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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1874
Page
1
Rates for cards of ten lines and various column widths offered. One year costs 10 uses 160 dollars for Spain column, with six months 80 and three months 35. One half column rates 80 yearly, 40 semiannual, 25 quarterly. One quarter column 35 yearly, 20 semiannual, 15 quarterly. Local notices 15 cents per line. regular advertisers 20 cents. Transient and legal ads must be prepaid.
A scanned column lists Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Presbyterian and Christian services with pastors and times. It also includes local offices and officials: J. Paxson Probate Judge, J. C. Murray County Attorney, G. DeWitt Supt. Pub Schools, John Francis Mayor, and council members among others.
In 1828 a boy named Kasper Slauser, found wandering in Nuremberg barefoot and speechless, proved a medical and public curiosity. He had never stood, eaten real food, or spoken, yet he yearned to ride as his father did. The city adopted him, sending him to instructors while scholars studied his undeveloped mind and senses, amid crowds of visitors and debates on his origin.
A detailed portrait of Kasper Hauser, the foundling whose astonishing senses and memory captivated Nuremberg. It recounts his early life in isolation, brutal schooling, dramatic episodes including a 1829 injury, a man’s guiding hand to writing, and his ultimate murder in 1833 at Anspach. The tale notes scientists and officials’ inquiries, his fading brilliance, and the lasting pity for his tragic innocence.
The piece argues public schools secularize youth and churches must intensify ethical instruction via Sunday schools. It critiques scope versus quality, warns against mere emotional appeal, and urges Sunday schools to preserve intellectual religion as public schools strip away such education.
Newton Booth, a outspoken Republican, selected Governor of California in 187? by a 5000 vote margin over Haight. He was chosen United States Senator last week by Republican legislators aided by some anti monopolists from the Democrats. He will sit in the U S Senate as a leading representative of the new era.
Inavessors chosen at the late election list names from Fiest district and a roster of board of fin. Includes Harry L. Bickford Frank M. Tracy L. F. Eggers Turnerson J. L. Williams A J Shinn H. W. Talcott John M. Allen Joel T. Davis Newton Ainsworth J. D. Emerson P. Hutchinson John M. Steele W F Leslie. Also notes Wm. B. Tweed plans an autobio book from a felon’s cell claiming startling disclosures.
A Kentucky financier, Hon. Shakspeare Caldwell, donates an $80,000 hospital in Louisville named for St. Mary and St. Elizabeth, open to all denominations. The column share includes anecdotal vignettes from gossip to humorous tales, noting a laughing patient saved by an ape and other local curiosities.
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