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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1897
Page
7
A Munich report notes a lightning strike on a powder factory three miles from Rosenheim causing the explosion of 11,000 pounds of gunpowder. Doors of Rosenheim houses and St Stephans-Kirchen were torn from hinges. eleven houses shattered. no loss of life recorded.
Beatrice Montgomery, a Boston debutante, swoons over Harold Bentley a Cleveland aristocrat. He speaks of his Europebound mother and sisters, his father absent, and her adoration turns to shock when she learns his mother is a widow and she demands he be removed.
L M Vincent of St Louis recalls how Eugene Sue s Wandering Jew enthralled him as a boy but later provoked disgust when rereading it. He contrasts the vile tale with Walter Scott s The Antiquary, praising its enduring grace and character drawing across generations.
Irish naturalist Mr. K. M. Barrington observes wasps harrying flies on cows. Wasps bite wings and sometimes legs or heads to disable prey. A single white cow drew unusually many wasps as the insects hauled off hundreds of flies in twenty minutes.
A charming tale describes how an inviting charity event brings warmth to Russia's young empress Olga. Mothers share knowledge of the Grand Duchess and her baby, sparking tender conversation about motherhood and a whimsical aside on Adam and Eve theories.
The article argues needlework remains vital alongside machines, praising skilled seamstresses who combine taste and judgment to command fair wages. It contrasts expert workers with inefficient, unskilled sewers and condemns sweatshop conditions as a failure of capability rather than a fault of the craft. It notes rising fashion shifts from full fur garments to lighter collars and decorative capes.
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