National Buttermilk Day Proclaimed by Agriculture Department
The Agricultural Department designates July 1 as National Buttermilk Day to promote consumption and aid dairy farmers. Cremeries and dairy plants are urged to cooperate to ensure ample buttermilk supply for homes, hotels, and restaurants as wartime dry laws take effect. Fire chiefs from Kansas City discuss department administration, spontaneous combustion, firefighting methods, and shift from horse to motorized equipment at the International Fire Chiefs Association meeting.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
International Fire Chiefs’ Association
Fight to Defeat Suffrage Movement Revealed in St Louis Letters
A campaign to oppose ratification of the Federal equal suffrage amendment is organized for the extra session starting July 2. Lawyer Charles J P Comer informs large labor employers in St Louis about the effort and its backing.
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Gardner
St. Louis
Charles JP. Comer
Ozark Press Association Names Officers for Year
The Ozark Press Association elected W. A. Black of the Mansfield Mirror as president Geo Townsend of Mountain Grove Journal as vice president H L Gosele of the Houston Republican as secretary and W H Lynch of the Springfield Norman as treasurer for the coming year.
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W. A. Black
The
Ozark Press Association
Mansfield Mirror
Geo
Townsend
Mountain Grove Journal
H. L. Gosele
Houston Republican
W. H. Lynch
Springfield Norman
State Receives Battle Flags From Camp Funston
Adjutant General Harvey C. Clark received the official colors of the Eighty-ninth Division units mostly from Missouri. The units include the 354th and 256th Infantry, 314th Engineers, 242d Field Artillery, and the 314th Signal Battalion. Local labor unions urged support for referring the workmen's compensation fact to the people and asked members to back the proposition.
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Harvey C. Clark
Camp Funston
Eighty-ninth Division
Three Hundred and Fifty-fourth
314Th Engineers
242D Field Artillery
314Th Signal Battalion
Missouri
Building Trades Council
Ballor Crowns in Five Feet of Water
After serving in the navy a year without a mishap Carl Hackley 23 son of J B Hackley farmer of Fayette was in five feet of water in a pond on Jeff Scotton s property. Prices to rise July 1 retail coal costs will increase Carterville coal 25 cents a ton anthracite 10 cents Arkansas coal 20 cents. Montgomery Man Dies A Buckner Carr prominent citizen.
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Navy
Carl Hackley
J. B. Hackley
Fayette
Jeff Scotton
Carterville
Arkansas
Missouri tax board to pass on real estate and personal property
The state board will meet after a 10 week delay to decide the 1919 real estate and personal property assessments. Officials expect a 20 percent increase over last year, with the Democratic majority likely rejecting the tax commission's higher valuation.
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Gardner
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Missouri
McAllister
Sullivan
Middelkamp
State Board
George E. Hackmann
Hackmann
McAllister, Sullivan and Middelkamp
McAllister-Middelkamp-Sullivan
Missouri Leads in Black Walnut Lumber and Logs Value 1918
Missouri ranked first among states in 1918 for black walnut lumber and logs. Production reached 13,373,000 feet of lumber and 420 carloads of logs, with a combined market value of 2,204,138 dollars. Walnut lumber averaged 117.77 dollars per thousand feet, totaling about 630,000 dollars for lumber plus logs.
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Missouri
Missouri Bureau of Labor Statistics
William H. Lewis
Kinloch Park Residents Seek Suppression of Six Park Resort
A petition presented to St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Ralph requests suppression of the Six Park Negro outing resort and four nearby dives. The 155 signatures include 40 from black residents of Kinloch Park.
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Kinloch Park
Ralph
St. Louis County
Six Park
Missouri Lands Pledged for Soldier Settlement Plan
Preliminary surveys indicate Missouri has five million acres of land suitable for soldier settlement. The figures appear in a letter to Governor Gardner from State Land Reclamation Commissioner Brydon outlining potential allocations.
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Missouri
Gov
Gardner
State Land Reclamation
Brydon
Livingston County considers $1.2 million hard road bonds
The County Good Roads Association will petition the County Court for a special election to approve a $1,200,000 hard road bond issue. The plan seeks funding for road improvements and assumes voter support in a forthcoming ballot.
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Livingston County
County Good Roads Association
Notorious Criminal Arrested In Kansas City
Chester Yates, a famed bank robber and hold up man who escaped Sing Sing over six years ago, was captured in Kansas City Missouri.
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Chester Yates
Sing Sing
Kansas City
Fulton Defeats City Telephone Bond Vote
Fulton Missouri rejects a $50,000 municipal telephone bond proposition by a wide margin. It stands as the first city in the state to vote on the measure. Polls show turnout and early counts indicate a clear victory for opponents.
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Fulton
Isaac Johnson Dies After Cancer Battle in Sedalia
Isaac Johnson born in Scott County Illinois in 1848 and longtime Sedalia resident who lived with the Katy for sixteen years died after a bout with cancer.
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Isaac Johnson
Scott County
Illinois
Sedalia
Katy
New Job For James Y. Player Appointed Special Agent
James Y. Player former St. Louis comptroller and state tax commission member was named special agent for the commission. Sheriff orders closing Hannibal Missouri's segregated district as part of the vice crusade.
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James Y. Player
St. Louis
State Tax Commission
Commission
Hannibal, Mo
J. Will Me?ford
Hannibal
Kansas City Plans Control Scheme In State Capitol
Kansas City Democratic politicians at the capital show strong interest in a plan that began locally and is seen as an effort to control the next election and influence the Kan sas faction.
