Missouri agrees on site for new state park and game preserve
A Missouri state park and game preserve site will be chosen within a month by Gov. Gardner Attorney General McAllister and Fish and Game Commissioner Birmingham and a fund of 40000 dollars is available. The commission will review many tracts including Ha Ha Tonka Camden County offering 160000 to 200000 dollars value and other large areas with trout streams springs and timber land.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Gardner
McAllister
Birmingham
Fish and Game
Fish and Game Fund
Oregon County
Ellis
United States
Reynolds County
Black River
Tom Saulh
Onondaga Cave
Crawford County
Centennial salute for Brig. Gen. William P. Jackson at Palmyra
Ten thousand residents packed the Marion County centennial in Palmyra to honor Brig. Gen. William P. Jackson. He reviewed a 1 715 soldier parade, delivered a patriotic address, and received a silver loving cup from Palmyra friends presented by E. E. Pratt.
Colored K. P.s Elect Officers for 1920 Convention
The negro grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias Missouri jurisdiction closed its annual meeting electing A. W. Lloyd grand commander A. C. Maclin vice grand commander William J. Thompkins W. M. Johnson J. D. Sexton and T. A. Curtiss as supreme representatives. The 1920 convention will be held in Kansas City.
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Colored K. P.'s
St. Louis
Negro Grand Lodge
the Knights of Pythias
Missouri
A. W. Lloyd
A. C. Maclin
Wiliam J. Thompkins
W. M. Johnson
J. D. Sexton
T. A. Curtiss
Kansas City
Drought Woes Hit Missouri Corn Crops
Persistent heat and rainfall shortages in Northeast Missouri cripple corn in Audrain and Montgomery counties with some fields declared irreparably damaged.
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Mexico
Missouri
Audrain
Montgomery
St Charles Agent Loses Hand Averting Wreck
Charles Scott 53, Wabash depot agent at St Charles, lost his left hand while stopping a wreck attempt. He is hospitalized in Moberly Missouri.
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St. Charles
Charles Scott
Moberly
Peaches in Passenger Train
Seven-car peach consignment arrived in St. Louis aboard an M K T passenger train from Windsboro Texas yesterday afternoon. The shipment moved under standard freight handling and was promptly documented by officials. Authorities noted no incidents during transfer and the fruit was routed to local markets for distribution.
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St. Louis
Windsboro
Tex
Five Enlisted Men Killed in U S Ship Melville Explosion
Names listed include Wiloyd Grisham of Rogersville Missouri among five U S sailors killed at Colon when the Melville exploded. Other items note Fiona C Dawes appointed sheriff of Vernon County Missouri and minor local military and civic notes from Trenton and surrounding areas.
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Rogersville
Colon
U. S
Melville
Wiloyd Grisham
Nevada
Fiona C. Dawes
Vernon County
Reece
Fulton buyers purchase cattle for shipment from New York
Fulton, Missouri residents Fulton, Mo. Terra Arcenia and Parraja Reissig of Montevideo Uruguay bought two pure-bred heifers and a bull from W. M. Collier a Fulton breeder. They will ship them along with forty other pure-bred cattle from New York City.
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Fulton
Terra Arcenia and
Parraja Reissig
Montevideo
Uruguay
South America
W. M. Collier
New York City
Banker Invents New Spark Plug
Montgomery Allen Mayes cashier of the Rhineland Bank granted a patent for a spark plug designed to prevent carbon buildup by avoiding sharp corners and projections. The device aims to improve motorist performance.
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Montgomery
Allen Mayes
Rhineland Bank
Explosion Injures Four at Bridgeman Farm
An explosion of a traction engine on the Bridgeman farm severely injured Will Thomas Wade Bridgeman W Z Baker and A L Baker. The water gauge stopped and Thomas opened the fire box.
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Rich
Old Settlers Hold Hot Reunion at Truxton
Tri County Old Settlers reunion bringing Warren Lincoln and Montgomery counties to Truxton faced near 100 degree heat. Jefferson Barracks appoints Col Munroe McFarland to command succeeding Col George K Hunter retired list.
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Montgomery City
Tri
Warren
Lincoln
Montgomery
Truxton
Jefferson Barracks
Munroe McFarland
George K. Hunter
Prominent Stockman Dies at 80 in Randolph County
Huntsville area obituary reports prominent stockman Huntsville-tTettis Rice aged 80, wealthy farmer and bank president, a noted Randolph County figure, died at his farm.
