God in Missouri and the fight against boodlers
McDill criticizes reform opponents while praising Folk for prosecuting boodlers in Missouri. He links biblical prophets to reformers, denounces corruption, and urges eliminating political rings and technicalities to restore honest government across states, noting Missouri’s start as a warning and calling for similar action in Kansas.
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Christ
Israel
Elijah
Baal
Supreme Court of Missouri
Folk
Missouri
Roosevelt
Kansas
Bucdiers
Piano Prize Contest Seeks Popular Lady Entrants
A local promotion offers a valued piano worth 350 to 400 dollars as a prize for the most popular lady in Anderson county. Readers are urged to enter, nominate a contestant, and begin soon either by visiting or writing to participate.
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Anderson County
When It Gets Wet in Kansas Warre Rx
A fragmentary poem describes relentless Kansas rain and flooding. It weaves humorous regional imagery with farmers, waterlogged towns, and a Mississippi river flood panorama. The narrator laments ongoing wet weather and imagines animals tied to housetops to cope with the rising waters.
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Kansas
Mississippi
Heaven
Ed Blair
Boodling and the Rise of Political Thieves in Cities
The piece argues boodling thrives in New York and Philadelphia with city machines and captains of industry shaping nominations and protecting watered stock, gambling dens, and brothels. It blames reform failures on political machines, courts, and entrenched corruption, calling for heroic action to oust boodlers.
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Elijah
New York
Philadelphia
Russia
Hades
Steffins
McClure
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ANDER
CIA
O McDill
Boodlers
Reformers
America
Warrerx de San
Ture
Vaughn
Purnitur
Residence
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