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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1873
Page
1
The Register in Iola Kansas lists advertising rates for Allen County with prices for cards of ten lines one year eighteen dollars three months five hundred, quarterly column rates, half and quarter column fees, notices at fifteen cents per line, regular advertisers one cent. Transient and legal advertisements must be paid in advance.
Directory listing Methodist Episcopal on Jefferson Avenue and Broadway with Sabbath services at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sabbath school at 3 p.m. Pastor L. M. Hascock. Baptist on Sycamore Street with services 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday. church meeting dates. Sabbath School at noon. Pastor M. D. Gade. Presbyterian corner Madison Avenue and Western Street with services 10:40 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School at noon. Pastor WoSmattox. Bible class and social meeting every Sabbath at 10 a.m. Preaching third Sabbath monthly at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Pastor Bupmn Crovken.
Honorifics list county officials headed by Judge J. Goodin and Jeb Paxson with Probate, Treasurer Wu Thrasher, County Clerk L A Needham, Register of Deeds K B Stephenson, County Attorney J Murray, Clerk District Court C L M Simpson, Superintendent G DeWitt, Sheriff D P Green, Deputy Sheriff, Surveyor C DeWitt, Commissioner A W Howland and Taul Fisher among others in the county administration lineup.
A fragment lists numerous city figures including J.B. Caulborn HES Davis Potige Judge J.T. Lockard Simpson Clerk J. Murray Attorney N. Woollames Marshal and Hancroft Street Commissioner HL Hancroft with others like Mayer TLS QW and JA Bowls.
The article extols Iola in Allen County as a developing county seat near Elm Creek and Neusho River, promising rail access via the Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston line, growing population, rising property values, and ample business diversity from dry goods to furniture and professional services. It highlights healthy water supply, quality building stone, coal and wood costs, and fertile farming land with fruit potential, urging settlers to visit before choosing a home.
A Senate session closes with Morse's bill passing just before adjournment on March 3 1843. Miss Annie Ellsworth delivers the joyous news to Morse at breakfast, and a year later the first telegraph message What hath God wrought is sent from Washington to Baltimore via the recording telegraph, a landmark in civilization.
Mezara Geo P Rowell Co announce an adjacment from the London foundry ofiggin a. They offer 20 percent discount from American scale for fonts of 100 pounds and up and import large fonts on special orders at greater discounts. They claim eight weeks to fill large orders and supply stock in New York at the American scale. They foresee price falls if duties are removed and criticize American pricing as inflated by rings.
The Latest and the Best reviews the February number of the Afusical Echo a monthly journal of music and literature published by H M Hempstead Milwaukee price one dollar yearly. It praises a story Old Musician art notes critiques and three musical pieces. Also mentions Hempstead a noted West publisher and composer plus a Kansas event where a debating club fire killed a daughter and left two seriously burned.
The article describes Jupiter and Venus as evening stars, with Venus dominating the western sky after sunset and Jupiter visible in the eastern sky. It notes Jupiter’s retrograde motion until mid April, its position in Leo near Regulus, and four moons. It discusses telescopic belts, photometric brightness, and spectroscopic studies, mentioning observers like Huggins and Janssen, and the idea that Jupiter emits heat and light with four satellites orbiting it.
A long comment on subscription punctuality links timely payment to happy homes, farming plenty, and well-run households while debt or nonpayment brings failure and disrepair. It cites New York Tribune on Stokes trial and laments New York’s legal limits, portraying a grim capital scene.
A merchant traveling through Europe visits Warsaw and entrusts a box of diamonds to a kindly host for safety. The box is later denied by the host and his wife, prompting the merchant to seek justice. Archduke Constantine intervenes, the guilty host is exposed, writes a confession under duress, and is sent to Siberia for his crime.
The article notes six European republics: Switzerland France Spain San Marino the oldest and smallest at twenty-two miles square Andorra between Spain and France and the islands Jervey Guernsey and Sark. It claims these republics prove a republican influence spreading through European politics and hopes for broader adoption in coming years.
The Old Dent Homestead, General Grant's residence, six miles from St Louis, was destroyed by fire last week. No details were received and it is said there was no insurance on the property. The piece ends with political quips about Ames and what he might have to divide.
A husband reflects on misreading his wife requests for yard plants and ornamentals. He buys flower seeds and a bourbon rose with comic misinterpretations, leading to a chaotic swap of items from a florist. His wife corrects his errors as he learns the meanings behind the memoranda.
A frail tale recounts a Kentucky man and a Yankee using a horse trick to claim a turkey trade. The horse sits on command, prompting a mistaken nose cue that leads to a rambling exchange. The yarn ends with the Yankee asserting the horse points both first and last, amid a fragmentary closing remark about Oregon protests and rabbit pie.
In Congress Hon. D P Lowe introduced H R No 8933 to curb forest tree culture in Colorado and requested reports on Indian depredations in Kansas. He also supported Kansas joint resolutions seeking relief for Cherokee Neutral Lands settlers and Fort Harker donation terms. A Leavenworth Street Railway bill, H R No 3934, for Fort Leavenworth reserve rights, advanced to committee.
A sprawling collection of quirky notes and miscellany spans odd animal facts, market figures, legal debates, jokes, and social observations. It mentions English beer exports topping 10 million, streetcar conductors, bond votes, icebound Maine rivers, bounty debates, Modoc scalps ridicule, a Dover canning order, and a wave of humorous vignettes from St. Louis to Jersey City.
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