News of seven days in all lands peace notes
United States withdraws its representatives from the council of ambassadors. Georges Leygues expresses deep regret. Austrian government reports it cannot continue, Greek forces defeat Turkish nationalists at Brusa, and Mustapha Kemal’s troops retreat. League of Nations reports its first year’s work. A German claims bill proposes returning property to German citizens. Red Cross supplies reach Budapest for hospitals and orphans. Naval officers complete a snowbound journey to Mattice. Railroads receive government payments totaling over 427 million dollars. Fire at a mill in Alton kills two workers. Beulah Land author Reverend Stites buried in Cape May. Police kill a bandit in Omaha. Electoral college plans for Harding inauguration discussed. Kansas City bank robbed. Kansas governor sworn in. Missouri and Texas political shifts noted amid international dispatches.
Senator McCullough Seeks Citizenship Test for Ballot Access
Jefferson City Missouri news reports Senator McCullough introduced a resolution for a constitutional amendment to bar aliens from voting until fully naturalized. The measure would replace current rules allowing voting after first papers with a requirement of full citizenship before suffrage. The Senate also asks the Attorney General for an opinion on funding $60 million road bonds from auto taxes or direct taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Senate
McCullough
Shupp Seeks Ban on Liquor Ownership in Missouri
Dr. W. H. Shupp, superintendent of the Missouri Anti-Saloon League, arrived in Jefferson City to push an amendment banning possession of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes. The current Missouri law forbids manufacturing selling or giving away intoxicating liquors within or beyond the state for beverage use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shupp
Jefferson City
W. ©. Shupp
Missouri Anti- Saloon League
Missouri
State of
Milford Bank Fails to Open in Lamar County
Milford State Bank of Milford Missouri fails to open and state examiner may audit. Walter M. Halpin, cashier of the Commercial State Bank of Mount Washington suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, who is also Milford bank vice president, is missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
Milford State Bank
Milford
State Bank
Walter M. Halpin
Commercial State Bank of
Mount Washington
Kansas City
Milford Bank
Halpin
Fire destroys auto dealers and garages in Montgomery City
A blaze leveled Hanson Smith's auto sales and stock and W. H. Blake's garages in Montgomery City. J. W. Gill and William Birchfield were seriously injured by a falling wall. The origin of the fire is unknown. Damage is estimated at 30,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery City
Hanson Smith
W. H. Blake
J. W. Gill
William Birchfield
Fulton City Plans Bond Issue For Water Light Plant
Fulton Missouri city council calls a January 21 meeting for citizens to discuss a proposed bond issue of 75000 dollars to improve and enlarge the city water and light plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Death of Lena Ross Morris in Otterville
Sedalia Missouri Mrs Lena Ross Morris 34 died at her mother Mrs Anna Ross home in Otterville She is survived by two sons two daughters a brother and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Lena Ross Morris
Anna Ross
Otterville
Sedalia Woman Dies After Tooth Extraction
Sedalia Missouri Mrs Charles L Turner 63 wife of a farmer died half an hour after a tooth was extracted in a local dentist office. Death attributed to heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Charles L. Turner
Knights of Columbus to Add $40,000 Home Expansion
Springfield plans call for a $40,000 addition to the Knights of Columbus home to begin in February after approved by the local organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of C. Home
Springfield
Knights of Columbus
La Plata Pastor Resigns for Alabama Call
Rev. F. L. Hudson resigns after more than seven years as pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church in La Plata Mo to accept a call in Alabama. He originally came to La Plata from Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Plata
F. L. Hudson
Community Presbyterian Church
Alabama
New Synodical College Names Biology Teacher
Miss Eunice Frazier of Rushville is elected biology teacher at Synodical College in Fulton Missouri. She succeeds Miss Helene Norwood who returns to Mount Pleasant Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Synodical College
Fulton, Mo
Eunice Frazier
Rushville
Synodical College
Helene Norwood
Mount Pleasant
Two Women Die When Car Hit By Train At Otterville Crossing
Mrs Jane Zimmerscheid 70 and her daughter Sylvia 80 died instantly when their car was struck by Missouri Pacific east bound train 12 at Otterville grade crossing 15 miles east of Sedalia. Son Carl 25 fatally injured, train did not stop. women hurled 150 feet into river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Jane Zimmerscheid
Sylvia Zimmerscheid
Carl Zimmerscheid
Missouri Pacific
Otterville
Zimmerscheids
Lamine River
Lamine
Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau outlines 1920 plans
