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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1891
Page
5
A damaged excerpt describes a prison siege ending without incident. Warden Brown reported exhaustion after the event while a guard recalls a precise 33:30 a m wake up. The narrative mentions a guard and a dynamo delivering a current between 1600 and 2000 volts.
Deliberations weigh a proposed sharer book as rabbis discuss avoiding emotionalism and ensuring the work endures beyond fifty years. Details are fragmentary but show a search for a lasting, balanced compilation.
Hannibal Hamlin former vice president died unexpectedly at 8 15 PM after collapsing at the Tarratine club while playing pedro. Doctors and family attended him, his widow and two sons, Gen Charles Hamlin and Frank Hamlin, were at his side as funeral plans were arranged. Hamlin, born Paris Missouri, had served as US senator, governor, and minister to Spain, and split from the Democratic party over anti slavery principles.
C M Lemery of East Oakland has drawn plans for a land ship that could travel over land and water to Africa in search of gold and ivory. The aluminum car, 50 by 15 by 7 feet, would lift onto water, power by two 24 horsepower engines, and carry twenty men with a modular design for rapid offloading and navigation. He seeks backing of about 150000 dollars to build two ships and supply cars in New York, aiming for a five to six year expedition with mining experts, doctors, a photographer, and scientists aboard.
Fragmentary report from La Crosse Wisconsin dated July describes a wreck near New Albion during a celebration. A heavy wagon or auto struck the track with a wire causing fatalities and injuries among spectators.
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