Safety First Campaign Aims to Cut River Drownings
The St. Louis Red Cross launches a safety campaign to reduce drownings in the Meramec and nearby rivers. Over 250000 donts will be distributed as dodgers and placards along river resorts with warnings and life saving guidance from physicians and lifeguards. gemeentery organizers plan signs at river points and roped clubs to aid the effort.
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St. Louis
Meramec
American Red Cross
Meramec Valley
Red Cross
L. C. Murdock
Highway Delegates Organize Cape Girardeau
The South Central Division of the Mississippi River Scenic Highway formed a permanent group with elected officers. Charles Mc Mullin of Sikeston became president, J Reynolds of Caruthersville the first vice president, Joseph Wilder of Ste Genevieve the second vice president, 8 P Browning of Blytheville secretary, and H L Albert of Cape Girardeau treasurer.
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Cape Girardeau
South Central
Charles McMullin
Sikeston
J. ®. Reynolds
Caruthersville
Joseph Wilder
Ste. Genevieve
P. Browning
Blytheville
Ark
H. L. Albert
Missouri Headlines from Lafayette to Jefferson City
Lafayette County honored the citizens of Lafayette county Missouri for Liberty Loan work aboard the 7600 ton cargo carrier Lascomo launched at Hog Island. Miss Elizabeth J Major christened the ship. Jefferson City news report on grain prices protests estate filing a county surveyor appointment Civil War veteran death in St Louis.
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Lafayette County
Lexington
Missouri
Hog Island
Elizabeth J. Major
Samuel Major
Missouri Vets Meet at Jefferson City and Sedalia
The Missouri State Veterinary Association led by President Dr E J Johnston of St Louis and Secretary Dr Charles D Force of Kansas City will hold its annual convention at Jefferson City on August 11 and visit the State Fair Grounds in Sedalia on August 12.
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Jefferson City
State Public Service Commission
Ralls
Pike
Lincoln
St. Charles
The
and St. Louis Railroad Company
Sedalia
Missouri State Veterinary Association
E. J. Johnston
St. Louis
Charles D. Force
Kansas City
Forked Leaf White Oak Lumber Company Formed
Eminence Missouri reports the creation of a large corporation to operate hardwood mills in Shannon County near West Eminence. The Forked Leaf White Oak Lumber Company is capitalized at 1,250,000 dollars.
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Eminence
Shannon County
West Eminence
Forked Leaf White Oak Lumber Company
Montgomery Old Settlers' Reunion Planned for New Florence
At a Montgomery county meeting arrangements were made to hold the old settlers reunion in New Florence on August 2. The speakers committee has been notified that Charles M. Hay, former Senator Wilfley, former Governor Folk and J. L. Johnson of St. Louis have accepted invitations.
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Montgomery
Old Settlers
New Florence
Montgomery County
Charles M. Hay
Wilfley
Folk
J. L. Johnson
St. Louis
Mexican Bandits Hold Captive
Joplin Missouri woman reports her nephew Harry L Foster a writer for the Brooklyn Eagle was taken prisoner by Mexican bandits after a passenger train was robbed near Colma Mexico. State Highway Department forms six survey parties of ten men to begin surveying 6000 miles of Missouri roads for improvements over three years.
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Joplin
Nellie la Tourete
Harry L. Foster
Brooklyn Eagle
Colma
Mexico
Jefferson City
State Highway Department
Missouri
Lawrence L. Shipley
Fresnillo
State Department
Shipley
Yerlington
Nevada
Ernest Wiet
Madison St
St. Charles
Aise
Foster-Milburn CO
Bufpalo
Pike County Woman Decorated by France for Nursing Heroes
Mrs. Laura E. Burkhead of Louisiana Pike county Missouri has been decorated by the French Government with the Medal of Honor for her nursing work with French soldiers.
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Pike County
Louisiana
Laura E. Burkhead
Missouri
Brothers Reunite After Forty Years in Minola Meeting
Henry Bratton of Marion Illinois and his 97 year old brother Joshua Bratton met for the first time in forty years at Minola in Montgomery County July 18. The two brothers were traced and brought together after a long separation.
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Montgomery City
Henry Bratton
Marion, Ii
Joshua Bratton
Minola
This County
Missouri Writers Outing Leader Planned in Plattsburg
Plattaburg John Breckinridge Ellis, president of the Missouri Writers' Guild, announced a forthcoming outing for guild members. Event details and exact date were not disclosed in the available text.
