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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1873
Page
4
A Victorian style essay urges plain foods and regular meals for health. It extols chewing, slow eating, moderation, and restraint, linking table manners to character, cautioning against overfeeding and excessive refinement at meals.
An Archivist's excerpt relates General Cass at the National Hotel in Washington meeting a Western guest who mistakes him for Guy. The man, tired after a long ride, is gently corrected as Cass reveals the mishap, recalling Cass’s renown and the humor of mistaken identity. The tale showcases Cass, Guy, and a Michigan senator in a witty, period vignette.
Max Adler reports a Washington Observatory chief was tricked by a Sunday school boy who placed a firefly and mucilage in a telescope. The "new star" Orion appeared to move, then burst with light twice daily. The astronomer traced the illusion, realized the prank, and now seeks the boy to discuss the incident amid a cascade of dispatches and a hefty bill.
A moral about farmers facing weather, markets, and expenses with patience. It argues that farmers are resilient, should not despond, and must rely on endurance and faith, as misfortune may pass with abundance returning. The piece emphasizes perseverance and communal support through difficulties.
The Will County farmers convene and declare the executive and legislative branches ignore the public, citing Credit Mobilier, salary thefts, land waste, contract violations, and high taxes to aid special interests. They renounce old parties, form a separate organization, and vow to choose candidates by integrity and proven dedication to reform.
A Kansas experiment shows hogs can be raised and fattened on buffalo grass without corn or grain. In Brookville and other areas, farmers graze and herd to finish hogs, with Mr. Palmer expanding the venture toward Kansas City market. The report highlights a new profitable Kansas industry arising from grazing forage.
The Baltimore American celebrated its centennial on August 20, 1778 style. The issue featured an illustrated supplement with a map of Baltimore a century ago and a facsimile of the first number. It notes Baltimore’s population growth from 4,876 to 300,000 and includes historic ads such as Geordie Washington’s land patent proposal on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The page also contains scattered recipe fragments and local notes.
The article surveys sanitation as essential for a hardy nation, cites a Connecticut factory fire caused by cotton waste and boiling linseed oil, and notes spontaneous combustion risks. It also reports on fruit packing volumes, oyster and tomato production regions, a grasshopper outbreak affecting hay, and a Winnebago county wheat embargo. Fraud cases across multiple cities are mentioned, urging firm, respectful refusals.
A late 19th century advertisement promotes a mail order package containing writing paper envelopes a pen holder lead pencil two pens a blank book blotter phantomographs of 100 beautiful women and a piece of ladies jewelry. It promises post paid delivery and discounted pricing with commissions for agents and catalogs for premium lists. The ad directs readers to J. C. Burrow Baltimore MD and Woop's Houssom Magazine Newburgh NY for orders and further details.
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