Silver Lake well rescue story and Missouri canvass notes
A July letter from Silver Lake Kansas recounts Prince Roberts trapped in a deep well aided by Elmore Randall and others. The rescue ends with Roberts saved after hours of peril as digging continues and a final cave in is avoided. Plus coverage of Wright County Missouri political rally led by Judge Fyan defending Radical suffrage amid attacks by Havens and other opponents. The piece also cites Missouri Democrat commentary on suffrage, and a fiscal summary from 1870 detailing revenue and tax proposals.
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Silver Lake
Kansas
Prince Roberts
Elmore Randall
Johnston
Randall
Mr. Randall
Dr. Ward
Great
Radical Party of Missouri
Party of Progress
Drake
Pwopie
Mavens
Springfield
Dirty Shirt Mavens
Hartville
Grant
Gatty
Longstreet
Ackerman
Radical Party
Missouri
Havens
Jurge Fyan
Iowa
Judge Fyan
Wright County
Old Wright
Wonderful Theory On Globe an Animal
A fragmented excerpt argues life in nature is driven by motion and air, while inorganic life arises from chemical and physical interactions. It claims the Earth is a living creature, rotating at 68 000 mph around the sun and turning on its axis, with internal heats, gases, rivers as arteries, and surfaces as skin. It then shifts to unrelated items about fashion and social behavior, a meteor-turned anecdote about a silver watch found in Missouri, and a string of local news briefs from Hartville, Laclede, Greenfield, and surrounding counties, including court, railroad, crop, and crime notes
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Nebula
Nature
Missouri
H. T. Allard
Bollinger County Standard
Hartville
Fort Scott
Kansas City
Memphis
Dade County
Greenfield
Lebanon
Laclede County
Edward Roe
Mozark Monitor
Hanks
Eastern Mail
Carthage Bewner
St. Louis
Neosho Times
J.B. Richards
Hickory County
John D. Cooke
Montgomery Township
Robert B. Runyon
Taylor Township
Hiram Dizon
Greene Township
William Bozarth
Stark Township
Charles Krofft
Center Township
Hermitage Enterprise
Wm. A. Pius
Bates County Democrat
George Ganningham
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