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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1874
Page
4
A fragment recounts a violent raid across farmland with cavalry advancing, attacking cornfields and orchards. Soldiers plunder crops, burn fields, and scatter workers, leaving devastation as they move through the landscape. The lines emphasize overwhelming force and agricultural loss.
Governor Osborn writes that grasshopper devastation threatens parts of Kansas, especially western counties. He asks county commissioners to visit every family, inventory conditions, and report to the executive office to devise relief. He notes wheat is strong in many areas but corn losses risk winter subsistence. He remains unsure of funding but asserts Kansas will aid its needy.
The Topeka Commonwealth prints a county by county total valuation of property including railroad value. The list names many counties such as Bourbon, Brown, Crawford, Cherokee, Cloud, Jefferson, Morris, Nemaha, Ottawa, Osage, Pawnee, and others with figures in dollars and cents showing county totals and statewide sums. The presented figures cover each county’s assessed valuation and aggregate totals, reflecting a statewide wealth tally as reported to the State Auditor.
The speaker describes a widespread grasshopper invasion across Minnesota Nebraska and Western Kansas destroying corn fields and other crops amid drought. He notes farmers face discouragement but urges grit and thrift, storing hay and conserving grain as supplies tighten and prices rise while drouth persists.
Simple autumn rooting method uses sand and warm water to grow herbaceous cuttings. Bea ch er family details follow, noting Henry, William, Herbert, and Mrs. Scoville, with deaths among Beecher children. Then Kansas laws on game, a Kansas showcase at Union depot, pig farming efficiency data, a Missouri political remark, Theodore Tilton bio quips, and a grasshopper driven migration in Concordia area.
A detailed, old fashioned account explains udder anatomy and milk flow. It describes four subsystems joined by ligaments and valves, muscular bands controlling milk movement, how nervous excitement affects contraction, and how milk is drawn from teats. It also includes kitchen and agricultural notes on tomatoes and pest control methods with benzine.
The Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston Railway promotes first class service with safety and lower freight rates to spur business along the line. Daily trains run south and north with passenger and freight service, connections at Ottawa Chanute Garnett and Cherryvale, and 500000 acres for sale in Neosho valley regions.
The shortest route between the Great West and the East is the St Louis Kansas City & Northern Short Line. The line has seen over two million dollars in improvements, new broad ties, modern rails, and reclining carpeted coaches with toilet rooms for all travelers. Six express trains run between Missouri and Mississippi rivers, few accidents due to modern safety measures, and through tickets available via connecting lines. Obtain maps and time cards from Leman McCarty, Kansas City, for PLOB Groat, St. Louis.
The completion of the iron bridge over the Missouri river at Boonville allows the Missouri Kansas Texas line to add two daily trains between Hannibal and the Northeast Osaho valley and two daily trains between St. Louis and Southern Kansas. Through Pullman palace sleeping cars from Chicago Quincy Hannibal and St. Louis to Galveston will run with greatly reduced rates and better Texas trade facilities. For maps and timetables contact Thomas Darwin, Sedalia, Missouri.
Train service on the Washington Baltimore East and Southeast route via Parkersburg is listed with a May 31, 1974 effective date. The notice references Coxpessio Time Tante Taoren Traya in the timetable context.
In these days of railroad competition the Missouri Pacific offers fast routes from the West to the East via Kansas City and St. Louis. The line uses Miller Platform and Westinghouse Air Brake with Pullman Sleepers and Reclining Chair Coaches for safe pleasant travel. Express trains from Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison and other cities land travelers in St. Louis in good hours to connect with northern eastern and southern lines. For maps timetables and details contact G. H. Baxter Kansas City or E. A. Ford St. Louis.
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