Norway Oats Sparks and Surprise Oats Debate
A reader discusses Norway oats yields versus rivals, critiquing John Boynton and D H Sunderland and proposing a test of Surprise oats against Norway oats on equal terms. The letter details past yields, pricing and a challenge to prove superiority, plus note on California beet sugar experiments and early crystalized sugar production near Sacramento.
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Caliroxnia
California
Sacramento
W. Wadsworth
Illinois Auditor Lippincott Reports State Finances for 1869
General Charles E. Lippincott issues the printed Illinois State fiscal report for year ending Nov 1869. The document details tax rates, debt payments, and expenditures, noting a 13 mill tax and a shrinking debt due to cancellations. It highlights insurance regulation reforms led by George M. Brinkerhoff, with capital requirements and anti fraud measures. The report portrays statewide prosperity and warns of enforcement rigor to assure stability.
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Charles E. Lippincott
Illinois
Minor
Illinois ‘Central Railroad Fund
Central Railroad
George M. Brinkerhoff
Insurance Department
Auditor’s Office
Chicago Post
New Yorker's Society First Annual Reunion Invited
A long invitation announces the New Yorker's Society first annual reunion inviting all from the old Empire State and friends for a enjoyable time. The organizers urge cordial support to establish the society as a permanent institution and promise arrangements to accommodate attendees.
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New Yorker
Invita
All Sud
Old Empire State
Soldiers' Monument Building Committee Meet At Bank
The Building Committee of the Soldiers' Monument will meet at the Second National Bank this city on Saturday at 2 p m for important business. Mc Namara offers his entire stock of boots shoes overshoes arctics and rubbers at cost and less than cost in preparation for spring trade.
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Soldiers’ Monument
Second National Bank
McNamara
City Council debates fire limits and courthouse relocation
The City Council met Monday night to consider extending fire limits to cover the proposed site of the old Court House. They adjourned without an ordinance, then reconvened Tuesday and passed it. Meanwhile Mr Miller erected a wood building on the planned site, complicating the outcome. The Silver Wedding of Mr and Mrs Wm T McCool occurred Friday January 21.
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Mrs. Wm. T. McCool
Lost boy notice from John Eby of Yellow Creek Illinois
John Eby of Yellow Creek Stephenson county Illinois seeks tidings of his son last heard of in Kansas. He asks Western newspapers to copy this notice and aid in locating the missing boy.
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John Eby
Yellow Creek
Stephenson County
Illinois
Richard R. Eby
Kansas
Will Western Papers
Court House Committee Accepts Miller Bid for Old Building
The Court House Committee met at the County Clerk's Office and accepted I. H. Miller's bid of 3125.00 for the old Court House with the condition that the building be moved at Miller's expense and the county may use it free for two years after removal. Specifications for the new Court House are in the County Clerk's office for inspection and plans are due this week, with bids to be invited once received.
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Colverwell
Bowery
New York
Court House
I. H. Miller
Miller
Almanacs and Public Almanac Praise from 1870 Attic
The piece thanks Manton Marble of the New York World for an excellent Almanac for 1870 and the publishers of the New York Tribune for The Tribune Almanac for 1870. It praises the Tribune Almanac as uniquely valuable and notes possession of a long file of editions, hoping for annual consideration from the Tribune.
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Manton Marble
New York World
New York Tribune
Tribune Almanac
Times
Senate confirms Shaffer as Utah governor
The United States Senate on Thursday of last week confirmed General Shaffer of this city as Governor of Utah. We urge Brigham Young to reduce wives or abandon the twin relic of barbarism and become a law abiding citizen. We congratulate General Shaffer on the confirmation and hope he may find boner.
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United States Senate
Shaffer
Utah
Brigham Young
United States
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