New Franklin lottery's long battle in Missouri history
A historical look at Missouri's New Franklin lottery from 1833 to 1877. It covers incorporation of New Franklin, legal authorization steps, contracts, litigation, and eventual prohibition under state constitutions of 1865 and 1875, with later federal postal restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Missouri General Assembly
Lilburn W. Boggs
New Franklin
Howard County
Board of Trustees
Boggs
Walter Gregory
Franklin
Gregory
George Miler
Supreme Court of Missouri
General Assembly
Potosi
Giie
St. Louis
Sisters of Charity
United States
Congress
Recalling Chartist Rise and Rights of Man Discovery
A historical reminiscence recalls a 1792 copy of Tom Paine’s Rights of Man found in a Cumberland thatch. It links Chartist origins to working class agitation for universal suffrage and ballot rights, noting the era’s hardship and the secret reading that fueled reform.
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Tom Paine
Cumberland
Scotland
North
Echo Lake Legends of the Ute People
The Detroit News recalls Ute beliefs about Echo Lake in Colorado before white settlers arrived. Mists from the lake were thought sacred and linked to the Milky Way, seen as the home of the dead, while echoes on the shore were believed to answer prayers of departed relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Echo Lake
Detroit
Living Lamps and Luminous Creatures Across Species
Clark surveys over two dozen light emitting organs in fishes including simple and complex forms with eye like structures for light emission. Beebe's tale of lantern fishes appears alongside discussions of luminous amphibians in Europe and various luminous invertebrates and crustaceans.
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Clark
William Beebe
Europe
Train telephones on moving cars via telegraph wires
Moving trains use telegraph line networks to broadcast speech from a standard telephone. The voice travels as high frequency currents along telegraph wires to central stations, is reassembled at pickup points, and sent onward through ordinary telephone lines.
Opening of Hoover Bicentennial Celebration Week
President Hoover will formally open the nine month nationwide George Washington Bicentennial celebration at noon February 22 with a joint Congress address. A concerted air and ground program includes a grand chorus, Sousa conducted bands, wreath laying at Mount Vernon, and various district events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
George Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Capitol
Supreme Court
America
Canitol
Walter Damroseh
United States Army
Navy
Marine
John Philip Sousa
United States
George
Mayflower Hotel
George Washington Bicentennial Commission
District of Columbia
Washington
D. C
United States George Washington
Forker Extension School Seeks 76 Attendees in Forker
Forker Community requests a two day Extension School led by County Agent Hall with 76 attendees pledged. February 23 and 24 feature D C Wood and M J Regan of Columbia, Sam Jordan from the State Board of Agriculture, A K Hepperly Burlington Agricultural Agent, Miss Mary Stebbins Health Specialist, plus local talent in the Forker Community House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forker
D. C. Wood
Farm Management Department
Columbia
M. J. Regan
Dairy Department
Sam Jordan
State Board of Agriculture
A. K. Hepperly
Four Health Meetings Scheduled in Linn County
Four Health meetings arranged for Linn County residents the week of February 22 at Laclede Lifineus Shelby and Meadville with Miss Mary E Stebbins of the Extension Service, assisted by the County Agent’s Office and County Medical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Club
Linn County
Mary E. Stebbins
Extension Service
Columbia
Laclede
Lifineus
Shelby
Meadville
Hall
County Medical Association
Missouri Parks to Charge Camping Fee in 1932 Season
Missouri's game and fish department will charge a daily camping fee of twenty five cents at parks where visitors stay over twenty four hours starting March 1 1932. The fee funds policing firewood and camping sites while casual visitors remain free. Parks with extended camping include Meramec in Franklin County Bennett Spring in Dallas and Laclede counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Game and Fish News
Townsend Godsey
Missouri
State Game and Fish Department
Meramec State Park
Franklin County
Bennett Spring State Park
Dallas
Laclede
Bennett Spring
North Fork
White River
Ozark County
G. M. Kirby
Missouri Parks Restrict Fly Fishing at Bennett Spring
The Missouri state park board in 1932 rules reserves Bennett Spring State Park spring branch as a fly fishing stream. Only artificial flies may be used there while the rest of the stream allows other legal methods. The article notes Missouri’s stance on black bass sales and cites various wildlife concerns and hunting records in Audrain and surrounding counties.
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The
State Park Board
Spring Branch
Frennett Spring State Park
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Warner Bros
Jack Kenley
Cora
Poland
Farrow
John Deere
Sale
Ike Robinson Cowgill
Big Spring State Park
Carter County
Roaring River State Park
Barry County
Montauk State Park
Dent County
Rex Hancock
A. R. Hancock
Laddonia
Audrain County
Warren County
Dutzon Hills
Marthasville
Steelville
Missouri Gamet and Fish Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal
Predatory Animal Control Bureau
Oklahoma City
Ernst Schwarz
Cole County
Ole Br’er ‘Coon
A. B. Cramer
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