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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
5
Senate will debate the sugar schedule and remaining anti trust amendments with the agricultural and tobacco schedules to follow. Republicans aim to finish the bill within two weeks as sessions start at 11 each day and the House keeps a light, perfunctory schedule with adjournments through the week.
Captain Stouch of the Tongue River agency reports on the murder of settler John Hoover by David Stanley and two Cheyenne. Stanley, Sam Crow, and Yellow Hair are jailed at Miles City and to be tried civilly. The account highlights federal versus state authority during Indian arrests amid a sheriff led posse.
An old advertisement touts No-To-Hac as a miracle remedy to quit tobacco with claims of increased nerve and vitality. It urges readers to obtain a free booklet and sample, offering a subscription and payment option via Sterling Remedy Co. The piece also references a National Educational Association event in Milwaukee in July 1897.
Captain Joseph O'Donnell, Wilmette resident and pyrotechnics expert, confessed to creating the red and green floating lights seen over the lake near Kenosha in April. He described a noiseless device that launches glowing balls to about 300 feet, then bursts into red and green, moving horizontally and vanishing after minutes. Neighbors saw nothing amiss, and the lights reportedly reach about 35 miles, fueling airship rumors north of the city.
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