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Newspaper
Republic County Chief
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1885
Page
1
A sprawling miscellany covers clergy, nobility, trade, and politics with flits of crime in Dublin, London, and beyond. It notes cab fares, church counts, royal visits, rail plans, and a rash of incidents from a murder to fires, stolen funds, and a boyish stat man’s musings.
Kansas City Markets show dull firm notes in grain and live stock with varied bids. Prices listed for No 2 3 and white wheat, corn and oats in cash May June July August terms. cattle market stronger in some categories with native stockers and calves priced. Chicago and New York quotes indicate mixed wheat and corn values with regional shifts.
A retired humorist enters a cotton mill and, while joking, is crushed by heavy machinery. Extracted from the crowd, he reveals he cannot be recognized because he has been traveling in cog. The bystanders listen as he speaks his final words before dying.
A Boston Beacon excerpt rails against cotillions calling them the most elfish dance known to modern man. It notes a skilled leader can be popular yet wield dictatorial control, hurting dancers' feelings while avoiding direct resentment.
A compact guide outlines a pasteboard scrap-book with twenty six labeled compartments for Biography Politics Literature and more. It praises the no fuss method for clipping pasting indexing and storing articles and suggests rubber bands and a desk or case for storage.
A Ches ter ton family from New England settles in an old house with a bake-oven that bears a tombstone-like inscription. The date appears on loaves, alarming Mrs Charles who falls ill. An elder explains the mark comes from a tombstone fragment in the oven. Her health improves after the truth is revealed.
The piece cites Ruskin praising conversation as a great charm requiring effort and observation. It cites Plato and Dr. Johnson on talk, noting modern tastes favor music over hour gossip, with conversation reflecting the mind like a mirror.
Olathe post office burglarized last night items stolen include about 40 in cash a nickel plated pistol and a torn envelope. In Hutchinson a Wichita man shot during a break in. another incident notes local youths suspected. Larned fire destroys hotel and stable stock valued at 4000 with 3000 insured. Reports also cover weather, pregnancies, and a court case with Stokes rape hearing.
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