World News Highlights and Political Turmoil Across India to Washington
A whirlwind of events crosses continents from Washington storms causing deaths and ruin to political clashes in Congress over Caminetti Diggs cases and currency reform. Ambassadors brief Wilson on Huerta and currency policy, while weather bureau reform and post office changes unfold.
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McReynolds
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Republic
Wilson
Bryan
United States
Huerta
Congress
Balkan Wars Drag On Amid Global Tensions
The Balkan conflict extends with allied strikes on Turkey and infighting, costing over 350000 lives and 1% billion dollars. Foreign warships reach Shanghai. French marines land as the Japanese admiral commands the fleet. A 5 day armistice is set at a peace conference among Servia Greece Montenegro and Bulgaria. Obituaries note Maj Francis M Dawson near Afton Oklahoma and Mrs James Millikin in Decatur. A Missouri man ex IC commission examiner Cockreil dies in Millemont while a blackmail case shocks Iola Kansas.
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Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Probe Begins as Cole County Grand Jury Probes Lobby Charges
Special Cole County Grand Jury empaneled and instructed by Judge John G. Slate to investigate alleged lobbying before the last legislature and related police and insurance laws. The panel includes Thomas M. Hampton as foreman and names 12 residents, with emphasis on avoiding costly investigations.
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Cole County
John G. Slate
Iin
Slate
William Carlin
Thomas M. Hampton
Missouri Exhibit Prep For 1915 Panama Fair Under Way
J E Crumbaugh, superintendent of Missouri agricultural exhibits at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, heads preparations for the Panama exposition. The initial $100000 state appropriation funds wheat oats alfalfa clover vetch rye and other field products. Wheat varieties reach four feet eight inches in growth. alfalfa crowns exceed four feet. Fruit exhibits centered on Koshkonong peach district. University of Missouri horticulture sends jars bottles and preserved fruit. grapes likely from Herman area vineyards.
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Missouri
J. E. Crumbaugh
St. Louis
Koshkonong
Peach
Horticultural Department
University of Missouri
Herman
Undertaker George R Shafer Dies of Tetanus at Home
George R Shafer 28 an undertaker died at his Marshall home after five days illness from tetanus. He is survived by a bride of two months.
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Marshall
George R. Shafer
Marshall of
Tetanus
Thirteen Hoodoo In Sedalia Cubs Car Crash
Thirteen Sedalia Cubs members returning from Cole Camp on a Kissel motor truck were involved when the car overturned. Nine were injured including Roy Kicherpfer with severe head lacerations and shoulder injuries, Earl Evans the pitcher, and Otto Wilkerson the fielder. The vehicle was badly wrecked.
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Sedalia Cubs
Cole Camp
Roy Kicherpfer
Earl Evans
Otto Wilkerson
Pioneer Woman Emily King Dies in Callaway County
Mrs Emily King aged 74 a pioneer descendant from Kentucky to Missouri died after lying down at her home in Callaway county. Her husband and three children survive. The couple had been married fifty five years.
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Emily King
Kentucky
Missouri
Callaway County
Jasper County Veteran Captain Hunter Dies at 75
Captain James Alonzo Hunter of Asbury Jasper county longtime resident dies in a Pittsburg Kansas hospital at age 75 after serving three years in the Civil War with the Second Indiana Cavalry.
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Jasper County
James Alonzo Hunter
Asbury
Pittsburg
Kan
Hunter
Second Indiana Cavalry
Clinton Commercial Club Hosts Open House for Farmers
The Clinton Commercial Club kept open house for farmers of Henty county. Speakers included William Hirth and Doctor Whit ten of Columbia, G. E. Bennett of Carthage, and Judge Harrison of Fayette.
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Clinton
Clinton Commercial Club
Henty County
William Hirth
Doctor Whitten
Columbia
G. E. Bennett
Carthage
Harrison
Fayette
Carthage Merchant Killed by Freight Train
A. M. Wallingford, a 60 year old Carthage merchant, died after slipping on a railroad track and being struck by a Frisco freight train. The fatal accident occurred as he walked along the rail line.
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Carthage
A. M. Wallingford
Hog cholera suppression campaign planned in Pettis county
Under a 75000 federal appropriation, Pettis county Missouri joins Iowa and Indiana in a systematic hog cholera eradication effort. Drs Niles Murphy Lynch Graham supervise with state officials and Sedalia boosters coordinating serum administration, sanitary rules, and quarantine enforcement to save farmers thousands.
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Sedalia
Congress
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Pettis County
W. B. Niles
Ames
B. W. Murphy
Charles F. Lynch
Ralph Graham
T. C. Wilson
3. Sheldon
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
J. W. Connaway
Missouri Experiment Station
Columbia
SM. Jordan
Fim
Sedalia Boosters’ Club
Bureau of Agriculture
Editor Dies on Train in Missouri
Harry H. Mitchell editor and publisher of the Central Missouri Republican in Boonville died suddenly aboard a Missouri Kansas & Texas train en en route to St. Louis after leaving Boonville. He had battled inflammatory rheumatism nine weeks earlier and leaves a wife and six children. Funeral held at Mitchell residence in Springfield with Rev. Stephen B. Campbell delivering the sermon. Active pallbearers named from Lebanon and Springfield. honorary pallbearers from St Louis, St Joseph, and Springfield.
