Missouri Adopts New Primary Election Law Changes
Missouri adopts a new primary system with August first Tuesday elections every two years. Candidates must file petitions by set deadlines, with specific signature requirements across districts and counties. Several new public utility, labor, mine safety, and temperance laws accompany the measure, plus a governor appointed counsel for war claims.
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Missouri
Kinney
State University
Carter
Haunted fisherman Joshua Rice dies in delirium over bass
Joshua Rice, famed for catching vast bass along the river, died in Gove, Pa, after years of torment from imagined bass. He reportedly bragged of a 60,000 bass catch over 20 years, and his family awoke to find him shrieking as he battled phantom fish. Doctors offered no help.
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Inez
Joshua Rice
Gove
Mr. Rice
Rice
Philadelphia
St Simon the Thoroughbred Sire Worth Vast Sums
A piece notes the huge earnings of St Simon over two decades, with stakes totaling £510,247 and stud value £227,602, totaling £737,840. It praises the aged stallion at 26, alive and vigorous, and references high prices for his offspring including a son sold for 30,000 guineas and a daughter for 12,600 guineas, underscoring the era’s feverish demand for elite bloodlines.
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Siren
Saya Baily
St. Simon’s
St. Simon
How the Renfrew plantation got its name
A northern tourist asks about the distance to Col Jeffreys big plantation in western Georgia. An elderly Black couple explains the Renfrew name arose from the former owner who ran free with it about four years before the war, according to local Tallers.
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Georgia
Col. Jeffrey
Glimpse Into Future Shows Three Living Options
A Watchman writer predicts future household life if service relief fails. Wealthier families with many servants maintain current routines, mid income households face hiring limits or boarding houses, and a cooperative kitchen model could become the best option for families of moderate means.
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Saya
Watchman
LIPE'S BEST SCHOOL
Life's best school is living with people and learning from others. It asks self restraint and forbearance, accepting jarring and friction over undisturbed quiet. It means enduring hurts, wrongs, and thoughtlessness for growth, with quiet perseverance toward a better communal life. Forward.
Sugar Theft Sparks Attic Quip in London Lodging
An actor in a London lodging house exposed his landlady's sugar swiping by numbering his possessions. He shouted from the attic for No. 8 cube sugar, prompting a cautious reply from the landlady. After the exchange, his provisions remained untouched.
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London
Magnetic Healing of Disease Offered at Murphysboro
The Egyptian School of Suggestive Therapeutics advertises a magnetic healing method to cure all diseases without drugs or surgery. Led by L Haskell Haskill, the service offers home treatment with remote consultation, urging patients to describe their case and include a return stamped envelope. Address: No. 15 Elm Street Murphysboro Indiana.
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United States
L. Haskill
Murphysboro
Murraysnoro
Royal Medicine CO
Marine Bidg
Chicago
Solar Carbon Shell Proposed for Sun’s Glow
Spectroscopic proof shows carbon in the sun's atmosphere. Prof Morton of the Naval Observatory notes a thin carbon layer about 500 miles above the surface forming a luminous shell. When eruptions occur beneath this layer the carbon is dispersed by atmospheric agitation.
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Morton
Naval Observatory
Washington
Day of Amateur Gone in an Age of Virtuosi
The piece cites Mrs George Cornwallis West praising music over vanity and recalls a St Petersburg head teacher who told Rubinstein that no daily practice hours were needed. It laments an era of virtuosi and mechanical instruments and a fading custom of listening after dinner to classic piano works.
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To Lay
George Cornwallis West
St. Petersburg
Rubinstein
A Nice Place Comines Voiced as Humane
A Sporting Times note praises Comines France for a humane incident. A customs officer allegedly burned a wretched car in a railway van and faced a dog cruelty law controversy. The municipal council lauded the officer and urged the prime minister to award him.
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Comines
France
Custom House
Nice
Sporting Times
His Day of Pleasure Reference Among Foreign Affairs
The anecdote recalls Sir Henry Taylor recounting a visit to Lord Hammond, once famed for never being absent. On this occasion Hammond was away, and the doorkeeper noted he had gone to a funeral, remarking it the only day’s pleasure he’d had in two years.
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Sir Henry Taylor
Lord Hammond
What He Knew She It Is Said A Woman S Voice
An expressed notion posits that a woman's voice travels farther than a man's, with confidence that it lasts longer. The speakers discuss perceived differences in vocal impact and reach between genders.
Fitting Word to Act in Court Dispute with Si Smith
John and Maria discuss their quarrel with Si Smith and note the matter will go to court. The exchange hints at legal action and an unresolved dispute, with characters named John Maria and Si Smith central to the event.
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John
Maria
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