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the development of our manufacturing advantages, is due in a
great measure to the earnest and enthusiastic manner in which Gov.
Furnas has devoted his time, money and personal labors to the
advancement of these material interests of the State.
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[Siugned (sic) by]
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- JAMES T.
ALLAN,
O. H. IRISH,
J. STERLING
MORTON,
Committee.
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Mr. Winslow submitted
several amendments to the by-laws which were on motion referred to
the board of managers, and committee on by-laws.
The Secretary submitted to the
Board the resignation of Judge O. P. Mason, as one of the Board.
which resignation was on motion accepted, and on motion of James
W. Moore, Hon. J. F. Kinney was elected to fill the vacancy with
but two dissenting votes.
On motion the Board took a
recess until 7 o'clock p. m.
JANUARY 7, 1874, 7
O'CLOCK P. M.
The Board met pursuant to
adjournment.
President Morton in the chair
and Secretary Wheeler at his desk.
President Morton announced the
following committees upon premium list, and the same persons are
to act as superintendent of the several classes to which they have
been designated, viz.:
Board of Managers -- M.
Stocking, chairman, H. P. Coolidge, M. Dunham, C. H. Winslow,
James T. Allan.
Of Police -- M. Dunham, J. T.
Allan and H. C. Addis.
Of Horses -- Geo. P. Eaton,
J. F. Kinney and J. S. Brisbin,
Of Cattle -- J. M. Woods, R.
Daniels and Guy C. Barton.
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Of Hogs -- Moses Stocking, W. B. Porter and J.
D. Spearman.
Of Sheep -- Moses Stocking, M. Dunham and C. A.
Baldwin.
Of Poultry -- C. H. Winslow, H. C. Addis and C.
Rathmann
Of Agricultural Products -- N. W. Wells, J, Vallery,
Sr., J. H. Gregg.
Of Hedges, Groves, Orchards, etc. -- R. W. Furnas, O. H.
Irish, and J. T. Allan.
Of Machinery, Implements, etc. -- H. C. Addis, John
Keith and A. K. Marsh.
Of Miscellaneous -- O. H. Irish, J. W. Moon, and Charles
H. Walker
Of Fine Arts and Textile Fabrics -- J. S. Brisbin, M.
Dunham, and O. H. Irish.
Of County Agricultural Societies -- C. H. Walker, W. B.
Por and C. Rathmann.
Of Geological, Zoological, and Botanical -- J. S.
Brisbin, J. T. Allan and R. W. Furnas.
Of Edibles -- C. H. Winslow, N. W. Wells, and C. H.
Walker.
Of Discretionary -- J. W. Holt, F. A. Tisdel, and G. C.
Barton
General Superintendent- -- Charles H. Byrne.
On the announcement of the
committees by the President, General Brisbin requested that his
name be left oft, and submitted the following as the reason,
therefor, viz.:
ROOMS OF THE
STATE BOARD OF
AGRICULTURE,
GRAND CENTRAL
HOTEL, OMAHA,
Neb., Jan. 7, 1874.
J. Sterling Morton, President Slate Board of
Agriculture:
SIR:--I
have the honor to tender herewith my resiginition (sic) as a
member of the State Board of Agriculture.
Very respectfully, Your ob't serv't,
JAS. S.
BRISBIN,
U. S. Army.
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It was moved that the resignation
be accepted, on which the Ayes and Nays were called, and with the
following result:
Ayes: James M. Woods.
Nays: D. H. Wheeler, J. W.
Moore, M. Dunham, J. H. Gregg, N. W. Wells, M. Stocking, John
Keith, R. W. Furnas, C. H. Winslow, H. C. Addis, J. Vallery, Sr.,
J. T. Allan, Geo. P. Eaton, R. Daniels, J. S. Morton, O. H. Irish,
C. Rathmann, C. A. Baldwin, J. D. Spearman.
Thereupon, the President
declared the resignation not accepted.
General Brisbin thereupon said,
that, as the Board had refused to accept the resignation tendered,
he would endeavor to discharge the duties required of him as a
member of the Board.
On motion, the Board adjourned
until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, January 8th, 1874.
JANUARY 8th, 1874, 9 A.
