Subscriptions Rise in The Gazette During June and July
Readers increased subscriptions during June and July with new members joining The Gazette. The article notes higher engagement and growing audience size across the two months.
02 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1897
Page
1
Readers increased subscriptions during June and July with new members joining The Gazette. The article notes higher engagement and growing audience size across the two months.
Paris reports a public holiday next Tuesday to commemorate President Faure's return from Russia. A major military display is planned and the French squadron will halt ten hours at Copenhagen allowing Faure to visit King Oscar. Newspapers praise the Franco Russian alliance.
Carl French from Indiana and a miner's daughter met in Nasavinnk Tennessee. After a farewell embrace on a precipice the lovers leaped 160 feet to their deaths in the elder French’s presence. The incident ends a short vacation romance.
A poll of the newly elected Cherokee Legislature shows strong opposition to allotment and to any consideration of treating with the Dawes Commission. Other items report a mob threat in Hayes Center Nebraska over a bigamy case, a spider bite fatality in Caney Kansas, and the President appointing William R. Holliday as consul general at St Petersburg Russia.
The St Louis labor conference draws notable figures such as J. B. Sovereign and W. C. Peare, with aims to unite labor groups, address miners strikes, and oppose court injunctions. Speakers emphasize forming one central body for united action to promote working class legislation and liberty.
The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore withdraws works by four noted women authors, citing harmful or immoral content. Librarian Bernard C. Steiner states the action is to protect readers from perceived negative influence, naming Hertha MM Clay and Ann Stevens among those restricted.
The ElmDALE bank was robbed at night with $1800 seized. A wreck derailed a Digby Bell company train killing engine driver Peter Rafferty and injuring several including manager Duncan B. Harrison. Fireman Charlies Johnson and others were hospitalized. All scenery and personal effects were destroyed.
Three masked bandits used nitroglycerine to crack the vault at the People's Exchange Bank on August 30. They escaped with about 82 000 in cash and drafts despite a surrounding crowd, leaving the bank badly damaged and investigators pursuing three suspects seen fleeing on horseback.
Cateaga August 30. Anton Dolino lists 109 Italian women willing to go to Alaska to serve as packers for miners crossing the Skaguay mountains. He aims to compete with Indians and dress his carriers in bloomer costumes. Dolino left Chicago for Dyea to scout ground.
Japan reports a tidal wave after earthquakes with widespread destruction. Hundreds drowned and many houses flooded. Returns say thousands affected. plus related distress in mining towns and wage cuts in Raton New Mexico. World grain deficits update shows rye oats corn and more.
Three hundred Comanche and Kiowa Indians are under arrest for ghost dancing. Sebastian Hlossom, a veteran, was murdered at Leavenworth. his young wife and saloonkeeper are under arrest. John H. Jones & Co. controls Pittsburg district coal. Elliott of Kansas City won the Dupont trophy and live pigeon ship at Eau Claire. Illinois strike agitators fail to sway Rich Gill miners. Germany uneasy over Franco Russian alliance. Missouri farmers lament wheat sale at 70 cents. Anderson residents ill from circus lemonade. Wheat market dull Saturday. Judge Murphy says Chinamen not bound by Christian oath.
Attorney General eyie Praga plans suits against coal companies over wage payments and labor practices. Weyler departs with a force to continue operations in Havanta province as Evangelina Cisneros remains confined in Casa Recojidas with visitors allowed thrice weekly.
Tacoma reports at least five towns wiped out and 400 or more killed as Mayon volcano on Lucan Island erupts violently. Lava cascades reach the sea forty miles from the crater while ash and sand clouds reach Neuva fifty miles away, destroying villages once deemed safe.
Telegram from the dinamese legation reports Count Mutau former foreign minister and minister to the United States in ISIIS died in Japan after long lung troubles He resigned due to ill health about a year ago Mutyn helped shape the modern empire and guided the nation through the Mines war
Edwin Corbin of Chicago arranges a merger uniting United States and Canadian Lakes Fisheries into a British company with four million capital. The takeover affects twenty firms and warrants a British accounting team to supervise the transition in the coming week.
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