Politics in Short Grass Country Twenty Years Ago and More
From Topeka Capital, Judge S. J. Osborn of Coffeyville Record recalls Western Kansas politics a generation back. The piece paints a self regulating, tightly connected electorate where voters knew candidates, church ties, and wallets, and where campaigns, civic duties, and a blunt disdain for demagoguery shaped a rugged early political culture.
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John Schlyer
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Cattle Stock Totals Listed in 4-Hera Lot Description
A livestock listing notes 60 head of high grade short horns including 4 year old cows, 24 yearling cows, 2 yearling heifers, and 1 bull calf. It also details 60 head of high grade stock with 8 milch cows, 25 stock cows, yearling heifers, good milch stock, 10 steer calves and 9 heifer calves.
Short Grass Statesman and the Russian Campaign Tale
A Kansas writer recalls 1860s political battles on the Republican ticket and a trip to a Russian town where speeches, a keg of beer, a feast, and a $22.50 entertainment bill shaped an election year. It traces Kansas politics from the early frontier to the Farmers Alliance era and praises the “short grass” settlers before noting local notices, library events, and club meetings.
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