M.
State Board of Agriculture met,
pursuant to adjournment; officers and members as of yesterday.
General Brisbin called up the
question of salary of Secretary.
James M. Woods, of Cass county,
thereupon, offered the following resolution
Resolved, That the
Secretary be allowed the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars for his
services for the year 1874, and that the Board pay such assistant
secretaries as he may need during the holding of the fair.
Mr. Geo. P. Eaton offered the
following as an amendment to Mr. Woods' resolution
Strike out "Eight Hundred," and
insert ''One Thousand,"
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and that the Board "furnish the necessary assistant Secretaries
during the fair, and pay them not exceeding four dollars per
day."
The Ayes and Nays were called
upon the amendment offered by Mr. Eaton, and resulted as
follows:
Ayes: J. W. Moore, N. W. Wells,
John Keith, R. W. Furnas, J. S. Brisbin. C. H. Winslow, H. C.
Addis, Geo. P. Eaton, R. Daniels, O. H. Irish, A. K. Marsh, C. A,
Baldwin, C. Rathmann. -- 13.
Nays: Martin Dunham, J. H.
Gregg, Moses Stocking, James M. Woods, Jacob Vallery, Sr., James
T. Allan, J. Sterling Morton, Wm. B. Porter, J. D. Spearman. --
9.
So the amendment was declared,
by the President, to have been adopted.
The Resolution of James M.
Woods, as amended, would, therefore, be as follows:
Resolved, That the
Secretary be allowed One Thousand Dollars for his services, for
1874, and that the Board furnish the necessary assistant
Secretaries, during the fair, and pay them not exceeding four
dollars per day.
On the motion to adopt, the Ayes
and Nays being called, resulted as follows:
Ayes: J. W. Moore, N. W. Wells,
John Keith, R. W. Furmas (sic), J. S. Brisbin, C. H. Winslow, H.
C. Addis, Geo. P. Eaton, R. Daniels, O. H. Irish, A. K. Marsh, C.
A. Baldwin, C. Rathmann, M. Dunham; J. H. Gregg, Moses Stocking,
Jacob Vallery, Sr., James T. Allan, J. Sterling Morton and Wm. B.
Porter. Total, 20.
Nays: James M. Woods, J. D.
Spearman. Total, 2.
Thereupon, the President
declared the Resolution as amended, by Mr. Eaton, adopted by the
Board.
C. A. Baldwin offered the
following Resolution:
Resolved, That the
President of the State Board of Agriculture be directed to prepare
and publish a report of the Agricultural and Horticultural
Statistics of Nebraska for the year 1873, and, for that purpose,
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, or so much thereof as shall be
necessary, be appropriated from any funds belonging to said
Society, to pay for publishing 2000 copies of said statistical
report.
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On motion, the resolution was
unanimously adopted.
President Morton announced that
in Michigan and some others of the States, it was usual and
customary for railroads who issued commutation tickets to State
Fairs, to pay the State Boards of Agriculture, for the benefit of
the Fair, five per cent, of the ticket receipts of each of the
railroads, and thereupon appointed as a committee to confer with
the railroads on the subject, Messrs. R. W. Furnas, J. W. Moore
and D. H. Wheeler, which appointment was approved by the
Board.
On motion of Governor Furnas,
President J. S. Morton was made chairman of the Committee to
confer with the railroads.
M. Stocking moved that the
Annual Fair for 1874, be held commencing September 29th.
Motion lost..
M. Dunham moved that the
President and Secretary be and they are hereby authorized to
designate the time for holding the Annual Fair for 1874.
Carried.
C. H. Walker offered the
following resolution, which was, on motion, unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the Second
Wednesday of April of each year be, and the same is hereby
designated, dedicated and set apart as Arbor Day, for the State of
Nebraska, and that the Agriculturists of Nebraska, be requested to
petition the Legislature to make said "Arbor Day" a legal holiday;
that until so made a holiday, the Governor be requested to call
attention to said" Arbor Day" by proclamation, and request the
people of the State to observe it by planting Forest, Fruit and
Ornamental Trees.
J M. Woods offered the following
resolution, which was, on motion, unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolved, That J.
