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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1874
Page
1
A damaged OCR snippet shows a list of county and district officials including a judge probate clerk sheriff and commissioners, with multiple unreadable spellings and missing details suggesting a government directory page fragment.
Excerpt recounts Kansas Osage lands controversy from 1873 74 noting Senate action Attorney General order and federal suits to settle title between settlers and railroad interests. It credits Sen Crozier and Gov Shannon with shaping strategy and praises Attorney General Williams for initiating cases in U S courts.
A Cincinnati paper recalls a humorous incident between Governor Brown and Parson Brownlow aboard a E T and Ga Railroad car near Knoxville. Brown complimented Brownlow on propriety and Christianity before urging moderation and democracy, provoking a long laugh when Brownlow quipped about a biblical sermon atop a mountain. Also noted is a Santa Fe train passenger, a woman with ten children, traveling toward Great Bend to attract another town.
The Kansas Republican convention pledges continued support, praising Civil War era achievements and urging economy, reduced debt, honest public service, and firm stance against corruption. It calls for limiting state offices, reforming taxes, regulating railroads, and relocating the Indian Bureau to the War Department. Osborn renominated for governor on a second ballot.
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