Notable English Election Reform and Spelling Systems
A discussion on English ballot reform highlighting state control of ballot machinery, expenditure limits, and post election expense disclosure to curb bribery and promote fair elections. It cites Scribner's Magazine and notes the impact on corruption, plus a long digression on Indian transliteration and the Hunterian system.
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England
Great Britain
Scribner’s Magazine
William Jones
America
Sir
Hunter
Pacific Ocean
Japan
China
Africa
India
Ain
Care
Hindusthan
Ain Farm
Pit
Government of
Ahmed
Ahmednagar
Ahmednuggur
S. B. Fairbank
A. B. C. F. M. Hatfield
Mass
The Laws of the Ballot and Election Expenses
The article argues for nationwide restrictions on election expenditures. It contends money corrupts elections beyond cities, with payoffs shaping senatorial outcomes before legislatures convene. The piece urges reform to curb private payments in campaigns.
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United States
Evolution of armor from war tool to status symbol
The article traces armor from practical battlefield use until the sixteenth century, when it became a lavish but impractical display resisted by great captains. It notes the armor’s heaviness, Lanoue’s complaint about deformation, and compares museum finds showing smaller, narrower pieces. It ends with a testimonial about Ely's Cream Balm for dry catarrh from B F Weeks of Denver.
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Dundee
Scotch Mills
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Cala
Orion
Messrs
Clark
Swazy
Keeler
Floyd
Capitol
United States
Brooklyn Bridge
New York Herald
Captain Floyd
Professor Keeler
Saturn
Neptune
Dr. Long
Massachusetts
Messenger
Morgan
Canada
Mt. Dunham
Illinois
Gen. Jackson
Tennessee
Lanoue
Henry VIII
Anthony of Burgundy
England
Continent
Scribner’s Magazine
Ely
Denver
Colo
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Springfield Republican
Republican
Samuel Ballantine
Henry Fairbank
Western India
Ahmednaggur
Solomon
Ludiana
Washington
Scribner's Magazine
Man At Arms
Cart Emporium
J. Max. Clark
A. J. Eaton
Unis
Aspinwall Mfq.co
Three Rivers
Michigan
Baton, Colorado
Greeley
Walnut Street
Madison Avenue
H. A. French
E.M. Southard & CO
Main Street
Greeley, Colo
Weld County
Hunter and West’s Bank
James B. Phillips
Colora O
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