Stereotype of western rail visit and a jab at a war name
The piece notes a westward trip by Ig Pr Snton and J Gould to Valparaiso to discuss extending the O R V Railroad but cites the U P's 100 miles to Black Hills as slowing progress. It mentions General Nepokoitschitzky’s name and mocks claims of his quiet disposition, then jokes about crooked rails and the man who asserts it.
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Snton
J. Gould
Supt. Clark
Valparaiso
U. P
Black Hills
Republican Valley
Nepokoitschitzky
Nepokitschitzky
Air-line railroads and a Nebraska route debate
A Seward Reporter editor argues against a Seward to Republican Valley route for the C. & R. V. Railroad. He favors curving north to David City across level table lands in Butler, Polk, Hamilton, Adams and Franklin to Harlan, claiming substantial construction savings and stronger county backing.
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Wolfe
Seward Reporter
Valparaiso
Republican Valley
Denver
Seward
Ulysses
Nebraska
Butler
Polk
Hamilton
Adams
Franklin
Harlan County
Platte River
David City
UO. & R. V. Railroad
Butler, Polk, Hamilton, Adams
Franklin Counties
Chinese missionary stirring New York under name blend
The full name of a Chinese missionary creating a stir in New York appears in the Chicago Evening Journal, listing a long sequence of given names and surnames with several middle names omitted for brevity.
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New York
Ten Wing Tze Way
Shing
Che Poh Kow- Shu Yu Lee Yeh Wong Chin Foo
Chicago Evening Journal
Prairie crops flourish amid grasshoppers and promising yields
The report notes variable yields from thirty to forty bushels per acre with some up to forty five, oats corn and cotton promising in northern Texas. Grasshoppers appeared but flew northwest without harming crops, fruit crops expected to be enormous, and overall outlook remains favorable. Reverend J J Fleharty of Neponset visits Osceola Nebrick, considering Nebraska land purchase and possible emigration to Polk County.
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Texas
Lincoln Globe
J. J. Fleharty
M. E
Neponset
Princeton Herald
Osceola
Neb
Nebraska
Polk County
Illinois
Venance
Polk County Commissioners Proceedings Oscrola 1877
Polk county Nebr minutes show approval of prior minutes, votes on homestead assessment, bridge fund warrants, bids for Blue River and Prairie Creek bridges, contract with Stephen Robinson, appointment of bridge locators, and added minutes on sod house taxation. Several juror fees approved. adjourned sine die.
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Oscrola
Neb
Mickey and
Maxwell
VanHorn
van Horn
Jo Evans
Clarksville
Wu. H. Feeters
Special Bridge Fund
General Road Fund
Blue River
Prairie Creek
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Nebraska
Amon Steever
J A Tarbill
Logan
Peter Bull
EP Cooper
Jas. Marker
F M Berry
M Kunkel
J R Kinman
A P Buckley
John Hartman
F Dunning
P Calhoun
A Benjamin
Geo. Brigham
J F Deeds
James Beebe
H Kennard
Geo. Barnum
Guy Beebe
Josiah Locke
H Dunning
J F Morgan
W H Waters
J.P. Heap
Sealed Bids Sought for School House Construction
Building committee will receive sealed bids until Saturday June 28 at 2 pm for a school house in School District No 54 Polk County Nebraska. Building 18 by 24 feet with ten foot ceiling and one door. Plans and specs accompany bids. Completion by October 1 1877. Reserve right to reject any bid.
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Saturda
Polk County
Neb
J. P. Heald
T. 8. Clark
Sheet ing available at J B Delsman Co
A 14 yard quantity of good 36 inch sheeting offered by J B Delsman and Co at the price of one dollar.
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J.b.delsman & Co
Cornish & Co
Pullman Palace Drawing Room Cars On All Through Trains
Advertisement notes that Pullman Palace drawing room cars operate on all through trains of the road with Chicago as the hub. It lists cities connected by lines to Chicago and details connections to various railways for East, Southeast, and West destinations. Multiple ticket offices across New York, Boston, Omaha, San Francisco, and Chicago outline contact points and rates.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Great Trunk’Railway
Utah
Nevada
California
Oregon
China
Japan
Australia
Chicago
St. Pat
Minneapois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Madison
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Great Northwest
la Crosse
Winona
St. Peter
Rochester
Owatonna
Mankato
Pullman Palace
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Kankakee
Pan
Chicago & Alton
Ilinois Central
Union Pacific R. R
Omaha
United States
Canadas
New York
Broadway
Boston
State Street
Farnham Street
San Francisco
Montgomery Street
Clark Street
Canal
Madison Street
Kinzie Street
W. Kinzie
Canal Streets
Wells Street
Wells and
Kinzie Streets
W. H. Stennert
Gen. Pass
Ag’t
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W. W. Maxwell
Rearden
J. B Lewis
Ayer
Arer
Dr. J.C. Ayer & CO
Lowell, Mass
Webster
Great Britain
Bancroft Prescott
Motley
Gec
P. Marsh
Halleck
Whittier
Willis
Saxe
Elihu Burritt
Daniel Webster
Rufus Choate
H. Coleridge
Smart
Horace Mann
Woolsey
Wayland
Hopkins
Nott
Webster’s National Pictorial
G. &C. Merriam
Springfield
Mass
Mison, Blakeman Taylor & CO
Office
Lincoln, Neb
J. M. McKenzie
the Welster Company
Importers ‘of
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P. O. Box
the Well’s Tea Company
the Welu’s Tea Company
C. C. Cobb‘s
York
Washington, WN. J
P. J. Clabby
Masonville
Iowa
Massrs
Connisx & Co
Brown County Democrat
Mt. Sterling
H. K. Davis
Democrat
Miss Kendrick
Messrs. Cornish & Co
Washington
New Jersey
Janesville
Watertown
Fon du Lac
Chiskosh
Appleton
Escanaba
Negaunee
Marquette
Houghton
Hancock
Lake Superior Country
Freeport
Dubuque
Elgin
Rockford
Evanston
Lake Forest
Highland Park
Waukegan
Racine
Kenosha
Shoninger
B. Shoninger Organ CO
B. Shoninger Organ
Chestnut Street
New Haven
Conn
Florence Irwine Machine Co
Lake Street
N. W
GC. University
Irvington
Ind
D.S. Jordon
M.D
Vereng Mageien
Eic
Fatty AG
Lome
Jonsson, Giark
Ras
Union Square
Asayton Berom
South 6Th Street
Ska- Pittsburgh
J. Latham & CO
Ant
Washington St
Public Square
L, Headstroy
Europe
Sweden
Norway
England
L. Headstrom
Stromsh
BRIK
Ramsburg & Robinson
Lin and
Jin
Henry Marth
Miller Bros
Aly Ater
Miller Brothers
Clereant
the New American
Te Eo
Simp
D. A. Kenyon General
Surrmn
Dona
Athite
aTiot
Ennire
Strom