Sikeston Missouri reports the Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau aims to raise working capital to 20000 and expand farm resources across eight counties. Officials believe soil fertility supports greater population and seek involvement from corporations lenders physicians and real estate professionals. A large program for 1920 includes outreach, advertising and financial support for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau
Beverage Inspection Law Upheld by Missouri Judge
Judge J G Slate of the Cole County Circuit Court ruled the last legislature's act creating a state beverage inspection department and imposing a special tax is valid. Plaintiffs, several St. Louis beverage manufacturers, argued it was a revenue measure not an inspection law and cited the department returning 33000 to the state treasury over the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
J. G. Slate
Cole County
St. Louis
State Beverage Inspection Department
State Treasury
Re-elect Dingle President Fair Board
Jefferson City Missouri A C Dingle of Moberly was re elected president of the State Fair Board E G Bylander of Sedalia was again named secretary Hedrick of Buckner vice president and W H Powell treasurer were re elected A committee of Hedrick W A Dallmeyer Jefferson City and T J Harwood Kirkwood was appointed to investigate the proposed centennial celebration for the 1921 State Fair and recommended an appropriation to the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dingle
Fair Board
Jefferson City
A. C. Dingle
Moberly
State Fair Board
E. G. Bylander
Sedalia
T. J. Hedrick
Buckner
W. H. Powell
Hedrick
W. A. Dallmeyer
T. J. Harwood
Kirkwood
Baptists Open District Headquarters in Springfield
Springfield Missouri news reports the Springfield District of the Missouri Baptist General Association opening its headquarters in the city. Rev. L. H. Maples leads the new office, which also serves D. H. Howerton evangelist Rev. John F. Killian Greene county missionary Dr. E. L. Huckell Southwest Baptist College field man Miss Fern E. Gates district secretary and the Green County Baptist Mission Board and the Baptist Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Missouri Baptist General Association
L. H. Maples
D. H. Howerton
John F. Killian
Greene County
Association
E. L. Huckell
Southwest Baptist College
Bolivar
Fern E. Gates
Woman’s Work
Green County Baptist Mission Board
The
Baptist Conference
Brookfield forms guard to protect banks
Brookfield Missouri mayor White organizes a home guard of about a dozen ex soldiers armed with army rifles and revolvers. Two high powered cars support the effort. The group will practice weekly and electric bells link each of the four banks to its guard location.
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Brookfield Mo
White
Coroner Finds MP Rider Not Liable In Otterville Fatal
Cooper county coroner S R Smiley and a jury held an Otterville inquest into the crossing accident that killed Mary Jane Zimmerscheid, 70, and her daughter Sophia Zigsmcheid, 30, as they tried to cross railroad tracks in an automobile. Missouri Pacific was absolved of blame.
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Sedalia
Moo
S. R. Smiley
Cooper County
Otterville
Missouri Pacific
Mary Jane Zimmerscheid
Sophia Zigmerscheid
Clifton City Couple to Wed in Boonville
Miss Marguerite Felton manager of her father’s Clifton City grain elevator will wed Thomas M. Devine of Clifton City in Boonville on February 5 announced at a dinner hosted by the bride’s father in Clifton City.
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Clifton City
Boonville
Marguerite Felton
Thomas M. Devine
Sedalian Dies at 77 in Pettis County Home
Monroe Whitmire a native of Ohio aged 77 and long resident of Pettis county died at his son Edward Whitmire’s home north of Georgetown. He was born in Ohio and had lived in Sedalia area many years.
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Sedalian
Sedalia
Monroe Whitmire
Ohio
Pettis County
Edward Whitmire
Georgetown
Rev. David Hopkins Dies After Fall in Carthage
Rev. David Hopkins, 91, long time Missouri legislator from 1884 to 1886 and Baptist minister, died in Carthage after a fall. He arrived in Missouri in 1837.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hopkins
Carthage
Missouri
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root kidney liver bladder remedy
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It touts vegetable herbs, emphasizes purity with every bottle, and offers a sample via ten cent mail request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer, & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Great House Mystery in Louisville Leasing Puzzle
A Courier Journal item notes a strange leasing tale in which a landlord offers to paper the entire house after a tenant reports success. The exchange hints at a larger, humorous mystery surrounding the landlord’s unusual offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvillé
Courier-Journal
Garfield Tea as Grandmother’s Remedy for Stomach Ailments
An old advertisement extols Garfield Tea as a home remedy for constipation and stomach ills, claiming it as a favored family medicine now more than in previous generations.
