Armistice talks stall as Bolsheviks press toward Warsaw
Soviet forces push toward Warsaw amid reports of insurrection in West Ukraine and front collapses in East Prussia. Polish front, Lomza and nearby towns fall, while Red Cross supplies are evacuated and depots planned. France backs Millerand foreign credits for coal shipments.
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National Tidende
Warsaw
Lubling
Ukraine
Bolshevist Front
Bolsheviks
Lomza
Kolno
Szepcczyn
American Red Cross
Poland
Cracow
French Chamber of Deputies
Millerand
Germany
East Prussia
Missouri State School Funds Grow To Largest Total
The state auditor certifies 3,218,852 to be apportioned to large cities and counties, with 423,824 diverted by the Legislature. After additions for rural high schools, vocational education, and teachers' training, the July 1 total reaches 3,642,676, with over 500,000 held up due to tax litigation. If collected promptly, the fund would exceed 4,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
Five Frisco Tank Cars Overturn in Missouri Derailment
A Frisco eastbound train derailed on a bridge near Russell eight miles east of Lebanon Missouri causing five tank cars to overturn and burn. The derailment was blamed on a bridge beam shifting. A portion of the train was uncoupled and sent to Sleeper Missouri for detouring traffic as wrecking crews from Springfield and Newburg work to clear the wreck and restore passage at earliest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Frisco
Russell
St. Louis
Sleeper
Springfield
Newburg
Railroad Service Suspended Between Cape Girardeau and Jackson
Judge John A. Snider of the court of common pleas granted a petition by J. W. Fristoe as receiver of the Cape Girardeau and Northern Railway Company to suspend operation on the line between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. The trestle over Walters Creek near Jackson is defective, and with no funds to repair it, officials say continuing service would endanger lives.
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Cape Girardeau,Mo
John A. Snider
Court of Common Pleas
J. W. Fristoe
Cape Girardeau and Northern Railway Company
Here
Jackson
Walters Creek
Jimson Weed Kills Two in Boone County Home
In Columbia Missouri a deadly mixture of coffee and jimson weed seeds is believed to have killed Mr. and Mrs. Orville Allison. The couple were found dead at their home in the southwest part of Boone County, likely dead eight to ten days. A pot of coffee containing seeds and mixed ground coffee were the sole clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Orville Allison
Boone County
Meteoric Stones Found Near Marshall Mo
Farmer R T Dandridge of Marshall Missouri discovered several meteoric stones in his wheat field about 16 miles east of the city. The display pieces attract attention with the largest weighing around 30 pounds and smooth oval shape while others weigh 2 to 12 pounds and show peculiar markings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
R. T. Dandridge
Kansas City Woman Granted Divorce After Return of Husband
Mrs Warren Curtis Peel, who believed Henry Curtis had died in France, chose to reunite with him over her later husband Eugene Peel. The circuit court granted Peel a divorce, confirming the end of the second marriage.
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Kansas City
Henry Curtis
France
Warren
Curtis Peel
Eugene Peel
Curtis
Peel
Missing Parent Le Found In Illinois Hospital
Fulton resident G E Hatfield located his father A G Hatfield in Illinois after a three year search. Hatfield senior suffered a fractured skull from a fall and remains in serious condition in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton, Mo
G. E. Hatfield
Galesburg, Il
A. G. Hatfield
Columbia Man Becomes St. Louis High School Principal
Columbia, Missouri professor C. Bright has been elected to a high school principalship in St. Louis with a salary of 3000 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbia, Mo
8. C. Brightman
St. Louis
Requisition Issued for Bank Robbery Suspects
Governor Gardner of Missouri orders Tennessee Governor to return Timothy Lostsay and Charles Anderson accused of the Hale Bank robbery in Carroll County on July 15. They are charged with robbing the Hale Bank and are to be extradited to Carroll County Missouri for trial.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
Tennessee
Carroll County
Timothy Lostsay
Charles Anderson
Hale
New Pastor Named for West Plains Church
West Plains Missouri Reverend Howard Peters, previously two years pastor at Blytheville Arkansas Christian Church, has accepted the call to lead the West Plains Christian Church.
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West Plains
Howard Peters
Christian Church
Blytheville
Ark
Prisoners Overpower Guards at Municipal Farm Escape
Seventeen prisoners on the Municipal Farm, all shackled, overpowered two guards and moved across fields for hours with their captors before reaching a railway station. Fifteen of the seventeen pried the irons from their legs and left the guards restrained.
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Kansas City
Boy Killed in Accidental Revolver Shooting
In St James Missouri Frank Neace age 15 was accidentally killed by his playmate Emory Dexter also 15 while playing with revolvers believed unloaded. Neace died about an hour after the incident from a gut wound.
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St. James
Frank Neace
Emory Dexter
Young Neace
Springfield labor leader begins six months in federal injunction case
E Jennings of Springfield started a six months term in April 1917 following a federal injunction violation tied to a Springfield street car strike. Judge Arba Van Valkenburgh presided. In Jefferson City the last convict moved from the centennial cell building to the new cell building, and the old structure will be razed for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
E. Jennings
Arba van Valkenburgh
Jefferson City
Woman Named Treasurer for Iron County Vacancy
Iron County fills the vacancy in the treasurer's office caused by the death of John Conway by appointing Mrs. Nannie Walker of Ironton. She will hold the office until January 1 of next year.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
Iron County
John 8. Conway
Nannie Walker
Ironton
Monett Baptists Name New Pastor Rev Charles Van Zant
Monett Missouri New Site Baptist church selects Rev Charles Van Zant of Exeter to serve as pastor succeeding Rev C M Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monett
New Site Baptist Church
Charles van Zant
Exeter
C. M. Smith
Old Constitution Maker Dies in Edina
Edina Missouri lawyer L F Cottey, present since 1874 and among the last survivors of the 1857 constitutional convention, has died.
