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Great Disappointment Oklahoma and other oddities
A collage of humorous notes and editorial quips cites Oklahoma as a “great disappointment” while lampooning headlines about beans becoming vegetables and a Dubuque prophet’s end of world. It reports wheat prospects, weather predictions, immigration shifts, and rail policy discussions with local commentary on editors and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Boston
Dubuque
Foster
The
New York Herald
Iowa
Tlnois
Missouri
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
J. FP. Merry
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Union
Merry
Towa
Richman Township
H. West
Wayne County
Corydon Times
Bay
America
Coveney No
J. R. Cassity
Singmaster & Sons
Keota
J. H. Truman &Son
Bushnell
B. King
J.D. Hasbrouck
M. A. Clever
Hasprouck
McCulloch
LL. Clothier