Church Services and Pastors List for Local Congregations
Methodist Episcopal at Jefferson and Broadway offers 10 am and 7 pm services with Sabbath School 3 pm and Thursday prayer at 7:30 pm Pastor Palmer. Baptist on Sycamore Street holds 10 am and 7 pm services with Thursday prayer and monthly Saturday meeting. Sabbath School 12 pm Pastor M J Cranix. Presbyterian at Madison and Western with 10 am and 7 pm services Sunday School at 9 am Pastor J W Pinkerton. Christian Bible class and social on Sabbath at 10 am. preaching third Sabbath monthly at 11 am Pastor Elbs Crocker.
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Methodist Episcopal
Jefferson Avenue
Broadway Street
Palmer
Sycamore Street
M. J. N. Cranix
Preasbytelian
Madison Avenue
Western Street
Sha. M
J. W. Pinkertos
Crocker
Local Officials and City Officers List Read in Circuit
Mon J R Goodin District Judge John Paxson Probate Judge Win Thrasher Treasurer 31 A Needham County Clerk i B Stephenson Register of Deeds J C Murray County Attorney C M Simpson Clerk District Court G DeWitt Supt Pak Schools E C Amsden Sheriff D P Green Deputy Sheriff J DeWitt Surveyor D Horville A W Howland Commissioner Paul Fisher CITY OFFICERS John Francis Mayor J A Hart Police Judge N F Acer A W Beck J Sooomon W M Hartman J H Richards B Keith Clerk J L Northrup Treasurer H W Talcott Attorney J N Woollames Marshal C D Briggs Assist Marshal Councilmen
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J. R. Goodin
John Paxson
Win. Thrasher
A. Needham
I. B. Stephenson
J.C. Murray
C. M. Simpson
G. DeWitt
Pak
E. C. Amsden
D. P. Green
J. DeWitt
D. Horville
A. W. Howland
P’aul Fisher
John Francis
J. A. Hart
A. W. Beck
J. Sooomon
W. M. Hartman
J.H. Richards
B. Keith
J. L. Northrup
H. W. Talcott
J. N. Woollames
C.D. Briggs
Iola and Allen County Growth Prospects in 19th Century Plan
The piece presents a historical view of Toa, county seat of Allen County, near Elm Creek and the Neosho River, with rail access via the Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston line. It notes population around a hundred, multiple churches, diverse businesses, and professions. It highlights pure water, building stone, coal, and timber near Iola, Allen County’s population about twelve thousand, health as a key factor, and abundant farming land with bottom lands, uplands, and fruit potential. It emphasizes favorable conditions for manufacturing, agriculture, and fruit growing, plus cattle ranges nearby.
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Toa
Allen County
Elm Creek
Neosho River
Lawrence
Kansas City
Leavenworth, Lawrence
Sketch of Jay Cooke a Pennsylvanian financier of the Civil War era
Jay Cooke born August 10 1831 in Ohio to a family of standing. He rose from Sandusky clerk to partner at E W Clark and Co and later formed Jay Cooke & Co guiding government finance during the Civil War. His work funded bonds and loans, helped save the Union, and later joined a major syndicate with Drexel Morg an Morton Bliss Co. His philanthropy and public impact are noted alongside personal misfortune.
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Jay Cooke
Po ‘Ohio
Francis Cooke
Plymouth
Eleutheros Cooke
Sandusky County
Ohio Freemasona
Philadelis
Jay Cooke & Co
Moorhead
Cooke
Pennsylvania
Chase
Frm
Mr. Chase
Congress
Laracy
Ja Cooke
Europe
Union
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Morton, Bliss & Co
Alabama
Fretting and Faith in the Day’s Burdens
A Lawrence Tribune meditation urges Americans to stop fretting over distant woes and future years. It cites Bible verses about daily needs, urging trust and present strength rather than anxious forecasts. The piece contrasts habitual worry with calm acceptance and spiritual reassurance.
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Roper
Lawrence Tribune
Prudence in Money In vesting Warns Readers in Ledger Tone
The Philadelphia Ledger urges caution in investments noting safety over high interest and advising to buy only what one can pay for and sell what one can cover. It warns against speculation and promotes slow, steady savings to endure market shocks.
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The
Philadelphia Ledger
Abusive Reader Tries Subscribing to a Family Paper
A rough encounter with a stern reader ends in a comic tale of a man who tried to subscribe us a newspaper he disliked. He recounts an old advertisement offering a steel portrait of Gen Jackson, a failed attempt at sending payment, and a burst of anger over postal charges.
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Johnson
Gen. Jackson
Samantha
Ape
Gen Jackson
Rights and unity voiced by Indian Territory color citizens
A Scullyville gathering of colored residents in Beallyville county Choctaw Nation endorses equal rights under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and demands shared land and property. Delegates are to be sent to Armstrong Lendentry for action, urging immediate federal steps and protections at the polls.
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Indian Territory
Scullyville
United States
Wallereas
Beallyville County
Nention
Armstrong Lendentry
Financial revolution halts risky rail schemes warned
A New York Journal of Commerce analysis argues the current financial upheaval will curb speculative railway ventures and heavy bank risk. It says government restraint, bank consolidation, and disciplined finance will end reckless stock fever, protecting legitimate commerce and safeguarding the banking system.
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Bock
Congress
N. Y. Journal of Commerce
What is a gentleman and a lady in old prose sense
The text defines a gentleman as a well educated man with honest principles, good manners, proper dress, and chivalrous heart ready to defend or serve a lady. A lady is a well educated, accomplished woman, independent yet graceful, able to move, dress, speak, and participate in conversations with poise, and unafraid of men or servants. It also notes Kansas State’s praise of Kansas contributions to a recent exposition in Kansas City.
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Kansas City Times
Kansas
Kanass
Mimouri
Egaeroua
Didnt Go West Informed Opinion On Western Move
The Kansas scene shows few branches with just three in the state and one in Iowa. Private bankers or brokers represented in Indiana and a remote firm in Minnesota. The City Times rails against Eastern babble and urges restraint in overreacting to western expansion.
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Cooke &Ey
Ley
Kansas
Iowa
Indiana
City Times
New York Abandoned Women Statistics and Oddities Highlight Humble News
A poem of mixed anecdotes underscores parental influence in New York welfare tales, citing numbers of abandoned women and orphans while contrasting local needlework and social scenes. Jumbled vignettes include a Saco tacks mishap, Byron’s letters, Laxey wheel, Irish wit, and a Dayton sentimental youth.
Vast mixture of anecdotes and notes in era print
A collage of social quirks science notes travels and curios from late 19th century press. Items include cattle cures corn crops fish farming in Minnesota peaches in Seville California deer near New York and a Jamaica to Panama cable recovery. Reports on editors poets explorers and odd quotations reflect common interests of the era.
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Minnesota
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