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Harry H. Mitchell
Central Missouri Republican
Boonville
St. Louis
Mitchell
Republican State Editorial Association
Springfield
Stephen B. Campbell
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. E. E. McJimsey
Argus Cox
A. B. Lovan
A. T. Wing
Perry T. Allen
William Diffenderfer
Lebanon
William Hartley
Henry King
John E. Swanger
O. D. Morris
R. O. Stauper
St. Joseph
P. Nixon
Silo and Alfalfa Picnic At Chilhowee
A farmers and families picnic titled silo and alfalfa picnic was held at Chilhowee. The gathering focused on alfalfa culture and silo construction. Speakers included C. M. Long farm expert and E. A. Cockefair from the Porto Rico agricultural college.
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Chilhowee
C. M. Long
E. A. Cockefair
Agricultural College of
Porto Rico
Tragedy at Guilford Wife Found Dead in Door Yard
The body of Mrs. J. M. Hildebrant, 68, was found by her husband in the door yard of their Guilford home. Clothes burned off and a wood stove fire suggests she woke at night and clothing ignited while tending the fire. Police investigating accidental death.
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J. M. Hildebrant
Guilford
Wooden plug blamed for Sedalia boiler explosion
A wooden plug substituted for a steel plug in a locomotive boiler test at Missouri Pacific shops in Sedalia on July 3 allegedly caused an explosion injuring Frank Hovey, who died later. His widow, Mrs. Hovey, sues the company in Pettis County Circuit Court for $10,000 in damages.
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Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Frank Hovey
Two Boys Injured In Horse Collision Near Springfield
Charles Thompson an 18 year old farmer near Springfield is dead in a local hospital after a collision between two horses. Harry Roper age 15 is dangerously injured as a result of the crash. Thompson was thrown ten feet from one horse. Roper was thrown to the ground.
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Charles Thompson
Springfield
Harry Roper
Thompson
Roper
Judge Coleman of Butler Dies at Butler
Judge John M. Coleman a pioneer citizen of Bates county dies at Butler bringing loss to the local judiciary. He was noted for long service and community leadership in the region.
Lee's Summit Man Shot in Property Fence Dispute
Henry Davis was shot in the back during a quarrel over a property line fence in Lee's Summit. Daniel Perdue, a neighbor, was arrested as officers overpowered him after disarming him.
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Lee’s Summit
Lee's
Henry Davis
Daniel Perdue
Davis
Perdue
Carroll County Court Urges Road Proclamation Adherence
Carroll County Court counts held a special session to urge residents to follow Governor Majors good roads proclamation and observe the program across the county.
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Carroll County
County Court of
Carroll Counts
Government Accepts Commercial Paper as Bank Security
Secretary McAdoo unveils a new policy allowing 25 to 50 million dollars to be deposited in national banks as 2 percent interest funds. Government bonds prime commercial paper and state bonds will be used as security with 65 to 75 percent valuation, to ease late season money stringency and aid crop movement.
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Washington, D. C
South
McAdoo
United States
Mr. McAdoo
Women Demand Senate Action on Suffrage Amendment
Delegations of suffragists from all states besieged the Senate chamber with petitions bearing thousands of signatures urging consideration of a woman suffrage constitutional amendment. Hundreds marched from Hyattsville through city streets to the Capitol as the Senate committee on woman suffrage, having favorably reported the amendment, met the petitioners and accompanied them to the Capitol.
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Washington
Senate Chamber
Senate
Hyattville
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Senate Woman Suffrage Committee
Date Set for Gas Appeal in Denver Circuit Court
The Kansas Natural Gas Company faces a Denver circuit court hearing on September 29 to decide extending pipelines to new fields to secure gas for Kansas and Missouri cities. Judges Hook and Van Valkenburgh advanced the appeal from Judge Marshall’s Salt Lake City ruling, citing the public interest and urging speedy determination.
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Kansas City
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Kansas
Missouri
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Marshall
Salt Lake City
Hook
Court of Appeals
van Valkenburgh
District Court
Let Bride Steater Go Free In Neodegha Kas
Officers notify the sheriff of Altes county they could arrest H. M. McCord the alleged bride abductor if he is swapped. The sheriff refused to authorize the arrest saying the matter probably will be dropped where it is.
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Bride Steater
Neodegha
Kas
Altes County
H. M. McCord
Small Girl Killed by Father's Wagon in Dewey
Gladys White, six, died in Bartlesville’s Dewey when she attempted to climb a heavily loaded wagon and was crushed under a rear wheel. The accident occurred as the child fell beneath the wagon in the Joplin era local press.
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Bartlesville
Oklaw
Gladys White
Dewey
Newton House on St Martin's Street For Sale
A notice on St Martin's Street near Leicester Square shows Newton House is for sale. Once Isaac Newton lived there for 17 years, hosting leaders of science. the building now serves business uses and remains noted for historic associations.
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Sir Isaac
London
St. Martin’s Street
Leicester Square
Newton House
Jermyn Street
Isaac Newton
Mint
Royal Society
St. Martin's Street
Sir Isaac Newton
Dr. Stukely
Old-Time Sleeper Nicholas Hart Noted in 1711 Ad
London report recalls Nicholas Hart who slept yearly from August 6 to 11 at St. Bartholomew’s hospital and later at the Cock and Bottle in Little Britain. Addison’s Spectator recounts Hart’s dramatic, periodic slumber with precise daily changes from dullness to yawning to snoring.
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London
Nicholas Hart
Hart
Daily Courant
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Cock and Bottle
Little Britain
Spectator
Addison
Splintered Opera House Sign Shatters in London
A ragged urchin warned of a chain break as a $5,000 glass sign for a French dancer at the Opera House shattered on the pavement. The illuminated display would have been visible for a mile, its collapse making a cannon-like crash.
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London
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