Grounds at Missouri Capitol Won’t Be Ready by Dedication
Funds are exhausted for grading and cleanup of the Missouri state capitol grounds. The prison board may borrow 25000 to finish work before the October 5 dedication, but state officials blocked the plan. Gouvernor Gardner praises unity after Folk’s nomination win.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Forty-ninth Assembly
State Capitol Commission Board
Board of Permanent Seat of Government
Prison Board
Gardner
McAllister
Hackman
Sullivan
Middelkamp
Alfred A. Speer
Capitol Commission
English Method Urged For Preserving Fruits
Dry fruit to remove moisture before canning according to the English method. Heat gently to release moisture, then boil for an hour in sterilized jars. Add water to avoid burning for some dry fruits like apples.
Two Pounds of Meat a Week Boosts Coupons and Ration
The nation’s meat saving program lifts meat coupons from 12 to 16 cents, enabling about two pounds weekly per person with one pound each of butcher meat and bacon. Missouri readers praise the effort, while Missouri drowning and pioneer deaths are reported alongside judicial conference notes.
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America
England
Mumford
Democratic party calls Aug convention in Jefferson City
The Democratic state committee, advised by Attorney General McAllister, calls a convention of nominees for U S senator and state offices to be held in Jefferson City on Aug 27. The move diverges from statute which fixes the second Tuesday in September due to a printing error in 1917.
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Frederick D. Gardner
Joseph W. Folk
X. P. Wilfley
United States
William Joel Stone
United Party
Wilfley
Missouri
Wilson
Stone
Washington
Selden P. Spencer
District Draft Board of Appeals
Spencer
Republican State Committee
Gallatin
Daviess County
Henry County
Hukriede
Folk
Jefferson City
Democratic State Committee
Frank McAllister
Doc” Bryden
State Committee
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Joe Shannon
Ben Neale
University of Wisconsin taps Miss L Louise Nardin as dean of women
Regents select Miss L Louise Nardin of Missouri for dean of women to replace Mrs Lois K Rosenberry who resigns. Nardin also named assistant professor of English. The article also mentions keeping bread in the icebox to preserve freshness during hot months and notes broader food administration guidance from Missouri division.
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Regents
University of Wisconsin
L. Louise Nardin
University of Missouri
Lois K. Rosenberry
Miss Nardin
Missouri Division
United States Food Administration
Allied advance in Picardy faces German resistance
The line from the Somme to the Oise shows Allied forces pressing the Germans with victories near Amiens and Roye. French, American, and British troops push east across Picardy. prisoners top 36 000 and guns exceed 500 as fronts shift toward Montdidier and Lassigny.
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Somme
Roye
Amiens-Montdidier
Picardy
Morlancourt
Avre
Montdidier
Germans Retire North of Albert in Oise Valley Drive
Allied forces press advances along the Somme and Oise fronts. British troops push north of Albert with German trenches found untenable. French attacks drive toward the Lassigny massif and Thiescourt Plateau. Ribecourt reported captured. Pershing cites a raid into Lorraine and a Vesle artillery lull with minor raiding activity otherwise.
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Washington
Somme
Albert
Oise River
Beaumont
Hamel
Serre
Puisieux-Au-Mont
Bucquoy
Arras
Picardy
Oise
Lassigny
Thiescourt
Ribecourt
Bray sur-Somme
Etineham
Chaulnes
Roye
Lorraine
Pershing
Ves
Vesle
Submarine Near New York Sinks Oil Tanker Kellogg
A German submarine near New York Harbor sank the oil tanker Frederick R. Kellogg last night. Thirty five crew members were rescued, seven are missing, and survivors were picked up by an American steamship. The Kellogg, owned by Petroleum Transport Company, valued over ten million dollars, was bound from Tampico to Boston with crude oil.
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New York
New York Harbor
Frederick R. Kellogg
Ambrose Channel
C. H. White
Tampico
Mexico
Boston
The
Petroleum Transport Company
Oakland
Cal
Must Register August 24 For Army Draft Call
Washington reports Provost Marshal Crowder ordered registration on Saturday August 24 for all youths who turned 21 since June 5. The move aims to quickly augment Class 1 to meet September draft calls. About 150,000 young men are expected to register.
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Washington
Eral Crowder
Typhoid at internment camp case count rises
Asheville North Carolina August 15 informs that 166 typhoid cases have been confirmed at the internment camp and authorities warn of continuing spread. Local health officials urge strict sanitary measures and quarantine procedures to curb transmission.
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Asheville
N. C
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad
A Nebraska ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women suffering from displacements inflammation ulceration irregularity backache headaches and nervousness. It quotes Mrs John Koppelmann of McLean and urges trial with directions to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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E. Pinkham
John Koppelmann
No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
Lydia E
Pinkheedicine Co
Schwab Trolls German Spy With Torn Telegrams
An adelphia editor recalls Charles M. Schwab's prewar escapade with a German spy. Schwab feigned munitions work in Chicago and tossed fake telegrams in a hotel library. The spy, eager to tail him, returned to pick up the torn scraps, where Schwab quipped that Germans now care more about scraps of paper than before.
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Charles M. Schwab
Aadelphia
Righ
Mr. Spy
Spy
Mr. Schwab
von Papen
War Prices Conversation on Rising Costs
A brief dialogue notes that prices have surged since the war with a man remarking thirty cents and a woman replying how things have climbed, reflecting wartime inflation.
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Butte
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Harry M. Stout
Gasconade River
Here
Arch McDaniel
Montgomery
Israel W. Butler
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Howard P. Leng
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Readville
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Noyon
Picardy Theater
Lys Salient
Lachasse
Yves
Kemmel
Baker
General Pershing
Navy Department
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Smith’s Island
Sixth Naval District
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London
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
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Consul Poole
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Athanasius Dingert
Cincinnati
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Crowder
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Lawton B. Evans
Augusta
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Mount Clemens
Mich
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Wichita Falls
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Hiene
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Dewey, Ok
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Clarence Leroy Cole
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Gordon Thorne
Thorne
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Reed
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Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
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