Newsboy Detective Blink Saves Night at Regent Fire
Blink Corrigan and Skeeter chase a scoop as a disastrous Regent theater fire traps patrons. Blink calls the city editor, helps police arrest the theater manager Gallagher, and the Record confirms the confession. Blink earns $50 for his daring Christmas Day victory.
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Fourteenth Street
Blink
Mr. Corrigan
Broadway
Regent Theater
Skeeter
Mister Gallagher
Record
Blink Corrigan
de City
New York
Imn
Anderson
Pershing transport route urged as Missouri road plan
Northern Missouri reports designate the Pike's Peak ocean-to-ocean highway as Pershing's transport route. Harry W. Graham urges communities to form Pershing's Hard Road Clubs to push reconstruction and long-term use as Missouri's main transportation artery. Thomas A. Sherwood, 84, former Missouri Supreme Court justice, dies in Long Beach California after a long career in law. The article also outlines proposed revisions to Missouri child welfare and labor laws, including age limits, licenses, and education requirements, backed by the 27-member commission led by Judge Rhodes E. Cave and Lucille B. Lowenstein.
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Jefferson City
Council of National Defense
Missouri
Pershing
Harry W. Graham
Missouri Highways Transport Committee
Graham
Thomas A. Sherwood
Missouri Supreme Court
Long Beach
Cal
Roderick Sherwood
Judge Sherwood
Eatonton
Mercer University
Georgia
Shurtleff College
Upper Alton
Ill
St. Louis
Mount Vernon
Supreme Court
Springfield
Gardner
Rhodes E. Cave
Lucille B. Lowenstein
Kansas City Schools Closed Over Influenza Surge
All public schools in Kansas City were ordered closed until further notice after a surge in influenza cases. Superintendent I. I. Mammack and Health Director E. H. Bullock, along with all principals, reported 205 new cases in a single day, marking one of the epidemic’s peak totals.
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Kansas City
I. I. Mammack
E. H. Bullock
Bullock
St Joseph To Host Young Republicans Lincoln Birthday Meet
Judge Selden F Spencer United States Senator may speak at the Association of Young Republicans of Missouri meeting in St Joseph on Lincoln's Birthday February 12 If he accepts the invitation The Executive Committee discussed 1919 gatherings with St Joseph chosen over St Louis and Kansas City due to C A Philly's influence
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St. Joseph
Selden F. Spencer
United States
Association of Young Republicans of
Missouri
Lincoln
St. Louis
Kansas City
C. A. Philly
Public Service Commission suspends lighting rate increase for 120 days
The State Public Service Commission stayed St Louis Union Electric Light and Power Companys rate hike proposal for lighting in multiple Missouri counties for 120 days or until March. The potential increase in St Louis would be about 500000 dollars annually. Hearings are scheduled for December 12 at the Jefferson Hotel in St Louis. In Jefferson City the Missouri Dry Federation, part of the Citizens Dry Alliance, spent 6417 dollars and 50 cents per an itemized secretary of state filing. Adjutant General cites for gallantry orders issued by Maj. Gen. Traub honoring infantry and other units of the Ninth and One Hundred and Fortieth.
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State Public Service Commission
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Missouri Dry Federation
Citizens’ Dry Alliance
Charles B. Stokes
Sullivan
Adjt
Harvey C. Clark
Traub
Won't Fight Annexation
State officials see no opposition in the legislature to St. Louis extending its city limits unless St. Louis County areas resist. Taxation and high valuations hindered previous plans, but lawmakers expect smoother passage if local parties reach an understanding by the session start. Local complications remain, yet largely confined to the region.
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Jefferson City
St. Louis
St. Louis County
General Assembly
Gruber Son Dies in France and Leaves College Bequest
Private Fred Gruber died October 12 from pneumonia in a base hospital in France. His will directs half of his $10 000 life insurance to Central Wesleyan College Warrenton to educate poor students. Gruber, born near here, supported his schooling and faced hardship. Senator Spencer named William L Cole as private secretary and he leaves for Washington.
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Montgomery City
Julius Gruber
War Department
Fred Gruber
France
Central Wesleyan College
Warrenton
Gruber
Selden P. Spencer
William L. Cole
The
Republican State Committee
Cole
Washington
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