From the files of the May 19, 1887 edition of the Kanopolis Journal.

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SEA SALT CRAZE

The majority of our readers will remember the blue-glass craze which raged so furiously in 1871-72. The manufacturers of blue glass reaped an enormous harvest, and people who never allowed the sun to shine upon them before permitted its beams to reach them through blue glass hung in convenient southern windows. There are some indications that another craze is coming to take the place of blue glass and the more recent furor for hot water. The latest is the consumption of sea salt or rock salt from Turk’s Island as a cure for nearly all the ills of the body. The craze has reached Utica and is traveling this way. So far, the sea salt eaten in season and out of season has been found to cure consumption, dyspepsia and kidney difficulty, headache and general good-for-nothingness.

— Rochester

Democrat

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TO THE PUBLIC

Having opened our large stock of dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes and gents furnishing goods, we extend a cordial invitation to all to call and examine our goods and get prices. Our motto is one price to all and that is the lowest cash price.

Carpenter Bros.,

Kanopolis

Three carloads of machinery arrived this week at the roller mill and will soon be placed in the building for operation.

The celebrated Myers force pump for sale by Howenstein & Orr.

A petition has been circulated and been generally signed in Kanopolis asking the mayor and council to call an election to vote bonds in the sum of $10,000 to the Kanopolis & Kansas Central Railroad. The petition will be acted on as soon as the council meets, and the bonds will be almost if not quite unanimously voted at the election.

There will be a grove meeting south of Kanopolis in Bro. Monroe Hodgden’s grove. Under the auspices of the M. E. Church, June 11 and 12. Services at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 8 p.m. each day. All Christians are cordially invited and expected to take part. The object of the meeting is for the conversions of sinners and the sanctification of believers. Ministers from abroad will be present.

Rev. J. W. Edgar, pastor

Editor Journal:

On Thursday a most delightful picnic was given to the younger members of the Union Sunday School by Miss Ida Hodgden. The afternoon was spent in the lovely grove on the Hodgden homestead. Fishing in the “Smoky” and swinging were the pleasures participated in. About six o’clock a most excellent supper was provided, after which there were songs by the children, then a vote of thanks by all present to Miss Hodgden, when the party adjourned, wishing for many other such happy days.

Picnicker

Pay your money — Take your choice. Whaley Bros. have on hand Wyoming, Colorado and Osage soft lump coal.

The Journal has said nothing so far with a purpose of trying to influence the vote of a single citizen of Empire township in the election to be held June 7th. While we are interested in the result, we feel that the question of voting aid to a railroad concerns the people of Empire township most, and that they ought to be left to settle it without too much outside interference. It is true, however, that Kanopolis legally is an integral part of Empire township, although is de facto a part of Ellsworth. When the question is raised judicially it will be found that the illegal action of the county commissioners in cutting us off was a nullity. In this light what concerns either of us, concerns the other. Empire township, by helping Kanopolis will add to the taxable property within her just limits. She has already shown her resentment towards Ellsworth by voting down the Midland bonds almost unanimously. Even if the wrong perpetrated by the county board is never righted, the building of the road will add $120,000 of taxable property to the tax roll, the income from which will exceed the interest of the bonds, since the road will be taxed at almost five times the sum subscribed by the township. Added to this will be the facilities afforded the township, by a road through it, from marketing its cattle and produce, the benefit of competition, etc. The township tax alone may not amount to the interest but the township will get the benefit of all the county, roadship, and school tax assessed against the road and thus save the payment of the amount by other property. Another strong point in favor of this road is the fact that it is practically a Missouri Pacific branch, and will induce the building of another line from McPherson, up the river, and the extension of both to a north-west connection with the Missouri Pacific roads north of us. It will open up the coal fields of south-east Kansas, the lumber of Arkansas and Texas, and afford a southern outlet for the grain of this locality, and such and outlet will afford a better and closer market than any other. Better than all will be the certain completion between this road and the Union Pacific. We hope the votes of Empire township will consider all these points and will act in friendly unison with the people of Kanopolis in trying to accomplish results that will be equally valuable to us all. Kanopolis will do her share, the Land Company will do its share, while Empire township will be about 13 miles of road, a depot in the center of the township, as well as the benefit (in taxes) of the depot and side track at Kanopolis, which will certainly be located in that township.

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PROFIT IN GEESE

Very few seem to know that, where the location is suitable, geese can be made as profitable as any fowl we have. Their feathers are a regular source of revenue, and the surplus find a ready market at remunerative prices at certain seasons of the year, and are becoming as popular for the Christmas roast as the turkey is for Thanksgiving dinner. The pure breeds sell readily at fancy prices, consume less grain and require less expensive buildings that any other fowl.

Breeding geese should be kept rather thin in flesh. They require little feed in the spring. Toulouse goslings can be raised without a mother, and at four weeks old may be turned into a field without further housing or shelter. Once started, a gosling is the easiest of all young birds to raise and is never unhealthy. A pair of Toulouse geese will turn off two dollars worth of feathers a year, which more than balances their feed. The Goose will lay thirty eggs; from these at least ten goslings should be raised, which will weigh twenty pounds apiece by Christmas. We have had them weigh more. The market price will range from five to ten cents per pound, thus giving the goose farmer a handsome profit, to say nothing of eggs and breeders that may be sold at fancy prices.

— Mrs. W. W. Stevens, in Breeder’s Journal

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FOR SALE

Prairie Stock Farm:

Adjoining Kanopolis on the west, suitable for raising fine horses, or feeding three hundred head of cattle. Good house, large barn, grainary, sheds and all buildings and improvements necessary for handling stock of any kind. 200 acres of good corn land, that never fails to raise a crop. This 640 acre tract is offered for the next 30 days at the low price of $30 per acre or $6,000 cash, balance on time — 6 percent interest.

W. F. Tompkins,

cashier

First National Bank

Ellsworth, Kansas

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RANCH FOR SALE

Summit Ranch, 2,400 acres, station, side track, 1,000 acres fenced, 240 acres plowed, 2 good houses and outbuildings. Joins Kanopolis east, $36,000.

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