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Newspaper
Republic County Chief
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1886
Page
3
Community tidbits note visits by Horace Stearns J Bedell and J W mills in Belleville city plans for probate judge race. Winked on Marion county road crew. Collins Drug Store silverware showcase. Drs prowmptions at Col ins. residents travel to Oxford and Byron relatives. hunting trips on the Marsh. Anderson campaign banners and local political chatter.
Local notes report Chief Office farm loan matters and upcoming speeches by Hon A S Wilson and Hon J R Burton. The item also items several community updates including a citizen and a pharmacist, a tree grown lemons, a cotton bud, and a correction about a political candidate with Ward misidentification.
Farm loans at the chief office prompt tonight’s 7 30 City Hall talk as a congressman speaks. Local editorials discuss Neal Elliott taking charge of Charbonneau’s restaurant during Mr C’s absence and speculate on political booms and railway issues in Leavenworth and Manhattan.
The article discusses candidates Elegant Wilson and Lowe, Conductor Mitchell, and views on John A. Anderson. It notes banners for A. S. Wilson and predicts independent candidates after the convention. It cautions that the primary should avoid congressional fights and focus on selecting honorable delegates for the county convention.
The piece records social notes from Wattwiek Kansas with visits and travel plans. It mocks a Republican rally in Warwick and critiques John A. Anderson’s congressional record, contrasting with Wilson as the preferable party nominee.
In Washington county a Republican mass meeting hailed Andrew S. Wilson as the party’s standard bearer with the Santa Fe railroad reportedly paying all campaign expenses on director Purcell’s advice. Wilson, portrayed as a poor man with no wealth, is urged to rely on loyal Republicans for support while John A. Anderson and others note strong enthusiasm and crossovers from Ingalls followers. A separate Belleville temperance meeting formed a county Temperance Union and heard Dr. Fisher advocate prohibition along with enforcement of existing laws. ABHAM BREED reports from Leavenworth and Belleville.
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