Missouri legislature wrestles with tax reform and revenue
In Jefferson City Mo the legislature faces a critical sprint to adjourn by May 8 to 15 with most major bills stalled in the senate. The piece notes tax reform and increased state revenue as urgent while listing enacted items such as suffrage, court reforms and salaries, and warns of potential overappropriations without swift action. It highlights measures affecting clerks pay in St Louis licensing, militia pensions, and a welcome home resolution for soldiers returning from Europe.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
McCulough-Morgan
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Kruptcy
Democratic Senate
Republican House
State Tax Commission
Dirt Road Bill Passes House With $3 Million Highway Plan
The House approved a measure to distribute more than 3 million dollars of state funds for grading a state highway system. The bill authorizes 60 thousand dollars per county for 50 miles of road, with a 5 thousand dollar a year superintendent and engineers. Governor Gardner expected to sign after near unanimous Senate passage.
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Jefferson City
McCullough
House
Davidson
Eigel
Weber
St. Louis
Edwards
Dunklin County
Senate
Gardner
Morgan
A. W. Graham
John R. Malang
Jasper County
Senate judiciary committee backs Wagner bill for St. Louis board
A favorable Senate judiciary report favors the Wagner bill creating a three member commission for the St. Louis board of appeals. The measure, engrossed in the House, aims to ease docket congestion years behind. Commission members will be court appointees with salaries equal to judges.
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Senate Committee On Judiciary
St. Louis Board of Appeals
House
Legislature Passes Three More Children’s Code Measures
The house approved three additional children’s code bills by a large margin. One bill makes contributing to a child’s delinquency a misdemeanor. Another licenses and supervises maternity hospitals and infant and child boarding houses under the state board of charities and corrections.
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State Board of Charities and Corrections
Senate considers Livesay bill on vital records
As the senate adjourned it reviewed the Livesay measure requiring state board of health registration of marriages divorces and adoptions. The bill would raise the marriage license fee from one dollar to two dollars and introduces new divorce record provisions.
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Senate
State Board of Health
Capitol grounds and interior mural funds approved
The house passed a bill appropriating 50000 dollars for capitol grounds improvements including terrace work along the Missouri River bank. A separate bill appropriates 100000 dollars for interior mural decorations in the new capitol.
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Capitol
Missouri River
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri House Passes War Memorial Bill
The house approved a memorial bill providing $116000 with $1000 to each county if matched locally, for tablets or buildings to honor soldiers of the great war. The same session also appropriated $25000 for a memorial in France to Missouri soldiers.
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St. Louis
Board of Aldermen
France
Missouri
Benton Appointed to Confederate Soldiers' Home Board
Governor Gardner named former Congressman M. E. Benton of Neosho Newton County to the board of Managers of the Confederate Soldiers' Home at Higginsville. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of John A. Woods of Fayette Howard County.
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Benton
Bearch
Gardner
M. E. Benton
Neosho
Newton County
Confederate Soldiers
Higginsville
John A. Woods
Fayette
Howard County
Tax Commission Abolished in House Vote
The general assembly passed a bill to abolish the state tax commission by a 99 to 25 vote. The measure lowers the state tax levy to 10 cents per $100 and requires property to be assessed at true value, restoring the state auditor as secretary of the board.
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Missouri
Tax Commission
Assembly
House
Wilson
Henry County
State Tax Commission
Farris
I Mys
Notable American Valor in France Tally
The piece highlights gallant acts by American soldiers in France that earned the Distinguished Service Cross. General Pershing’s staff selected these notable cases from thousands of awards now on the official record of the American Expeditionary Forces.
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France
Pershing
First Lieutenant George S. Robb Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
First Lieutenant George S. Robb of the 369th Infantry earned the Distinguished Service Cross near Sechault France on September 29 and 30. He remained with his platoon after severe wounds, led at night, and despite multiple injuries continued to command, inspiring his men with courage and resolve. His home is 308 South Twelfth Street, Salina, Kansas.
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Sechault
France
Lieut
Robb
South Twelfth Street
Salina
Kan
Army Lt Lynch wins Distinguished Service Cross in France
Second Lieutenant Andrew B. Lynch of the 110th Infantry earned the Distinguished Service Cross for valor near Apremont France on September 29 1918. While moving 37 mm gun crews he organized five men attacked killed 15 enemy soldiers freed a captured officer then led 75 men in a counter attack driving the enemy back over a kilometer. Lynch is married and his wife lives at 2446 Franklin Street Philadelphia PA.
