Religious services and local officials listed
A fragment lists Methodist and Baptist services on Jefferson Avenue and Sycamores Street with varying Sabbath times and prayer meetings. Also notes Baptist meeting details, additional Christian and Baptist references, and lists county officers, judges, clerks, deputies, sheriff, surveyor, commissioners, mayor, clerks, treasurer, attorney, marshal, and councilmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
METHODIST /EPISCOPAL
Jefferson Avenue
Broadway Street
Baptist
Sycamores Street
Ciagx
Iola and Allen County Utah? Misread western Kansas town
Iola and Allen county offer rail access via Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston line. Population around 1600 with growing commerce. Churches and Masonic and Odd Fellows halls cited. Local industries include dry goods, groceries, hardware, furniture, mills, clothing, and several trades. Agriculture highlighted with fertile soils, pure water, coal, timber, and fruit potential. county population about 12000 with good schools.
The Needle Making Miracle Through a Wire Drawers Luck
A long illustrated tale tracks a steel wire from a fifth floor shelf to the factory where it becomes a needle. It describes wire drawing, tempering, straightening, eye punching, gutting, head flattening, guttering, annealing, and polishing. The piece blends technical awe with social notes on workers and progress in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Redditch
Mauma
Harper’s Bazar
A Letter From President Grant To Restore Confidence
President Grant urges banks and money corporations to adopt a liberal discount policy to revive trade and stabilize the country’s money market. He notes government readiness to use all legal measures and prepayments to support public needs as part of restoring normal commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive
Washington
Mesars
H. B. Claflin
Chas. B. Anthony
S. Grant
Panic in Banking Crisis Declares Strong Public Confidence
A quoted newspaper argues the panic over banking failures is unwarranted. It cites Union Trust and National Trust as solvent, Jay Cooke & Co. and Henry Clews & Co. as capable of meeting liabilities, and the Bank of the Commonwealth able to repay depositors. It notes railroads face only broader stress while merchants and bankers should resist runs. The piece mentions government measures, unlimited clearing house certificates, and healthier London sentiment, with anecdotes of street panic contrasting with underlying solvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yily Ead
Berk
National Trust Company
Risk & ‘Hatch
Jay Cooke & Co
Northern Pacific
Henry Clews & Co
Bank of the Commonwealth
Europe
London
United States
Petersburg
New York
Osage Ceded Lands Battle Over Indian Title and Railroads
A historical dispute outlines the 1863 grant to the L L and B B and the 1867 treaty that extinguished Indian title only under government control. Settlers and railroad interests clash over who holds rights to Osage ceded lands, with a Kansas rally seeking congressional action to null railroad patents and secure actual settlement tracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L
B.B
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Neosho
Labette
United States
Asea
Osage Mission
Jeremiah S. Black
Wilson Shannon
William Lawrence
Kaylor
Congress of the
Ihe
District of Kangans
United States Circuit Court
Railroad Companion
Kansas
Congress
Ill wind of Jay Cooke breeze frees millions in greenbacks
The Chicago Post notes the Treasury opened vaults to release over six million dollars in greenbacks on a Saturday and Monday, with estimates toward eight to ten million as bonds are issued bearing interest. The move reduces public debt interest and benefits taxpayers, though it may signal larger greenback and interest bearing bond issues if panic persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Cooke
Treasury Department
Treasury
Chicago Post
Flow of gold to America boosts money supply
The Bank of England raises its discount rate to ten percent as gold pours into the United States. With ninety million wheat bushels needed by England and most imports coming from the US, the US trade balance favors growth. Government adds twenty million currency units to circulation, promising greater abundance in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bank of England
England
United States
West
Lawrence Journal
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the. Register
Bes Walker
Orroran
Allen County
Bates Advertising
Amar Serra
Iby'terian
Adim Qyeae
Yeatern Airee
Pirrertos
Pastor
Elder Crocker
D. Horville
A. W. Howd
Paul Fisher
John Francis
J. A. Fapridge
J. AL. Richards
B. Keith
L. J. Northrup
W. Talcott
J. N. Woollomes
Co. D. Briggs
Seeret Societies
Solia Lodge
Csbh. & A. Masons
Brethren In Good Ing
I ‘Oln Francis
Toma Lodg
ODD Fellows
Hren
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Cing
Nes
Bret Ing
Sre
Iov
Ohn Eberhart
N. G
Nelson F. Acers
Kans
D.L .Worthington
I Hen Co
Doll Aaltted
W.T Talcott
Iola, Allen Co
Madison Avenue
Detts & Fanauy
Tozer
Jon
Geo. A. “Bowlus
IOLA
Kangag
Vanauys
Wm. Newton
Madison Avasuz
Public Square
Bel Freeman
D. F. Givens
M. White
Washin
Mm. R. Chew
Wall Street
Walrath’s
Fort Scott, Kansas
Eerassismep
L. L. Northrop
Thia
Towa
Elm Creek
Neosho River
Leavenworth, Lawrence
Galveston
The
Baptist Society
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Episcopal Society
Masonic Lodge
Iola Can
Crete
L. H. Gorrell
Washington Avenue
Theer
Maier
Epley
South Side
D. ¢. Brubaker
West Side Public Square
President Grant
St. Louis Criminal Court
Joseph H. Fore
Fore
Mra. Fore
Philadelphia
Spruce Street
Sambo
Guepem
Lancaster
Ceeariam
Reef Axe
George Eliot
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