Will Republican Delegate Convention in Topeka
A Republican delegate convention for Will state will be held in Representative Hall in Topeka on Wednesday August 26 at 10 o clock to nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general superintendent of public instruction and associate justice of the supreme court. Two delegates from each representative district will be chosen plus one alternate per delegate. Proxies do not grant seating or voting rights.
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State of
Representative Hall
Topeka
Supreme Court
Central Committee
Ube County
Republican State Central Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
47Th
Court Hone
Lola
Gaturday
Septtember
Ottawa
Humboldt
State Central Committee
Commonwealth
Congressional district primary meeting details outlined
The Refaud Congressional district of the state Kaunas will hold a primary at Muratuldt Allen county on Wednesday September exp 1874 at 1:00 a m to nominate a candidate for Congress. Each district allocates delegates two per district except the fourth and thirtieth districts with four and three respectively. August meeting proposed for delegate election, with one alternate per delegate. By order of the Congressional Committee H W Cook chairman Iso S Griwone secretary pro tem.
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Kaunas
Muratuldt
Allen County
Iatelock
Alstrict
Wiltaon County
Congressional Committee
H. W. Cook
Iso
Griwone
Agid
Itz
Iola Township
Geners
Elm
Deer Creek
Beramitt
Elamore
Republican delegate convention set for August 20 1874
The Republican delegates of the 17th Senatorial District of Kansas covering Allen and Anderson counties will convene in Garnett Anderson county on Thursday August 20th 1874. The event announces the meeting locality and date for party business.
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Kan
Allen and
Anderson
Garnett
Anderson County
Tur. Beecher Tilton scandal drains Kansas paper chatter
The report decries Beecher Tilton gossip while noting grasshopper plagues on the Western rails. It praises Louis Walker for state senate support in the Seventh District, praises reformers, and critiques Topeka convention nominations as they discuss Republican integrity and a 13 year state stewardship. The piece quotes Ft Scott Monitor on party honesty and urges loyal Republican delegates for the State Convention.
Three Men Hanged By Mob In Bumner County
The Bumner County Press reports three men were seized from jail by a large armed posse last week and hanged for horse stealing, as Judge Lynch bears undue burden and calls for lawful trials by proper authorities.
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Lynch
Bumner County
Soth
Calaboose
Bodies Hanged After Robbery Trio Identity Revealed
Lifeless bodies of Hasbrouck Brooks and Charley Smith hang from a tree near State Creek Bridge. A coroner's jury is empaneled as inquest proceeds. Brooks' wife and Hasbrouck's status tied to Sumner County bar. Smith, alias, linked to ex governor Edwards of Illinois.
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L. B.hasbrouck
W. J.brooks
Charley Smith
State Creek Bridge
Hasbrouck
Brooks
Smith
Caldwell
Sumner County
Edwards
Illinois
Farmers Face Hard Times and Blame Drought and Pests
Farmers in Southern Kansas confront widespread distress from droughts and grasshoppers that devastate crops and gardens across the region. The piece urges comparison with harsher conditions in Minnesota Iowa Colorado Nebraska and eastern states to foster gratitude for current crops and basic necessities amid widespread suffering. It also notes a legal case involving J T Stevens and Mitchell over a forged note used to claim exemptions, with a court appearance awaiting further developments.
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Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Colorado
Nebraska
Kaw River
Lawrence Journal
J.T! Stevens
Stevens
Mitchell
Smith
Lawrence Standard proprietor arrested for forgery
The Lawrence Standard owner, a reform advocate, was arrested on forgery charges amid accusations of dishonesty. Reports describe David T. Mitchell as a controversial figure linked to questionable business dealings and reform rhetoric, with local criminal records noting an arrest and ongoing scrutiny.
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Lawrence Standard
Reform
Republican Party
Melius
Kansas
David T. Mitchell
The
Standard
India
Saatre
Mitchell
Richard
The Grasshoppers Ravage Kansas Fields Across Counties
The grasshoppers sweep through northern and western Kansas causing devastating damage. Fields of corn stripped in hours, gardens and nurseries attacked, and fences chewed as the pest spreads southwestward from Marshall County. They are expected to lay eggs soon and may depart if the season remains dry.