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110Th Infantry
Lynch
Apremont
France
Franklin Street
Philadelphia
Private Frank Gaffney of 108th Infantry Wins DSC
Private First Class Frank Gaffney of Company G, 108th Infantry, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry near Roussoy France on September 29 1918. An automatic rifleman he advanced alone after his squad fell, killed an enemy crew captured a machine gun bombed dugouts and held the position until reinforcements arrived. Eighty prisoners were captured. Gaffney's home is Lockport New York and his father Wilber Gaffney resides on Chapel Street.
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Gaffney
Roussoy
France
Lockport
N. Y
Wilber Gaffney
Chapel Street
Private Farrell Gallantly Charged Machine Gun Nest
John J. Farrell private Company 8 354th Infantry earned a decoration for conspicuous gallantry near Remonville France on November 1 1918. He left his unit under heavy fire and crawled to a machine gun nest bayoneted the gun crew after which the advance continued though he was severely wounded. Home in Patterson New Jersey.
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354Th Infantry
Farrell
Remonville
France
Cathe Tsa
Paternon, N. J
Sergeant Mestrovitch Earns Decorations for Bravery
Sergeant Mestrovitch of Company C 11th Infantry received decoration for saving his company commander. He faced danger as the captain lay wounded thirty yards ahead after the unit withdrew to cover. The action displayed conspicuous bravery under fire.
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11Th Infantry
Sergt
Mestrovitch
Atong
Fresno Hero Sergt Mestrovitch Rescued Officer Under Fire
Sergt Mestrovitch crawled under heavy fire to reach an officer wounded in action. He carried the officer back to safety and administered first aid, his actions credited with saving the officer's life. Mestrovitch hailed from Fresno, California.
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Mestrovitch
Sergt
Sergi. ‘Mestrovitch
Fresno
Cal
Corporal Brandt Receives Distinguished Service Cross
Corporal Brandt of Company E 168th Infantry, from Postville Iowa, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for guiding his company to safety while wounded near Verdun October 16 1918. He died from his wounds the following day after aiding the retreat under heavy shell fire.
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Brandt
W. F. Brandt
Postville
Iowa
Verdun
France
Cote de Chatillon
Sergeant Reider Waaler Heroic Rescue Near Roussoy France
Sergeant Reider Waaler of the 105th Machine Gun Battalion earned a gallantry decoration for bravery on September 27, 1918 near Roussoy France. Under heavy fire he crawled to a burning British tank to rescue two crew members and then returned to search for any others, ensuring no one remained alive. His home address is Noretrand Norway.
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Waaler
Roussoy
France
Noretrand
Norway
Kentucky Sargeant Sandlin Heroic Actions In France 1918
Sergeant Sandlin earned a battlefield decoration for conspicuous gallantry at Bois De Forges France on September 26 1918 He advanced alone on a machine gun nest silencing it with a grenade and later neutralized two more nests Daring acts inspired his unit His brother Johnnie Sandlin resides in Hayden Kentucky.
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Sergeant Sandlin
Bois de Forges
France
Sandlin
Johnnie Sandlin
Hayden
Kentucky
Peck Receives Medal for Valor in Argonne Forest
Archie A Peck private of Company A 307th Infantry earned the Medal for conspicuous gallantry in France October 6 1918. Wounded with two comrades he returned to救 bring in the wounded aided by another soldier who was killed. Peck persisted under heavy machine gun fire and safeBring both men to shelter. Home in Hornell New York.
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Peck
Argonne Forest
France
Hornell
N. Y
Private Charles D. Barger Earned Distinguished Service Cross
Private Charles D. Barger of Company L 254th Infantry received the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry near Bois de Bantheville France on October 1 1918. He and a fellow stretcher bearer made two perilous patrols 500 yards beyond line under heavy fire to rescue two officers. His uncle Henry S. McFeron resides in Stott City Mississippi.
