Kansas Standout Crops Mark Strong Year for Farmers
Officials in Kansas report large harvest potential with robust corn and wheat yields. Farmers praise favorable weather, ample rainfall, and improved prices boosting outlook across the state.
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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1876
Page
2
Officials in Kansas report large harvest potential with robust corn and wheat yields. Farmers praise favorable weather, ample rainfall, and improved prices boosting outlook across the state.
A local notice invites county residents to form a non denominational Sunday School convention. It calls for biannual meetings at the M E church in Bellville with officers and committees to organize, draft a constitution, set subjects, and lead discussions. The first gathering is set for Thursday August 24 at 2 PM. ComE everyone who wants to serve or help.
A dated poem seeks publication rights for an activist lament about a hunter named Ruester Hasbin, with a plea to print the piece for interested readers. The author promises burning sympathy and notes a pale faced foe. The piece frames a rural conflict and personal loss in a dated 76 July setting.
The column reports the death of Senator Allen Carpenter of West Virginia and a Senate House reaction. It covers Democratic caucus views on the Resumption Act, possible 1876 election outcomes, and analysis by Ex Senator Schurz on Hayes Wheeler versus Tilden Hendricks. Also included is a Bellville Kansas note praising Sunday School enthusiasm and community spirit.
The Democratic party of Kansas invites delegates to a August 23 1876 convention in Topeka at 2 PM in the House of Representatives hall. It aims to nominate state officers and presidential electors and to choose a State Central Committee. Three delegates from each representative district participate under the 1876 apportionment act.
A delegate convention of Democratic voters in Kansas First Congressional district will meet at 2 PM on Wednesday September 6 1876 in Atchison to nominate a candidate for Congress. Each representative district entitled to legislature representation under 1876 apportionment shall have three delegates.
Voters and citizens are urged to attend a mass convention at Bellville courthouse on Saturday the 19th at 11 a.m. to elect delegates and alternates for state Topeka and congressional Atchison conventions and consider nominating a county ticket. Speakers include J. G. Lowe of Washington and others.
Minutes from the 107th District Republican Convention held in Bellville Kansas on August 5 1876. Delegates from Bellville Cortland Elk Creek Grant Jefferson Scandia Lincoln and others organized elected D F Laughlin as president and R H H Galloway secretary. Delegates were chosen for state, congressional, judicial, and senatorial conventions with multiple ballots and alternates named. No delegates appeared from Beaver Richland or Norway.
The document notes the 107th district committee meeting where A B Wilder was elected to fill a position. A motion to instruct delegates failed, minutes were read and approved, and the convention adjourned with D Laughlin president and R H Galloway secretary.
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