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Huntsville
tTettis Rice
Jacksonville Savings Bank
Randolph County
Bank theft accusation shocks Kansas City hotel arrest
Edward W. Tilman, 24, arrested at a hotel in Kansas City Missouri charged with robbing a bank messenger of $40,000. If convicted, he faces severe penalties. Investigators say the alleged theft occurred at a local bank during a routine delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Edward W. Til- Man
Airplane Journeyman Sells Across Missouri
Springfield reports A H Roundtree a pioneer aerial traveling salesman. He toured southern Missouri carrying sample cases from Springfield to several towns. The report notes 61 acres yielding six pounds more than 34 bushels per acre. Glenn E Plumb accepts invitation to speak at the State Fair in Sedalia.
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Springfield
A. H. Roundtree
Middle West
Missouri
Sedalia
Glenn E. Plumb
Plumb
Government of Railroads
Allied Peace Commission to oversee German treaty
The inter Allied supreme council forms a permanent five member commission to interpret the German peace treaty with headquarters in Paris and authority to convene elsewhere after ratification. Austria gains seven extra days to review terms with final inquiries set for August 6.
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Inter-Allied Supreme Council
Paris
Austria
Supreme Council
Donnelly Killed in Auto Crash in Pennsylvania
Major A B Donnelly a former brigadier general of the 69th Brigade 35th Division and former adjutant general of Missouri was killed in an automobile accident near Blue Ridge Pennsylvania. His wife and son Arthur and Mrs R E Gruner were injured.
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A. B. Donnelly
Missouri
Arthur
R. E. Gruner
Blue Ridge
St. Louis
Wilson sends special treaty with France to Senate
President Wilson submitted a special treaty with France and a temporary supplement to the German treaty and the league covenant. He said he was satisfied with Senate prospects after conferring with Senator Hitchcock and Senator Swanson.
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France
French Republic
Germany
Senate
Wilson
Hitchcock
Swanson
Virginia
Mexican authorities hunt bandits after Te mesi River robbery
Under President Carranza orders Mexican troops at Tampico pursue bandits who robbed a crew of the U S S Cheyenne on the Teme si River on July 6. A Taft backed address calls for a congressional inquiry into U S mob violence and lynching cases nationwide. The Pacific fleet, commanded by Admiral Rodman, sails Pacific waters after the Panama Canal passage by six ships led by the flagship New fed.
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Carranza
Tampico
United States
Taft
Admiral Rodman
Pacific Waters
New Fed
Panama Canal
Chicago Rioters Clash With Troops On South Side
Mobs of white and black residents clashed with state troops in Chicago’s South Side. Company E of the First Reserves engaged at Fifty-third Street Wentworth Avenue amid a heavy gun battle. A curfew and search zone confined movement within a three mile square district from Twenty-second to Fifty-fifth Street.
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Chicago
South Side
Fifty-eighth Street
Racine Avenue
Sixty-third
Loomis Streets
Forty-seventh Street
Indiana
Avenue
W. P. Sherrer
Fifty-third Street
Wentworth Avenue
Seventh Regiment
Miltary
Twenty-second Street
Fifty-fifth Street
Michigan Boulevard
Treaty Is Closely Guarded In Senate Vaults
Washington report says unusual steps protect the French defensive treaty submitted by President Wilson. The single copy bearing Clemenceau’s signature and the French grand seal is kept in the State Department vaults with the executive clerk behind a locked grate and restricted access. A typewritten copy is prepared inside the barred area.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Sanderson
State Department
United States
Clemenceau
Iowa murderer hanged self while en route to jail
Roy Emerson of Creson Iowa escaped guards near Mount Ayr and hanged himself under a highway bridge using his coat. He was convicted of second degree murder for beating his mother to death at the Creston undertaker business last May and had been out on $15,000 bail pending appeal when one bondsman withdrew, leading to his arrest.
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Kellerton
Roy Emerson
Creson
Ringgold County
Mount Ayr
Here
Emerson
Creston
Supreme Court
Bolshevism Spreads in Bulgaria Reports Say
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen notes Bolshevism gaining in Bulgaria with several demonstrations in major towns and accompanying disorders observed as reports arrive through Berlin.
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Bulgaria
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Traced Thief by a Coin Trail in Dover Pool Room
Clarence Morris stole a bag of three thousand pennies from a Dover pool room and was traced after the sack’s hole released the coins, leading to his capture.
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Dover
Del
Clarence Morris
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