War News Roundup From The Fronts And Home Front
Paris reports French forces drove Germans from a small post between Soissons and Reims and damaged German positions in the Forest of Apremont. Berlin notes Russian attacks repulsed in the Riga region while fighting intensifies around Petrograd. U S officials anticipate rapid military bills, and Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt begin a West Indies trip. Abraham Cox, 107, dies in Fort Worth after a long life starting in England.
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Soissons
Reims
Apremont
St. Mihiel
Berlin
Riga
Petrograd
France
Belgium
Het- Las
Steenstratete
Oise
Aisne
Artois
Champagne
Arras
Challerange
Floods Fall Slowly As Arkansas City Seeks Aid
Arkansas City floodwaters along the Arkansas River ease after inundating the town. County Judge Cook reports a standstill and about four thousand people in dire need. Reports also note oil price rises, a civilian training camp proposal, and various international dispatches.
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Arkansas River
Arkansas City
Cook
Lake Village
Missouri Baptists plan $1.5 million general endowment drive
The Missouri Baptist General Association and college heads meet in Kansas City to approve a five year campaign raising 1.5 million dollars for endowments. Funds may be directed to specific colleges or split to a general pool for distribution among William Jewell Hardin Stevens La Grange Southwest Baptist Will Mayfield Lexington.
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Missouri Baptist
Missouri Baptists’ General Association
Kansas City
William Jewell College
Liberty
Hardin College
Mexico
Stevens College
Columbia
la Grange College
la Grange
Southwest Baptist College
Bolivar
Will Mayfield College
Marble Hill
Lexington College For Women
Dr. Green
John W. Million
Col
E. W. Stephens
B. W. Wiseman
Southwe Baptist College
Walter Waddell
Sident Lexington College
D. J. Scott
John S. Lyon
Northern Baptist Convention
D. J. Evans
J. E. Cook
Maryville Votes Out Saloons in Local Option Election
In Maryville two saloons were closed after a local option vote by 702. The tally was Drys 894 and wets 192, with the Fourth ward delivering a 200 dry majority. Liquor forces conceded defeat at noon. by afternoon only 100 votes were cast. Four years earlier the Fourth ward had gone wet by 155, swing favoring liquor interests.
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Maryville
Wolf drive near Carthage nets 251 kills for charity
The second winter wolf drive seven miles west of Carthage drew over 250 participants. One wolf and 150 rabbits were killed and the rabbits given to the charity union for distribution to the poor.
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Carthage
Charity Union For
Two Boys Die Stopping Train Near Kimberly
Two sons of Joseph Myers a local lightning rod agent near Kimberly were killed when they stepped in front of an oncoming freight train to save others. They were 8 and 11 years old.
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Kansas City
Moberly
Joseph Myers
Kimberly
Judge Halts Liquor Transport in Daviess County
Judge A. B. Davis of the Thirty sixth judicial court issues a temporary injunction restraining the Wa bash and Rock Island railroads and the Adams and Wells Fargo Express companies from carrying liquor in Daviess county.
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A. B. Davis
Thirtysixth Judicial Court
Wabash
Rock Ieland
American, Adams and Wells Fargo Express Companies
Daviess County
Christian County Votes for Road Bonds in 2 Vote Win
In Christian County the Billings district narrowly approved 40 000 road bonds by a two vote margin from 459 ballots. The funds are to finance rock road improvements with plans for work in the spring.
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Christian County
Billings, Christian County
Heal
Hero Now a Flood Victim
Raymond Berry of Robinson Illinois was fatally injured when a pole he worked on at Pond Missouri fell crushing him during flood line repairs. He was among hundreds of linemen who braved flood waters and ice to restore telephone service.
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Raymond Berry
Robinson, Ill
Pond
Record Zinc Ore Sale Sets New U S Record
The A W C Mining Company sold 1000 tons of premium grade zinc ore for about 120000, 11750 a ton, establishing a record for delivery and total payment. Carmean and Squires sold 500 tons for about 57500 at 115 a ton in two weeks. Mrs J T Albertson received a 500 check from Daniel C Jackling honoring kindness years ago on the Albertson farm near Sedalia.
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A. W. C. Mining Company
Carmean and Squires
J. T. Albertson
Sedalia
Daniel C. Jackling
Alberston Farm
Jackling
Warrensburg Normal School
Rolla School of Mines
Salt Lake City
Startled Hilton Regains Speech After Three Years
William Hilton of Crate Nas unexpectedly recovers the power to speak after three years of muteness caused by a mysterious affliction. The moment occurs while they were en route to Crane, startling onlookers and signaling a remarkable medical or personal breakthrough.
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William Hilton
Crate Nas
Hilton
Crane
Reunion Ends in Grief as Missouri Mother Tracks Daughter
Mrs Frank Fisher of Springfield and Mrs Kate Thomas of Pindall Ark reunite after nineteen years apart. The sorrowful visit ends with the death of Mrs Thomas baby from cerebral hemorrhage found in the grandmother's bed. Coroner Lohmeyer confirms the cause.
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Frank Fisher
Springfield
Kate Thomas
Pindall
Ark
Thomas
Lohmeyer
Butler Makes Second $100000 Gift to Lindenwood College
James Gay Butler of St Louis donated a further 100000 dollars to Lindenwood College in St Charles. Dr John L Roemer announced the gift which will fund a new dormitory on campus.
