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President Wilson vows state rights stance and presses tariff revision at Congress. Joint session sees his eight minute message, while Connecticut ratifies the direct senate election. Funding floods aid, naval pay corps, Progressive party growth, and global protests color a busy Washington scene.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
Champ Clark
James R. Mann
Victor Murdock
Ways and Means
Belgium strike prep prompts cross nation labor flight and fear
Reports show Belgian workers sending children abroad as a nationwide strike nears. English manufacturers anticipate lower riff rates in the United States while aviation fatalities and political shocks ripple across Europe.
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The
United States
Missouri Crop Outlook Brightens for Season Says State Board
The Missouri State Board of Agriculture reports favorable conditions across crops on April 1. Wheat shows record prospects with minimal winterkill, oats near 98 percent acreage, corn 28 percent plowed for the new crop, and fruit outlook near historic highs with apples and peaches praised for strong conditions.
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Missouri
T. C. Wilson
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Victim on Altar of Science: Missouri Cow Dead
Josephine the cow once world record holder for milk yield is dead at eleven years old. The dairy department of the college of agriculture killed her to obtain scientific data on her productiveness. At peak she produced 26,861 pounds of milk in a year.
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Missouri
Josephine
Dairy Department
College of Agriculture
Missourian Missing in Flood After Telegram
A telegram to Dr. S. W. Wright of Springfield reports George Aman, son-in-law of the doctor, missing since leaving his Dayton employer during last week floods. Aman registered in a Troy hotel. his baggage remains there. He is a traveling salesman with a wife and several children in Springfield.
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Dayton
S. W. Wright
Springfield
George Aman
Troy
Money in Her Clothes Surprises Illinois Burial Scene
Aged Mrs. George Rains of near Urbana Dallas county died suddenly. Attendants uncovered large sums sewn in her clothing including a chest pad pose that was a roll of bills and currency in four pockets. Her underskirt was padded and quilted with gold. The widow lived with her son and is believed to have kept the money since the Civil War.
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George Rains
Urbana
Dallas County
Willis Cline Found Guilty of Killing Ike Satterfield
Willis Cline was found guilty of murder in the Dallas county circuit court at Buffalo for killing Ike Satterfield. Jurors could not agree on the punishment and differed on the degree of murder.
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Willis Cline
Ike Satterfield
Dallas County
Buffalo
Cline
Coal car victim identified in Kansas City incident
The body of a 20 year old man found crushed under machinery in a Missouri Pacific coal car in Kansas City has been identified as John Butler of Appleton City Missouri.
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Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
John Butler
Appleton City
Danger In Tubercular Milk Sparks Missouri Alarm
Mis souri faces a rapid rise in bovine tuberculosis affecting people. Cities like Sedalia Hannibal Springfield Kirkwood Warrensburg and Independence adopt dairies testing laws. Dr Samuel Sheldon plans further bulletins and tests as he visits Springfield to test 4000 cows after condemning 376 from St Joseph last year.
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Missouri
Sedalia
Hannibal
Springfield
Kirkwood
Warrensburg
Independence
Samuel Sheldon
Kansas City
W. E. Harrington
Board of Health of
St. Joseph
Kentucky
Doctor Sheldon
Storm From a Train Sees Tornado Strike Along Route
Forty passengers and crew on the Alton Red Flyer describe a tornado sighting from the car windows as the train moved from Sturgeon to Larrabee. The funnel cloud lifted houses and outbuildings before the train was delayed by an overturned freight near Larrabee and rerouted to St. Louis via the Wabash.
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Alton Railroad
Red Flyer
Sturgeon
Larrabee
St. Louis
Wabash
Planck elected first vice president of Gate City Bank
W. B. Planck formerly of Jefferson City is elected first vice president of Gate City National Bank in Kansas City. He began banking at Bethany Savings Bank in Missouri, served ten years as cashier, then joined John E. Swanger in the banking department. He became deputy bank commissioner under Swanger, held the post four years, retiring February 1.
