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Religious Services and Local Officials Listing
A compact directory lists Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian and Independent churches with Sabbath times, locations, and pastors. It also notes county and city officials including Judge Goodin, Probate Judge Paxson, County Clerk, Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Surveyor, Commissioners, Mayor, Police Judge, Treasurer and clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Goodin
John Paxson
Wo. Thrasher
H. A. Needham
R. B.stephenson
J.C. Murray
C. M. Simpson
G. DeWitt
E. C. Amaden
D. P. Green
D. Herville
A. W. Howland
Paul Fisher
Iola and Allen County Kansas A Growing Trade Hub
A detailed 1873 overview of Iola, seat of Allen County, Kansas, highlighting its location at Elm Creek and Neosho River, railroad access via the Leavenworth Lawrence Galveston line, a population near 1600, diverse businesses from dry goods to nurseries, and robust civic institutions. It outlines climate for farming, soils, water, coal, and building materials, plus county health and education. The document also records Council actions in April 1873 including cemetery deeds, bond approvals, licenses, street work, and city attorney appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Francis
Beck
Hartman
Richards
Shomon
Acers
N. F. Acera
Cemetery Association
Tola
Zula
Trustees of Cemetery Association
Beck, Acers and Richards
R. Acers
Iola
Mr. Acers
Sidewalk Fund
C. M. Simpson
R.acers
General Revenue Fund
Bisl
R. Perkins
Committee On Finance
C. B. Keith
Monroe Goforth
T. C. Dunlap
H. W. Talcott
Iola Kansas Letters On Immigration And Industry
A Kansas City Times excerpt presents Iola as a third class city with a strong school and churches, noting Allen county and a coal bore reaching seven hundred feet. It discusses the King Bridge Company investment, a possible bankruptcy, and hopes for water power, with plans to attract capital and development while cautioning against exaggerated migration reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jola
Kansas City
Perhays
Iola
Allen County
Inls
King Bridge Company
Kaneas
Topeka
Iola Politics and Gossip Highlight Local Shifts
A look at Iola’s political intrigue and church life shows key figures like Garnett Humboldt and Johnson shaping state contests, along with mayoral shifts and clergy moves. The piece notes church donations as a contrast to political maneuvering and hints at local post office ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola
Ita
Trong
State Senate
Garnett
Humboldt
Johnson
Pomeroy
Ailen County
Talcott
Simpson
York
Tani
California
Ranrn
Kansas Insurance Dept Publishes Authorized Companies List
The Kansas Insurance Department lists twenty five life and accident insurers with certificates of authority for the year starting March 1, 1873. It names Aerie Hartford Amazon Cincinnati American Central St Louis Black River Watertown Connecticut Fire Continental Phoenix Hartford etc. Agents licensed through Feb 28, 1874 total 654. no other company may transact business without department authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Insurance Department
AERIE
Ceccnerne Eens
Hartford
Philadelphia
Fireman's Fund
San Francisco
Cal
German American
New York City
Germania
London
England
Insurance Co
Oforth America
Philadelphis
Leavenworth, Ram
Liverpool
London & Globe
North British and Mercantile
Orient
Conn
Pheniz
Phoenix
Hartford Conn
Springfield Fire and Marine
Springfield
Mass
St. Joe
Fire and Marine
St. Joseph
Missouri
St. Paul Fire and Marine
St. Paul
Minnezota
Bheees
Hannibal
Life Companies
Mutual Life
Northwestern Mutual Life
St. Louis
Teutonia
Chi
Washington Life
Coan
Superintendent of Insurance
Forest Tree Culture and The Timber Crisis Warning
