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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1874
Page
3
A collage of notices offers cash for stock forage and cattle, herd services, and breeding to a bull. It also advertises cabinet makers, clothing, millinery, and a furniture factory. Local hotels, castor beans, boot shops, dairy factory plans, and farm property trades are announced with agent contacts and sale incentives.
A fragmented 19th century local note highlights rising corn prices, a new dry goods store, fresh fashion goods, and community events. Mentions flowers on the prairie, improving cattle feed, and political shifts as the Mimi Republican changes hands and backs new party movements. preparations for a pencil shower on the 26th inst.
Commissioner A W Howland begins a Michigan visit next Wednesday. The Oskploosa 2 arrives with promised story and pew dress. Alder marks ninety first anniversary with family reunion and chicken pie. W G Souther of the Commonwealth visited last Wednesday. A deep ditch across streets fixes horse racing. E J Crowell to begin cheese making at month’s start. Tula streets bustle as townsfolk stock cheap goods. John Francis, new State Treasurer, greeted Lawrence friends. Hat and boot fashion critique prompts local commentary. Townsfolk complain of mad dogs and rising trade despite hard times. Band members urged to practice to keep local rhythm. Allen County Agricultural Society expects best fair yet. Corn planting nears completion. good season foreseen for wheat and fruit. District Normal and Allen County Institutes start Tuesday with notable state educators attending. Later, comments on Mr. Lucas Everett’s assistance. Tola register questions Walker’s stance on State Treasurer post. Horseback riding advised as healthy exercise for women. Courthouse painting and jail fence whitewashing urged for thrift and growth. Saturday fairground race ends with drawn result when Arnett’s mare leads briefly. County Institute notice explains dates and attendance. New Treasurer John Francis arrives in Topeka. bond praised as robust, Allen County named on bond.
A new local church near a rural Kansas town was dedicated debt free after raising over 1200 dollars of a 1300 dollar goal. Rev. James Lewis preached, with Rev. J S Sherrill and Rev. S M Irwin assisting. The church, a plain frame building with a stone basement, seats about three hundred and cost 3400 dollars. Rev. J W Pinkerton plans services each Sabbath at 3 P M, inviting locals to visit.
The Geneva meeting drew delegates from Allen county with Wilbur Fisk of Geneva elected President and Wm. Davis of Iola as Secretary. The report notes over thirteen percent of Allen county’s population in the Subbatu School and praising school reports. Delegates plan to meet next October at Carlyle, advise farmers on marketing produce, and stress orderly butter and egg shipments to fetch best prices.
The article urges farmers to sell fresh eggs and butter promptly, pack butter to prevent melting in heat, and ship green vegetables in small lots due to limited demand. It notes bacon can be sent in any quantity if well handled and promises ongoing tips to help farmers obtain higher prices.
Market prices listed for live hogs cattle and produce. Include wheat corn potatoes apples beans salt pork sugar and molasses with varying per unit rates and retail cases. Notes mention Ohio River salt and retail flour and coffee terms.
Railroad advertising copy urges travelers to choose the Missouri Pacific route via Kansas City and St. Louis for speed and comfort. It touts safety with Miller platform and Westinghouse air brake, Pullman sleepers, reclining chair coaches, and convenient express trains from Kansas City Leavenworth Atchison and other cities to St. Louis with quick connections nationwide. Contact G I Baxter or E A Ford for maps and timetables.
The completion of the iron bridge over the Missouri river at Boonville enables the Missouri Kansas and Texas line to offer improved service between the Northeast and Southwest. Two daily Hannibal to Northeast routes and two daily St. Louis to Southern Kansas routes are announced with reduced fares and through Pullman sleeping cars to Galveston via Chicago Quincy Hannibal and St. Louis.
Fragmentary notice notes Tozer, a dental surgeon, to attend forms and materials at Scatt Brothers' Store. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicates a shift to dental care provisions and supply needs.
A fragment notes that work of great variety and superior style was completed promptly at the Office of the NEOSHO VALLEY REGISTER, highlighting efficiency and quality in service.
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