German Interned Cruisers Turned Into Comfortable Homes
In Hampton Roads the crews of Prinz Eitel Fried rich and Kronprinz Wilhelm live aboard as interned guests of the U S Navy. Over 600 Germans enjoy shore leave, exchange money with a dedicated officer, and buy most items on ship at low cost. A German farming strip yields vegetables, and strict neutrality rules guide off ship chatter.
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Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Prinz E‘tel Friedrich
Kronprinz Wilhelm
United States Navy Department
Naval
United States Naval
Portsmouth
Newport News
Hampton
Old Point Comfort
Navy Department
Navy
America
Mander
Navy Yard
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Theri Beri
HELP WAR BABIES MOTHERS TRAINING SCHEME
A scheme to train unmarried mothers for remunerative work was begun by Evangelical churchwomen at the Welsh chapel Charing Cross Road. Fourteen young women will be housed in Wiltshire countryside to learn domestic crafts gardening or poultry rearing. Doctor Saleeby praised the project calling it hygienic and progressive and Mrs Lloyd George supported constructive care for mothers.
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Charing Cross Road
Wiltshire Downs
Saleeby
Lloyd-George
Plodding Pete Encounters Highway Searching for Work
A dialogue fragment shows Plodding Pete on a familiar highway stretch. He notes a gang cutting the road in both directions and hopes to find work nearby, reflecting a recurring, precarious trek.
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Pete
NONE TO LEAVE. Wewdy tale ends with evasive stammer
A fragmentary line from a historic paper shows a young man stammering while declaring no one will leave. The garbled text limits fuller context but indicates a tense domestic or social moment captured in terse reportage.
Rich farmer Goode shot after quarrel with son
Goode, wealthy farmer and bank director ten miles north of Cabool, was found dead in his barnyard with a breast wound. His son confessed to firing at him during a running fight after taking his mother's side in a quarrel. The son spent the night at his aunt’s, and Mrs. Goode was unaware of the murder prior to the discovery. Goode owned extensive land and livestock and held bank and lodge roles.
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Fount Goode
Cabool
Goode
County Exhibits Shine at Missouri State Fair
Captain Mack V Thralls of Henry county recounts how in 1911 the county court funded an agricultural display at the fair. He and a friend gathered orchards fields and garden products at Clinton and shipped them for installation in one day, winning seventh prize.
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Missouri
Sedalia
Mack V. Thralls
Urich
Henry County
W. R. Jackson
Maryville
Fire destroys walnut gun stock stockpile at West Plains mill
A Ford county saw mill owned by Frederick W. Haydon at West Plains burned, destroying about one hundred thousand walnut gun stocks cut into gun stock lengths. The stock was bound for a Bridgeport Connecticut munitions maker. The fire’s cause is unknown. In separate Neck City mine accidents near Carthage two men were killed Daniel Flemming and Roscoe Jennings and Claude Henderson was badly hurt.
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Frederick W. Haydon
West Plains
Bridgeport
Daniel Flemming
Roscoe Jennings
Claude Henderson
Neck City
Mnes
Carthage
Kennett Stays Dry After Local Option Vote
Kennett voters upheld prohibition in a local option election by a clear majority of 0.69 percent from a total turnout of 805. The outcome preserves the dry status of the municipality.
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Kennett
Drowns Attempting to Ford Mission Branch Near Rich Hill
Lee Doze, 17, of Rich Hill, drowned while fording Mission Branch nine miles from Rich Hill. He was a substitute for his father Frank Doze on a rural route near the creek. The incident follows a day of restless activity as locals recalled the boy’s service with his father.
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Mail Cartier
Lee Doze
Rich Hill
Mission Branch
Young Doze
Frank Doze
Spider Bite Fatal to Farmer Near Rich Hill
J. E. Laween, 65, died at his farm ten miles southwest of Rich Hill from a spider bite received ten days earlier.
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J. E. Laween
Rich Hill
New Springfield Election Vote Cast Amid Narrow Margin
Report notes a tight Springfield vote with 1903 for and 1961 against by two vote margin. Mentions death of Rich Will Plonger and a stroke that led to the death of two year old William M. Pheton, struck after a church outing.
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Springfield
Rich Will Plonger
William M.pheton
Jena Ditteas
Old Trails Association Elects New Officers at Columbia
State leaders urged rapid action to complete the highway project as E J McGrew of Lexington was chosen president and Thomas Connoly of Columbia named treasurer. Lesseen Fayette elected to oversee finances with a focus on fundraising and campaign direction for the Kansas City effort.
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Beca
Old Trails Association
E. J. McGrew
Lexington
McGrew
Lafayette County
Lesseen Fayette
Thomas Connoly
Columbia
Kansas City
Corr Boe
Ozark Peach Harvest Draws Thousands to Koshkonong and Brandsville
The peach belt towns of Koshkonong and Brandsville swell with harvest workers. An estimated 1,000 to 2,500 people stay in each town, with 250 arriving from West Plains and many others coming by wagon to work in orchards and packing sheds. Temporary shelters and boarding houses boom as tents dot the outskirts and laborers seek seasonal pay.
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Koshkonong
Brandsville
Koshkonongeee
Te Bee West
West Plains
Aged Man Burned to Death Near Hannibal
A. B. Huser aged 83 former market master and overseer at Hannibal burned to death when his home four miles west of Hannibal caught fire while he entered the house to save goods. He had lived in the area about seventy years.
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A. B. Huser
Hannibal
Huser
Incident In Webb City Involves Tragedy On Train Track
A report from Webb City describes a man who fell through a trap door in a gravel car underlining a train incident. Investigators and rail workers were expected to examine the wreck and determine cause and responsibility.
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Webb City
Real Estate Deal Sealed for 100000 in Northwest County
Judge Thomas F. presided over the county court as a real estate operator from Oklahoma City acquired a farm in the northwest part of the county for 100000. The transaction is considered the county’s notable deal of the period.
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Way County
Thomas F. Or Eee Ter
Ccre Farm
Homa City
Cold Drove in the Tram For the First Time in Sedalia
A fragment notes a Civil War veteran and two tramp applicants seeking access to a Catholic church, marking a first of its kind scene in Sedalia.
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Sédalia
Civil Wah
Catholic Church
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Son
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Old Men’s Brotherhood
Col. D. C. Allen
Liberty
Clay County
Montgomery
Old Settlers
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Oldrea
Ozark
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