06 Nov 1885
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Newspaper
Republic County Chief
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1885
Page
1
An assortment of brief notes mentions Aarawagon of Yale football, ex Senator Taror of Colorado with large fortunes, Ward and Emerson earnings, a rich Australian minstrel, and high society chatter. Anecdotes cover Mrs. Whitney’s social prominence, Mr. Davis’s geography quip, and Irish aristocracy’s religious shifts amid Ferrieres’ grand estate settings.
A Plaquemines correspondent notes Louisiana's racial mix in public offices, with blacks dominating courts and juries while whites hold limited elected posts. The piece describes juror behavior, local crime, and a single white-dominated civil process, citing cases in Plaquemines and Orleans parishes and anecdotes from New Orleans courtrooms.
One thousand spectators witnessed Early Morn win a ten mile trot at Newhall grounds over My Shadow. Early Morn led from the start, extended to 150 yards by lap six, and finished about 460 yards ahead in 40 minutes 58 17 seconds.
The article recounts De Fortia Piles of 9 regiment at Nancy who penned absurd letters signed Caillot Dayal. Recipients replied seriously, yielding a curious volume from 1795. One letter mocks a police inquiry into a missing daughter and another joins a Parisian marriage fantasy. The climactic tale involves a 1400 volume named Entrance of King Priam into Paris sold to the royal library for 3,000 lyres with a 360 lyre annuity.
The piece notes Washingtons initial New York residence after he became president, located near Franklin Square and Cherry Street, where Mrs Washington hosted her first reception on May 29 1789. Now the site hosts a long storefront property including hardware and cigar shops with a barber shop nearby as bridge traffic passes overhead.
Attorney General Bradford charges that 13 000 acres of school lands were to be sold to B C Cros in a contract forged by Savac Sharp Emporia regent and real estate agent Van R Holmes, with Sharp secretly agreeing 3 50 per acre and misrepresenting signatures.
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