Land congress planned with big attendance in Springfield
Commissioner Curran announces a January land congress in Springfield with a trainload of land men from St. Louis and Kansas City. Gifford Pinchot, Gov Hadley, and other national and state figures are expected. Missouri wires and poles crews prepare a new telephone block system from Kansas City to St. Louis, with service to Willow Springs and Thayer by February 1, aiding train orders and dispatch. The corn yield for 1909 shows 26 percent average price and in farm hands around 3 percent of production, with state-by-state figures forthcoming.
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Monett
Willow Springs
Thayer
Missouri Becomes Registration State For Births And Deaths
The last season's general assembly enacted a law making Missouri a registration state. It requires the registration of all births and deaths as they occur. The state board of health will enforce provisions with severe penalties for violations and create a thousand registration districts with a registrar in each to maintain health and sanitation records.
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General Assembly
Missouri
State Board of Health
Woman Declared Insane Over Sun Worship in Joplin
Mrs. A. P. Jordan who rose daily with another woman to worship the sun on her home roof ten years ago gained notoriety in Joplin. Diagnosed with planetary insanity she was declared insane and sent to the Nevada insane hospital.
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A. P. Jordan
Joplin
Nevada Insane Hospital
United States
Fire Destroyed Five Buildings in Greenfield Blaze
A county seat blaze in Greenfield Dade county wiped out five buildings and most contents with total loss around 20000 dollars. The fire began in the rear of a billiard hall as townspeople struggled to save an entire block.
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Greenfield
Dade County
Teachers Form Knowledge Trust in County
County educators form a knowledge trust agreeing not to join schools within the county that pay under 45 dollars per month. The move signals a coordinated effort to secure higher pay for teachers and standardize salary benchmarks across district schools.
Thieves Raid Sedalia Dentists Steal Gold Worth 200
Thieves broke into seven of Sedalia's thirteen dental offices and stole gold plate and gold filling valued at about 200 dollars. Police investigate the series of burglaries targeting dental practices.
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Sedalia
Mexico citizens raise 80000 bonds for electric road fund
A mass meeting in Mexico approved raising 80 000 dollars by subscription toward Mexico Santa Fe and Perry Traction Company's line from Perry to Columbia and Fulton Missouri. A 2500 dollar surplus exists. J J Burns & Co of Chicago will build the road and start within two weeks.
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Mexico, Santa Fe and Perry Traction Company
Perry
Columbia
Fulton
J. J. Burns & Co
Chicago
Industrial School Filled
Mrs. A. M Clay, superintendent of the State Industrial School for Girls at Chillicothe, said she instructed juvenile courts statewide not to send more girls for the present. The institution houses 250 girls, more than its facilities can handle, with seven teachers employed. she will seek additional buildings.
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A. M Clay
State Industrial School For Girls
Chillicothe
Hunters bag $120 of hogs in Boone county hunt
A Boone county party of six hunters reportedly killed six fat hogs valued at $120 in a single day. After the accident caused by their actions the hunters disappeared leaving the scene and a farmer to deal with the hogs.
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Gore
Boone County
Married. Late in Life. Newton Gant, aged 4 years, of
Short obituary note states Newton Gant aged four years died late in life. The brief item offers no further details on cause or burial and references a Newton Gant as the deceased in the local notice.
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Newton Gant
Curious 1843 44 City Hotel Register Bequeathed to Missouri
O A Keucklehan of Lamine via Frank E Lionberger of Boonville presented to the State Historical Society a register of Boonville City Hotel for 1843 and 1844. The hotel record lists guests with room numbers arrival times residences and remarks on weather politics and local events. It also notes Missouri river steamers at Boonville with arrival times passenger counts and cargo sizes.
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State Historical Society of
O. A. Keucklehan
Lamine
Cooper County
Frank E. Lionberger
Boonville
Missouri River
Firebug Shull Sentenced for Arson in Clinton Theater Fire
W H Shull owner of a moving picture and vaudeville theater in Clinton was found guilty of arson after a December prior fire. Akers, a black employee, testified Shull hired him to burn the building. Shull received a two year penitentiary sentence.
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Clinton
Akers
Shull
First Ozark Electric Line Opens in Ozark Region
The first electric interurban railroad in the Ozarks has begun service from Mansfield to Ava, Douglas County. Plans call for extension through Arkansas to Oklahoma, linking regional towns by electric rail.
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Ozark Region
Mansfield
Ava
Douglas County
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Farmer Kills Farm Hand in Glasgow Home
French Robbins, a Glasgow farmer, shot and instantly killed George Sharpe, his farm hand, after Sharpe knocked on the door while Robbins feared for his child. Robbins, who had separated from his wife, claimed safety concerns. The coroner's jury exonerated Robbins.
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George Sharpe
Glasgow
Robbins
Sharpe
Hero Lays Life to Save Passengers Near Mexico
Curtis Gentry a Wabash section hand sacrificed his life to save eastbound passenger train No 20 from wreck near Mexico by removing a jack under the rails as the oncoming locomotive approached. He was decapitated by the engine but his action saved many passengers from death and serious injury.
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Curtis Gentry
Eastborn
Mexico
Kansas City Contractor Killed in Fall at Under Construction Apartment
Charles Johnson a Kansas City builder with 25 years in the trade fell from the third floor to the basement of an apartment project under construction and died from his injuries.
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Kansas City
Charles Johnson
Northeast Missouri Teachers Elect Leaders at Kirksville
The Northeast Missouri Teachers association met three days in Kirksville. At closing, W. S. Brown of Shelbyville was elected president, L. E. Seaton of Macon vice president, and L. E. Proser of Unionville secretary. Moberly was chosen for the next convention.
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Northeast Missouri Teachers’ Association
Kirksville
W. S. Brown
Shelbyville
L. E.seaton
Macon
Unionville
Moberly
Fire in Greenfield Destroys Hotel and Mills
A blaze in Greenfield devastates the Caria hotel and the Euréka billiard hall destroying Mrs H D Hall’s military store. Loss estimated around 25000 dollars.
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Caria
Euréka ‘Billiard Hall
H. D. Hall
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