Rates of Advertising for The Register
Rates list for advertising including cards of ten Hines or less one year ten dollars eight cents six months seven dollars regular insertions sixty cents each. One column rates one year one hundred dollars six months eighty six dollars eighty cents three months thirty five dollars. Half and quarter column rates vary by duration. Notices priced per line. Advance payment required for regular ads and legal advertisements.
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Religious Services Directory Listing
Directory style item listing Methodist Episcopal Baptist Presbyterian and Christian churches with corner locations and weekly service times. Includes pastors L. M. Hancock D Gaue FH. Stratton and M O Elden Crocker with sabbath, worship, and sunday school times.
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Methodist Episcopal
Jefferon Avenue
Broadway Street
L. M. Hancock
Baptist
Sycamere Street
D. Gaue
Presbyterian
Madison Avenue
Western
Stratton
The
Baptist Society
Kansas
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Episcopal Society
Local Officials and Appointments List
A historical list names officials including Hon J R Goodin district judge John Paxson probate judge Wm Thrasher treasurer H A Needham county clerk RB Stephenson register of deeds J C Murray county attorney GC M Simpson clerk district court G DeWitt supt pub schools E C Amaden sheriff D 2 Green deputy sheriff a DeWitt surveyor W Hor Lowland J Fisher commissioners Q W Apple mayor H B Davis police judge J E Colborn IL & Daria H Bancroft J T Lockard C M Simpson clerk J Cowan treasurer J N Woollames marshal Hi Bancroft street commissioner and councilmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. RR. Goodin
John Paxson
Wm. Thrasher
H. A. Needham
RB. Stephenson
Register of Deeds
J.C. Murray
M. Simpson
G. DeWitt
E. C. Amaden
Green
A DeWitt
Q. W. Apple
H.8. Davis
J. E. Colborn
Daria
H. Bancroft
J. T. Lockard
C. M. Simpson
J. Cowan
J. N. Woollames
Hi. Bancroft
Iola and Allen County Kansas Prospects and Resources
Iola sits at Elm Creek and Neosho River, 80 miles south of Lawrence and 100 miles southwest of Kansas City, with rail service and a growing population of about 1600. The piece highlights churches, businesses, health, farming land, oil, water, and stock raising as strong draws for settlers and manufacturers, urging a visit to the area.
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Tou
Allen County
Elm Creek
Neosho River
Lawrence
Kansas City
Lawrence, Leavenworth & Galveston Railroad
Prairie Bay
Lance
Tale of Credit Mobilier theft tied to Union Pacific probe
The Durant v Union Pacific papers released in New York reveal how Credit Mobilier allegedly seized control of railroad construction profits. Affidavits detail inflated costs, forged contracts, and a ring inside Union Pacific aimed at covering up the scheme as Congress probes bonds and management. The exposé promises further revelations on governance, disclosure, and possible wrongdoing by Ames and others.
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Thomas C. Durant
Union Pacific Railroad Company
New York
Credit Mobilier
Union Pacific
Alea
Union and Central Pacific
Congress
Union Pacific Company
Hoxie
Omaka
Omaha
Durant
Pacific Road
Rinro
Oakes Ames
Transdction
Union Pacific Management
Coen
Central Pacific Area
Ihs
Sage
Government plunder in this operation questioned
The speaker questions how much the government and people have been plundered, urging open court investigation into Credit Mobilier and the Union Pacific as rumors give way to facts. The moment is viewed as the best time to end secrecy and thoroughly investigate.
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Union Pacific
Credit Mobilier
The Law of Compensation in Nature and Life
A dense meditation on balance in nature and human conduct. It argues that every gift or defect is offset elsewhere, noting magnetism of opposites, equal penalties for pleasures, and the leveling of fortune. It emphasizes cause and effect, mutual debts, and the need to repay benefits with interest, linking virtue to consequence.
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White House
Emerson on guidance shaping character and social growth
A reflective passage argues that strict guidance in youth limits new friendships and influences vital for future development. It warns that overbearing control creates barriers, denying roots and shade for broader community growth as children mature.
The Boy and I: A Drunkard’s Turn Toward Redemption
A narrator recalls a long day of sunshine and a violent clash with his son Billy, who pleads for his father. After a brutal strike, Billy’s courage and forgiveness spark a path away from drink. The pair bond through work, church, and schooling, transforming their life into a hopeful domestic scene.
The Importance of Drawing in Elementary Schools
A House of Commons select committee on Scientific Instruction urges drawing and geometry be taught early. It argues drawing is universal, easier than writing, and builds self-education with ruler, pencil, and compass. The report decries current omissions and links early drawing to artisan success and talent development.
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House of Commons
Buckmaster
Much Married Woman Faces Sixth Husband
An article recounts a Washington woman who has buried five husbands and marries a sixth. The ceremony ends with a mysterious man present, winking at the bride as they depart, leading to speculation he may be a funeral undertaker or a tailor's agent. The groom notices the odd figure in the vestibule and wonders about his role.
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Patrick
Billy
Bill
Nora
Judge
Washington
Seibe Eethas Abel Doe Ek
Dleman
Earl Husband
Sertaker
Ooline
M 'S Monthly
Character and flaws of a flawed leader in freemasonry text
A quoted essay discusses the limits of great intentions in flawed leaders. It contrasts superficial charm with true steadfastness, noting that circumstances shape and reveal character, with true virtue standing on a solid foundation of justice and self reverence.
A Simple Saltpetre Remedy in Smallpox Fads
A Marquette Mining Journal account reports a folk remedy using saltpetre and brandy to treat smallpox. The narrative describes a man recommending the mixture after a feverish onset, leading to temporary relief and sleep but spreading illness to his family.
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Marquette
Spein
Pelea
An Astonishing Family and Local Wit in Londonderry
A column-like piece recounts a Troutman family in Londonderry with twins seven times in seven years and a mother who has fourteen twins plus ten single births, seeking a pension. It weaves in quips about time, a race, a hash shop, a silk umbrella, a Chicago fire joke, and a soldier’s reply to his mother about fire losses.
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Troutman
Londonderry
San Mary
Bedford
Russia
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Talcott
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Geo. A. Bowlus
General Land Agency
Cotunteras
East Davis & Vannuys
Washington Av
Wood
Arora Howe
S. Tozer
G. W. Covert
Camtrie
Tola
Masonic Lodge
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Neosho
United States
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Bransas
Downer & Brown
Gorrell
L. H. Gorrell
Mardis & Downer's
Lola
Lardis & Downer
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Exrastiswen
L. L. Northrop
Ban Ber
Europe
D. C. Brubaker
West Side Public Square
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John EB
Biden
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Watpo Emerson
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