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Kansas City
Kansa
Global postwar tensions spill into relief and treaties
Reports show Belgium to receive 2.5 billion francs in reparations from Germany and German bonds replacing Belgian debt. Weimar signs peace terms unconditionally as German naval fleet at Scapa Flow is sunk. Assembly votes to sign the treaty. labor supports the League and forty four hour week. A Minnesota tornado casualties and shelter efforts are noted alongside Brazilian president’s New York visit.
Texas approves equal suffrage ratification in special session
The Texas House passed a joint resolution ratifying the federal equal suffrage amendment by 96 to 21. The session also advanced a concurrent resolution for ratification, while Fort Bliss is designated a key border base and air patrols are planned. Casualties were reported in a Villa war clash near Villa Ahumada.
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Texas
House
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Colver backs Kenyon packers bill and wheat licensing
FTC chairman William B. Colver urged Congress to pass Senator Kenyon's packers control bill as a sane remedy. Wilson signed a wheat licensing proclamation limiting who may deal in wheat products except farmers and small bakers. Brazil’s Pessoa praised Washington from Mount Vernon. Senate debates over the League of Nations show a pause as leaders realign.
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Federal Trade Commission
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Colver
Wilson
Epitacio Pessoa
Brazil
George Washington
Washington
Mount Vernon
United States
Kellogg Civil War Vet Dies in Chicago at 83
Col Josiah H Kellogg former insurance magazine publisher and oldest member of the Chicago Press and Union League clubs died in Chicago aged 83 He was invalided home from the Civil War after Gettysburg wound. A Loyal Order of Moose convention at Mooseheart Ill adopted a resolution condemning Bolshevism and anarchy. Washington charges claim wool growers and government were defrauded of millions via 1918 wool clip handling methods.
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Somestic
Josiah H. Kellogg
Chicago Press
Union League
Chicago
Convention of the Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart
Ill
Washington
Senate Passes Army Bill With $888 Million Appropriation
The Senate approved the army appropriation bill carrying 888 million dollars and proposing an average force of 400000 men next year, an increase of 171 million and 100000 personnel over the House bill. The measure also funds aviation and subsistence, and includes amendments on the Dayton Wright field purchase and salary limits for surplus disposal chief C W Hare.
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League of Nations
Borah
Idaho
House
National Guard
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Lenroot
Republican
Wisconsin
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C. W. Hare
Winnipeg Ends SixWeek General Strike
After nearly six weeks of industrial strife Winnipeg's general sympathetic strike is called off. Workers return to work at 11 o'clock Thursday with no concessions from authorities. A commission of investigation may be appointed, with H A Robertson KC named as sole commissioner.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Norris
H. A. Robertson
K. C
King’s Bench
Ottawa
Motor Train Starts July 7 On Lincoln Highway Mission
Washington reports the motor transport corps will dispatch a train of at least fifty trucks and support vehicles along the Lincoln Highway starting July 7 from Washington, reaching San Francisco about sixty days later. A dedication in Lafayette Square near the White House will mark the nationwide highway start, with President to dedicate the stone and Hiram Johnson of California to dedicate another in Lincoln Park, San Francisco.
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Motor Transport Corps
United States Army
Lincoln Highway
San Francisco
Lafayette Square
White House
Hiram Johnson
California
Lincoln Park
Bill Seeks Fathers Day Observance Nationwide
Washington June 26 a bill by Rep Snell Republican New York would set the third Sunday in June as Fathers Day and direct the President to urge general observance of the day.
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Washington
Representative Snell
New York
May Return Wires on July 31, Says SoSs
Washington June 26 telegraphic and telephone lines will not go back to the owners before July 31. Officials report action by SoSs to enforce cooperation.
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Washington
SoSs
Bishop Wilberforce and the Ghostly Monk Tale
The tale recounts Bishop Wilberforce at a country house haunted by an apparition of a monk who warns of a hidden confession. The bishop later discovers the manuscript and burns it, then confesses he created the story to test belief if told gravely.
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Wilberforce
Bishop Wilberforce
Manchester Guardian
Grieving Cows Observe Death of Calved Herd Cow
An Essex London Daily Mail correspondent describes cows, an old bull, and calves gathering around a dead cow in a frosted meadow. Seven cows and the bull licked the dead cow as it was loaded onto a knacker's cart, then watched and sniffed the spot until it disappeared.
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Essex
London Daily Mail
Do Animals Love Music Subtly Tames Working Horses
A London Daily Express writer notes a Midland railway carter singing "Killarney" as his horse tows a heavy van up a steep road. The horse mirrors the singer's pace, stopping when the man stops. The piece also cites land girls and Indian ox drivers who say animals respond to singing.
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Killarney
London Daily Express
Midland Railway
India
Soapy Pear and a Childs Curious Song Request
A young girl named Jeanne shows keen interest in patriotic songs heard at a community singing led by her mother. Later she asks to hear the “soapy pear” piece, which her mother recognizes as a misheard title sounding like “soap y pear” during piano practice.
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Jeanne
Senator Silhouette Sparks Capitol Banter Over Speeches
A friend of Senator Sorghum challenged the scion on Capitol steps and asked why he has not given speeches lately. The senator, calm in silk hat and frock coat, replied that he is saving the country alone, noting the era of khaki uniforms.
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