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Newspaper
Linneus Weekly Bulletin
Location
Linneus, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1874
Page
1
The 1874 issue lists Patrons of Husbandry numbers in Boone and Virginia, Grange bank funds, and political chatter. It notes debaters on franchise in Ohio, wage tensions in Louisiana, and a Montana valley with perpetual snow. Also reports a Norfolk marriage and a sharp poke at the President over Texas and Louisiana policy.
The regular Missouri State Grange session will meet in Boonville on the third Wednesday in February 1874. Delegates will be received at the depot. masters are urged to follow constitutional provisions for county representation and officer communications per by law sections cited.
At a Linnens court house meeting on January 5 1874 the County Council approves duties for the Financial Agent. He will coordinate with the State Agent, purchase farming implements, market produce for patron granges, issue circulars, collect orders, and keep accounts under council seal. Bonds, office, and oversight by the Executive Committee are set, with a two day weekly presence in Linnens and a county board of trade to select implements.
A Missouri Farmer column proposes a fundraising plan for two state manufactories to be built north and south of the Missouri River. Patrons of Husbandry members would contribute one dollar per male member from treasury and initiation fees, with the aim of supporting home industry and encouraging local aid.
A historic receipt claims a pork cholera cure and preventive made from four quarts salt one pound pulverized copperas one pound flour of sulfur one pound black antimony four ounces saltpetre mixed and set in a trough for pigs to lick as needed.
A crowd gathered at the capitol of May Township as anti-grangers met to debate the Grange issue. Capt J B presided, with W B and W R speaking on salaries and initiation fees. The tone favored exposing salary grabs while noting some anti-grangers were swayed. the writer requests publication of the account.
Report from Epston Bulletin on a district spelling exhibition in District No 6 T 58 R 21 with Miss Fannie Bartly Miss Mary Howell and Mr J H Edgerton performing. The event drew a crowded audience of all ages and featured multiple spellings declamations dialogues and a description of the Americas and the United States. An added note discusses railroad timber usage and the vast annual demand for railroad ties.
Jan 10 1874 Clay Township Teachers Institute met at Strawberry Seminary with Jas P Wirnrow presiding. Rev TH B Skelly led prayer. J B Wilcox of Linneus gave an eloquent lecture praising public schools and the role of education in liberty, noting figures like Demosthenes and Webster and touching on science, geology, astronomy, and Darwinism. The audience lauded the talk, and Wilcox was praised as a potential ornament to the profession. Afterward remarks urged reorganization of the Literary Society.
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