDGER, Republican; W. C. Markham, editor and publisher, Baldwin. Weekly. May 1, 1885 + 31 vols. Founded 1883 as the Criterion, L. A. Sheward, editor and publisher; name changed 1885 to Baldwin Ledger, J. L. Bristow, editor and publisher EUDORA Population (1915), 624; established, 1857; named for Eudora Fish, daughter of Paschal Fish, Shawnee Indian; telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway NEWS, Republican; Will Stadler, editor and publisher, Eudora. Weekly. Sept. 8, 1887 + 28 vols. Founded 1886 by M. R. Cain LECOMPTON Population (1915), 414; elevation, 846 feet; established, 1854; named for Judge Samuel D. LeCompte; telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Lecompton Discontinued Lecompton Short-lived--Vol. 2 SUN, independent; George W. Connell, editor and publisher, Lecompton. Weekly. Apr. 23, 1891 + 25 vols. Founded 1891 by W. R. Smith.
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