Haggard serial starts in The Gazetter May 12 1887
The paper promotes June by H. Rider Haggard as a superior new serial with dramatic interest, illustrated by Cusachs. It urges readers to request free copies, notes advertising ethics, and mentions growth in Leavenworth Wichita boom towns and Missouri Pacific plans.
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H. Rider Haggard
Cusachs
sJens
Tas
Gazerrs
Coplea
New York World
Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth
Topeka clash over senate chamber refit cost sparks board vote
Chief Ropes warns the east wing of the state capitol is unsafe and may need demolition before west and central sections are finished. He urges a cheap temporary finish, but the board obeys legislative order. He accuses Topeka influence of inflating costs to favor local shark interests.
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Troy
George Ropes
Topeka
Senate Chamber
Ropes
Capital
Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe Railroad Company
Capitol
State House
Santa Fe Company
Natural Gas Prospects and Irish Emigration Highlighted
The article surveys Findlay Ohio gas drilling costs and early yields, comparing heating power to Pittsburgh gas and noting rising exploration in coal-rich eastern Kansas. It then shifts to a dramatic Ireland emigration wave, citing 40 years of mass departure and political causes behind the exodus, predicting further large inflows to the U S and Canada.
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Kansas
Tower of Findlay
Tnstance
Cleveland Iron Trade Review
Findlay
Cangisis Atiaitiebiv
Guy
Karg
Pittsburg
S. A. Ford
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Pitteborg
Starling Medical College
Columbad
Ford
New World
Ireland
Progresa
Ireand
America
Earth
United States
Canada
Mis
England
Chicago Herald
Jeffersonian Club Endorses President Cleveland and Policies
The Jeffersonian Club of Lawrence Kansas passed a resolution praising President Cleveland for his tariff reform public land protection and anti corruption efforts. It commends his stance on equal treatment of citizens and calls him a faithful public servant.
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Jeffersonian Club
Thie City
Hoo
Sidney Clarke
Lawrence
Kansas
Cleveland
Republican Party
Monopoliata
Lamar
Northern Pacific Railroad
Guileford Miller
United States
Provident
Leavenworth Journal files sought for Kansas history
Togatis seized help to obtain the Leavenworth Journal during John Henderson’s two year management amid Lecompton convention agitation and Kansas free state move. Kansas historical society offered ten thousand dollars for the original minutes of the Lecompton proceedings. Henderson notes society members also offered ten thousand for the recovered minutes taken to Washington and passed to the president then to Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Alexander H. Stephens. presumed still among Stephens papers.
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Washington
Stephen A. Doug Jem
Ilinoia
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Stephens
Confessions of a Bride and the First Week After Marriage
A south side bride recounts not being as happy as expected after marriage. She reveals feeling duped into marriage by appearances, noting her husband’s clothing and wealth were misrepresented. The piece promotes Steinberg's King Clothier as a safe place to shop with guaranteed protection.
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South Side
Steinberg’s
King Clothier's
Special Premiums at Basmarck Fair for Gardeners
At the Basmarck Fair on September 10 1987 the Kansas deed House F Barteldes Co offers prizes for best vegetables grown from their seeds. First prize 15 dollars second prize 10 dollars. An affidavit must show the heads were purchased from Barteldes Co. The exhibit must be well arranged with a display explaining the exhibit. I N Van Hoxsen 442 Secretary.
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Basmarck
Kansas
F. Barteldes & Co
F. Barteldes &Co
Barteides & Co
I. N. van Hoxsen
Jess by H Rider Haggard sparks praise as popular Solomongan tale
A column reviews Haggard's new novel Jess describing it as a vivid Transvaal tale set during the rising of the Transvaal against England. It highlights action, romance, and graphic African life with episodes of murder, arrest, burning Moorfontein, and vengeance, noting Harper's Monthly praise.
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Hageardts
Jeas
Sorewtn
New York Tribune
Hagezard
South Africa
Jens
Neila
Ford
Silas Croft
Moorfontein
Jess
Haggard
Harper's Monthly
She
South African Republic
Transvaal
Abe
Remarks on Indian Welfare and Mexican, Chinese Roles in America
Special correspondence from Pensacola discusses government feeding of Indians and the purported decline of self-sufficiency among minority groups. It critiques federal policy, notes sugar and supply distributions at Pine Ridge Dakota, and mentions Red Cloud and Geronimo. The piece contrasts frontier violence history with ongoing agency management at Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens.
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Uncle Sam
Pensacolla
Fis
Mike
John Chinaman
Pine Ridge Agency
Dakota
Red Cloud
Natchez
Mangus
Geronimo
War Department
Florida
Fort Pickens
Pbnencala
Fort Marion
St. Augustine
Carlisle School
Medicine Man
Her-on-imo
Jerome
Sitting Bull
Arizona
New Mexico
Theses Rascals
Santa Ross Island
Fort Barrancas
Pensacola
Pickens
Forts Barrancas
McRae
Natcher
Amandia
George Wratton
Tex
J. Fennimore
Cooper
Plains
Mr. Wratton
Thea Nimivesary
Fort Milar Ruling and Fort Life Amidst Rations
A fragmentary account describes Fort Milar and its garrison, detailing rations for fifteen men under Lieut. Parker, Indian cook, and two messes. It notes settlers from Arizona, their simple lifestyle, and mentions otter hunting impacting livelihoods.
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Fort Milar
Lieut
Parker
Natches
Geronimo
Arigona
Ania
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John Wanamaker
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Misouri Pacific
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State Board of
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Ceet
H.rider Haggard
Alathor
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Fort Pickezka
Gulf
Barranca
Spain
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China
M. Dela Rue
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