Taxport Scott Monitor reports glace works to cost 50,000
The Taxport Scott Monitor notes plans for a glace works in Lawrences costing 50,000 with 75 workers. It also records the long sought incorporation of South Topeka with the City of Topeka, finalized last Monday.
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Taxport Scott Monitor
Glace
South Topeka
Topeka
Hamilton County
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe R. R
Main Street
Kaness City
D&wim
E. H. Dobbs
Boston scientists probe for gas in local area
A group of Harvard and other scientists report strong evidence for natural gas potential near Boston, noting extensive prospecting in the vicinity and urging further exploration to confirm abundant resources.
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Boston
Harvard
Taz Globe Torch Shuts Down After Two Years in Cherry Vale
The Cherry Vale daily, Taz Globe Torch, announces suspension due to lack of patronage after nearly two years. The paper cites good cause for its existence but laments the modest fate of the sprightly publication.
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Taz Globe Torch
Cherry Vale
Montgomery County
Lottery Losses Alleged in Confederate Swindling Case
A historical lament notes that funds diverted by Beauregard and Jubel Early from the Louisiana lottery over recent years would have had a higher chance of yielding a prize if invested in a gas well or buried in a coal pit, contrasting with the supposedly rich prizes offered by their confederate worthies.
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Lawrence
Beauregard
Jubel Early
Kansas boom boosts papers while sinking some weeklies
The Abilene Gazette notes a mixed impact from the current boom in Kansas. It claims it strengthens profitable papers yet spawns many new dailies that may fail before winter.
University of Pennsylvania Ends Tobacco Ban Truce
Tax fumes of the pervasive cigarette have so narcotized the authorities of the University of Pennsylvania, that in their fight against the use of tobacco in the institution they have been compelled to make a truce with the noxious weed. It is hoped, however, that the fresh air of a vacation will so far restore them that they will be able to barracade against its entrance at the beginning of the next term.
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University of Pennsylvania
Industrial progress and fuel future promise
The text likens kerosene to a superior heat and light source, replacing tallow candles and locomotives replacing prairie schooners. It argues natural pay will dominate heat and light production where accessible at depths of two to three thousand feet, warning communities that neglect this industrial agent will fall behind in the great industrial procession.
Kansas voters face another slice of municipal suffrage
Newspapers debate the outcome of municipal suffrage as to its success. Critics who did not experience the change question its quality while Kansans prepare for another round, expressing differing views on the reform’s value and impact.
Buckner Nomination Won By Kentucky Governor Hope
Report notes General Buckner secured the Democratic nomination for Kentucky governor after promising his wife she would be his wife of the governor. Her presence with their baby at the convention delivered an electric reception and boosted support for Buckner. Opposing voices faded as the nomination met with loud applause.
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Buckner
Govenor
Kentucky
Anniston to showcase its booming industry with a traveling exhibit train
A plan to promote Anniston as a growing manufacturing center in Alabama proposes sending a train tour of major cities. The cars will display Anniston and Calhoun county products, with crew wearing wool suits woven locally and tailored in Anniston. The display aims for lasting business and population growth beyond speculative schemes.
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Anniston
Iron
Alabama
Calhoun County
Reform Administration The Cleveland Standards For Change
The Cleveland Administration is described as a reform administration in the Atlanta Constitution. The piece praises the early acts of reform as theater, hoping for genuine vindication in subsequent actions and adjustments. The author urges prompt and decisive outcomes, with an eager, expectant audience awaiting the final act.
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Cleveland
Kentucky idea tested by habeas ruling challenges court
A Louisville magistrate releases a criminal, sentenced to three years, on a writ of habeas corpus. The act appears to apply a controversial proposition to shift government control from established elites to the broad public, likened to a cross-evedea.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Justice of the Peace
Supreme Court
Post Office Changes In Kansas For Week Ended May 7 1887
Changes announced by Mr. Van Vleck of the post office department list new establishments in Empire City Cherokee county Hugh McKay Lay Montgomery county Matthew D Gray Lorenz Garfield county Jacob B Lewis Miller Lyon county John L Jones Sherdahl Republic county Olaf B Strom and name changes Zenita Reno county to Sylvia H S Austin Postmasters appointed Abilene Dickinson county A G Buchanan LaCygne Linn county John E Chapman
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Kansas
van Vleck
Post Office Department
Empire City
Cherokee County
Hugh McKay
Lay
Montgomery County
Matthew D. Gray
Lorenz
Garfield County
Jacob B. Lewis
Miller
Lyon County
John L. Jones
Sherdahl
Republic
Olaf B
Strom
Zenita
Reno
Sylvia
H. S. Austin
Abilene
Dickinson
A. G. Buchanan
LaCygne
Lynn County
John John E. Chapman
Kansas Historical Society funds misrepresented claim
A Washington dispatch says the Kansas Historical Society offered through Senator Ingalls and other Kansas men ten thousand dollars for a file of the Leavenworth Journal and ten thousand for the original minutes of the Lecompton convention. The society, noting no such funds, already holds the most valuable material on the Lecompton fraud, the candle box with fraudulent election returns uncovered by Col. Walker.