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Lindenwood College
St. Charles
James Gay Butler
St. Louis
John L. Roemer
Ozark Press Association Sets Rolla as Meeting Site
The executive committee of the Ozark Press Association chose Rolla as the gathering location. The annual meeting will be held on June 25 and 26 in Rolla, following a Springfield meeting.
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Rolla
The
Ozark Press Association
Springfield
Inmates Revolt Over Bath Before Transfer to New Almshouse
Fifteen Jasper county paupers at the almshouse resisted when told a bath was required prior to transfer to the recently dedicated $75,000 new structure. They would have to bathe regularly while in the new quarters.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Jasper County
Veteran Found Dead at Sister's Montgomery Home
Thomas Hoffman, a Confederate veteran who served under Francis M. Cockrell, was found dead in his bed at his sister Mrs. G W Bosley’s Montgomery residence. Hoffman was a retired merchant.
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Thomas Hoffman
Francis M. Cockrell
Montgomery
G. W. Bosley
Hoffman
University Receives 65000 From Estate After Tax Ruling
A Missouri university will gain 65000 as collateral inheritance tax from the 1800000 estate of Mrs. Eliza McMillan. The amount was decided at a St Louis conference in Edwin W. Lee's office, with admin ami W. K. Bixby present along with lawyers for the university and the state auditor.
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Missouri University
Eliza McMillan
St. Louis
Edwin W. Lee
Ami W. K. Bixby
The
State University
State Auditor's Office
Oil or Gasoline Mix Sparks $10,000 Damage Suit
Oscar A. Buhilig, whose wife was nine, sues E. P. Carl a grocer for $10,000 claiming he sold gasoline instead of oil which caused a fire when poured on the blaze by his wife, leading to damages.
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Oscar A. Buhilig
E. P. Carl, & Grocer
Hamlin Matriarch Dies at 87 In Seventh Ward
Mrs. J. Hamlin, mother of Con T. Hagin of the Seventh, died at home at seventy eight? She was eighty seven years old. The obituary notes her long life and ties to the local family.
Woman Fatally Burned in Carthage Gas Stove Accident
A 70 year old woman, Eliza Petterson, died after being fatally burned in Carthage when a gas stove exploded or ignited. The incident occurred during a household accident at the stove. Police and fire officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding the blaze and the victim's exact cause of death.
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oMre Eliza Petterson
Carthage
War Secretary Leaves Cabinet in Wilson Preparedness Split
Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison resigns over Wilson's defense plans and timed Philippine independence. Assistant Secretary Breckinridge also quits. Scott becomes acting secretary while Wilson likely assumes personal charge of defense in Congress. Garrison had argued for a continental army. resignation surprises Washington.
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Washington
Lindley M. Garrison
Wilson
Garrison
Congress
Breckinridge
Scott
Hugh L. Scott
Army
Continental Army
United States
Universal Service
New York
Department
Would Put Packers in Jail in Beef Trust Inquiry
Kansas City reports more than two hundred farmers mailed experiences to U S district attorney Fred Robertson about the beef trust inquiry. Robertson said voluntary aid would help, and shippers favor criminal actions to jail offenders under the Clayton amendment to the Sherman Law, seeking penitentiaries for higher-ups in trust conspiracies.
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Kansas City
Fred Robertson
United States
Kansas
Beef Trust
Robertson
Trust
Would Drill College Men to Build Army Officers
Dr. Edmund J. James, president of the University of Illinois, told the House military committee that fifty land grant colleges could form an officer reserve by training cadets. He said Bryan’s claim of a million volunteers would fail without trained officers and urged more officers be assigned to teach cadets.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Edmund J. James
University of Illinois
James
William J. Bryan
Turks Again Slay Armenians in Massacre Report
Geneva dispatch reports renewed Ottoman killings of Armenians as troops attack villages. The brief item notes Turkish forces conduct massacres in regional areas with casualties and rising alarms among observers.
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Geneva
Oklahoma high school pane report fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a February 11 fire and a high school incident or origin unclear due to garbled text. No identifiable names, places, or outcomes are readable.
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Oklahoma High School
Tocumuch
Ad Sven High School
Inside bathing with hot water and lime stone phosphate
A 1915 advertisement advises drinking hot water with a spoonful of lime stone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach and purify the digestive tract. It claims benefits for headaches biliousness digestion and overall vitality, urging daily use before breakfast and noting broader consumer claims from Dallas postal receipts.
Preparedness through Brom Quin ine labeled laxative claim
A vintage health note urges fortifying the system against grip by taking Brom Quinine labeled as a tonic and laxative to destroy germs and resist colds grip and influenza. It references a single Brom Quin ine product with B W Groves signature on the box and warns of danger as a safety guidepost.
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B. W. Grove
Purifying Politics and Cuticura Ad Offer
Red rough hands heal with Cuticura soap and ointment. Soak in hot suds then apply ointment for a one night treatment. Free sample by mail with Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere. Ad.
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Dept. L
Boston
California Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Relief
A vintage patronage ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It claims a teaspoon cleanses the stomach and bowels within hours, easing feverish irritability and stomach distress. Mothers are urged to stock this 0cent bottle for quick at home relief.
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California
Bivery
Would Your Skin Stand This Test
A discarded ad fragment touts Resingl claiming benefits for complexion under bright evening lights. It highlights quick use and hopeful results, presenting a generic skincare pitch with unclear efficacy.
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