Murderer of Rev Headlee Arrested at Last
A dispatch from Farmington Missouri reports William Drake, one of the killers of Rev S S Headlee, has been captured by the St Francois county sheriff and will be moved to Marshfield. The piece recalls Headlee a Methodist preacher slain near Pleasant View Church in Webster county on July 28 1866 and notes Radical violence then and afterward with broader political feuds in the Southwest Missouri area.
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Meadlee
Missouri Republican
Farmington, Mo
Wm. Drake
Headler
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Pleasant View Church
Union Leagar
Hendler
Henderson McNabb
Mr. Headlee
McNabb
Preacher
Readlee
Pany
Hardihood
Union League
Thos, Fletcher
Marsh
Headlee
Stone
New York
Radical Party
Lady Mcbeth
New Yorking
Times
Hall
New York Ciy
B. Dodge
Chamber of Commeron
Oakey Mall
RB. Cosxonty
Comptroll
Home Protective Associations oppose Atlantic and Pacific rail line
A Southwest Missouri reader denounces Home Protective Associations as unnecessary in Newton county and elsewhere, arguing they arose from railroad officers' misapprehensions. The letter accuses the Atlantic and Pacific railroad of land grabs, delaying pre emptions, and dispossessing homesteaders to enrich eastern capitalists. It urges opposition to bonds for the railroad, promises future details, and calls for honest, unmoved voters who defend rights against presumed railroad oppression.
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Patriot
Railroad
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Southwest
Missouri
Peirce
Newton County
A. &E. Home Company
Elewhere
A. Tuck
Atlantic
Pacific East Road
Tack
E. J. Dorman
John Everhart
Dunlap. Mead Vaugher
Jos. Gardner
Meyander Cann
Atlantic and Pacific Ailroad Company
Sarcoxie Prairi
Springfiell
Havens
Firuther
Conress
Pacife Rai
Immense St Louis fruit crop boosts temperance aim
Correspondent notes a stellar fruit harvest with peaches at three cents a pound and baskets of apples, plums, and damsons. He predicts Missouri wine will replace strong drink, while criticizing the Missouri Republican and predicting a heated political contest. He also praises the St Louis Fair’s growth, new buildings, and direct buyer contact that spur nationwide purchases and uplift agricultural wealth.
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Mt. Louis
LkAber
St. Louis
Frett
Tuid
Missouri
Seliy
Tommorrow
Missouri Republican
Capt. Hemen
Hyde
Kurapps
Democratic Party
Pape
Fair Association
America
West
St. Louis Fair
Agricultural and Polytechnic College
Elections show Democrats win multiple state offices
The Democrats carried recent elections in Kentucky, North Carolina, and St. Louis. Kentucky elected state officers and legislators, North Carolina chose a state convention, and St. Louis elected county judges. The Democrats gained four county judges, while Republicans secured three and the county auditor. Speck, Democratic candidate for presiding judge, won by about 2000 votes, though a Missouri Republican defection frustrated Hemenway’s county auditor bid and aided the Radical in the first district. The local paper’s stance was denounced by the state Democrats.
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Alabama
Nevada
Arkansa
New York
California
New Hampshire
Delaware
Maryland
Carolinga
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missouri
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Texas
Ohio
Nebraska
Connecticut
Grant
North Carolina
St. Is
St. Louis
Rancals
Speck
Justs
Missouri Republican
Hemenway
Diine Striet
Suicide near Cave Spring shocks community
In August 5 1871 near Cave Spring a respected resident Nathan shot himself after leaving Thorn Hill church. He returned home changed clothes took money and later killed himself in his crib with a gun, the act attributed to insanity after years of mental illness. Also notes a local railroad subscription vote passing in Jasper county and failing in Sarcoxie township.
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Tu la
Cave
Batesville Pledges Five Percent Call For Railroad Fund
Batesville leaders urge Independence county to back the Kansas City and Memphis railroad project with additional funding. A five percent stock call is authorized, with forfeiture for nonpayment within sixty days. Community meetings and a barbecue are planned to renew support and explain financial steps.
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Bates County
Kansas City and
Memphis Railroad
Tebasho
Arkansas
Memphis
South
Northwest
Kansas City
Batesville
Bates
Board of
Kansas City Journal of Commerce
Jacksonport
Arkasis
Arekansas
Meg
Win. Byers
State of
R Tlerson
Compan
Carpneate Siack
Ko Pat
N. Rhodes Wittsbury
Win W. Ekridge
Independence County
Independence
Affray at the Railroad sparked by slander claims
A report from Tan Leann Price Crry dated August 8 describes an afternoon affray nearly fatally injuring Marshal JG. White. It notes slander targets and a struggle as White tried to quell the dispute over railroad matters. Local business leaders unite against railroad monopoly forces.
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Price Crry
Marshal JG. White
Wilds
Marshal White
Tine Lrapan
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Andrew Peirce
Southwest
Eileitor
Greene County
Newton, Lawrence
Barry
Absurd Tax Notices And Local Ads In Quirky List
The page bears a jumble of advertisements and notices about taxes and local items. It mentions MOPAR GROVE, AL SPRINGFIELD camping, and several names and places, rendered in garbled OCR style. The result reads as scattered tax due notices, showings, and sale reminders amid unrelated lines and vendor labels.
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Mowlny
Westrimly
Wilsas
Shuretee
Erielay
Alge Worretion
Con Creek
Minuilas
Tursslay
Titemiay
Auhale & Brown
South St Fiela
Satan
Laity
Springfield
Comtler
Teunhamige
Walker
Asseotin Mack
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Capes of Pfarmis
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Independent County
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