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Kansas City Times
Washington
Kansas Historical Society
Ingalls
Kansas
Leavenworth Journal
Jack Henderson
Lecompton Constitutional
Lesompton
The
Historical Society
Lecompton
Col. Walker
Debates On Confederate Debt And Federal Policy
The article critiques US government stance after the rebellion, noting English bondholder ads and the shift in Democratic leadership toward Calhounian principles. It argues federal payment of Confederate bonds is constitutionally forbidden, predicting no immediate payment but possible later readjustment rather than settlement.
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Cleveland
England
Calhoun
Kentucky
Health myths from a tonic ad prompt medical doubt
A fragmented ad style line claims a pimple signals a viral infection in the blood and that Dr Harier’s Tonic can neutralize and expel the virus. The wording resembles a sensational health claim typical of dubious remedies.
June Arrives With Heat and Idle Languid Summer Scene
The passage notes the calendar seeming to jump from April to June as heat rises. It describes the mercury and shirt sleeves of lounging men in cool spots, signaling the start of the hot season and anticipation for July and August.
Letters on the English dictionary and slang in new work
A discussion of a major English dictionary edited by James A. H. Murray. Critics warn against extending scope beyond legitimate bounds and warn that slang and local dialects may be given undue prominence. Detractors argue the volume is oversized with excessive details and common terms, offering little value to general readers.
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Philological Society
James A. H. Murray
The Great Stone Face of the Old Man of the Mountains
In Franconia Notch New Hampshire the Great Stone Face profile on Cannon Mountain dominates the scenery. The article describes the Notch features Cannon Mountain Eagle Cliff Echo Lake Flume and Profile Lake with the Old Man of the Mountains carved in rock measuring about 80 feet from forehead to chin. It notes viewing from a specific spot and recalls legends from Indians and settlers including a Christ the Judge portrayal.
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Franconia Notch
New Hampshire
America
Mt. Lafayette
Cannon Mountain
Eagle Cliff
Echo Lake
Profile Lake
Franconia
Christ the
Christus Fuder
God Almighty
New England
Woman's Magazine
Bureau of Mending A New Yorker Helps Bachelors
A Manhattan shop signs Bureau of Mending as a solution to mend clothing for boarders and hotels. Women at sewing machines repair socks shirts and gloves with low prices while couriers collect items within city limits. The manager claims originality and calls himself their benefactor citing letters from bachelors.
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Bureau of
Sun
Sterling Illinois 1835 praise for Hop Bitters
We feel we must write it me all of the success of Hop Bitters. Their sale is thrib ble that of any other article of medicine. Hence we feel it but justice to you and your Bitters to say that it is a medicine of real merit and virtue, and doing much good and affecting great cures. Youre, J.F. & H.B. UTLEY.
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Sterling, Iil
J.F
H.B. Utley
Hop Bitters Praised by Ohio Doctor in Ad Offering
In HayeSvIlle Ohio on February 11 1884 Dr Mercer of Co B reports strong cure results from Hop Bitters after using two bottles. He states he would not trade the relief they gave and recommends them to his patients for the best outcomes.
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Hayesville
Ohio
Co. B. Mercer
Notice for Hop Bitters in New Haven Register
The New Haven Register prints a September 15 1885 notice praising Hop Bitters as a strong product. It states the publication uses it and believes it deserves favorable attention.
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New Haven
Conn
Register
Bitters Cited For Cure In Greenwich Letter
A resident named Leroy Brewer reports doctors gave up hope for scrofula consumption but two bottles of Her Bitters Co. Bitters cured him. He notes a large sale is ongoing in Greenwich.
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Greenwich
Seb
Her Bitters Co
Leroy Brewer
Hop Bitters Praised by Greenwich Mother
Greenwich New York February 12 1885 Henry Knapp testifies that Hop Bitters are the most valuable medicine he ever knew and that he would have no mother’s power without them.
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Greenwich
N. Y
Henry Knapp
Local Testimony Praises Hop Litters Medicine
Pp. M. Barnes from Lone Jack Missouri on September 14 1885 reports strong relief from liver complaint and malarial fever after using Hop Litters. He calls them superior to other medicines and endorses their benefits.
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Lone Jack
M. Barnes
Hop Bitters praised by farmers and users in 1886
KaLaMAzoo Michigan and Kanaka Missouri readers endorse Hop Bitters Co stating they bear honest recommendations and provide relief. A farmer’s daughter improves after using the remedy, others report remarkable cures and high purity. W H Bishop & Co promote strong testimonials and broad sales.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Hot Bitters Mfg. Co
W. H. Bishop & CO
Rice farming in South Carolina declines due to labor and demand
Farmers in South Carolina conclude rice production is no longer profitable as unreliable field labor and rising alternatives push demand away. Over the past years, other cereals have supplanted rice, reducing its market viability.
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South Carolina
Cinessnati Times
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