Political and social notes from Topeka and nationwide
A crowded 1874 summary reports Senate adjournment plans on June 22, Connecticut electing Wm W Eaton to the U.S. Senate, and Topeka rolling mills now employing 125 workers with bonds filed by Dow Sell Lawson & Co. Major rail and bridge updates near Lawrence and Topeka, expected turnout at Parsons settlers meeting, and remarks by Gov Osborn. Also covers Temperance raid in Cincinnati, Topeka independents meeting to rally Republicans, and Nellie Grant's marriage to Sartoris with broad gifts and commentary on charity.
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Parsons
Gov. Osborn
Letter From Topeka May 18 1874 Impeachment Talk and Reform
Topeka May 18 1874 describes a city crowded with politicians and lawyers over Hayes impeachment and fall campaign plans. It praises Judge Foster as the right man in court, notes quiet afterward, and condemns professional politicians while urging removal of public freeloaders to reward capable, honest men.
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Topeka
United States District Court
Foster
Citizens debate re election and public office competence
In a plainspoken defense of incumbents, the letter argues that re election should favor proven, trustworthy officials over flashy names. It counters a Kaness City Times claim about Treasurer Francis, notes he filed a solid bond, conducts an inventory, and vows transparent reporting while promising no retention of Hayes staff. It anticipates Midland railroad boosts for Lawrence’s economy.
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Commonwealth
Bighead
Kaness
Times
Francis
Hayes
Dall Times
New Midland Railroad
Cura
Lawrence
Mill River flood devastates Massachusetts manufacturing belt
Dispatches from Haydensville Mass report a reservoir burst near 8 am flooding Mill River communities including Williamsburg Leeds and Florence. Homes mills and the large Hayden Gree brass works were swept away. About 5 000 people and five million dollars in capital affected. Liberal relief funds opened in Boston with a $500 early gift from General Butler.
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Haydensville
Mass
Williamsburg
Skinnerville
Skinner
Hayden, Gree & Co
Leeds
Dama
Haydenville
Florence
Mill River
Connecticut River
Northampton
Dais
Goshen
Boston
Butler
Scribner's for Jane The South Carolina Problem in Scribner's June number
Edward King reviews The South Carolina Problem in the June issue of Scribner's, part of The great South series. The edition features numerous illustrations and six stories by Saxe Hulm Henry James Jr Rebecca Harding Davis Adeline Trafton Amalie La Forge Jules Verne, plus articles on Tennyson by Stedman and other pieces with portraits and sketches including An Elephant Hunt in Siam.
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South Carolina
Edward King
Scribner's
Saxe Hulm
Henry James, Jr
Rebecca Harding Davia
Adeline Trafton
Amalie la Forge
Jules Verne
Tennyson
Stedman
Adrian
Aldrich
Siam
Col. Higginson
Benjamin F. Taylor
Mary L. Ritter
Elizabeth Alen
Topics of the Time and Arts Notes Feature
Dr. Holland discusses The Late Brooklyn Council The Moral Power of Women and A Good Fellow in Topics of the Time. The Old Cabinet covers Bar barism. A long timely poem Diogenes in America appears in Etch ings along with book notices scientific notes and other items.
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Martha P. Lowe
Dr. Holland
Brooklyn Council
Diogenes
America
Call to Kansas Democrats Meeting in Torexa May 26 1874
The Kansas Democratic State Executive Committee invites leading Democrats to meet in Torexa on May 26 1874 to discuss party harmony amid a coming political crisis. Also included is a Kansas Auditor notice appointing Messrs Donnel Lawson Co as fiscal agents in New York and the legal framework for the state fiscal agency.
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Dow Sell, Lawson & Co
New York
Torexa
Kas
Democratic Executive Committee
Eoo. Martin
Dem
H. Miles Moore
Isaac E. Eaton
Nat'l Dem
State OF Kansas
Topeka
Messia
Donnel, Lawson & Co
Broadway
New York City
DaniEl W. WiLover
Temperance Crusade Faces Police After City Riots
The Cincinnati temperance movement, once mocked, gains strength as women endure abuse and public mobs. Authorities arrest forty three women for riot like acts while the crusade grows, sparking urban outrage and a statewide call to persevere against liquor interests. The piece also notes a separate dispute in Humboldt involving Dr. Connell and Lawson over horse theft and attempted evasion of a mortgage, with pursuit continuing.
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Cincinnati
Temperance
Cincinnati Times
R. W. Connell
Lawson
Stevens
Humboldt
Connell
Wheeler
Melbourn
Thayer
Kansas and surrounding state notes a jumble of items
State news notes bond values at 99 cents a dollar. A Ft. Scott coal bank allegedly shipped 387 snakes in 21 days. A $20,000 Eldorado hotel is discussed. Beecher plans a Kansas lecturing tour this fall. Howard county treasurer fled with 816,000 of public funds. M W Reynolds sells total interest in Parsons Sin to Capt. Wert. Copper ore from New Mexico moves through Atchison daily. Elk Falls opens a new bank. Oswego Register reports a Chetopa Advance editor claims rights to join the grangers. Treasurer Francis to publish a full treasury statement soon.
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the Times
Eldorado
Butler County
Douglas County
Henry Ward Beecher
Kansas
Trenaurer
Howard County
M. W. Reynolds
Parsons Sin
Capt
GC. Wert
Atchieon
New Mexico
New Bank
Elk Falla
Journal
The
Oswego Register
Chetopa Advance
Grangers
Corna
News of the Week includes floods, politics and rail
A broad scan of events reports New York near Gaul, New Jersey Democrats backing McClellan for governor, a Baltic voyage of the White House bridal party, Yale professor Loomis on cold April, a Vermont fire at Bloomfield, and a fatal child accident. It notes food shortages in the South, a name change petition for Alice Sumner, and voting woes in Massachusetts Woman suffrage. It covers saloon closings in Kansas City, a whipping in Newcastle Delaware, a Gurin bread claim at Vassar, a Chicago saloon cargo, and Topeka finances. Also reports Texas cattle drives, a railroad engineer killed in Leavenworth, and a constitutional convention vote in Arkansas. The article closes with centennial funding debates and a call for federal aid for the fair.
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Bayer O
Alien County
United States Senate
Connecticut
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U.S
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Baster
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Jane
Auditor Wilder
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Tresamer Francis
Gaul
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White House
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Loomis
Yale
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Bloomfeld
Kalloch
William Jewel College
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Leavenworth
Minnesota
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Eugene Roberts
Auburn
Roberts
King Bridge Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
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Iola
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Allen County
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C. B. Keith
Fredrick A. Weage
William C. Deitz
Allen L. Gifford
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Allen L. Gifont
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Frederick A Om
Renge
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Defendlanta
Eaid
CO. M. Simpson
H.W. Tarcort
Michael ST. Moore
Plaintig
Ade
William Buchanan
Harriet Buchanan
E. A. Howes
Lou. Howes
7Th Judicial District
F. A. Howes
Lor. Howes
Michael H. Moore
Seventh Judicial District
Allen Couantr
Pakl
Ament Yaneren
State of
C. M| Simpson
Iola Furniture Manufacturing Company
Stauber & Norris
Stone Block
Public Square
Ted
J. Latham & Co
Washington
Kansas Lands
Geo. A. Bowlus
Is Located On the Neosho River
Kola
Soin
Lola
George A. Bowlus
North British and Mercantile
London
England
Hartford
Conn
Tna
American Central
St. Louis
Tam
T. Cassimere
Cash Dry Goods Store
Jno. Francis & Co
Quincy Eagle
Sioux City
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