27 Sep 1873
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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1873
Page
1
Rates for cards of ten lines or less in minidn type list various options. One insertion 1.50 with 0.75 each additional. Discounts for longer periods apply: one year 10.08, six months 7.00, three months 5.00. Local notices 0.15. Regular advertisers 0.0 and transient and legal ads must be paid in advance.
Directory style notice lists M Ethodest Episcop al Baptist Presbyterian and Christian congregations. It provides street corners service times sabbath school and prayer meeting details with pastors names such as J Tyb Pannen I N Clare and J W Pinkerton and Elder Crocker.
Hon J R Goodin District Judge John Paxton Probate Judge Kn Thrasher Treasurer H A Needham County Clerk R B Stephenson Register of Deeds J C Murray County Attorney C M Simpson Clerk District Court G DeWitt Supt Pub Schools B C A Sheriff D P Green Deputy Sheriff 4 DeWitt Surveyor D Horville A W Howland Commissioners Paul Fisher John Francis Mayor J A Hart Police Judge N F Acers A W Beck J Shomon W M Hartman J Fr Richards c B Keith Clerk L L Northrup Treasurer H W Talcott Attorney J N Woollames nal D Briggs Assist. Marshal Councilmen
Iola sits near Elm Creek and the Neosho River, 80 miles south of Lawrence, with a growing population of about 1600. Allen County hosts diverse industries, churches, schools, and firms, and offers pure water, good building stone, coal, and timber. The region emphasizes health, farming lands, rich soil, and future manufacturing potential around Neosho River power.
The Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston display at the Kansas City Exposition impresses with timeliness and quality. It showcases soil and mineral wealth along the L L G line from Leavenworth to Humboldt, highlighting fertile Douglas County and the Neosho valley, and emphasizes the road as Kansas main artery fueling regional growth.
The Kansas City Times praises Southern Kansas displays under F C Lefebvre. It lauds cotton and corn trophies from L L G railroad, the Concord grapes from Douglas and neighboring counties, and vast vegetable and fruit showcases. Col. W C Ransom is credited for the natural, unadorned exhibits.
A Memphis couple staged a jail escape with a pistol during a prolonged jail visit. Mrs. Ballie White lured the turnkey away as James E. White vaulted stairs and escaped on a horse, while she remained inside wards. The incident draws mixed sympathy for the wife and sharp law enforcement reactions.
A humorous meditation on famous figures from Moses to Napoleon, imagining their ordinary frictions. The speaker riffs on how great men face trivial mishaps like colds, missing socks, waking babies, or a misaligned bed, mixing casual anecdotes with playful anachronisms.
A ten lady swimming match in the Harlem River this morning covered a mile with Miss Moboess winning a silk dress valued at 175 dollars while Miss Colton placed second. Miss Denin relinquished her run to help a young man who fell into the water, earning a gold watch for bravery.
The piece notes a growing trend in metal jewelry made from steel or steel-like materials. It highlights designers embracing rugged, modern styles and consumers adopting durable, affordable pieces for everyday wear.
Prices at Samuel Campbell farm New York Mills auction reached extraordinary bids with English breeders present. The Eighth Duchess of Geneva reportedly valued at 40000 dollars, other bids included 35000 25000 and 20000 for individual cows and 270 for a seven month calf. The sale marks a rare, high profile event in American cattle breeding as wealthy buyers compete to acquire pure blood stock.
A historical note on editing practices discusses balancing political matter reading matter and telegraph reports. It reflects readers’ varied reactions to original content selections jokes and ladies and men's opinions and the handling of public taste in print.
A sharp mockery of an aging suitor’s attempts at flirtation appears beside lively notes on a Niagara Falls rope walker who shames danger with a dizzying balance act. The column also profiles Monica of Catanzaro, a ruthless brigandine, and ends with a Sunday school joke about omnipresence and pockets.
A Leavenworth Call column reports on the third party idealism and party criticism, with assorted anecdotes. It links reform rhetoric to historical party birth, cites a poisoning scare near Slate Creek, and relays a speaker’s flourished peroration about beating rivals. The item also covers temperance politics, weather lore, Yellowstone hot springs, a church meeting anecdote, and local mischief in Michigan and Kansas.
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