Central Howard association aids ex convicts nationwide
The Central Howard association reports 15 years of helping 12,557 men newly released from prison start over. Eighty percent have succeeded with broad business support, while 1914 figures show 2,200 assisted at $5.49 each and $880,000 estimated earnings for discharged men. A discharged prisoner’s letter praises the program’s practical, nonreligious aid.
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Central Howard Association
Association
Freedom
New York State
New York City
New York
Chicago
Salvation Army Prison Bureau
Death Necessary for Life Says Missouri Lecturer
A Missouri State Board of Agriculture lecturer explains that life and death are interconnected through bacteria. Plants die, decompose, and release nutrients that cycle back into soil to feed crops, with bacteria driving the transformation. Without this, plant life would halt and soil nutrients would remain locked away.
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P. Smoot
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
King
Hopkins
Hail
Earth
Ohio lawyers meet in Judge Wilson's room after court
Ambiguous snippet notes a group of Ohio lawyers gathering in a judge's chamber after sessions. No clear event, date, or outcome is established.
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Ohio
Wilson
Gardner Land Bank Measure Advocated At County Farm Meeting
H G Windsor of Boonville led discussion on the Gardner Land Bank Bill at a Cooper county farm bureau gathering. The rural credits proposal aims to create a state land bank offering long term farm loans at 6 percent with amortization, and once $250,000 in loans accumulates, issue farm debenture bonds at 3 percent.
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Casine
Peetsomaioas Ie
H. G. Windsor
Boonville
Cooper County Farm Bureau
Windsor
Gardner Land Bank
State Land Bank
State law voided on saloon petition rights at St Louis court
Circuit Judge Thomas L. Anderson invalidated a statute restricting saloon petition signers to tax paying voters. He ruled women tax payers may sign petitions and non signers should not be counted, saying the law violates property rights and due process of the federal constitution. The decision impacts how excise officials must consider petition signatures from property owners.
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St- Louis
Thomas L. Anderson
Noone
St. Louis
Anderson
Mine Near Carthage Sells for Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
Seven months after being offered for under five thousand with no bidders, the Twin City mine near Carthage was purchased by Oklahoma oil men for seventy five thousand dollars. The historic mine had stood idle until rising zinc prices during the war spurred a sale.
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Twin City
Carthage
Oklahoma Oil
Centerview Walnut Logs Shipped for Allied Rifle Stocks
Seventeen garloads of walnut logs from Centerview have been sent to St. Louis and Kansas City planing mills for roughing into rifle stocks. Finished stocks will go to manufacturers supplying the Allies. High prices for Johnson County walnut entice timber owners to sell.
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Centerview
St. Louis
Kansas City
Johnsson County
Test Cleomargarine Law Suit in St Louis Filed
A suit to determine which of two conflicting state laws on oleomargarine sales is in force has been filed in St Louis by Prosecuting Attorney Sidener. The proceedings are a test suit against a legal dealer.
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St. Louis
Sidener
Sedalia Veteran George B. Mather Dies at 88
George B. Mather, a Sedalia resident born in Kentucky in 1838, died recently. A Civil War Union soldier, he lived in Pettis County since 1860 and is survived by one son and one daughter.
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Sedalia
George B. Mather
Kentucky
Pettis County
Warrensburg Pioneer Isaac Markward Dead in Bed
Isaac Markward one of Johnson County’s wealthiest men was found dead in bed in Warrensburg. Born in Skippensburg Pennsylvania in 1848 he moved to Warrensburg in 1907 and spent much of his life in the milling business until a decade ago.
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Warrensburg
Isaac Markward
Johnson County
Mr. Markward
Skippeneburg
Convict Work Camps Tied to County Needs
John P. Gordon of the prison board announces a shift to state employment of convicts with work camps to be established across Missouri counties. He notes daily inquiries and plans for Callaway and other counties to use state prisoners next year, reducing guard costs and pushing toward widespread work camps.
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al City
Salt Lake
Boone Grave Marker Erected by D A R Planned in Missouri
After a long wait near Marthasville Warren county a large red granite marker will mark the burial site of Will Mark Boone. The Missouri D A R plans to dedicate the marker in St. Louis with a ceremony around October 29. Delegates from Kentucky and North Carolina have discussed monument plans.
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Marthasville
Warren County
Missouri
St. Louis
Boone
Ken
Kentucky
North Carolina
Fire at West Plains Destroys Mantz Mercantile Building
A blaze at West Plains destroyed the Lasystem Mantz Mercantile Company building and its contents estimating a $100,000 loss. Officials say defective wiring started the fire, with about two thirds covered by insurance.
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West Plains
Lasystem- Mantz Mercantile Company
Estate funds Christmas cheer for Greene County paupers
Under John Schmidt's will the Springfield estate valued at 5000 is to be converted to cash and deposited in a bank to fund a Christmas program for inmates of the Greene County almshouse.
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John Schmidt
Springfield
Greene County Almshouse
Schmidt
Springfield Gate Convention Invitation
The Missouri United Confederate Veterans are invited to hold their gathering September 22 and 23 at Springfield. The notice calls veterans to attend and participate in the convention activities and programs.
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Springfield Gate
Missouri United Confederate Veterans
State Fair Showcases Record Weighing Produce
At the Sedalia fair the exhibit displays the heaviest item weighing thirty two ounces and a third item at twenty four ounces surpassing prior records.
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Hi Ir Reams Acest Maeno No
Sedalia
Fire Damages Hospital and Grocery Building
Fire severely damaged a two story building housing a grocery store and a hospital ward. Partial flames spread through the structure with crews battling the blaze to prevent further spread and protect surrounding shops.
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Reform School
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