News of seven days across lands and fronts
The French government expresses concern over unofficial dispatches claiming six new Bolshevik divisions on the Dniester and Bessarabia front. A Paris Allied premiers conference is planned late January to discuss German disarmament reparations and the Greek situation. Marshal Foch's report on disarmament is noted, with German losses listed.
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Bessarabia
Dniester
Moscow
Paris
Marshal Foch
Rumania
Ferdinand
Martial Law Expandedin Ireland and World News Tidings
Martial law extends to Clare Waterford Wexford and Kilkenny with troops and disarmament. Reports from Batum cite a Armenian court condemning deputies and ministers including Dr Alexander Khatissian. The Dutch queen mother Yeoman suffers hernia and eyes operation. US Argentina ties warm as Torollo Colby toast presidents in Buenos Aires. Bethmann Hollweg dies after illness. Germany ships rising shipments. Santa Isabel survivors 45. main body feared lost. D Annunzio returns war decorations to King Emmanuel.
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Batum
Armenia
Alexander Khatissian
Armenian Republic of the Caucasus
Doctors May Prescribe Whisky Under Missouri Law
Missouri attorneys general opines physicians may issue whisky and wine prescriptions for medicinal use, with druggists filling them. no permits needed except for ethyl alcohol and wine, requiring fees of 2 and 10 dollars respectively. The ruling follows federal authority concerns and clarifies state statute provisions.
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Jefferson City
McAlister
Court of Criminal Corrections
St. Louis
McAllister
Missouri Disabled Veterans Get Monthly Stipend Increase
Vocational students at the University of Missouri who are disabled soldiers and supported by the U S Government now receive $100 a month, up from $80, after two recent $10 increases.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
United States
Woman Dies in Macon Librarian at 87
Miss Sarah Larrabee aged 87 died in Macon Missouri where she served as chief librarian. A Maine native and member of the Fairbanks family she taught school for forty years prior to her death and five ministers attended her funeral.
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Macon
Sarah Larrabee
Miss Larrabee
Maine
Fairbanks
Missouri Kansas and Texas to lay off Mokane shopmen
Fulton reports that the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad is laying off shop workers at Mokane, the western end of the St. Louis freight division. Officials say more cuts will follow unless national business improves.
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Fulton
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Mokane
St. Louis
Missouri to hold journalism week in May 1921
The University of Missouri will stage its 13th Journalism Week from May 23 to 28, 1921, at Columbia. The event marks thirteen years since the school was organized as the oldest journalism program in the United States.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York
United States Trucking Corporation
Annapolis
Maryville
Shane King
F. 8
King
United States Naval Academy
Booker
Shane
Columbia
University of Missouri
United States
School At
Missouri horticulturists eyed for regional cooperage plant
Aurora in Newton County hosts plans for a cooperage factory expanded to serve Ozarks growers in Missouri and Arkansas with barrels and boxes.
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Aurora
Newton County Horticulturists
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkansas
Head of State School Resigns in Missouri
Fulton Missouri Supt J Stewart Morrison of the Missouri School for the Deaf resigns with resignation effective June 1 1921. Morrison will move to Chicago where he has a tentative offer to pursue another line of work.
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Fulton
J. Stewart Morrison
Missouri School For Deaf
Morrison
Chicago
Cameron Co Operative Elevator Company Chartered
Cameron Missouri reports the Cameron Co Operative Elevator Company organized with 140 members and 30000 dollars in capital stock. The group received its charter from the Secretary of State and will soon open for business.
Hospital Returns $14828 to State
Farmington Missouri State Hospital No 4 closed the biennial period December 31 1920 debt free with an unused fund of 14828 02 reverting to the states general revenue fund January 1 1921
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Farmington
State Hospital No. 4
General Revenue Fund
Sedalia Engineer Dies After Illness at 67
Sedalia Missouri engineer Henry Tucker, 67, who spent thirty seven years with the Sedalia Milling Company, died of pneumonia following influenza. His wife had died years earlier. He is survived by two sons.
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Sedalia
Sedalia, Mo
Henry Tucker
Sedalia Milling Company
Supreme Court Dismisses Penitentiary Cement Case Appeal
Jefferson City Missouri The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by the Attorney General McAllister in the Lee Jordan Lumber Company case to recover 27845 dollars. The dismissal cites failure to file the transcript within the thirty day rule with opposing attorneys and the court.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
McAllister
Lee Jordan Lumber Company
Missouri Girl Weds Oklahoma Man in Sedalia
Rev. A. J. Ross, pastor of the German Methodist Church, marries his daughter Esther Ross to Grover B. Heyler of Oklahoma City. The couple will sail January 8 for Manila, P. I., where they will reside after a trip to Kansas City and California.
