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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1873
Page
3
Rolla residents discuss rival tickets for mayor and council, pitting temperance reformers against saloon interests. The town awaits a special election for two council seats next Thursday as broader local news cover court reports, printer itinerants, and community events.
Temperance advocates plan to run two candidates on Thursday test their strength. E W Bishop is named. Geo Goettelmann is mentioned as a possible second candidate. C H Frost and Joseph Tipton are cited as strong temperance candidates.
A Rolla MO lodge memorial notices the death of SL. Cilletheson aworth master mason of Lodge No. 91. They express sympathy to his wife and family, vow to inscribe a memorial page, drape the lodge in mourning for 30 days, and publish the resolutions in local papers.
List of patents issued dated November 11, 1873. Entries include wheel plow by D. C., sub-soil plow by J R Turner and J Jacobs from Fredericktown, bridge by J R Eads from St Louis, saw filing machine by J J Ingelman from Chillicothe, electrical water gauge alarm and register by C Heisler from St Louis.
An obituary notes the December 24 death of Dr M C Hurneson after a long illness of pulmonary consumption. He was 26 years old and leaves a wife, parents, sisters and friends in mourning.
In Kawkawlin Michigan a local scheme cast as romance fools Jones, as a beardless youth dressed as a woman persuades him a cousin loves him. A mock trial fines a man named Smith while Jones is tricked into a sham marriage and later realizes the village joke. Laughter erupts as the hoax collapses and the crowd cheers the exposure.
Kentucky preacher Henderson will speak at the Court House Saturday evening and Sunday morning at 11 and evening after seven on the 6th and 7th inst. Holder J M Tennison of Lebanon Missouri begins a protracted meeting at the Court House Saturday evening the 13th inst. All invited to attend.
Notices show limited copies available and mailing options hindered by state funding shortfalls. Local items include store ads, a Gasconade county crossing raid report, a Montgomery County tale, and city council actions in Jefferson City on street work and sidewalks.
An unclear OCR fragment shows scattered letters and numbers listing items like Seger Bae Sewing and Wacupa with partial phrases. Content is unreadable and contains no coherent event or entities.
A lengthy Illinois editorial argues that electing judges who pledge outcomes before cases are heard undermines justice. It asserts voters misread the electoral vote timing and condemns precommitments by judges to favor certain parties, warning of eroded judicial integrity.
The piece notes the loss of a key Liberal member of Congress and frames the 1872 reform as ended with his departure. It critiques Senate confirmations and references figures like Williams and Cowan, suggesting political realignments and contested nominations in the aftermath.
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