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The Van Buren Press
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
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Major Joe Bossert of Bossert & Co. in Fort Smith arrived this morning on the steamer Fort Smith from Little Rock after an extended business tour to the East, humorously claiming eastern cities like Baltimore and Philadelphia are declining compared to the prosperity of Van Buren and Fort Smith.
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Major Joe Bossert, of the firm of Bossert & Co. of Fort Smith, arrived, this morning, on the high-headed steamer Fort Smith from Little Rock and an extended business tour to the East. He says that Baltimore, Louisville and the lesser cities, are undoubtedly declining in the growing prosperity of Van Buren; and that he was glad to leave the village of Philadelphia, for the wide-awake, rattling metropolitan city of the Frontier, Ft. Smith, --of which Joe is one of the live specimens.
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Fort Smith
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This Morning
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Major Joe Bossert, of the firm of Bossert & Co. of Fort Smith, arrived this morning on the steamer Fort Smith from Little Rock and an extended business tour to the East. He commented that Baltimore, Louisville, and lesser cities are declining in the growing prosperity of Van Buren, and he was glad to leave the village of Philadelphia for the metropolitan city of Ft. Smith.