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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1869
Page
2
In Tela and Kamas this week teachers receive the NzoanoValler Brotsrea edition. The town enlarges its paper to reflect progress and a stronger community spirit. The publishers acknowledge delays in enlarging the paper and apologize, asking readers for support to sustain improvements and advertising value.
Washington reports show no immediate danger of the treasury vaults empty as gold on hand grows: February 1st 56,072,196 March 1st 869,965,700 and June 1st 81,899,169. Fort Gibson survey finds no need to continue the Earpison post as Cherokee laws may govern locally and the fort is likely to be vacated with $2 million spent in six years a loss to Uncle Sam.
A lengthy column denounces eastern critics of Native Americans and praises a hardline Indian policy, predicting swift, decisive results, while also reporting on Leavenworth bridge stock prospects. The bond issue gains New York interest with a potential sale near ninety seven cents, amid claims of better security and reduced import delays.
A lively freight on a Hamilton Spectator story reports a swarm of bees on a train near Princeton. Passengers gathered as the hive entrance was displaced, causing the swarm to move toward a western station while officials struggled to coax the bees back.
The article describes a local coal bed prospect about three miles east of Ola with exploration at depths around 122 feet and progress toward a six foot vein. It cites citizen geologist views that coal is within reach and urges immediate action. It also discusses Gen Grant and public opinion, noting revenue gains and debt reduction since inauguration.
John Francia deputized and a number of Masons went to Neosho Falls to dedicate Tuscan Lodge U D of A F A M and install officers. Officers named include I B Boyle W M Maj Newton Jones S W Thomas Hunter J W Talbott Trans Henry Williams Secy W W Sinn S D H D Bulkley J D and J Leach Ty er. Local citizens urged open-mindedness and to view the order as a force for good.
The article extols farmers' bright wheat prospects, noting old and young farmers alike anticipate a bountiful harvest. It emphasizes confidence amid favorable conditions and frames the outlook as almost certain to withstand any intervening setbacks.
A legacy article argues for universal training in productive labor as the foundation of personal integrity and economic resilience. It contends most unemployment stems from lack of industrial skill, citing large potential payrolls and quotes from Daniel Webster to support that capable workers will always find work when properly trained.
Secretary Boutwell’s exhibit shows the national debt shrinking by more than twenty lions of dollars at eighty million per year in the first three months of Grant’s presidency. It notes May Treasury outlays of 80,166,600 for non-principal items, 19,831,000 paid as interest, leaving 5,000 for carrying cost. annualized cost projected at 126,420,000. The piece argues for further reductions and reconstruction of states, aiming to cut government costs and eventually shrink the army to 20,000 and sell naval sailings.
A fragmented reflect on four great events shaping the century from slavery's end to the Pacific Railway and telegraph progress. It notes the May 10 anniversary of freedom's completion between Portland and San Francisco, urging future generations to remember these feats amid political and social change.
The report notes a coal bed near Elm Creek with a drill sample path reaching 122 feet 8 inches, supporting push for public meeting and action. It also details frontier Indian depredations along Smoky Hill Saline and Republican rivers, military movements from Hays City to Port Leavenworth, and calls for garrisons and volunteers to protect the frontier amid ongoing crises.
A heated critique argues that office seeking is a national mania harming sober men. It cites cases of professionals abandoning profitable work to pursue politics, noting ruined careers, broken promises, and widespread public contempt. The piece warns that office gambling yields few riches, many disappointments, and corrodes character.
A narrative on a young woman just out of nonage, her checkered history including elopement from a penitentiary with a keeper's son, and a medical commission declaring her vicious. The piece critiques legal and medical definitions of insanity and moral responsibility, noting inconsistent judicial rulings and the fragile line between sanity and crime. It ends with local fruit news and rail traffic notes from Chicago.
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