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Missouri Writers’ Outing
Plattaburg
John Breckinridge Ellis
Missouri Writers’ Guild
World news roundup of postwar developments and unrest
Informal talks on Shantung compromise. In Britain the Commons ratified the German treaty and the Anglo French pact. Bela Kun possibly deposed in Budapest. Allied peace terms reach Austrian authorities. Allenby to oversee Asia Minor occupation. Pershing honored in London. U S Senate resistance grows to the League of Nations. Race violence in Washington and ongoing fires in western states.
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Inter-Allied Council
E. H. H. Allenby
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Mutiny at Fort Leavenworth and Arizona mining wage rise
The report lists 2200 ex soldiers conscientious objectors and I W W joining mutiny at Disciplinary Barracks Fort Leavenworth. In Arizona Globe Miami district miners gain 75 cents daily since July 16 2019 raising minimum to 565 per day based on 24 cent copper.
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Fort Leavenworth
Globe-Miami
Arizona
Post Office Sets Parcel Post Rate To Germany At Twelve Cents
The United States Post Office Department reestablished a twelve cent per pound parcel post rate to Germany. In Chicago ten thousand workers from the five major packing houses returned to work after employers agreed to withdraw police and guards as demanded by the strikers. A Republican effort to repeal daylight saving through a rider to the 1920 appropriation bill failed amid party divisions and procedural votes.
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Germany
United States Post Office Department
Chicago
House
French May Block German POW Repatriation Over Indemnity
Reports say France may refuse repatriation of German prisoners if Germany sticks to demanding one million francs as indemnity for the murder of Sergeant Mannheimer in Berlin. Thousands of German POWs have already been sent home.
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Germany
Mannheimer
Berlin
Fatherland
Taft Proposes Reservations to League Covenant Changes
Former President Taft suggests six reservations to the league covenant and peace treaty to satisfy Senate demands while avoiding reopening negotiations. The measures aim to allow withdrawal after ten years, keep immigration and tariff disputes domestic, and limit council binding power, with Monroe Doctrine protections intact.
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Washington
League
Senate
William Howard Taft
Taft
Will H. Hays
Mr. Taft
Will Hays
United States
Congress
Wartime Prohibition Act upheld in test case
Federal Judge Thomas I. Chatfield ruled the Wartime Prohibition Act constitutional in a challenge brought by the Liquor Dealers Association of Connecticut. The test case involved saloon keeper Stephen A. Minery, arraigned in New Haven for allegedly selling alcohol unlawfully during the war, with a Meriden saloon used to test law compliance.
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New York
Thomas I. Chatfield
Brooklyn
Stephen A. Minery
Liquor Dealers’ Association of
Connecticut
Chatfield
New Haven
Edwins. Thomas
Meriden
New Rail Plan Offered by National Transportation Conference
Washington plan proposes private ownership and operation of railroads merged into twenty or thirty competing systems under a federal transportation board. It would set rates to assure the roads a net 6 percent return. Presented to the House commerce committee.
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National Transportation Conference
Washington
Federal Transportation Board
House Commerce Committee
Train Derailment In Katy Injures Ten Near Fort Worth
A Houston Tex Santa Fe passenger train No 17 running from Fort Worth to Houston derailed in mud near Katy eighteen miles from here. Ten people were injured when the locomotive tender and fourteen coaches overturned in the wreck.
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Houston
Tex
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Katy
Cardinal Gibbons Reaches 85 in Private Birthday Day
Cardinal Gibbons turns 85 and marks the day quietly at the estate of Mrs. M Herbert in Baltimore, continuing his long tradition of private observances.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Woman Health Ad Claims Peruna Restores Strength
An advertisement touts Peruna as a remedy for illness boosting a woman's health and weight. It cites Miss Clara Lohr of Grand Rapids who recovered after six bottles, weighing 135 pounds, and urges women to seek relief today. The ad promotes Peruna in liquid or tablet form and offers a free health almanac.
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Clara Lohr
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Hart
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
Extravagance Talk Sparks Neighborhood Laughter
A Pitts man rails against extravagance for the neighbors’ sake and recalls a winter night scene. A husband overhears a loud noise and asks what is happening, while a wife explains she slammed the front door to create the illusion of returning from opera.
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Pitts
America
Only One Suc Food Controller Mentioned in History
A fragmented line recalls a singular historical figure praised as a supreme food controller who produced five 1k and two fishes to feed a multitude. It suggests facing them would be possible even if the Sea of Galilee ruled by submarines.
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Sea of Galilee
Lloyd
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International Zionist Organization
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