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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
4
Lawrence Kansas news item notes a sheriff nail of McKinley prosperity sign, GOP county politics and primary furor. It reports on currency plans, Omaha livestock case, sugar trust profits, wheat prices, a death of a paper carrier, and remarks on local Republican figures including Hoskinson and Bristow amid a statewide campaign atmosphere.
Archises highlighted at a county fair with corn products while editorials mock political snubs by Republican factions. The Gazette laments missing Chairman Hoyt’s prohibition resolution and debates tariff and meteorite imports amid silver and wheat price shifts.
The Rev. Matthew Evans formerly of Asbury M E church Milwaukee stirs the Methodist Episcopal conference with strong temperance resolutions. He calls for relaxation of effort in prohibition advocacy and criticizes semi-nude figures on U S currency, drawing sharp rebukes from some brethren who deem his language too harsh.
Final returns to the American Agricultural statistic bureau show a rye crop near 25 million bushels in the United States. This is 1 million more than last year but 3 million less than in 140% and 1964, following earlier expectations of about 28 million.
The duel between Count Badent of Austria and Dr. Wolff of Germany caused a global sensation. Badent asked the emperor for permission and resignation. the emperor granted both, approving the duel. In Iowa the Republican campaign opened with Leslie M Shaw as lead speaker amid good weather and a large crowd.
Nasaville reports tobacco in Kentucky counties suffers serious frost damage. Southern Kentucky areas show extensive losses, with growers facing reduced yields and potential economic impact.
Reports from Waco describe a surge of crickets swarming homes and shops. They invaded dry goods, gutters, and city carts, some crowding electric lights and the city hall belfry. Residents fear disruptions to church services and consider delaying lighting to chase them away.
Washtenaw County prosecutor known for Irish wit pressed a white witness who had married a colored man and she replied she had a sister who did worse. Kentucky horse centaur pony described with bizarre measurements and oddities astonishes locals. A Kentucky minister Jesse White fined for disrupting worship and a judge’s paradoxical jury charge quotes noted. A peculiar watermelon dish plugs the melon with roasted meats for serving. A long-ago Mancottus divorce ends in remarriage after 28 years.
Jobn and Henry Webber, separated forty years, met unexpectedly in a Preaque Tale, Me grocery. Jobn lives in Mapleton, Mea and Henry in Idaho. They had exchanged letters only once during the long separation and Henry came east to see changes since his absence.
Pogue Bluffs resident pledges to distribute newspapers at his expense to each family in town. He asserts the press holds educational and moral influence and vows to support informed civic life.
The article compares Alaska's Yukon gold prospects with other fields and notes miners may face hunger cold and death while rushing to Eldorado. It also describes New York churches employing a maid to assist visitors and protect property, guiding inquiries and safeguarding the minister and study areas.
A Kansas farmer released hogs into a drought scarred cornfield and observed the swine rooting and fattening on exposed ears and kernels. The farmer notes the unusual yield due to cornstalks eaten thin, causing underground like tubers. The piece also cites a magazine prophecy about global language dominance in 300 years.
A retired New Middletown resident regains speech after warding off a burglar. Susan B Anthony recalls no romance in love affairs. Wichita cow owners churn cream by car on a streetcar. Texas imports butter and eyes creameries. A Maine man shares blueberries with a neighbor but placards prevent picking. New Haven fining a man for embracing an unwilling partner sparks reflections on luck. A cycle path rumor mentions buried plank catalysts.
The report follows John Kavanagh a Port Costa handyman turned Klondike musician earning 20 to 35 dollars a night for miners dances as others chase Alaska riches. It notes a Georgia inmate Williston Palmer facing 209 years in Cole County Ga. for multiple killings, discusses urban rural population concerns, rainmaking myths, a Detroit philosopher on marriage, Alaska's size and potential, a Missouri woman needing consent to marry at 17, and Seattle’s Klondike boom hopes aiming for 100000 residents by late 1898.
Dispatch from San Salvador dated Sept 24 says Barrios shot Juan Aparicio at Quetzaltenango as revolutionaries captured San Marcos. Morales leads 12,000 to 15,000 troops in Antegua. Aparicio’s export house operates in London Paris and New York and confirms via New York dispatch. Local Central American colony plans action to protest censorship and seek U.S. state department intervention.
Health officials and city authorities statewide deny any suspicion of yellow fever in Texas. Beaumont physicians say the death reported as yellow fever was actually jaundice, clearing fears of an outbreak.
Men from Saline district court house report a grave situation following Monday night's triple tragedy at the Cherokee nation. Fear grows of further trouble due to lingering bad blood among factions.
In Medoc sandbar on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River a skull with missing lower jaw was found by three boatmen digging for seal. It is presumed to be Pearl Bryan, whose murder led to the hanging of Jackson and Walling.
General Westmacott raises two day armistice after demolishing Haddad Mulish headquarters at Jarobi to allow tribesmen to submit. General Jeffreys notes tribesmen eager to yield amid operations in Sept. 27 dispatches from India.
At Oamund Peterson's Vincent home on September 27 Munson shot Peter son and guest Larson after mockery over a sister. Peter son gravely injured likely to die while Larson dies by Munson's suicide. Nearby Lirthe Roc Arkansas reports three men dead in poisoned-attack camp. a fourth wounded. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised with testimonial lines.
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