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Newspaper
Linneus Weekly Bulletin
Location
Linneus, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1873
Page
1
The Bulletin notes farmers clubs forming in Benton county. It mentions drought cutting corn and grasshoppers harvesting corn south of Pabayra. Also cites State agricultural data and various remarks on national politics and local journalism, ending with a brief church reflection.
From Fishville description to readers with a 1875 tone. The note locates Fishville nine miles north and two miles west of Bucklin at Pilgrim Ridge shores by Lake Hazil timber, surrounded by great oak forests and the Fish Trail. It notes former name Pickerels Mill and questions local crops and population.
The August 14 1873 Linnens Missouri city council meeting records actions including clerk election, daily allowances for Court of Appeals, ordinances on pay and concealed weapons, sidewalk construction on State Street, committee reports, juror fees, and tax collection directives with several board votes and mayoral attestations.
Gov. Booth denounces railways as monopolists that ruin competition through discriminating rates and threaten businesses and farmers. He cites Credit Mobilier links and grants to railroads, warns of political corruption and public lands bled to lines, and predicts rapid growth of narrow gauge networks in the nation.
Jonathan Beers frets over his niece Dorothy's engagement to Israel Esmayne as a slick stranger offers potent liquor and temptation at the riverfront cabin. Dorothy dreams of a peaceful future while Israel struggles with a past of drinking, and a potential civil conflict with judgmental townsfolk looms.
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