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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
4
Lawrence Gazette 1856 issue fragment discusses subscription terms, discounts for advance payment, and address details. It quotes political commentary on McKinley, Hanna, and silver policy, noting trusts and wage concerns, with a Buffalo person named Webber referenced.
The St James Budget challenges common beliefs on American heiresses and English peers. It notes only a small transatlantic influence on the peerage since 1860, with 12 American wives among peers and few Irish or Scottish examples. It adds that most colonial marriages occur in lower nobility, while many titled Englishmen marry within Europe.
A survey links economic dullness to higher theater attendance as people seek escapism. Paris theaters grossed over 36 million during a slow year, while London and New York draw smaller sums. The piece notes Shakespeare’s name as a marker of crowding during financial distress and diverges into assorted anecdotes about sleep, cycling etiquette, and stray human-interest items.
A Cincinnati Times-Star note touts Rogers experimental use of a postage stamp image on a photographic plate to create two impressions, claiming potential uses from poets to criminals. The piece then randoms anecdotes from Wisconsin to Missouri, including a horse climbing stairs, a ranch hospitality quarrel, and a Boston potato patch project, ending with miscellaneous rural curiosities and garbled remnants.
A smartly dressed man watches passers by in a Broadway wholesale dry goods warehouse elevator area. He and a second well-dressed man forcibly seize a stout buyer, then a separate incident on Park Row ends with a confrontation over an attempted assault and a taunt about selling goods. The tale ends with the first man realizing a shared puller in ethic.
Glove fashion for summer features light suede six button gloves in amber and other tinted shades with trim in dark glace, contrasting stitching and pearl buttons. Also notes on ventilated riding gloves, care for pewter kettles, lemons kept cold, and fish recipes with step by step flavor.
The Populists met at Des Moines with about sixty counties represented. A. W. Weeks presided while ex Senator Peifer of Kansas urged opposing mergers with Democrats to preserve party independence and a broader silver platform. A statewide ticket was listed, and a protest by J Belange urged unity with free silver Democrats, though it was denied.
Kansas August 20. After a three hour hearing the state board of railroad commissioners issued a declaration ordering Kansas railroads to restore carload livestock rates as before. The move stems from the Cattlemen’s Association of Greenwood and Butler Counties. Roads claim compliance is impossible. The case goes to traffic managers. attorneys unsure of next steps. St. Louis August 23. Charles Skrey, longtime money clerk for Pacific and United States Express, arrested for embezzling about $1,000 and robbing transit packages totaling about $4,500.
New York on August 23 reports Manuel Planas, once labeled a Spanish anarchist, arrived aboard the Cunarder Umbria yesterday and, tested by federal authorities, is found not an anarchist but a persecuted Cuban patriot.
A Versailles Missouri reader credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing a severe grip and restoring strength. The testimonial notes fast improvement after starting the medicine and praises it as cheerful and effective, calling Hood's Pile Pills helpful for digestion and headaches.
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