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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
2
For Treasurer School Board Alice Litchfield is listed. For Street Commissioner O D Pickens is listed. For Connectimen First Ward E H F Schneider is listed.
A compact page reports births and deaths including Addie Hunter a girl born to Mr and Mrs Ed Anderson and Elvira Hill who died of stomach cancer at 1508 Kentucky street. Obits mention Bowdoin graduate Richard Dummer and longtime resident George F Smith. Also items on Mrs A D Weaver visiting Los Angeles, a wedding license for Comrad and Osborn, and local society notes plus a pleasant party by Elmer Brown.
The company Best Michigan Salt announced it has received a price of one dollar per barrel for its product. Officials cited steady demand and market conditions supporting the modest but stable price.
Overbrook to gain a bank with J. Hilkey cashier as stockholders plan to organize next week. E A Kasold notes W B Bidgood has returned to Globe neighborhood and seeks plastering and stone work, staying with John Harshman on Pat Fisher farm.
Farmers show slow adoption of new methods but growing preference for Kasold's liquid smoke curing. The article notes increased interest as methods become more accepted and practical for field use.
The Ottawa Herald and Bristow accuse Judge S A Riggs of improper conduct in the Riggs Smart contest. The Gazette describes Riggs defending the judicial office and urging a criminal libel suit. Bristow recounts from open senate ballots to locked rooms and recount procedures, claiming fraud and noting ballot counting flaws and breakdowns in the Australian ballot system.
The recount found Riggs held a 23 vote majority on the ballots, countering claims of tampering. Bristow and others argued the original result could have shifted if announced earlier, but the review produced no evidence of ballot tampering and supported the final outcome.
Bethlehem cashier Cyrus F. Breder vanished amid a growing embezzlement case. Discoveries add 16,000 to prior losses totaling around 30,000 across First National Bank and a building association. Breder reportedly in Denver. authorities plan to pursue forgery charges and reveal unnamed Bethlehem accomplices.
In Frankfort Kentucky on March 24 the first ballots for a successor to Senator J C S Blackburn were cast under Lieutenant Governor Worthington. Senate tally Blackburn 14 Hunter 18 Boyle 3 Davis 6 total 36 while House totals Blackburn 34 Hunter 53 Boyle 3 Davis 5 Mc Creary 1 Buckner 1 Sloane 1. The result indicates Dr Hunter cannot win in joint session tomorrow.
At Bloemfontein the draft treaties between the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State are concluded. They grant burghers of both states the franchise in their republics and pledge mutual support in case of attack from external forces.
San Francisco reports lumber men move to form a trust again with the goal of lifting prices from 4 to 6 dollars per 1000. The effort seeks to control supply and push costs higher for builders and buyers.
The Kansas City markets show prices for Hard Wheat and Spring Wheat across grades, with corn, oats, rye, bran, hay, and cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts and prices. Overall tone is steady to weak with certain classes showing firm activity and others softening, followed by representative sales and weights.
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