Farthest reaches of a scattered Kansas news summary
A compact review notes diverse items: a Kansas preacher’s apparent suicide in St Louis, critique of Republican debt claims, Butler’s accounts shortfall, Newark Masons at St Stephen’s for St John’s Day, Topeka Commonwealth county name origins, Paris hospital doctors protest Sisters of Charity expulsion, Kansas legislature session timing and redistricting, Gypsum Creek hogs fed charred corn to curb cholera, English tariff talk on retaliation, and European tariff links to US industry.
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Newark
N. J
St. John’s Day
St. Stephen's Episcopal) Church
J. F. Small
Sisters of Charity
Paris
Minister of the Interior
Elisha Banks
Gypsum Creek
Hall
Gates
India
Australia
New Zealand
Louis Republican
County printing bids spark scandal and political meddling
Dickinson County faces a bitter bid fight over county printing. Commissioners Kandt and Laker clash with Bricker and Blevins as Gazette, Ref lector and Chronicle propose rates, while Rohrer and Stambaugh push for political advantage. Writer denounces alleged favors and warns of improper influence amid public print contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REF
C.J. McDivitt
Chronicle
Jeses
Gaz
Abilene
Rohrer
Gazelle
Stambaugh
George W. Hurd
Winfield Scott Stambaugh
Hurd
Re-Flector
Gazette
Enterprise
Mopkins
Chronicle and
Blevins
Kandt
Wlevins
Bricker
the Gazette
Court House
G. W
Tilevins
Laker
Confidence game targets farmers with traveling Bible distributor
A sharp fraudster in fine clothing visits a farmhouse seeking lodging and meals and claims to be a traveling Bible distributor for a religious institution. The scheme aims to extract large sums from gullible farmers by exploiting trust during a stay.
Bible Seller Leaves With Self-Interested Bill
A detailed vignette recounts a traveling vendor who hawks a handsome Bible and uses a voucher system to bill hosts. He notes meals at twenty five cents each, then secures a signed receipt. A bank notice follows ninety days later demanding payment of a 156.25 pound note. The Larned Eagle-Optic urges advertisers to invite customer visits, warning that lack of advertising hurts trust and fair dealing.
A New Party Proposed in Washington 1856
A New York World report notes talk of forming a party of revenue reformers in Washington. A private letter urges convening the national free trade committee in January 1856 to fuse free traders from the two old parties into a new political force. The writer argues free traders could win more votes than either party alone and likens the potential movement to past fights for liberty.
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New York World
Washington
National Free Trade Committee
Free Trade National Committee
Garrison
Wendell Phillips
Wells
Shand
Perry
Summer
Morrison
Beecher
Kison
Phillips
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Jardine
Kansas City Times
St. Louis
Republic
Associated Press
Republican Party
The
Manhattan Mercury
B. F. Butler
Butler “Creneral
Topeka Commonwealth
Dickinson County
Daniels
Dickinson
New York
United State Senate
Kansas Territory
K Etroteer
Husby
Strother & Litts
Blevins and
Baker
Opera
Canada
Connecticut
Nathan Hale
M. Pasteur
United States
Topeka
Knights of Labor
Atlantic
Pacific
John Chinaman
Leonard Slough
Missouri Pacific Railway
Jacksonville
Fla
Houston
Pullman Palace
J. J
U.S. Co
Chicaco
Peoria
Kansas City
Denver
Omaha
ST. Joseph
Quincy
Burlington
Hannibal
Keokuk
Des Moines
Rock Island
Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Atchison
Leavenworth
Sioux City
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Llingis
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Hesraska
Colorado
Union
States
Territories
Duplington
Eaverworth
Uimoy
Potter
Wer
Carr Perceval Lowell
Ds F
Bahnard
Stax
Heir
Hume
Dawes
Ore
Coane
John Bennett
Tom
Cedar Street
NEW Crocery
U. 8
Clarke
Cor, Third and
Spruce Streets
Express
Korns & Clarke
Shockey & Snider
C. Cox
Broadway
Abilene Kas
N. B
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
B. H. D'Hay
Ph. G
Abilene, Kas
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