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Barger
Bois de Bantheville
France
No Man's Land
Henry S. McFeron
Stott City
Miss
Corporal Walter S. Sevalia Heroic Meuse Crossing
Corporal Walter S. Sevalia of Co F 7th Engineers earned decoration for bravery in action near Breuilles France on November 3 1918. He swam the Meuse with a cable for a pontoon bridge under heavy fire and later laid another cable over the Est canal under enemy machine guns. His home is Brule Wisconsin.
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Coral Sevalia
Breuilles
France
Sevalia
Meuse
Est Canal
Sevalin
Brule
Wis
Private ALPHEUS E. STEWART Distinction for heroism in battle
Private ALPHEUS E. STEWART of Company G 107th Infantry earned the Distinguished War Cross for charging an enemy machine gun nest and destroying it with a grenade moments before being killed by fire from a second nest. He was from Jordanton Texas.
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107Th Infantry
Stewart
Fie
Jordanton
Tex
Granddaughter of Polk Dies in France Widow of Noted General Charette
Baroness Charette born in Nashville and widow of General Charette died at her chateau in Brittany. She influenced European court life and was linked to the Bourbon family through her husband. Her son married Susanne Henning of Louisville and New York, making the Marquis de la Charette a Nashville lineage member.
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Baroness Charette
President Polk
General Charette
Old South
Europe
Louisville Courier-Journal
Nashville
Tenn
de la Basse-Motte
Brittany
Aosta
Orleans
Montpensier
Pius IX
Rome
Italy
Castel Fiordo
Charette
Montana
France
Germany
Fitzjames
James II
England
Belle
United States
Setting Fashion Rule Fur Coats Dominate Mild Winter
The piece notes an unusual winter with many fur coats on the street, a fashion trend that ignores practicality. It observes women in fur daily despite mild weather and airily suggests fashion drives comfort, with a witty quip about fur being worn year round.
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Russia
Greenland
Hair pricing and fashion drive French women from native styles
Hair at twenty dollars an ounce alters French peasant dress as women abandon close fitting headgear. Rural adoption of the tawny style preserves natural blond plaits, while the disappearance of Chinese hair reduces availability of cheaper switches and tails.
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France
Demon Ram pursues Uncle Bill Bottletop in reticent exchange
A terse dialogue depicts Uncle Bill Bottletop addressing a fear of the Demon Ram. He admits the demon haunts him but cannot act due to lack of money, while the other character claims concern over the Ram's looming influence.
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Uncle Bill Bottletop
Myrt Queries Summer Swim Skills At The Beach
The note asks Myrt if she learned to swim during last summer at the beach. It presents a casual inquiry about swimming progress and memories of the season.
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Myrt
Household Hint Mismatch in Dining Room Tease
A reader notes Albert should view Mr Brown's new dining room set for his wife, remarking it would match wall paper with a play on class and taste. The line reflects comic household humor and social quirk.
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Albert
Getting it Straight Heiress Hand For Life Quote
A witty line contrasts marriage as a life commitment with the view that it should be a living. A social quip about status and financial dependence appears in a humorous context. The remark reflects attitudes toward marriage and money in the era.
Boschee's Syrup Promises Cough and Lung Relief
Advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup as quelling coughs easing sore throat and lung inflammation. It claims a fifty two year American pedigree and notes benefits for lung trouble asthma croup and bronchitis aiding natural health and rest.
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America
Found it High How did you find the medicine prescribed for you yesterday
A quoted exchange notes a patient asking how the prescribed medicine was found and the doctor responding that it was rather expensive. The line emphasizes cost concerns in medical treatment.
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St.Louis
Ee Gion
Oun Eike
Bill Pasees
Court of Appeals
America’s Immortals
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369Th Infantry
Andrew B. Lynch
Frank. Gaffney
108Th Infantry
John J. Farrell
James J. Mestrovitch
Arthur F. Brandt
Co. E
168Th Infantry
Willie Sandlin
132Nd Infantry
Archie’ A. Peck
307Th Infantry
Charles D. Barger
254Th Infantry
Walter S&s. Sevalia, Corporal
7Th Engineers
Alpheus E. Stewart
Baroness “Charette
Nashville Belle
Famous Soldier
Peruna
Boschee’s Syrup
Helmey
Dean's
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Geo. J. McCabe
Bubby
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