Iola and Allen County Kansas in 19th Century Growth
A historical sketch of Iola Allen County detailing its location near Elm Creek and Neosho River, rail connections via the Leavenworth Lawrence Galveston line, population around 1600, and growing institutions. It highlights churches Masonic and business blocks, then surveys farming lands soil, climate, water supply, coal, fruit potential, and stock raising. A Victorian romance about Charley G and Clara in Lucas Place illustrates social mores and humor of the era.
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Iola
Allen County
Talleyrand and Benedict Arnold in a Kansas visit tale
A fragment from a Kansas piece recounts Talleyrand seeking aid in America after fleeing the Reign of Terror. He meets Benedict Arnold, who reveals himself as the only American who can claim no friends, leaving Talleyrand stunned. The prose links Arnold’s name to treachery and exile, then shifts to a travelogue about Iola, Hovey House hospitality, and a salt-brine drilling venture, hinting at future fortune or failure for local investors.
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Clara
Charley
Charley G
Lucas Place
Fourth Street Dry Goods
Talleyrand
Havre
Paris
America
Talleyland
Valleyrand Acvaneed
Venthanan
Hin
Hind
Tata Wanderer
Ian
Trevrand
Falleyrand
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Cain
Iola
Allen County
Walker
D. R. Hovey
Hovey
Ile
Brine
Kansas
Iolt
Lola
Tula
Nucks
Wilon County Pres
Chinaman Cook in San Francisco Family Scandal
A San Francisco Bulletin tale recounts a young Chinese cook named John who endears the family with culinary skill yet faces shock when a Irish maid accuses him of stealing the loaf. The scene ends with the household jolted by revulsion, and John seeking new work after the faux pas.
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San Francisco Bulletin
John
Ireland
Senate changes show broad opposition in new and retiring members
The senate lineup shifts with eighteen administration and opposition picks. Names include Cameron, Conover, Sherman, Conkling, Merriman, and Morrill among others. Louisian a seat contested as Wilson moves to vice presidency. The body remains largely Republican despite diverse ages and professions.
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United States Senate
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Florida
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Conover
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Hucdea
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Sennis
Missouri
Dilate Oo
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Eed
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Pate Pon
Bradleigh
New York
Conklin
Wisconsin
Mowe
T Lowe
the Regan
Amon
Louisianat
Wilson
Senate
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Chiat Simon Cameroon
Dormerl
Arkansas
PS Bts
Conoverc
Floris
Sto
New England
Maine
Vermont
Masachusetts
Anthony and
Schurz
Brownlow and Tipton
Conamonrestth
Where Did the Rich Man Go in the Sunday School tale
A boy named Johnny rides with a neighbor known as the Rich Man to Sunday school on a hot day, leaves his shoes and stockings in the car, and learns the Rich Man went to hell. The tale ends with Johnny chasing to retrieve his footwear, while a missionary remark about whiskey is shared with an Indian chief.
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Charles G
St. Louis
Chicago
Lucas Place
Charley
Clara
Kelly
Charley Stow
Louisiana
Bey
Tadios
Charles
Anne
Rehitive
Nutt
Theoold
Chirley
Johnny
Lazarus
Red
Roswell
Johnson
Jetkins
Moon as a Dead World in Early Science Ideas
The piece from Harpers Magazine discusses obsolete moon theories that the moon could harbor sentient beings and a terrestrial life, then debunks them. It describes proposed lunar signals, the impossibility of life without air, and portrays the moon as a lifeless, sepulchral realm with stark, colorless landscapes and no atmosphere.
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Earth
Theolevians
Eurand
Asia
Lunar Signal Service Bureau
Austarchus
8. S. Conant
Herper's
The Opinion of Women by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The piece presents Holmes’s view of women as listeners who influence men, praising a woman’s tact delicacy and perceptive shifts in thought. It contrasts a woman’s charm with political involvement, noting her social role and the powerful, mystifying mix of intellect and emotion in her presence.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
I Am My Own Grandfather Riddle in a Mixed Tale
A boisterous dialogue features Bob Harris and Sam as they untangle a comic tangle of marriage and family ties. The narrator reveals he is married to his step-grandmother, making him his own grandfather, while a closing quip contrasts the school boy’s memory with the clerk’s storekeeping.
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Bob
San
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Widder
Missouri
Editorial Convention and Miscellany Notes From the Era
An unusual column from the &J. Joe Gazette discusses an editorial convention planned for St Joseph Missouri on a Friday in April 1873, plus assorted society and political jests. It notes editors and publishers from Northwest Missouri Iowa Nebraska and Kansas should attend. It covers stories from sparrows vs worms to Freemason style jokes about lawmakers and public figures. It mentions Fred Douglass speech in New York and debates over Governor Dix clemency. It lists Kansas City paper mill incorporation and prominent figures in journalism law and politics.
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Nebraska
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St. Joseph
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