Missouri notes on state welfare and campus fire losses
A final report to Missouri officials urges closing the state orphanage at Carrollton and creating a child welfare division to place orphans in homes. Other items include Baldwin Hall fire at State Teachers College, a court case of Vaughn declared dead, Measles epidemic in Springfield, and university policy shifts at Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State Board of Charities and Cortons
Jefferson City
Harriet Robinson
Children’s Bureau
Roliton
Carrollton
Misri
Board of Public Welfare
Child Welfare
Ird
Charities and Corrections
New State Board
Baldwin Tower
Shelbyville
Mes B. Vaughn
Clarence
J. P. Downs
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Ark
Mose Staley
Bowling Green
Justright Oil Company
Poplar Bluff
B. F. Davenport
O. M. Arthur
L. T. Parish
Springfield State Hatchery
J. W. Scott
Diamonds of Malopo synopsis unfolds in a South African diamond dispute
Winton Garrett, heir to $100000, meets Archie Garrett in New York. Archie boasts of riches from a rubber plantation and Malopo diamond stake. In Taungs a strike roils, De Witt appears, fights Winton, and De Witt’s diamond theft broadens danger. Sheila shelters Winton, he reveals leadership in the Big Malopo company and seizes control at a meeting. Sheila refuses marriage. Judge Davis warns of a syndicate ultimatum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton Garrett
Archie Garrett
New York
Archie
Winton
East
West Indies
South Africa
de Witt
Taungs
Malopo
Daddy Seaton
Sheila
de ‘Witt
Judge Davis
Diamond, Syndicate
Malopos
Viva
Big Malopo Company
Control
Malopo Syndicate Tactics Echo in Frontier Clash
Winton confronts Kash and De Witt allies amid liquor trade and a trap door in Kash’s store. Judge Davis proposes a high stakes capital deal to back the Big Malopo claim, demanding no outside rivals and offering four fifths financing in exchange for shares, while warning of syndicate hostility if refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kash
Ned Burns
Johannesburg
Malopo
Syndicate
Winton
Seaton
Sair
Salir
Sheila
de Witt
Continental
Harvard
Judge Davis
van Vorst
St. Paul
Belive
Garrett
Malopo’s
Davis
America
Winton Strikes Sam in Smash Up Shocking Fight
Winton punched Sam in the face causing him to fall. The incident suggests a violent altercation with one participant toppled to the ground. Authorities or witnesses are not detailed in the fragment.
Shagbark Hickory Described as Valuable Yet Moderate in Size
The American Tree Association notes the shagbark hickory is highly valuable for many uses. It grows 6 to 80 feet tall, with a trunk 1.5 to 3 feet across, and under ideal conditions can reach about 120 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tree Association of Washington
Hollow laughter of drunk men in fearsome old nights
A reflective line questions the fate of the old fashioned hollow laughter caused by drunken men intimidating those who feared them, implying a vanished or transformed social memory.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Missouri News Nuggets
Harley H. Larabee
Lamar
Hegan
University of Missouri, Columbia
Uniersity
Lurenee W. Demuth
American Savings Bank
W. W. Wiles
Springfield
Livingston County
Shillicothe
Livingston County Memorial Library Association
Anna R. Barney
Belle Dailey
Kathrina Leaver
Carnation Ik Company
Mount Vernon
Traction
William A. Gore
Oakwood Avne
Webster Groves
Webster District
Frank Hamsher
Gore
Madison School
St. Louis
Western Railroads
Interstate Com
Kansas City
W. F. Dwyer
The
Mento Navigation Company
Charles A. Houts
Dorsey & Neuen, Jones, Sullivan, Hocker & Angert
Cornwall & Hicks
St. Louis Millmen’s Association
Supreme Court
En Bance
A. J. Seigel
Seigel
Thomas E. Lee
Columbia
Elizabeth Polk McPheeters
Lee
Missouri
P. M. Batton
Charleston
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
Chillicothe
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln University
State Negro College
Nathan B. Young
Young
Florida
Tuskegee College
Page
Frank E. Kimball
Rockport
Louisville
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Houstonia
Pettis County
Newton County Farm Bureau
Neosho
L. J. Wormington
Pacific
Franklin County
State Public Service Commission
Eee Ow
Diamonds
Daddy
Sam
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