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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
4
A late nineteenth century Lawrence Kansas Gazette fragment reviews federal injunctions and fiscal policy, cites a Dingley pension surge, criticizes Secretary Alger, and comments on miners' strikes, currency bills, state versus federal rights, and a Seattle expedition, with scattered notices and local business details.
A Methodist minister in Kentucky died after swallowing a spider hidden in an apple dumpling. A Frankfort woman also swallowed a black water spider but recovered. The piece notes rising exposure to such incidents, cites social curiosities, and adds assorted trivia about buttermilk trends, spectacle aids for speakers, and other scattered items.
A year after a couple married in Guthrie they quarreled and separated. During a flood the husband swam to his mother in law’s house and rescued the entire family, including a three year old child the wife had never seen. The danger softened their reconciliation and renewed affection. The rest of the column comments on Cape Cod seafaring origins, California teachers’ pay veto, and assorted curiosities.
The St Paul Globe criticizes Prof Andree's polar balloon plan as futile with high risk and uncertain rewards. The piece notes winds could drive a voyage toward Behring Strait, while acknowledging the speculative nature and potential dangers of the venture. It also relays local curiosities about a man named Brassfield who recovered speech after a horse incident and odd heat related poultry anecdotes from Webster City Iowa.
The article notes people hire almost any item or service from guns and violins to houses and dresses, even canine watch dogs like Newfoundlands and St Bernards. It cites caretakers hiring dogs for buildings or country houses, where the dogs learn to accompany their keeper. Senator Clay comments on watermelons from Georgia and the custom of water melon cutting, joking about the feast and discarding the rind while savoring the seedless heart.
The latest glove trend features frog skin leather praised as the finest and toughest. Production is limited by size and demand, with average outputs around 500 pairs yearly and many shipped abroad. A Kentucky governor anecdote about shaving and returning to camp clothes adds local color to the era.
Massachusetts reels with centenarian count at 75 as tobacco and goof act as preservatives in most cases. A Philadelphia woman earns $20,000 yearly from a self made invention a machine that hoops barrels. The skirt hooping machine was invented by a man.
A confused report from PrARena and Washington notes V Sherman not proposing early retirement though health and age cloud his future. It cites officials in Washington doubting continued service beyond the current administration even as no official move is made, while detailing his daily office routine and light duties in the Cabinet.
In Paden an intense riot erupts after a shootout in Harrison County line area. Deputy Owens and Perry county deputy shot. Kerr killed. Fitful gun battle. over fifty shots fired. Several victims hospitalized. posse pursues suspects as town reels.
United States Senator J. R. George died in Mississippi City on a Saturday afternoon after months of heart disease. He could not attend the December opening of Congress, later reached Garfield hospital, and after return home his condition was deemed hopeless.
James Elbert, an alleged anarchist, slashed five policemen at the Slashing incident in Prrrsmiman. He broke through a guard of fifteen militiamen, escaped from the station by leaping from a rear window, with bloodied injuries. Officer Coreless finally fired, wounding Elbert in the right arm and recapturing him after a pursuit.
Yesterday morning John Hoase a farmer near Tm Greeney Nebot killed his daughter Mary d Hugues with a hammer crushing her skull. He then drove the family from the house and set fire to it. He also burned wheat stacks and barns before fleeing. The man who appears mentally unbalanced has been jailed.
Denver August 1 report says Creede mines in California will close due to plummeting silver prices unless railroad and smelting rates are reduced, forcing operations to halt amid weak commodity markets.
An average 2 dollar per ton increase in structural steel at local mills occurred over the past three to four days with another rise anticipated. The note also includes an anecdotal testimonial about Hood's Sarsaparilla aiding recovery from illness and digestion, though the primary focus remains steel price movement.
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