Fruit of labor keeps reformer jaunty at Harvard
Frothingham Dodge tells Harvard students loafing leads to illness and drink. He recounts a tale of Sweeny the hypochondriac who meets a burly friend George. George explains he lives on the fruit of labor, prompting Sweeny to consider fruit as a cure.
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Frothingham Dodge
Boston
Harvard
Sweeny
George
Opportunity Seen as Chance for Those Who Seek It
A proverb compares opportunity to a woman who favors those who pursue her and seize the moment. ItSuggests effort and initiative determine the luck one finds in life.
Widow Reveals First Kiss Claim Meets Silent Reaction
A widow tells a man she has never been kissed before, prompting surprise and awkward silence. The remark becomes the focal moment of a social scene, drawing reactions from onlookers and shifting the mood.
Woman’s Admiration and Cure Story for Favorite Prescription
A Kansas City reader shares how Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cured her weakness and female troubles after suffering for years. Mrs Ollie Derringer endorses the remedy and urges others to try it, noting no recurrence after three bottles. Trial packs are available by sending 10c to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Kansas
Ollie Derringer
May Street
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
King George Intervenes For American Troop Coffee
Sergeant Guyon of B troop Amer forces in Germany had his ration changed by direct orders from King George. When the American polo team from Coblenz toured England, Guyon led the ponies at Aldershot. The king, inspecting the ponies, asked about England, and Guyon quipped that breakfast tea was fierce. The king ordered coffee for the men.
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Guyon
Germany
King George
Coblenz
Englnd
Aldershot
England
Vacuum Cleaning the Cat Technique
A simple method to remove loose fur from a cat uses a vacuum with a brush attachment. Hold the sweeper near the animal, switch on the current, and comb through the fur to collect loose hairs.
Graft Scolded As Issue Beyond Immediate Focus
An editorial dismisses graft as a public nuisance beyond priority attention, urging readers to focus on pressing governance concerns while criticizing moral rhetoric and proposing practical reforms elsewhere.
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United States
Council of Ambassadors
Georges Leygues
France
Hugh C. Wallace
Leygues
Entente
Germon
London Times
Berlin
Brusa
Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal W
League ‘of ‘Nations
League’, of Nations
League
Ruhr Valley
King
Utah
American Red Cross
Budapest
Hungary
Paris
Washington
Kloor
Hinton
Ferrell
Mattice
Ont
Moose Factory
Rockaway
Treasury
Department of Commerce
South America
Far East
Geological Survey
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
New York
Elect Harding
E. B. McLean
Equitable Powder Company
Alton
Frank Sons
Ernest Trby
Edgar Page Stites
Cold Spring Cemetery
Cape May
N. J
Methodist’ Church
Stites
William League
International Iron Workers’ Union
Omaha
W. H. Crutchfield
Electoral College of
Warren G. Harding
Senator Harding
First National Bank of Chappell, Neb
Chappell
O. L. Barewald
Davenport
Socialist Party
Kansas’ City
Produce Exchange Bank
Missouri Avenue
Walnut Street
Henry Allent
Rosseau A. Burch
Kansas Supreme Court
W. A. Johnston
Supreme Court
Capitol
Arthur M. Hyde
Trenton
Hiram Lloyd
Galveston
West Arrow
Bremen
Royal Hotel
Ark
Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
British India
Sultanpur
Lucknow
Vladivostok
Armenia
Georgia
Constantinople
Eamon de Valera
Great Britain
Elbassan
Rhallis
Greece
Robert de Billy
Earl of Granville
Col. Fatzeas
Greek War Council
Athens
Ghege
Bellans
Bellars
Winston Grain CO
Winston-Salem
N. C
Berry
Michigan 4 Avenue
Grocers
Battle Creek
Heath Man
Postum Carea
Berane Coen
Tron SA
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