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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text shows a Wichita Ottawa association with officers including A Roberts as president and a treasurer Kort Scott as secretary. The snippet references demands and surrender at a tense meeting with unspecified implications.
A chaotic scatter of reports notes fires destroying vehicles and livestock in Pennsylvania and Missouri, a train wreck near Renton narrowly avoided, a coal gas explosion on a British steamer causing deaths, Belg ium strikes and labor unrest, a U S Supreme Court ruling on Pullman car taxes, and various political and crime updates from Europe and the Americas with injuries and fatalities amid ongoing conflicts and protests.
A compilation of late 19th century items: Capt Verney expelled from Parliament for immorality. Riaz Pasha resigns as Egyptian minister of finance. British world’s fair Wage act discussed. Spanish municipal Republicans win in many towns including Madrid. Reverend Morton killed in Kansas City Watkins railroad incident. Irish tenant evictions worsen. Riverside mine accident kills 26-year-old Kihoth Hurley. Signor Quintieri interpellation over Premier Rudini and Blaine. Buenos Aires nearly insolvent with unpaid government salaries. Vatican seeks compensation for powder damage. Indian leaders pardoned after Canadian Northwest rebellion. Peru accepts invitation to World Colombian Expo with funds. Paris bourse nervous amid foreign rumors. £250,000 gold reportedly sent from Rio to Europe. Madrid securities panic rumors in London and Paris.
Market notes from New York and Chicago show mixed grain quotes with No. 2 red wheat bid around $1.01 to $1.02 in May and oats irregular. Provisions list pork and lard ranges with boxed shoulders and short clears steady to higher, while cattle and hogs show lower to mixed prices amid regional activity.
In a brief promotional notice the dealer touts a deal: with every five dollars in goods, customers receive 24 pounds of granulated sugar for the first dollar spent. The shop also advertises Kit No.1 Bay Fish at 60 cents, Kit No.1 White Fish at 70 cents, and smoking tobacco Flyer at 20 cents per pound. A teaser on fine cuts promises a superior product.
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