Missouri notes from Jefferson City and beyond
Attorney General Gentry informs St Louis grand jury his investigation is complete and suits will proceed with Rutherford cases. Sheriff Kuester of Osage County jailed six months for peace disturbance. drought claims heavy damage across multiple towns. A historical exhibit tours central Missouri while Keith McCause discusses inviting Henry Ford to visit the Ozarks.
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Jefferson City
Gentry
Grand Jury
St. Louis
Baker
Rutherford
Wayne Ely
Hill
Kirkaville
Floyd Shoemaker
Missouri Historical Society
Missouri
Boone
Callaway
Dole
Cooper
Saline
Howard
Randolph
Fair
Northeast Missouri Teachers’ College
Columbia
Fulton
Boonville
Arrow Rock
Fayette
Moberly
Keith McCause
McCause
Iron Mountain
Poplar Bluff
Roy Whitmer
James Whitmer
Black River
Waterworks Park
Festus
Nettie Davis Brickey
Frank W. Brickey
Norville W. Brickey
Jefferson County
Frank C. Brickey
Paul Brickey
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Raymond Brickey
Springfield
Callaway County
Glendale Martin
St. Louis County
Martin
Antony and Cleopatra’s World Shatters in Tragic Ends
The piece recounts Marc Antony’s rise through Rome’s ranks and his close bond with Caesar, his defiance of Octavius, and his doomed romance with Cleopatra. It covers battles near Actium, the Cleopatra-Antony alliance, Antony’s suicide, Cleopatra’s death by snake bite, and Antony’s death at fifty three.
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Antony
Julius Caesar
Alexander
Cleopatra
Rome
Gaul
Caesar
Pompey
Senate
Italy
Cicero
Octavius
Brutus
Cassius
Egypt
Ptolemy
Alexandria
Octavia
Augustus
Actium
Marc Antony
B. C
Individuality in Home Building by Good Designing
William A. Radford offers free design guidance to readers, arguing individuality in houses matches personality. The article praises a simple frame cottage with careful proportion, exterior detailing, and a compact interior plan featuring five rooms, a bath, and built in kitchen with pantry to maximize utility and minimize labor.
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W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
United States Becomes Nation of Home Owners
A discussion arguing the U S should promote home ownership as a core democratic virtue. It calls for leaders to build affordable homes with partial payment plans, urging bankers and businesspeople to encourage ownership and linking ownership to reliability and patriotic duty.
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United States
Land of Home Owners
Provident
Colors Blended for Roof Shingles Create Varied Effects
The article notes that shingles in mixed colors such as red green gray or others can be laid without a fixed design, producing varied and attractive varicolored roof appearances.
How to Keep Well Kidney Health and Bright's Disease
The kidneys filter waste from the body and regulate water through the blood to the bladder. Bright's disease refers to kidney conditions with swelling and albumen in urine, but many other kidney diseases exist from abscesses to stones and poisonings.
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Bright
Richard Bright
Keeping the Eyelids Clean Instructive Eye Care Note
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union health piece explains eyelid function and common infections. It outlines causes of styes and chalazia, proper hygiene, and home care including washing hands and eyelids, and uses conjunctivitis to describe bloodshot eyes.
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Western Newspaper Union
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helped Woman Regain Health
In Cleveland Ohio Mrs M Briessinger weight 98 pounds after childbirth. A doctor advised another baby. she miscarried health. After four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she weighed 116 pounds and can do housework again. The ad touts health as priceless and credits the product with dramatic improvement.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia’ E. Pinkham
Advertising blurb for laundry aid and dresses
A brief ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue for brighter baby dresses and laundry. It notes Gill and Dill quotes about circus jobs and invites readers to try the product, promising availability at all good grocers.
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Baby
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Missouri News Nuggets
Louisiana
Pike County
Otis Smith Hospital Association
Otis Smith
New York
Sedalia
Sedalia Chautauqua Association
Ira E. Melton
Pr. J. KB Cannady
K. J. Boyer
R. F. Harris
Paul Ingram
America
Democracy
Lincoln
Frederick R. Green
Health
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn N. We
Harold Somers
Dill
Gill
Lord Bacon
Atwater
Kent
Ford
Atwater Kent Manufacturing Co
Atwater Kent
Wissahickon Ave
Philadelphia
Atwater Kent Radio
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