Weather and wheat prospects in western Kansas in 1881
Old correspondence from Mantiattan Kansas notes a milder winter for wheat and peaches but major losses in both crops. Rain on April 24 25 spurred grazing. Sheep fever fades as cattle rise in value, with western Kansas wheat failing for a third straight year. Ellis County wheat acreage judged uneconomical. readers urged caution about western land schemes.
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Mantiattan
Kas
Journal
Kansas
Jrash
New York Colony
Ellis Co
Slays City Sentinel
Ellis County
Manhattan
Riley Co
Light of the sea and curious marine glow observed
A traveler describes bioluminescent seas where ship wakes glow bright due to marine organisms. A clergyman tests the phenomenon by collecting luminous water and spotting tiny shrimp-like creatures under a microscope. The piece also notes flashy urban excess and dining in New York hotels.
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Johnny Bouquet
New York Tribunes
New York
Curious goat lore and Crimean era fashion notes
A playful catalog of goats and their quirks from a Boston Transcript piece, noting Billy the goat and other names, habitats near cities, beards, and tastes. It then shifts to Lady Florence Dixie exiting for Africa after a queenly rebuke over court etiquette and hints at expectations for her Morning Post dispatches.
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Bill
Billy
Nanny
Shakespeare
Boston Transcript
Florence Dixie
Africa
Morning Post
Florence
Mediterranean
Spain Horse Racing Flourishes in 1880 with Many Prizes
The report notes Spain saw eleven towns instituting races in 1880 with total prizes about 45000 dollars plus cups. Madrid hosts annual May and November meetings on fine courses at Castellana drive with aristocracy backing under King Alfonso. Southern Spain aims to form Arab and English stud farms and Andalusian racers.
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Spain
Madrid
Castellara Drive
Alfonso
West Virginia Gov Jackson Rejects National Education Involvement
Gov. Jackson denounces federal control of schooling, arguing that states should build diverse education systems. He contends education should arise from the people’s own power to seek and do what is best.
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Gov. Jackson
West Virginia
Descriptions of Nobility at Dunmore’s Concert Room
An ornate account recalls Princess Louise Princess Mary Adelaide and the Duke of Teck among guests in Lord Dunmore’s London concert room. Prosecutions at Newcastle West for whistling at a magistrate failed, and a Pike County migrant claims to be 110 with remarkable aging signs.
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Earl of Dunmore
Argyle Street
London
Princess Louise
Mary Adelaide
Duke of Teck
Gleichen
Macnamara
Lord Dunmore
Newcastle West Petty Sessions
North Carolina
Pike County
Alabama
Safe-Agent tales and a silver bullet tale
A fragmentary narrative recounts Safe-Agent No.1 and No.2 trading tall tales about safes. It moves to a silver bullet linked to Professor W. H. Hayes and a Navajo scout, then explains why an hour has 60 minutes and 60 seconds, tracing from Hipparchus to Ptolemy and clock dials.
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New Mexico
W. H.” Hayes
Parret City
Col
Byer
United States
Hipparchus
Christ
Sossi
Sari
Ptolemy
Specimen Love Making and Public Notices
A fragmented mix of romantic dialogue and social notices. Paula and a suitor converse about love and commitment while a father invites a physician to a soiree with music and poetry. The account also covers Prof. Weir’s Yale Princeton lectures on art, a French military vote, an ancient fort site in Kansas, Columbus monuments in San Domingo, and the pirate Jim Cole’s arrest in Mobile.
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Kansas
Missouri River
Leavenworth City
Local shoe dealer touts A T Company Tip as necessity
C. T. Fay of Holyoke Mass says almost all children’s shoes sold carry the A. T. Co. Tip and that they could not sell shoes without it. He emphasizes the device has become a necessity for his business.
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New York City
Philadelphia
C. T. Fay
Holyoke
Mass
Local City Officials Listed With Offices And Roles
Mayoral and city administration details show James McNamara as mayor with shopfront office at 87 Stephenson St. City clerk Warren C. Clark, city treasurer D B Breed, marshal E Chamberlin, and street commissioner W Kmpschild. Aldermen named for three wards include T L Waddell, J Hartman, J Brown, Dr Louis Stoskopf, HJ Porter, and Win H Wagner.
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Stephenson St
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Fry’s
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D. B. Breed
Journal
Gh Lorre Yory C Kean
Fry’s Ock
J Hartman
J Brown Ap Ylet
Louis Stoskopf
HJ Porter
Win H Wagner
County Officers and Clerks Listed for Courthouse
County officers include Clerk I F Kieckner Treasurer W W Hutchison Recorder Dana Brewster Sheriff Captain Stewart Surveyor Hiram Shons with all county offices located in the Court House.
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I F Kieckner
W W Hutchison
Dana Brewster
Captain Stewart
Hiram Shons
School Board Officers and Superintendent Details
Board members Win O Wright President and W G Barnes with H J Porter. Superintendent Chas Snyder holds office in the High School building with office hours from 7 30 to 9 0 oclock a m.
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Epeation
Win O. Wright
W. G. Barnes
H. J. Porter
Chas, Snyder
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