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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1890
Page
3
A notice invites readers to submit local items for the Neighborhood News department. It requests communications reach the paper by Monday afternoon and aims to collect news from every locality in the surrounding country for publication in Cookesronposts.
A lengthy rural bulletin from Douglas County covers local economy and farming across North Lawrence region. It notes harvest underway with wheat and haying, bee activity, and property improvements plus social events, visits, and school community updates.
Leavenworth County reports seven construction projects nearing completion including the Knights of Pythias hall and the Tonganoxie mills poised to handle wheat. Strawberry growers grow discouraged as market prospects shrink. wheat cutting has begun and prices for timber and labor shift. A local painter has taken a job west of town, while a Gillette place house is refurbished and reportedly sold with occupants leaving Oct 1.
A torn down sign at Jefferson Heights bulletin site reveals a poem critiquing poverty and praising Kansas as a land of work and opportunity. The piece bids eastern readers to move to the Sunflower State where honest labor yields wealth, noting gold and silver as plentiful but earned through hard work. The poem speaks of old and young, rich and poor, and the promise of a better life through toil.
The Senate debated the Dependent Pension bill after passing the Educational Fund measure. Senators Berry and Gorman argued for and against broader pensions, noting costs, demand, and duties to veterans, with claims rising and funds stretched as the conference report was approved 33 to 18. The act details cover dependent parents, survivor provisions, and penalties for claim abuses.
Secretary Blaine reports to Congress on Pan American conference findings urging reciprocal trade. He notes lack of direct US-Argentina links and banking. stresses benefits of direct steamship and banking for expanding exports to Spanish America and other republics.
The Russian government starts building multiple railway lines toward the Prussian border. German war officials plan new Prussian roads for rapid troop movement to the frontier. Henry M. Stanley endorses Lord Ballebang's deal with Germany which benefits England.
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