The New Missouri Law and Political Debate
Friday November 29 1869 report examines Missouri’s new election law favoring major parties, potential court challenge, and implications for third parties. It covers Hoar’s Republican platform points on equality education pure elections wage standards protectionism and anti polygamy while noting Ohio Democratic victory and figures like McLean Myers and Payne in context of Standard Oil politics. The piece frames ongoing political drama with emphasis on party principles and public sentiment toward reform and accountability.
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Missouri
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Hoarax
Republican Party
Individua
Ohio
Standard Oil
Payne
McLean
Allen A. Myer
Myers
United States Senate
Allen O. Myers
Uses of Photography Value to Scientists and Militaries
Photography expands across science and war from microscopy to astronomy with historic milestones from Draper to Foucault. It enables mapping stars, tracking sunspots, and photographing eclipses, while also aiding ballistics studies and reconnaissance with balloon and gun-camera techniques.
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Lick Observatory
Draper
Foucault
Paris
Bond
Harvard College
Busch
Koenigsberg
Schuster
Lockyer
Henry Draper
Arcturus
Alaebara
Maria Mitchell
Crimea
Ssep
Eiffel Tower
Marey
Army
Navy
Lieeuitenant Reed
United States Army
Berlin
Treeson
Fred
J. Wells Cunaiposy
Harper's Magazine
Revival of the apron fashion gains practical style
A New York Tribune excerpt notes aprons reviving as stylish, useful garments. It describes black silk brocade, white scrim with drawn work, and a pocketed work apron in India silk with ribboned pockets. The piece emphasizes practicality over mere kitchen use and cites housewives embracing dainty, womanly designs.
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N. Y
Underground rivers spark future water boom in arid Australia
A macmillan's magazine account reports discoveries of subterranean streams in Australia's dry interior. Bores at Kerribree have carved channels and a permanent river, suggesting vast, inexhaustible underground water stores. With more pumping and regular rainfall, the continent could support a larger population and even the equator might be contented.
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Australia
Australian
England
Kerribree
Maacmillan
A Doctor's Peculiar Birthday Visitor in St Louis
An odd Chicagoan visits St Louis yearly to mark his birthday and appears on dispensary rolls on that date. He has broken a left ankle, a left shoulder blade, and recently a bullet wound from a pistol misfire. He mused that perhaps he should quit visiting for his birthday, as misfortune follows each trip.
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Ilinois
St. Louis
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United States
Wright, Schneider & Stuttz
J. W. Ewing
Sec
Y. Alma Michign
Howeve
Miller Bros. Stevens & Son
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