Sterling Morton, Gen'l J. S. Brisbin and D. H, Wheeler, be, and
they are hereby appointed a special committee, upon the behalf of
the State Board of Agriculture, to memorialize the Legislature of
Nebraska, to place the State Board of Imigration (sic) under the
charge and control of the State Agricultural Board.
The following resolution, laid'
upon the table yesterday, was
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called up by Gen'l Brisbin, and upon motion, was unanimously
adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Annual
Fair of the State Board of Agriculture of Nebraska for 1874 be
held at Omaha City, Nebraska, provided satisfactory assurances are
given the Board of Managers as to the arrangements and
improvements of the Fair Grounds, for the accommodation of the
Fair, for accommodation at hotels, and facilities for local
transportation of freight and passengers to and from the Fair
Grounds.
C. H. Winslow offered the
following resolution, which was unanimously adopted
Resolved, That the annual
address before the State Board of. Agriculture for 1874, be
delivered on Wednesday evening of the Fair week, in some suitable
hail in the city of Omaha
C. H. Winslow offered the
following resolution, which was unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the
members of the State Board of Agriculture not in attendance upon
the January meeting (1874) of the Board, be requested by the
Secretary to resign their membership, or give some valid excuse
for not being present, so that the Board may fill the vacancies
with members who will attend, and become active members in the
Board.
On motion of Mr. Allan, Mr. Boyd
and J. M. Wood were called upon to give statistics relative to the
number of hogs purchased and slaughtered by them respectively.
Thereupon, Mr. J. E. Boyd and J.
M. Woods, gave a statistical account of their operations.
Mr. Woods, chairman of the
committee upon amounts, submitted the following
REPORT:
Your committee appointed
to audit the accounts to be paid by the .Treasurer for the year
1873, beg leave to report, that fifty-two accounts have been
audited and approved, amounting to -------- Two accounts for near
three thousand dollars were presented by the Lincoln
Journal Company for printing the fourth annual reports of
the President, and Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. We
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are not apprised of any action being taken by this Board in
regard to ordering the printing of the same; these accounts were
consequently not approved.
An account, No. 39, for $441.75,
for lithographs, which, as we understand, was an additional
expense incurred by said Journal Company in printing said reports,
over and above the two named accounts presented. This was allowed
upon the condition that in a final settlement of these accounts
with the State, or State Board of Agriculture, the same was to be
deducted from the two accounts, first named, if on investigation
it should be ascertained they were not properly authorized. We
have not been able to ascertain who ordered this additional
expense, and by what authority it was incurred.
Your committee find more
irregularity in the printing accounts presented than any other
class. Some being reasonable and just, while a majority for the
same labor are extravagantly high. We would, therefore, recommend
that all printing of a general character be let to the lowest
bidder. Such a course certainly would, from information now in
possession of your committee, greatly reduce the expenses of the
printing necessary to be done by this Board,
JAMES M.
WOODS.
On motion, the committee were
requested to make a report on all accounts as soon as passed upon,
to the Secretary, and further time was granted the committee to
make said report.
On motion, the Board adjourned
to meet at 2 o'clock p. m.
JANUARY 8TH, 2
O'CLOCK P. M.
The State Board of Agriculture
met pursuant to adjournment, with officers and members as
before.
On motion, Mr. Geo. P. Eaton,
was appointed a special committee of one to examine and report to
the Board the Journal Company claims against the State Board of
Agriculture.
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Mr. Dunham moved that the
committee upon Essays, Gov. R. W. Furnas, Judge Geo. B. Lake and
Senator P. W. Hitchcock, be and they are hereby requested to
report their awards to Secretary D. H. Wheeler, at the earliest
possible moment, and that President Morton be requested to see
that the lands awarded by the committee be properly conveyed to
the successful competitors.
Motion carried.
D. H. Wheeler, Secretary,
thereupon submitted report in champion class, as follows:
Entry 4, lot 2--Collection of
Evergreens, $20.00, Furnas, Irish & Co.
Entry 5, lot 2--Specimen
Nebraska grown fruit trees, $10.00, Furnas, Irish & Co.
Entry 7, lot 2--One year grown
honey locust, $5.00, Furnas, Irish & Co.