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W. B. Planck
Jefferson City
Gate City National Bank of
Kansas City
Mr. Planck
Bethany Savings Bank
Bethany
John E. Swanger
Planck
Swanger
Mule Brings Record Price in Tarkio Sale
Ed ward Rankin sold a mammoth jack weighing 1200 pounds for $1 a pound totaling $1200. purchaser was J. S. Smith of Colloway, Nebraska. It marked the highest price ever paid in Tarkio for a mule.
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Edward Rankin
J. S. Smith
Colloway, Neb
Peach buds survive cold wave in Koshkonong orchards
Damage to Elberta peaches in the Brandsville district shows about ten percent of fruit killed by a recent cold snap. Despite the loss, trees remain heavily budded and a tremendous crop is predicted if no further frosts occur this spring.
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Elberta
Koshkonong Brandsville
North St Joseph Property Owners Rally Against Park Plan
Property owners in North St Joseph oppose the new park and boulevard project and announce plans to recall Mayor Charles A. Pfeiffer.
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North St. Joseph
St. Joseph
Virginia Native Elizabeth Bolton Dies in Sedalia
Mrs Elizabeth Bolton aged 53 a native of Virginia is reported dead in Sedalia. The notice provides her age origin and location of death with no further details.
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Elizabeth Bolton
Virginia
Sedalia
Veteran Conductor J B Hungerford Dies in Sedalia
J B Hungerford aged 68, longtime Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger conductor, died at the company hospital in Sedalia. He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors and leaves a widow.
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Sedalia
J. B. Hungerford
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Granite Pony Express Memorial Unveiled in St. Joseph Park
A large granite shaft memorial honoring Pony Express riders was unveiled in Patee Park in St. Joseph. The gift was presented to the city by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Pony Express
Patee Park
St. Joseph
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Civil War Veteran Theodore S. Coss Dies in Hannibal at 72
Theodore S. Coss, a Civil War veteran who fought at Pea Ridge under General Curtis and helped drive Price from Springfield to the Boston Mountains, died in Hannibal at age 72.
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Theodore S. Coss
Pea Ridge
General Curtis
Price
Springfield
Boston Mountains
Hannibal
Langeley to Be Warsaw Postmaster
Ceceemennee Hamin settles postmaster controversy by announcing support for W R Langeley a local merchant in Warsaw as postmaster.
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Langeley
Warsaw
Ceceemennee Hamin
W.R. Langeley
Fulton Road District Lets Gravel Contract Covering Fourteen Miles
Commissioners of the Fulton road district have let the contract for graveling several main roads. The project will cover about fourteen miles in the district and cost roughly $230,000.
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Fulton Road
Lee's Summit Plans Summer Chautauqua Officials Named
Lee's Summit prepares a summer chautauqua with officers J. R. McMurray as president Frederick Dryden as vice president Frank C. Lewis as secretary and W. A. Lacy as treasurer.
Heavy April Snowstorm Paralyzes Omaha Rail Traffic
Omaha reports the heaviest spring snowstorm on record with six to twelve inches of wet snow hampering railroad traffic for 36 hours. The Missouri River near Omaha rose two and a half feet in one night and neared danger levels as rain and snow fell across the valley threatening downstream towns.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Warning Issued To Mexican Forces At Naco Border
Brigadier General Bliss reports to the War Department that repeated Mexican bullets into American territory prompted a warning to both Constitutionalists and Federal forces at Naco. He says commanders pledged to curb cross border fire to prevent further complaints.
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Washington, D. C
Bliss
War Department
Naco
Mex
Funeral in Rowboats for Rev. George R. Flowers
In Columbus Kentucky a funeral procession of skiffs carried the body of Rev. George R. Flowers through flooded streets. Because his home sits under several feet of water the body was lowered from a second story window into a boat before services at a friend’s hilltop home.