A summary of concerns on forest depletion urges planting new trees to replace losses. It notes Maine pine exhaustion in five years and expanding denudation across the East within thirty years, urging Westward planting and East West cultivation to sustain timber needs for industry, with examples of rapid forest growth in artificial plantations and cautions about coal as a nonrenewable substitute. It references the Evergreen and Forest Tree Grower and Pa Renological Journal as sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Inlinds
Iowa
Nebraska
England
Parenological Journal
Theologies as Copyist Schools and Master Works
A compact meditation on theology as copy of the divine source, comparing religious systems to painters copying the great original. It notes Rembrandt and Turner as analogies while suggesting every sect offers only a portion of truth, with broader Edenic visions beyond them. Also includes brief, dry humor about coroner verdicts and a telegram joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Calvin
Luther
Fox
Baptist Brother
Wesley
Channing
Parker
Episcopal
Martin
Robert Collyer
Flirting as an Art and Its Charitable Aim
A Harper's Magazine excerpt discusses flirting as a potential fine art shaped by natural social influence. It contrasts grand displays with quieter charm, noting some women wield influence without effort and others charm with modest means. It considers flirting as a vehicle for charity and even religion, while warning of a line where flirting becomes market driven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Heine
Harper's Magazine
Emigrant caution on Nebraska storm reports urged
The Omaha Republican quote urges emigrants to ignore exaggerated storm stories and avoid discouragement about settling in Nebraska. It notes large waves of Germans and English heading to central Nebraska to seek fortune and emphasizes welcoming emigration to fill the state with hardy farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
U. E
Home like offices draw line at wives in Kansas legislature
A Kansas State House note questions the idea of making the legislature resemble a home. It suggests employing wives of members to maintain a homey look may delay business and proposes work-focused decor instead. The piece ends with selections of humor and varied observations about society and advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State House
Hamlet
Polonius
Minn
Danbury News
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register
Louis
Walker
Iola, Kansas
Parke
ALLEX
Methodist Episcopal
Jefferson Avenue
Broadway Street
M. T. B. Parser
Baptist
Sycamore Street
I. N. Clare
Presbyterian
Madison Avenue
Western Street
W. Pinkerton
Christian
A. U
A. Mw
Evper Crocker
Independent
Odd Fellow’s Hall
Washington Avenue
G. G. Ferguson
John Francia
J. A. Hart
F. Avera
A. W. Beck
J. Shomon
W.M. Hartman
JH. Richards
B. Keith
L. L. Northrup
J. N. Woollames
C.D. Briggs
Iola Lodge
A. F. & A. Masons
W. M. A. L. Dower
Lucy
I. O
ODD Fellows
Post O&ee
Low
Bee’y
Neosho Valley House
Locust Grove House
J. N. White
Nelson F. Acers
Kana
D. L Worthington
Tola, Allen Co
Kans
Anise
H. W. Talcottttorney
Yola
Geo. A. Bowlus
H. Freeman
Kas
West Side Public Square
D. F. Givens
Abs-Ly
Washington
Socust
Tozer
Scott Brothers
G. W. Covert
Carlyle
Iol
Allen County Nurseries
Express
Banbsab, Downer & Brown
Europe
United
D. C. Brubaker
Newton
Public Square
Ofc
Neosho Valley
Barromndings
Toa
Elm Creek
Neusho River
Lawrence
Kansenty
Leavenworth, Lawrence
Galveston Railroad
Railroad Epped
Presbyterian Church
The
Methodist Episcopal Society
Baptist Society
Masonic Lodge
Neosho
United States
Ailes County
Council Proceedings
Jons Frascis
C. B. Kerr
Camper
Accra
Judiciary Committee
Yeas
Shomon Richards
John Aare
iUlerk
Shomor
W. M. Hartman
Yeas—Acers
J. H. Richards
James McDonald
Yeas—Acer
Sbhomon
Naye
Nooe
N. F. Acers
Committee On Cemetery
City and Loin Cemetery
Yeasx
Nays -Hartman
Yeas—Hartman
Leck
Yeas—Richards
Deck
Acer
Keitu
Jula
Vermont
James
John Black
Jones
Jude Brown
Bonner
X Natchan
Urgeon
Treasury
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