Value and risks of farming life and swindles warn farmers
A rural roundup covers warnings against itinerant swindlers targeting Missouri farmers, shares advice on farm profitability and knowledge, praises farmer cooperatives, and gives pig feeding guidance. It notes four Pettis County farmers duped by a lightning rod peddler and stresses literacy and informed contracting.
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Missouri
Sedalia Democrat
Pettis County
Philip Eichol
George Goetz
Herman Geiser
Isaac Anderson
St. Louis
Moore
New Yorker
Jeff Davis and the Gallows
The article recalls Jefferson Davis in Fortress Monroe and the debate over how to punish him. It cites cipher telegrams between Governor Morton and President Andrew Johnson, discussing indictment in Indiana, possible trial sites, and opinions of Gen. Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens on Johnson’s policy toward the South.
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Arkansas
Atlanta Constitution
Davis
Fortress Monroe
Johnson
Republican Party
Jefferson Davis
Europe
Indiana
Inte
Andrew Johnson
Inbianabolis
United States
Morgan
Monte
Wasutoutox
O. P Marton
Indianapolis
Ind
Teune
Andrew Joinsuns
Morton
Merton
Mr. Johnson
Toombs
New York
Johnzonn
Congress
Alexander H. Stephens
Kans as Bushwhackers on Missouri Line Doings Highlight Local Feud
A Lamar Kansas paper recounts a September clash at the Missouri line involving Adams a twice-convicted cattle thief who drove nine head from Missouri into Kansas. Cummings and Northington sought repayment and faced gunfire as Adams gathered supporters and Jayhawker rivals pursued cattle across the line. Authorities in Bourbon County reportedly act as Missouri holds its cattle.
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Lamar Independent
Crawford County
Kansas
Adams
Missouri
Messrs
Cummings
Northington
Curmings
Bill Chadwell
Charley Pitts
Minnesota
Joe Ury
Bourbon County
Babcock Overcharges in Washington Public Works Case
Commissioner Jayne reviews Babcock duties and flags overcharges in seven blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue. Audit shows duplicate payments, double charges for curb dressing and trench work, and improper assessments. Estimator figures total potential overcharge near half a million, with Babcock allied real estate holdings cited as context.
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Pena Ube Lanviwille
Cakitel
Babcock
Desperadoes Around Arcadia Spark Citizen Outcry
Citizens defend themselves against harsh accusations by the Fort Scott Monitor's ink slinger and Pitts chancellor Joe Ury Chadwell, denouncing claims that locals near Arcadia coal mines are a drunken mob and demanding fair judgment.
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Arcadia
Joe Ury
Chun
Pitts and
Chadwell
Fort Scott Monitor
Great Blood Purifier Promoted By Patient Testimonial
A patient testimonial extols Venrene as a cure for many blood disorders after years of treatment by physicians. The writer claims rapid improvement and full recovery within six months, praising the medicine and offering a dollar for a dose.
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Tio Modern
Gile
Wephinlst
Soult
Bose
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