Kansas Correspondence Reports Growth and Crops in Allen County
Town, Kansas Jan 12 1872 Epiror Progress notes Allen and adjacent counties show immense yields in root crops and cereals though wheat hurt by chinch bug. Corn yields 80-100 bushels per acre. Fruit scarce but selling well. orchards expanding. Describes Humboldt Eureka Toronto and Eureka’s growth, iron bridge factory, rail prospects, and emigration trends beyond the Neosho valley. Also mentions national politics and social issues of the era.
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Haster
Missouri
Texas
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Eureka
Humboldt
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Allen County
HOS
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Neosho
Verdigris
Toronto
Fall River Valley
The Lyme Parish Tale of Mr Dorr and a Minister
In Lyme Connecticut a single church faced a pastor call and Dorr opposed the candidate. A half wit in meeting shared a dream that led to a kingly command to settle the minister. Dorr fell silent and the minister was settled, while Dorr’s foe bore the title my servant Dorr to his grave.
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Pennsylvania Local News Roundup Amid Voter Petitions and Rail Plans
State notes report 327 of about 400 voters in Coatsville borough sign Local Option petition. Delaware county court draws two colored jurors for the approaching term. Scranton Republican suggests Gov Geary may pardon Scheeppe. Obits include Benjamin Price of West Chester. Oxford in Delaware county records 25 deaths, 14 percent of population last year. Susquehanna reports many wildcats despite bounty. Foxes target poultry in Columbia county and spar with villagers. Gen Galusha A Pennypacker visits Phoenixville amid gubernatorial campaigning. Jamestown marks golden wedding for Milton Sherwin and wife with six children and many descendants. Railroad survey for a branch from New Haven toward Hast Liberty and Dickinson’s Run, about ten miles, aims to feed coke and coal. Legislature urged to pass weed destruction act affecting farms and highways. railways to comply.
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Delaware County
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Geary
Scheeppe
Benjamin Price
Society of Friends
West Chester
Oxford
Susquehanna County
Columbia County
Galusha A. Pennypacker
Phoenixville
Joseph Whipple
Theo
Andersonville
Mudtown
Pottsville
Poker Flat
Jamestown
Milton Sherwin
Southwest Pennsylvania Railway Company
New Haven
Youghiogheny River
Hast Liberty
Dickinson’s Run
Legislature of
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