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Edina
L. F. Cottey
Eminence Plans New High School by Springfield Architects
Eminence Missouri prepares a $25,000 high school project. A Springfield firm of architects sketches the building and coordinates plans for construction in the city.
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Eminence
Eminence, Mo
Springfield
Sedalia Vote Defeats Otterville High District Dissolution
In Sedalia Missouri a special election defeated by one vote a bill to dissolve the Otterville high school district. The close result preserves the district and its governance under existing arrangements.
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Sedalia
Otterville
Man Struck by Train in Missouri Station Incident
George Bennett, 73, of Puxige, Missouri, was seriously injured after deliberately walking onto a passenger train traveling about 10 miles per hour a few miles south of town. Railroad men report Bennett walked into the train.
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Puxige
George Bennett
Bennett
Water bonds sold to fund Moberly water system
Moberly Missouri completed a campaign that resulted in the sale of 175000 dollars worth of water bonds. Proceeds will be used to improve the local water system.
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Moberly
Governor Carries Every County in State Except Crawford
The Kansas results show Henry J. Allen winning the governorship with broad margins, Crawford County lone exception. Republican gains include United States Senator Charles Curtis and seven GOP congressmen, while Democratic hopes focus on Atkinson in Missouri and varying leads in Kansas tallies.
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State
Crawford
Hopkins
Breckenridge Long
League of Nations
Henry 8
Priest
Charles M. Hay
Hyde
Globe Democrat
St. Louis
Atkinson
Frank H. Farris
C. H. Mayer
John M. Atkinson
Rolla
Charles H. Mayer
St. Joseph
Mayer
Kansas
Topeka
Henry J. Allen
Charles S. Huffman
L. J. Pettijohn
R. J. Hopkins
Frank Travis
Nord A Turner
Loraine Elizabeth Wooster
Imra Zumwalt
Supreme Court
John S Dawson
Henry F. Mason
Joh. Marshall
United States
Charles Curtis
Henry Allen
Richard Hopkins
Edward Rooney
Frank L. Travis
George Banks
Allen
Wichita
George Snow
E. T. Thompson
Carl White
Charlie Evans
Jonathan Davis
Bronson
O. T. Wood
Dempster Potts
J. A. Evans
Valley Falls
C. A. Bowman
Kansas City
J. D
Turkington
McCune
Miles Mulroy
Hays
England to Admit Archbishop Mannix on Arrival
Archbishop Daniel Mannix will be allowed to land at Liverpool from New York with official London clearance. If he attempts to visit Ireland, authorities will halt him.
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England
Mannix
London
Daniel Mannix
Liverpool
New York
Ireland
Bradford O wiped out by fire in railroad center losses top million
Bradford Ohio, a 2000 population railroad hub northwest of Dayton, was destroyed by a recent fire. Reports indicate property losses exceed one million dollars. The town was wiped out completely, with extensive damage reported.
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Bradford
Dayton
Freezone claim for corn pain relief and removal
A drugstore ad promotes Freezone as a painless corn remover. It asserts the product instantly stops pain and allows lifting the corn off with fingers. The tiny bottle costs a few cents and promises to remove hard and soft corns and toe corn without soreness or irritation.
The Western Sea in Harper's Magazine
Harrison Rhodes notes in Harper's Magazine that the Pacific appears calm and aloof, yielding thin fogs with no salty scent. On sunny days its sapphire surface seems breathless, unlike the Atlantic’s odor and rotting seaweed.
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Pacific
Harrison Rhodes
Harper’s Magazine
Idle Living Fails to Foil Poverty’s Slow March
A concise reflection notes that idleness progresses at a snail’s pace, allowing poverty to steadily overtake diligence. The saying frames a caution about lax effort and its social costs in enduring hardship.
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London Evening Standard
Amsterdam
Kobryn
Brest-Litovsk
Karl Radek
Washington
Pelce
Prince Lubormirski
Russia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Costa Rica
State Department
San Jose
Permanent Committee On
Alfred P. Thom
The
Association of Railway Executives
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Prohibition Party
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dennison
Ohio
Philadelphia
North Fourth Street
Walle
Federal Reserve Bank of Brakes
Om Credit
John Skelton ‘Williams
Chicago
Institute of American Meat Packers
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party
Ilinois
Frank“ Farrington
Illinois Miners’ Union
Farrington
Chicago Federation of Labor
John Fitzpatrick
United States Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Katy
McAlester
R. G. McAlester
R. W. Choate
Pittsburg County
Democratic Women's Club
Oklahoma
William Crutcher
Des Arc
H. H. “Nate”. Miller
Enid
BE. A. Goodrick
San Francisco
Pawnee
Division
H. L. Marshall
Lodge of Elks
Woodmen of the World
Muckogee, Ok
Muskogee
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Tex
C. L. Harkins
Charley Walker
Johnnie Williams
Sheriff's
Guthrie
Ed Vice
Vice
Moscow
Pilsudsky
Rumania
Belgrade
Vienna
Berlin
North
South
Paris
Italy
Greece
Dodecanese
Aegean
U. R
T. J. Murphy
State Public Service Commission
United Railways
J. L. Harrop
St Louis
Joplin
Louis Eisen
Eisen
Klondike
Darby
Hollister
Great Canning
Ozarks
Jimson Weed
Western Sea
Bellans Indigestion
Peterson
Mary Hil
Third Avenue
Pittsburgh
Washington Avenue
Racine
Peterson Ointment Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Wins Loww
Brocktys
Sam Neves
Druggista Wes
Pateeo, N.Y
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