The newspaper published news from Lithuania (both republished from other newspapers and original stories by its own correspondents), from United States, from around the world (mostly Europe), and from Lithuanian Americans (including reports on Lithuanian parishes and societies). It also published works of fiction and more academic texts. Literary works included dramas by Aleksandras Fromas-Gužutis, poetry by Pranas Vaičaitis, translated poem "Grażyna" by Adam Mickiewicz, short story by Maria Rodziewiczówna, play "William Tell" by Friedrich Schiller. More academic texts included history of Lithuania by Simonas Daukantas and "Culture and Press" by . These large serialized texts were often later published as separate books. The newspaper helped organize protests in response to the Kražiai massacre of 1893 in Lithuania and Lithuanian exhibition at the World's Fair in Paris in 1900. It also sent a protest letter to William C. Hunt, Chief Statistician for Population, requesting to add Lithuanians as a separate nationality in the 1900 United States Census. In 1903, it commemorated the 20th anniversary of "Aušra" by publishing memoirs of Jonas Basanavičius and Martynas Jankus.