Missouri Crop Report and College Debate Preview
The April 1910 crop report notes March weather aided farm progress though wheat suffered from cold sleet and dryness with state conditions at 67.5 on wheat and 77.4 on rye. Prospects for peaches look strong at 66.9, oats acreage rises, and debates with Texas begin April 30 at the University of Missouri over income tax. Orville Zimmerman and E W Clausen will defend Missouri. If a new league with Nebraska Iowa Illinois Minnesota forms this may end Texas debates.
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T. C. Wilson
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Missouri
Timothy
Texas
Unity of Missouri
Columbia
University of Texas
University of Missouri
Orville Zimmerman
E. W. Clausen
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley Land and Industrial Congress Planned
John H Curran and Dr Wm P Cutler organize the Mississippi Valley Land and Industrial congress to meet in Ironton on May 24 25 under Gov Hadley and the immigration commission. Rail rates across Missouri and neighboring states are arranged to attract homeseekers and showcase Missouri resources for new homes in a scenic accessible area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Curran
Missouri State Board of Immigration
Wm. P. Cutler
Mississippi Valley Land and Industrial Congress
Arcadia Valley
Gov. Hadley
Immigration Commission
Ironton
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
Nebraska
Kansas
The
Mississippi Valley
Congress
Rockwood to Join Wentworth Faculty as Captain
C A Rockwood a Missouri senior and cadet colonel will join Wentworth Military Academy Lexington as a faculty member next fall. He will hold the rank of captain. Rockwood acted as yell leader at the Missouri Kansas football game in Kansas City on Thanksgiving day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Rockwood
College of Arts and Science
University of Missouri
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Rockwood
Kansas City
Mad Dog Attacks Four in Marceline. Dog Killed
A mad dog bit four people in Marceline before being overtaken and killed. The head was sent to the Missouri University at Columbia for rabies testing. Many other dogs were bitten in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marceline
Missouri University At Columbia
Hailstorm Devastates Northwest Missouri Crops
Reports from Barnard describe the worst hail storm in the region. Three inch hailstones shattered plate glass and stripped bloom from fruit trees, ruining the crop in northwest Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Missouri
Ideal Newspaper School at Missouri Warns for Journalistic Training
The Boston Globe column praises the University of Missouri journalism program. It lauds practical teaching teaching accuracy detail recognition of news and readiness for newsroom work.
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Boston Globe
University of Missouri
Burglars Hit Webb City Pool Hall Safe
Burglars stole a 4000 pound safe from Richard Jenkins pool hall in Webb City then hauled it two miles into the country on a wagon and blew it open with nitro glycerin. They escaped with 152 dollars in cash three watches and multiple checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jenkins
Webb City
Missouri Alumni Targeted In Constitution Amendment Drive
An initiative to submit a Missouri constitution amendment to voters next fall is being mailed to 2,500 University of Missouri alumni and ex-students statewide. The proposed amendment would impose a state tax of three cents on each 100 dollars of value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
University of Missouri
Murder Found In Carroll County Home
Lloyd Standley a young farmer discovered the body of George W. Smith a 70 year old man who lived alone in his bed with two deep head wounds and a severed throat. Smith had sold mules recently and was paid with a $615 check which is believed to have been cashed. Standley entered the house after finding the door wired shut from the outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Lloyd Standley
George W. Smith
Smith
Soldier Who Couldn't Walk Fights in Civil War
John Henry Griffin aged 70 died in Macon while preparing to drive his buggy downtown. Paralyzed from infancy by a disease he learned to ride and enlisted in Col. Bevier's regiment for Price's army. He rode the firing line at Lexington Lone Jack and Wilsons Creek firing his carbine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Griffin
Macon
Robert Bevier
Price
Lexington
Lone Jack
Wilson’s Creek
Campaign Aims to Raise 3000 for YMCA Furniture Debt
A drive will seek 3000 dollars to clear the remaining indebtedness on the University YMCA of Columbia. The new building, costing 60000 dollars and completed last fall, is paid for, but 3000 dollars for furniture and fixtures remains unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Young Men’s Christian Association of Columbia
Bank clearings in March set new record in Kansas City
Kansas City bank clearings for March reached $247,589,066, the highest on record and $28.5 million above March 1909, an 18.4 percent rise. The prior peak month was just under $245,000,000 in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St Louis Conference Meets Eldorado Springs Session
The forty second session of the St Louis annual conference was held in Eldorado Springs with a large attendance. Bishop Lewis of China presided after the death of Bishop Spellmeyer. Perry E Pierce of Warrensburg was re elected secretary and W D Sidman of Marionville re elected statistical secretary. Frederick Getty of Kansas City was elected treasurer.
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St. Louis
Eldorado Springs
Lewis
China
Spellmeyer
Perry E. Pierce
Warrensburg
W. D. Sidman
Marionville
Frederick Getty
Kansas City
Alumni Campaign Formed for Missouri Direct Tax Plan
A committee of University of Missouri alumni will manage the drive to secure 20,000 signatures for a direct tax amendment petition. The effort seeks voter approval next fall to place University funding on a direct tax basis.