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Columbus
George R. Flowers
Flowers
Got the land he killed for
Henry Seigler, now on death row in the state penitentiary for the murder of W A Stanford, won the Wichita Mountain claim in a contest over the same land. The dispute pitted rival claimants from two families who lived within fifteen feet of each other. Seigler claimed self defense at trial.
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Lawton
Henry Seigler
State Penitentiary
W. A. Stanford
Wichita Mountain
Stanford
Seigler
Frisco Train Wreck Near Golden City injures several
Springfield Mo Frisco train No 102 bound for Kansas City derailed three miles east of Golden City. The smoking car and a first class coach turned over injuring an unknown man seriously and several others slightly. The track was torn up for some distance and doctors from Golden City treated the injured.
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Springfield
Frisco
Kansas City
Golden City
Heavy Snow Hits Nebraska and South Dakota
One of the heaviest snows of the winter fell over northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota. In Norfolk the snow is five inches deep on the level and heavier to the north. Train schedules are demoralized.
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Nebraska
South Dakota
Norfolk
Neb
Death at West Duluth steel plant tour observed by governor
Edward Patterson former commissioner of St. Louis County collapsed and died during a visit by Governor Eberhart and a group of railroad officials at the United States steel plant in West Duluth Minnesota.
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Duluth
Minn
Eberhart
United States Steel
West Duluth
Edward Patterson
St. Louis County
Snow Ends After Denver Receives Foot-Deep Fall
A large snowstorm dropped nearly a foot on Denver Colorado delaying activities but with no cold snap or reported suffering. Roads remained passable and residents prepared for continued wintry conditions.
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Colorado
Denver
Ammonia Boiler Explosion Kills Four Workers
Four workmen died when an ammonia boiler exploded in Pessacola Florida scattering about two thousand gallons of ammonia. Firefighters entering the wrecked building were overcome by fumes.
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Pessacola
Fla
Farmer Elza Jones killed when coat caught in flywheel
Elza Jones, a Joliet area farmer, died at Plainfield after his coat tangled in a flywheel. He was pulled around by the wheel and struck the concrete floor with his head on each revolution.
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Joliet, II
Elza Jones
Plainfield
Waters-Pierce Buys Laura Hutton Eighty In Cushing
The Waters-Pierce Oil Company paid 480000 dollars for eighty acres in the Cushing oil field, a record sale by acreage in Oklahoma. The deal involves the Laura Hutton property as the centerpiece of the transaction.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Laura Hutton
Cushing Field
Testimonial for Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Helps Adrian Woman
Miss Jessie Marsh of Adrian Texas credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of painful cramps chills sickness and hemorrhages after five doctors offered only temporary relief She gained 30 pounds and urges other suffering women to seek guidance from the Pinkham firm in Lynn Massachusetts with confidential answers from a woman.
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Adrian
Texas
Lydia B. Pinkam
Pinkham
Jessie Marsh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Resinol Soap and Ointment Advertise Cure for Itching
A testimonial from Adolph Schoen of Brooklyn claims Resinol Soap and Ointment cured weeks of eczema and itching. The ad touts relief after application and notes the products are prescribed by physicians for eighteen years with samples available and retail prices.
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Adolph Schoen
Shepherd Ave
Brooklyn
Dept. &K
Resinol
Baltimore
Farms for sale and rent and alfalfa seed ad
BEEDS Alfalfa six dollars timothy blue grass cane two dollars sweet clover nine dollars. Farms for sale and rent on crop payments. J Mulhall Soo City Iowa. The wife of a shiftless man excuses him by saying he means well. When you feel like calling a man a large to the telephone and then change your mind.
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J. Mulhall
Soo City
Better Give Up Fish and the Egg Remedy Tale
A man carries a raw egg everywhere claiming it cures fishbone in the throat. A friend asks why and the tale hints at superstition and quirky preparedness.
Easter Breakfast Quip Echoes Perseverance
John D. Rockefeller Jr. at an Easter breakfast offered a quip on perseverance. He contrasted the road to success with a caution that a hen on a porcelain egg per severes, adding a light smile to the moment.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
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