by | Jul 14, 1870 | Uncategorized
They tell of a woman in Iowa who bought 160 acres of wild land one year ago, has enclosed and put it under cultivation, built a house upon it, planted a fine orchard and fruit garden, with hedges all complete, and set out a large number of shade trees, besides...
by | Jul 14, 1870 | Uncategorized
The New Press Style Some of the newspapers of our day have adopted a new way of relating horrible accidents and pathetic events, which is quite effective as well as concise. Here are some examples: “That was a bitter joke of the man in New Jersey who put a quantity of...
by | Jul 14, 1870 | Uncategorized
The Iowa editors are coming to see us. We suppose they are coming after their citizens Ever since we have been in Kansas that crowded but lonesome-looking prairie schooner has been arriving, and the driver of its horses or oxen answers: ‘We’re from Eye-o-way –...
by | Jul 14, 1870 | Uncategorized
The Ladies of Kansas – fair as the blossom upon our prairies, only not half so numerous. What a dreary void would even Kansas be without them. — E. L. Durham, Hog Creek, Kansas. The Leavenworth Weekly Times, Leavenworth KS. July 14, 1870. Page 5. (c)...
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GUILFORD. Serious Accident. About two weeks since the family of Mr. Poncher, son-in-law of Mr. Root, of Guilford, set out to move to Caney, with two teams, one of horse and the other of oxen. They had reached a point on their journey about fifteen miles south of Elk...