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Marshall County
County Press
Grasshopper Visitation Stirs Farmers Across Iowa
The Grasshopper visitation spread about 150 miles east across the state, devouring crops in days. Wright county farmers used smoke and fires to generate dense clouds over wheat fields, driving the insects away and preserving their harvest.
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Wright County
Iowa
Eyewhorpers
Laswrence Journal
Grasshopper Plague Ravages Kansas Farmlands
A Wichita Eagle report notes Minnesota grasshoppers twenty miles wide and a million deep marching west toward the gulf last Monday. They devastate green growth from Ellsworth to McPherson, eating fruit and leaves in orchards. in some areas, crops are ruined. By Wednesday none appeared in the southern county. officials fear they will depart soon.
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Wichita Eagle
Minnesota
Gulf
Ellsworth
McPherson
Abilene Chronicle
Enou
Iteaya
Kansas and national notes from a 19th century newspaper
A compilation of scattered items reports rising wheat acreage and yields in Kansas, political alignments for Congress, a fatal railroad yard accident at Fort Scott, wage comparisons for teachers, weather damage, grasshopper concerns, shop and market updates, and local incidents including a serious bicycle blaze and a treasurer’s shortage in Bourbon county.
News of the Week Sparks Controversy and Oddities
A miscellany of sensational items includes a claim of child kidnapping for ransom by Philadelphia criminals, a century-old burrowed Iowa frog family, and Mrs. Theodore Tilton with four children. The New York World seizes on Tilton, while separation papers grant the mother the family home and belongings to keep the children near her.
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Philadelphia
Iowa
Theodore Tilton
Florence
Alice
Carroll
Frankie
New York
Ti Ia
Tilton
Ordinance Ordering Sidewalk Construction in Lola City
Ordinance No 105 issued July 1874 orders construction of sidewalks five and one third feet wide along specified lots in blocks eighty five and ninety four and on the west end of block ninety four. Sidewalks to be pine or hardwood 1 inch thick with four stringers. stringers 2 by 4 inches on stone or brick. completion by September 16, 1574. In effect upon publication in Mosino Valley Reporter.
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City of
Bola
Lola
Mosno Valley
Sta
Iola
A. D
H.W. Tai
W. C. Jones
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Ther Register
Aintanes
O Metal Paper of
Alien County
John Guttirie
D. B. Emmert
Iscoe
Geneva
Osage
Avia
Louis Walker
Cisirman
Republican Convention
Elsinore
Salem
Cottage Grove
Sous Walker
Dasios
Erie St
Beecher-Tilton-scandalk
Beocher
Iris
IoLa Ragister
Kansas City Times
John Francis
Walker
Waverly
N. Y
Neosho
Wen Wilder
Ft. Scott Monitor
Grasshoppers
Blue Rapids Times
Cloud County
Asia
Thas
Denver
Emporia
Leavenworth
Ehrrier
Witchita
Oskaloosa
Wa. A. Philips
W. N. Allen
Ingersall
Fort Scott
McCarty
Ingraham
Kansas City
Mr. Jones
Barter Springs
Republican
Champion
TE. M. Northrup
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Walltreet
Otago City
Massachusetts
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Ohio
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Junction City Union
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Aoung
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Lawrence
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York
Topeka Times
Prarie
Leavenworth Times
Meliius
Manhattan
Torn
Leavedworth
Col. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
City
Marmat
Ea Ile
F. H. Dambauld
Kansas State Grange Executive Committee
Jess
Cdal
Hyway
8 A.love
Ft. Scott
Bourbon County
Kansas City Journal
Mahlove
Manlove
Maniove
Atchison Champion
News OF the
Kansas Lands
Geo. A. Bowlus
E. J. & G. Railroad
Kans
Is Located On the Neosho River
Kola
George A. Bowlus
North British and Mercantile
London
England
Hartford
Conn
Anna
American Central
St. Louis
YATES
Cash Dry Goods Store
Ioraa
Jno. Francis & Co
Quincy Eagle
Sioux City
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