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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1874
Page
1
The Iola Register lists advertising rates with card and column options including ten days small type rates and longer terms. Legal notices require advance payment, and rates per line are specified for local notices and regular advertisements.
Directory shows county and city officers including Judge J. Br. Goodin and Sheriff Deputy J. Wooden, with several clerks and commissioners. City churches list Sabbath services on Sycamore and MadistinAvenue with pastors Fron and Pinkerton, plus Sunday school and prayer meetings schedules.
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway completes the river bridge at Boonville enabling two daily trains between Anibal and the Northeast valley with direct lines. two daily trains to St Louis and South Kansas. through sleeping cars to Chicago Quincy Saint Louis and Galveston. Through line from the West to the East via Kansas City and St Louis offers faster service with Miller platform Westinghouse brake and Pullman sleeping and reclining chair coaches. Maps and timetables available at through ticket offices or from G Baxter Kansas City or E A Forden St Louis.
The shortest route between the Great West and the East is the St Louis Kansas City and Northern Short Line. It notes over two million dollars spent in two years on track improvements, new rails, broad ties, and reclining chair coaches with toilets. Six express trains connect Missouri and Mississippi rivers, with safety measures and night day watchmen. Agents in St Louis and Kansas City offer through tickets and maps via Lyman McCarty and P B Groat.
The prospectus promises comfortable, safe travel and lower freight rates as demand grows to attract patronage. It aims to promote settlement along the line with regular trains starting in 1873, serving the north route and providing improved service.
A long narrative in dialect follows Hannah Elizabeth as she clashes with Elisha Ferris at a church meeting, resists his flirtations, and culminates in a mishap during a game of Rome. Ferris is hurt by a pistol mishap but cared for by Hannah as their bond grows, ending with a marriage proposal in sight.
In Guilford, Ann and Hannah Elizabeth gossip about Phoebe Shelling’s new suitor Elisha Ferris, calling him homely yet noting his visit to Deacon Thurlow’s house. Deacon Thurman confronts the rumors, denying ever meeting the man and insisting Phoebe’s tale is mistaken.
A magazine writer argues that studying amazements is rare and that professionals should seek work far from their daily tasks for recreation. He suggests actors, painters, clergymen, editors, and lawyers try contrasting vocations, such as factories or paper mills, to recover energy and perspective during holidays. He mocks overworked professionals who mix leisure with familiar labor.
A fragmented meditation critiques professionals avoiding patients and suggests recreation as relief. It imagines doctors, farmers, stockbrokers, and lecturers seeking renewal, warning that pleasure must not excuse ongoing duties. The piece ends with a satirical jab at the Fat Contribu.
A speaker denounces certain clergy for turning prayer into laughter and opposing youth sports. He cites Rev. Mickle of Rondont defending dancing as wholesome, arguing against sanctimonious bans. The piece contrasts stern piety with practical care in farming and daily life.
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