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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1872
Page
4
A Rochester Weekly Express excerpt argues well managed small farms can be profitable by dedicating much of the land to soil fertility. It details a forty acre plan with clover, turnips, sowed corn, vegetable plots, and livestock, estimating outputs and profits to show sustainable farming economics.
A historical column argues that fruit, properly used, can serve as a wholesome medicine and help prevent illness. It distinguishes fruit from pills, claims abundant fruit supports health, and notes not all diseases are cured by fruit alone. It emphasizes moderation and other health practices.
A discussion from Arthur's Home Gazette on what truly forms a good education. Parents seek schooling as wealth or status but neglect the influence of daily conduct, conversations, and example. The piece argues education extends beyond books to character, habits, and the example set by parents and their associates.
Fifty of our best citizens have subscribed for stock. Leavenworth county is expected to provide 150000 in bonds, Jefferson county 150000, and Shawnee County 150060 for the road, which will be fifty miles long.
A humorous tale recalls a press error mixing up local items about Rev. Dr. Mudge and a patent hog killing device. The misprint described hogs, a gold headed cane, and sausage making in vivid, sensational detail, prompting apologies and the doctor ending his subscription as rivals gained readers.
A collage of maxims links pettiest costs to life choices from cheap clothes to marriage and single life. It mocks vanity and social traps while quoting Punch on debts, kinks of etiquette, and a humorous wartime blockade note on stagecoach routes and stalled rail plans.
A Missouri editor prefers corn for payment but wants it liquid. Dispatches from Zehran report Persia famine, thousands dying daily. A column mocks moralizing censorship and odd quips about milk, ink, and a ten story city of the future.
The blacksmith promises strict attention to horseshoeing with prompt dispatch. Clients leaving work may expect it to be done in a workmanlike manner and neatly finished.
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewers claims to restore gray or faded hair to its youthful color, thicken and strengthen hair, prevent loss, and improve scalp cleanliness. It touts medical endorsement from A. A. Hayes and is sold by druggists for one dollar, with renewed yearly popularity.
Buckingham's Dye offers a one degree dye to restore gray or faded whiskers quickly and permanently. Easily applied, it produces a color that will not rub or wash off. Sold by all druggists for fifty cents. Manufactured by R. P. Hall & Co. Nashua New Hampshire. Agent R. S. Tarbell Bellville Kansas.
An old advertisement from Ayer's Sarsaparilla by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co of Lowell Massachusetts. The copy notes the product is sold by all druggists and lists R A Tarbell as agent in Weave Jay flies Kansas.
The Kansas and Nebraska Stage Co lists daily stage departures from Falls City at 2 p.m. bound for Balera Humboldt and Pawnee with several connecting routes via the A & NW R R and K C St. Joe lines. Additional daily runs cover Brownville Tecumseh Beatrice and Nursery Hill with connections to Midland Pacific and Lincoln services, plus routes to St. Joseph Holland and venues including Hanover Swann City Meriden Crete and Washington. The timetable notes thirteen hour through travel and multiple intercity connections.
The initial number to be issued during the holidays will include contributions from Wm Ellery Channing John Hays George Alfred Townsend Jas Redpath F B Sanburn C B Wilkinson Wm A Phillips John J Ingalls M W Reynolds F S McCabe D D Fred Lockley D Wilder Henry King Cora M Downs Hattie McCoy North Naria A Stetson and others.
The Kansas Magazine lists subscription prices: 35 cents for single issues, 4.00 annually in advance, 7.00 for two copies, 16.00 for five, 30.00 for ten, 60.00 for twenty with a free copy to the sender, and no less than one year. Postmasters are authorized as agents.
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