Entry 8, lot 2--Exhibition
Nebraska grown nursery stock, $10.00, Furnas, Irish & Co.
Entry 2, lot 2--Cheapest and
most successfully planted orchard of not less than 1000 trees,
planted within 5 years, $15.00, O. T. Conger.
Entry 15, lot 1--10 acres of
corn, $50.00, M. M. Nelson.
Entry 23, lot 4--Greatest number
of trees planted on any one day in April, 1873, $75.00, J. B.
Seucal.
Entry 1, lot 5--Best one acre of
sugar beets, $50.00, W. Hunt.
Entry 17, lot 5--Best 1-10 acre
of sugar beets, $10.00, Azro Smith.
Entry 20, lot 2- Forty rods
hedge, $15.00, Elwood Reese.
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- D. H. WHEELER,
C. H. WALKER,
J. T. ALLAN,
Committee.
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On motion, the thanks of
the State Board of Agriculture were tendered to Geo. W. Thrall,
proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel, for his courteous attention
to, the Board of Agriculture during the present session.
Mr. J. W. Moore moved, that the
thanks of the State Board of Agriculture be, and they are hereby
extended to the Burlington &
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Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska. the Union Pacific
Railroad, the Omaha & Northwestern Railroad, and the Midland
Pacific Railroad, for courtesies extended to members of the State
Board of Agriculture at this session of the Board.
Motion unanimbusly (sic)
adopted.
Mr. C. H. Winslow moved that the
thanks of the State Board of Agriculture be, and the same are
hereby tendered the Omaha Herald, and Omaha
Republican, for the very full and correct reports of the
proceedings of the Board, at this session.
Motion unanimously adopted.
By Mr. Winslow:
Resolved, That the charge
for admission to Fair for 1874, the offering of inducements to
farmers to attend with their teams, during the Fair, and all
matters relating thereto, be referred to the Board of
Managers.
Carried.
Mr. Emery, of Douglas, offered
the following resolution, which was referred to the Board of
Managers, viz:
Resolved, That all
thoroughbred stock shall be entitled to all the privileges and
accommodations of the Fair Grounds whether entered to compete for
premiums or not.
On motion, the Board adjourned,
subject to the call of the President.
J. STERLING
MORTON, President,
D. H.
WHEELER, Secretary.
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OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY OF
THE
NEBRASKA STATE
BOARD OF
AGRICULTURE,
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., January 24,
1874.
The following report was this
day received from majority of committee upon Essays:
To the Nebraska State Board
of Agriculture:
The Committee to whom was
referred the duty of examining the Essays on Nebraska, "Her
Natural Advantages and Resources," and awarding the 16 Premiums
has performed that duty, and submit the following
REPORT:
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$16
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J. A. MacMurphy
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$640
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2
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40
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15
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J. S. Brisbin
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10
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600
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3
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44
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James Morris
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31
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560
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4
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40
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13
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J. C. Ambrose
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35
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520
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5
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40,
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12
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A. D. Williams
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51
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480
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6
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40
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11
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"Aaron About,"
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38
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440
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7
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40
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10
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F. M. MacDonagh
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34
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400
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8
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40
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9
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O. T. B. Williams
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62
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360
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9
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40
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8
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C. S. Harrison
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38
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320
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10
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40
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7
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H. M. VanArman
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280
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11
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40
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6
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Dr. F. Renner
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33
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240
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12
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40
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5
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Geo. V. Kent
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200
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13
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40
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4
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Helen McGowen
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28
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160
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14
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40
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3
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B. M. Brake
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64
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120
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15
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40
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2 50
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Miss E. Clarke
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24
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100
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16
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40
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1 25
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N. H. Hemlup
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50
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The Committee experienced
great difficulty in arriving at conclusions satisfactory even to
themselves. There were 64 entries for 116 premiums, all being
confined to the same text. The competitive articles were
necessarily similar in leading characteristics, hence a difficulty
in deciding upon the merits of the several papers.
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- ROBERT W.
FURNAS,
GEO. B.
LAKE.
- Com.
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LINCOLN,
Neb., Jan. 21st, 1874.
D. H. WHEELER, Sec. of
Board.
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