Jackson County Farms Change Hands In Two Major Sales
John C. Gage of Kansas City sold a 400 acre farm near Pleasant Hill to G. W. Tucker of Independence for 32000 dollars. John Moore sold a 502 acre farm four miles west of Pleasant Hill for about 40000 dollars to Albert Foraker of Twin Falls Idaho.
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Jackson County
John C. Gage
Kansas City
Pleasant Hill
G. W. Tucker
Independence
John Moore
Albert Foraker
Twin Falls
Idaho
Ghetto Jews Storm Closed Shops For Meat In St Louis
Five thousand women and children from the 20,000 Jews in St Louis Ghetto, subsisting on kosher meat, rushed four shops left open after 42 were closed and fought to gain entry and buy meat at any price demanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri Dean Walter Williams Named Fellow of British Institute
Walter Williams dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism is made a Fellow by the British Institute of Journalists. He delivered an address before the institute at Plymouth England last August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Williams
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
British Institute of Journalists
Williams
Plymouth
England
Joplin Mine Mill Burned In Grace Ping Site Fire
A hot bearing in top machinery sparked a fire that destroyed the Grace Ping mine mill two miles north of Joplin. Loss estimated between 15000 and 20000 dollars.
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Joplin
Death of Dr Adcock's Wife Stuns Warrensburg
The wife of Dr J A B Adcock of Warrensburg and longtime secretary of the state board of health died at St Joseph's Hospital from the effects of a ailment. The report notes her role during Gov Folk's administration.
Senate to Limit Cold Storage Time on Perishables
Washington report says the senate cost of living committee backs a one year limit on using cold storage to hold or raise prices for perishable foods. Chairman Lodge introduced a bill to enact the recommendation after testimony that a time limit could stabilize or reduce prices. The Agriculture Department’s investigation supports the committee view though not yet finished.
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Washington, D. C
Tis
Senate
Cost of Living
Lodge
Department of Agriculture
Brothers of Different Parties Open House Oath Moment
In Washington Democrats applaud as Eugene M. Foss of Massachusetts and his Republican brother Representative Foss of Illinois escort the new member to take the oath after succeeding the late Lovering. The scene includes their mother in the front row with both daughters-in-law beside her.
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Washington, D. C
House
Eugene M. Foss
Massachusetts
Representative Foss
Illinois
Mr. Lovering
Benevolent Church to Build $250000 Kansas City Hospital
The National Benevolent Association plans a $250000 hospital in Kansas City, plus homes for orphans and the elderly. Subscriptions total $130000 with two site offers valued at $50000, but no site chosen until full funding is secured.
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Kansas City
Missouri
National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church
Pittsburg
Canal Celebration in 1915 Conference in New Orleans
Hundreds of representatives from Louisiana towns meet to discuss holding an exposition in New Orleans in 1915 to celebrate the completion of the Panama canal.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
The Worst Imaginable Bread Exposed by Dr Wiley
Dr Harvey W Wiley told a Housekeepers' alliance meeting that American bread is at a low ebb and harms stomachs. He criticized bakers bread made from poor flour and adulterated in the final product, calling it practically uncooked and unfermented for consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harvey W Wiley
America
Wiley
Housekeepers’ Alliance
Western Canada grain boom fuels optimistic outlook
Canada wide business buoyancy rides on strong crop yields and rising grain prices. In Alberta's Lethbridge district, steam and gasoline outfits churn night and day to seed fields, while farmers work around the clock. Projections foresee a vast wheat expanse by August with robust demand, and 1909 grain output setting a high benchmark for future growth, despite occasional market snags and skeptics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta
Child’s witty remark on age for evening dress
A five year old asked if her mother looked nearly 40. The mother confirmed aging, and the child replied that she would look older tomorrow morning, prompting a lighthearted judge’s remark about appearances changing with time.
Resinol Proves Remedy for Pruritus and Skin Ailments
A Philadelphia user testifies Resinol cured pruritus vulvae that resisted other remedies. The product also relieved a severe eczema case, delivering rapid relief. The testimonial calls Resinol indispensable to this day and generation.
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F. C. Imes
Philadelphia
Call for Cough Drops From Maritania King
A humorous Tit-Bits line depicts the king of Maritania desperate for money and a treasury guardian lamenting empty coffers as satire on royal finanical woes.
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Maritania
Baltimore Ohio Railroad Bans Women from Work
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad announces it will employ no more women in any railroad duties. Management reasons that men or boys can handle office and other tasks more effectively.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Packer Hearings to Be Resumed in Missouri
Jefferson City Missouri Attorney General Major served notice on Frank Hagerman of Kansas City general at torney for the packing houses under fire in Missouri that testimony will be resumed April 18.
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Packer
Jefferson City
Missouri
Major
Frank Hagerman
Kansas City
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Grand Rapids, Mich
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Spohn Medical CO
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Indes U
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LA Salle County
Artesian Well
Artesia Land Association
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Common Sense
Soneare
Sinclair- Allen-Mfg.,inc
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