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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1872
Page
3
Community notices from Washington, including lodge meetings at Snyder's Hall, printing shop recruitment, agricultural ads, ball reports, school district plans, and local anecdotes about weather, prices, and humor. Mentions Frontier Lodge No. 146, Washington Lodge No. 76, and various townsfolk and businesses.
A near accident occurred Monday night when the editor and Mr J Holliday nearly stepped into an uncovered well winch on the public square. The Town Company should cover or fill the well to prevent further danger and costly falls. The notice also promotes Will M Carleton’s poem The Burning of Chicago in Our Fireside Friend and previews the new weekly paper from Wa r Eberts & Co.
Minutes from February 24 1872 record approval of the Herd Law prohibiting livestock at large in Republic County Texas? and state. Townships organized as Jefferson and Soldier with named trustees. Road work reports and tax transfers noted. Elections set, annulling district lines and adjournment.
Letters from Bellville and Salt Creek discuss false rumors about moving the county seat clarifying it was a joke. Officials note Bellville’s central location, water wells, planned pump, and rising spring building activity. Bellville seeks more business houses and water improvements.
Market list shows New Orleans sugar per pound Crushed and Powdered and various staples including molasses golden syrup coffee salt spices and dried fruits. Prices appear for staples such as potatoes butter cheese apples flour corn meal and hay coal and wood with beef and pork buying figures noted.
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