State Supreme Court affirms damage awards in multiple cases
The Missouri Supreme Court, Jefferson City, affirms Jackson County Court rulings granting damages in two damage suits against Kansas City Railways Co totaling 35000 and upholds a 10000 award to Lucien De Clue against Missouri Pacific Railroad for injuries in 1920. It also affirms a 25000 award to Doris Shields in a stockholder suit against the Juvenile Shoe Corp.
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Kansa City Railways Co
Kansas
Doris Shields
Yfehild
Frank Shields
Railway Corony
Little Fats
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Charleston
Poplar Bluff
St. Louis
B. and O
Cottonsit
McGirk State Ink
McGirk
Moniteau County
Issier
Division No. 1
Supreme Court
Iie
Moniteau County Civit Court
Meanlikle
Division 2
Atfferson City
Jasper County
Anna Putman
Venile Shoe Corporation
Carthage
Eloit
Wis
St. Luis
Anna Itman
Treasury
W. O. Adams
Rome
Rolla
Adams
Citizens’ Trust Company
Gor
Scotland County
Theate Finance Department
Jeffersonty
Missouri
Mills
Missouri Supreme Court
Dion
Jefferson City
St. Charles
Circuit Rt
St. Charles County
William Schulte
Henry Vinyard
Dixon
Bagnell
Eldon
Vinyard
Bagnell Crossing
Osage River
Jane Vinyard
David Vinyard
Margaret Vinyard
Fred. Grysnfon
Winyard
Arkansas
Ozarks
Springfield
Corning
Knoebell
Piggott
David E. Blair
Circuit Court
Jefferson County
Lucien de Clue
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
de Clue
de Soto
Blair
Supreme Court En Banc
Freehold Investment Company
Mattie Lee
la Plata
William H. Lee
Macon County
Lee
Mingus
Lovelake
The Veil of Beauty Folded By a Boston Romance
Kate Trescott, worn and self conscious, becomes the target of a cosmetic demonstration that promises youth. She is lured by Doctor Roger Beck, this meeting leading to a transformation and a date that awakens her to a new future as his wife. The tale blends vanity, persuasive sales, and a cityscape romance.
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Kate Trescott
Roger Beck
Jess
Miss. Trescott
Nature
K. T
Katee
Beacon Street
Doctor Beck
State-House Department
Kate
Miss Trescott
Doctor Roger
Kate Hadherself
Bogton
Boston
Tatars Marked Presence in Eastern Lands and Traditions
Traces of Tatars appear across southern Russia and their history spans from the 13th to 14th centuries with Tamerlane’s empire stretching from Syria to Delhi. They traditionally wear large sheepskin hats built from cardboard frames and cotton winding, while the Kara-Papakh, descendants of Mongolian tribes, are hardy camel drivers along the Volga to Bokhara and ready to defend themselves.
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Russia
Volga
Bokhara
Central Asia
Cadet Revels In Clever Answer At West Point
In reminiscences from "Remembered Yesterday" a West Point cadet recalls a clever response to a geometry puzzle. When asked whether a body weighs more at the equator or the poles, he confidently answered that it weighs more, though he could not specify which.
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West Point
Robert A. Johnson
Dangerous Jobs Top Fatal Occupations List From BLS
The largest number of yearly fatalities, per the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics, occurs among electric light and power workers. Lumbermen and woodchoppers are second, policemen and sheriffs third, coal mining fourth, with transportation by water, metal mining, warehouse work, steam railroads, road and street transportation, and oil and gas production following.
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United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kansas author Mae Patrick portrayed as vital Midwest writer
In Milier Kansas Spirit a Kansas Authors' Club profile highlights Mae Patrick of Satanta as a village writer who rose from a mail order correspondence manager to civic and political work. The piece notes her move to Satanta, her volunteerism, and current plan to sketch “the real people of the great Southwest.”
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Chicago
Midland Authors
Middle West
New York
Kansas Authors’ Club
Manhattan
Kan
James Patrick
Kansas Village
Gables
Patricks
Satanta
Mae Patrick
Great Southwest
Acres of Diamonds in Miss Millie’s Life
A profile honors Mildred Lewis Rutherford known as Miss Millie, president of the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens Georgia. The piece contrasts her quiet pioneering work in preserving and using the old school’s legacy with a Chautauqua tale about “Acres of Diamonds” to illustrate finding value where it is.
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Millie
Mildred Lewis Rutherford
Lucy Cobb
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Old School
George I. Seney
Cobb
Turquoise Gem Revered Across Cultures and Civilizations
The article traces turquoise reverence from Zuni beliefs and Arab luck stones to Aztec use and ritual art. It highlights the Aztec shield with 14 000 turquoise pieces, its celestial motifs, and expert interpretations linking sun, turquoise, and divine imagery.
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Richard Dean
Mentor Magazine
New World
New Mexico
Mexico
Cortez
Museum of the American Indian
New York
Venus
H. J. Spinden
Bruin Is Sociable at Lakeside in Unusual Bear Encounter
Mr and Mrs Emery Ross camping at Lakeside Cottage Grove report a bear incident that began with an attempt to tranquilize the animal by striking it in the water. A rowboat chase ended with the bear entering the boat, then all parties swapped places in the water and none were injured.
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Emery Ross
Cottage Grove
Lakeside
Lee
Portland Oregonian
Pecan Thief Pays With Dime For Old Theft
A man who stole a pecan from P. B. Westmoreland in McKinney Texas years ago repaid the loss by sending a dime and a letter asking forgiveness. He claimed the pecan’s original cost with interest totaled 9.47 cents and sent an additional fractional sum as good measure.
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P. B. Westmoreland
McKinney
Texas
Westmoreland
Thermometer Testing Move Afoot In Congress
Lawmakers push Interstate trade rules to require compulsory testing and certification of clinical thermometers before sale due to influx of cheap inaccurate instruments into medical use.
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Congress
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Frank B. Stokes
Xvasse Bank
Fulton
W. Russell
Southernank
Stoke
Stokes
L. L. Boyd
J. E. Neff
Auxvasse Bank
Bave
Illiam F. Butler
City of
George . Hackmann
Robert Hunter
Grover Fleming
Hun
Fleming
Hunter
State Public Service Commission
Missouri-Kansas- Texas Railway Company
Columbia
Boonville
McBaine
Huntsville
Rocheport
Florence J. Wade
Festus J. Wade
Mercantile Trust Company
Thompson
Board of Regents
Northeast State Teachers’ College
Kirksville
Cape Girardeau Bell Telephone Company
Hyde
Galius L. Zwick
St. Joseph
Zwick
Thomas B. Allen
Henry Ackfield
Freeburg
Osage County
St. Mary's Hospital
Paul MecTarr
Kansas City
Lake Taneycoma
Rockaway Beach
MecTarr
Dewey Portland Cement Company
Sper Syndicate
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