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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
8
Missouri voters are urged to support Good Roads Amendment No 6 endorsed by Democrats and Republicans. Gov candidates Atkinson and Hyde back the measure to fund a 365 day road system via motor license fees, no property tax. Voters urged to vote yes November 2 and lift Missouri out of the mud.
A civic exhortation arguing that voting depends on good men being nominated and informed citizens exercising franchise. It stresses that abstaining allows corrupt candidates to win and urges readers to research and vote for the most qualified candidate.
Editorial urges voters to participate in the fall elections from township clerk to president, arguing negligence and national betrayal hinge on inaction. It stresses that government improves only when good people vote, warning there is no middle ground and condemning passive citizenship.
A Baltimore convention in 1682 established the two third rule for the Democratic Party nominating Andrew Jackson for a second term. Martino Van Buren of New York was his running mate. The rule has remained famous and inflexible, despite occasional efforts to abolish it. Republicans follow a simple majority rule. Jackson was nominated on the notch ballot, and four years earlier his running mate had been John Calhoun of South Carolina.
An Ohio maker introduces an improved household bell with three distinct signals for front rear and side doors. The invention uses two electromagnetic coils with separate armatures. one moves the bell clapper while the other acts as a buzzer, offering clearer door notifications.
In 187S Capt Matthew Webb swam Dover to Calais in 21 hours and 45 minutes. On September 5 and 6, 1911 Thomas William Burgess swam from South Foreland England to Le Chatelet Orange in 24 hours 3 minutes.
The guide lists coral colors including red pink white blue yellow and green with black as the rarest and highly valuable. It notes the last color as the rarest and most highly valued in the taxonomy.
A mid aged woman reflects on aging, self restraint, and managing anger. She notes advancing years reduce luxury of temper and recalls two instances when giving way to temper caused serious consequences, urging steadiness for her household.
The text describes an extraordinary custom in parts of Austria near Hungary where arsenic is eaten with apparent immunity. It notes that the jduismite APO so COA tamed to Ite use claim the beauty of their women is due to constant drifting with arsenic.
The article explains two principal causes of earthquakes. The first is tectonic, involving movements in the earth's crust or faults. The second is volcanic activity. Shrinking of the earth's interior due to cooling is proposed as a possible factor.
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