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Missouri
Sedalia
A. J. Ross
German Methodist Church
Esther Ross
Grover BE. Heyler
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
California
Manila
P. L
Soldier's Body Given Military Burial in California
The body of Uel Walser 25 was brought from France and given a military burial by the American Legion post in California Missouri. This marked the first military funeral of World War I veterans in the city. Walser was killed overseas August 29 1918.
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California
Uel Walser
France
American Legion Post
Walser
German-born Pettis merchant dies at Sedalia
Sedalia Missouri reports the death of Henry R. Brosing a pioneer resident. Born in Germany February 13 1846 he came to America in 1863 and retired as a Sedalia merchant in 1892 later living on a farm south of Sedalia.
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Sedalia
Henry R. Brosing
Pettis County
Germany
America
Kirksville Firm Forms in Automatic Clock Company
Incorporation papers filed in Kirksville Missouri show Automatic Self-Leveling Clock Company with headquarters and factory there and capital stock of 350000 dollars, half paid in.
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Kirksville
County Recorder
Fire destroys Vanney Interstate Hotel in Poplar Bluff
Fire of unknown origin wiped out the four story Vanney Interstate Hotel in Poplar Bluff Missouri. Property loss was estimated at 75000 dollars. A score of guests escaped in night garments with no injuries reported.
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Capitol
West Virginia
Charleston
Poplar Bluff
Vanney Interstate
Cedar Farmers to Meet Jan. 8
Cedar County Farmers Association plans its annual meeting in Stockton January 8 to elect officers and outline next year’s work.
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Cedar Farmers
Stockton
Farmers’ Association of
Cedar County
De Witt Woman Dies During Sedalia Visit
Mrs. George Kuhn of De Witt Missouri aged 57 died while visiting her daughter Mrs Rey W Rucker in Sedalia Missouri The Rucker home is linked to Sedalias Chamber of Commerce presidency.
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de Witt
Sedalia
George Kuhn
de Witt, Mo
Rey W. Rucker
Bank of Wheatland Robbery Steals Liberty Bonds
Robbers broke into the Bank of Wheatland in Wheatland Missouri and stole 22500 dollars in Liberty Bonds plus 125 in stamps and 150 in cash. The bonds were registered so authorities expect limited value to the thieves.
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Wheatland
Bank of Wheatland
Editor Returns to Missouri from Nebraska
Foster Moore, who leased the Brashear News, has returned from Nebraska to Brashear and assumed charge of the publication.
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Missouri
Brashear, Mo
Foster Moore
The
Brashear News
Brashear
Nebraska
Bribed Clerks Tied to Kramer O Connor Prohibition Office
In a New York report, three more O Connor office clerks face conspiracy charges connected to bribery schemes with the Washington prohibition office. William F. McCoy Katharyn B. Foody and Mrs Volberg Castillo are accused of aiding illegal liquor permits by bribing Washington staff, with Irene Richardson implicated in taking a $100 bribe.
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New York
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Charles R. O’connor
John Ff. Kramer
Washington
McQuillan
Mary EB. ‘Parkins
Regina Sassone
O’connor
William F. McCoy
Katharyn B. Foody
Volberg Castillo
McCy
United States
Hitchcock
Soan
Castillo
Miss Foody
Federal Prohibition Commissioner
Irene E. Richardson
McCoy
Kramer
Irene Richardson
Predict New Balkan War Afoot in Spring
Paris reports military experts foresee a spring Russian drive into Romania and Galicia. Critics say Soviet forces may move when weather allows, risking a broader European conflict as factions struggle for conquest. Lenine battles extremists while the army remains mobilized after Crimea campaign.
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Paris
Rumania
Galicia
Russia
Nikolai Lenine
Wrangel
Crimea
New Turn in Peace Parley Eases Surrender Demands
London reports a shift in Irish peace talks as the Irish office says surrender of alleged murderers will not occur before talks end. Names and records will be handed to the South Ireland parliament, letting the new government handle them. This contrasts with prior government stance.
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London
South Ireland
Bandits raid Nath an Swartz Loan Bank in Chicago
Four motor bandits raided the Nath an Swartz Loan Bank on North Clark street and escaped with money and jewelry valued at several thousand dollars. Police search ongoing for the suspects.
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Chicago, Jil
Nathan Swartz Loan Bank
North
Clark Street
Toy Pistol Explosion Kills 9 Year Old Patrick Meteroper
In Shreveport parish a Christmas celebration accident caused by a toy pistol blast burned Patrick Meteroper in the mouth. The 9 year old, son of Mrs. B Meteoper, died from lockjaw and related injuries at Campti.
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Shreveport
Patrick Meteroper
William Penn Quote on Virtue and Nobility
A compact reflection attributes true nobility to virtue and goodness as stated by William Penn. The maxim emphasizes moral conduct as the path to noble standing.
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William Penn
Garfield Tea Advertises Digestive Relief
A brief advert urges readers to use Garfield Tea to prevent or break a costive habit. It promotes the product as a remedy for constipation and urges immediate recourse to the tea for relief.
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Garfield
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