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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1874
Page
1
Orriera Paper of Allen County lists advertising rates in nonpareil type for various durations and insertions. One column inch cost at different time spans, with notes on regular advertisers and advance payment for transient and legal ads.
County officers listed with titles including District Judge Probate Judge County Treasurer County Clerk County Attorney Clerk District Court Superintendent Public Schools Sheriff Deputy Sheriff Lyman Hite and others. Fragmentary text shows names and offices, with unreadable fragments and scattered punctuation.
A nostalgic haying poem centers on Katie and a narrator as they labor in fields under sunlit skies, with playful quarrels and idyllic country imagery. The text shifts to announce a Barnum partnership leasing a comet for a luxurious, multi‑room voyage with transit from New York, promising 1,000,000 state rooms, amenities, newspapers, and strict passenger rules.
An extraordinary prospect outlines a grand celestial voyage aboard a fast comet, promising a round trip from Earth to Uranus and back by December 1991. It plans visits to Sun and Moon, planets, stars, and constellations with living quarters, meals, and entertainment.
The article argues Grange rules bar political action yet urge citizen duty and independent voting. It condemns efforts to nominate the State Grange Master, M. E. Hudson of Bourbon county, for governor, warning such a move would partisanize the Grange and threaten its nonpartisan principles. It recalls Iowa’s prior attempt with Mr. Adams and stresses preserving Grange unity and usefulness.
The Kansas Farmer warns that placing a patron in a high Grange position in political office risks turning the Grange into a political tool. It argues such moves would force the officeholder to campaign as an individual rather than as a Grange officer and would sow suspicion among patrons statewide.
A New Jersey farm horse born in 1857 near Wantaga, Sussex County, rose from a small, fretful mare to a legendary trotter. Known for nightly street races with barefoot boys, she later sold for growing sums, renamed Goldsmith Maid, and trained under driver William Bodine. Her public debut came August 1865, trotting 2:17 in Milwaukee, 1871, amid mounting excitement as crowds followed her career and records at Mystic Park.
A Kansas journal mockingly suggests appropriating 7000 dollars from the York Pomeroy fund to establish a "Home for Superannated Political Shysters" with Pomeroy as superintendent and lists alleged figures. The piece cites editorials from Columbus Journal Olathe Mirror Baxter Springs Republican and notes Republican views on reform and political outcasts.
Historical note describes early home treatments for dog bites including warm vinegar wash and muriatic acid, elecampane milk decoction, and a week long regimen. It warns early hydrophobia signs in dogs such as restlessness, narrowed eyes, and licking behavior, and urges killing a sick dog promptly. It cites a physician advising abundant water for thirsty dogs and suggests placing a drinking device to improve health.
A editorial lament notes Tuesdays fires shattered homes, leaving widows with clothing bundles and frightened children. It laments insurance ignorance, charity needs, and the vulnerable poor, especially colored neighbors, who rely on neighbors after disaster.
A peculiar narrative describes a ball shaped, fiery object shrinking to a pocket size device. It appears huge and fierce yet is harmless, likened to a phantasmal jack o lantern and a Tom Collins rather than a real threat. The piece questions fear and mentions leaving north Appeal.
Congress fixes two cents per pound postage payable in advance with January first effect. Subscriptions priced so publishers bear the cost. weekly papers in counties will go free. Good Hope Grange in McDonough County Illinois votes to disband amid criticisms of autocratic officers and misused funds. The Nation notes rail monopolies and crop futures, while other items cover Koester denying State Treasurer candidacy, a Kansas people's movement suggestion, and various notes on comets language and a lighthearted Irish windowglazier joke.
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