Italian Victory on Piave Clears River Front to the Sea
Across the Piave river Italian forces have cleared the western bank and control the entire river from the Montello Plateau to the Adriatic. American troops report success at Belleau Wood on the Marne front taking five machine guns and driving Germans from the area. The Austrian offensive begins its retreat with losses estimated at 180,000 men as Allied praise mounts for the Italian stand. Fresh rains flood the Piave hindering Austrian lines while air routes and naval actions expand the war effort. President Wilson will speak at Mount Vernon with Allied participation and postal losses prompt a $630,000 claim settlement.
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Italy
Adriatic Sea
Duke of Aosta
Missouri lawmakers plan 120 day revision session
The fiftieth general assembly opens in January at Jefferson City with a 120 day revision session. Laws will be revised or repealed, insurance reforms discussed, and funding moves debated as Missouri eyes stronger American policy. The Senate remains strongly Democratic and party unity is emphasized.
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Jefferson City
General Assembly
House of ‘Representatives
Senate
Missouri
Gardner
St. Louis
Missouri Tax Commission
Public Service Commission
House of Representatives
Fayette former mayor and sheriff dies at 74
Capt. W. Frank Mitchell a Confederate veteran died after a long illness at St Marys hospital aged 74. Born in Howard county he served three terms as mayor of Fayette and one term as Howard county sheriff and went to Jefferson City during the Folk administration in 1905. He is survived by a widow and two children.
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W. Frank Mitchell
St. Mary’s Hospital
Howard County
Fayette
Jefferson City
Lease Toll Lines In Jefferson City Bids Made
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co of St Louis seeks PSC approval to lease long distance toll lines from American Telephone and Telegraph Co to implement July 1 new statewide schedules. The American company also requested authority to lease its lines to Southwestern Bell.
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Jefferson City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
St. Louis
Public Service Commission
American Telegraph and Telephone Co
American Company
Southwestern Bell
Missouri Girl Its Safe
Springfield Miss Jean Wells of this city has been in charge of the nurses training department at the American hospital in Tabriz Persia since last October. She was believed in the hospital when Turkish troops sacked it but is reported safe with British troops, per a word to her parents from the war department in Washington.
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Missouri
Springfield
Jean Wells
Tabriz
Persia
War Department
Washington
Senatorial Squabbie sparks party row over saloon letter
A Democratic rift grows after a saloon man’s letter against Folk for senator surfaces. Wilfley supporters claim Folk allies released it to aid his bid, a claim denied amid ongoing dispute.
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Folk
Wilfley
Six-Cent Carfare Granted by Missouri PSC
The Missouri public service commission approved a six cent fare to Kansas City Railways Co. for a pending rate adjustment. The ruling impacts local transit pricing and may influence passenger costs in the Kansas City area.
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Missouri Public Service Commission
The
Kansas City Railways Co
Workmen's Bill to Legislature Faces Candidate Debate
Labor groups push candidates to declare views on a Missouri workingmen's compensation bill before the primary. The measure failed in the Senate after house passage and amid corporate opposition. Also, jurors from Cole County testified they were urged not to vote indictments in the penitentiary cement scandal case.
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Missouri
St. Louis
House
Senate
Cole County
D. C. McClung
Lee Jordan
Jefferson City
Kearney Collett
Elston
William Turbett
Collett
Bond
Turbett
Joseph Ortmeyer
Bennett Clark Ordered to Three Months Staff Officers Training
Lieut. Col. Bennett Clark will undergo three months of training at a staff college per a cablegram to his father Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri. News of his safe arrival in France preceded the message. The Adjutant General assented that the assignment to the staff officers training school is a favorable sign.
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Bennett Clark
Army School
Champ Clark
Missouri
Young Clark
France
Adjt
McCain
Bennett
Woman Shoots Self in Farmington Hotel Room
Mrs. Catherine Liner, 22, committed suicide in a room at the St. Francis hotel Farmington. Family disagreements were given as cause. She came to Farmington eight weeks ago with husband S. J. Liner who was promoting an automobile contest. Parents reside at Decatur Illinois.
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Farmington
Catherine,Liner
St. Francis Hotel
Liner
S. J. Liner
Decatur, Ill
Missouri boards urge three IIIB appeals to gain reclassification
Five district appeal boards asked Provost Marshal General Crowder to appeal all III-B cases based on dependent parents. They urged immediate government appeals to move registrants to 1-A. Board members said appeals in their districts raised about 50 percent to 1-A.
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Missouri
Crowder
Deserter Arrested at Monroe City and Local Death Notices
Monroe City reports Eddie Williams a Camp Funston deserter arrested by Marshal John Owen after a six week disappearance. Sedalia notes retiree David P. Hays a 1873 Morgan County native died, survived by family and Elks membership. Marble Hill records 74 year old Charles Oswald who killed himself in jail over government remarks. St Joseph details the discovery of a young woman's body near railroad tracks by a track walker.
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Monroe City
Eddie Williams
Camp Funston
John Owen
Williams
Shelby County
Marble Hill
Charles Oswald
Sugar Ration Rules Set by Food Administration
Washington reports new sugar restrictions for commercial users effective July 1. Total 1.6 million tons for six months allocated by three pounds per person monthly, with a certificate system for sales to non-households. Retail limits set to two pounds per town customer per sale, five pounds to country customers.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
England
France
Italy
Kerensky Predicts Russian People Unite For Freedom
London June 27 Alexander Kerensky former Russian premier addressed the British labor conference saying the Russian people will join in the cause of freedom. He arrived in London June 19 after rumors of his fate, and was introduced by Arthur Henderson before delivering a Russian language speech to a cheering crowd.
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London
Alexander Kerensky
Moscow
Kerensky
Arthur Henderson
America
July Draft Call Sets Record Seventy Thousand Enlistments
Washington reports 367,961 men to be mobilized in July under Crowder. White registrants total 124,525 with 27,257 to entrain July 5. July rounds include 220,000 planned for July 22–25 and four entrainment windows from July 15–31. The July call divides whites 21,255 for July 15–19 and 45,000 negro for July 16–20 plus 25,011 negro for July 29–31.
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Washington
General Crowder
Crowder
Czecho Slovak Troops Enter Ekaterinburg Amid Urals Fighting
Report from Amsterdam dated June 27 says Czecho-Slovak forces have entered Ekaterinburg on the Asiatic side of the Urals in the center of the Ural mining region. Heavy fighting is under way in the area, according to a Moscow telegram via Berlin.
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Amsterdam
Eekaterinburg
Urals
Moscow
Berlin
No New Austrian Cabinet Announced by Premier
London news reports June 27 that Baron Von Seydfer, the Austrian premier, announced no changes in the cabinet. Details on potential reshuffles or policy shifts were not provided in the brief dispatch.
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London
Baron von Seydfer
Judge Chambers backs Eatonic for appetite relief
Judge William L. Chambers, U S Board of Mediation and Conciliation Commissioner, endorses Eatonic from Washington. He says Eatonic promotes appetite and relieves gas and bloating, noting it has benefited him and thousands of others. It is guaranteed to bring relief or money back.
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William L. Chambers
Eatonic
U. S. Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Washin
D. C
Eatonio
Judge Chambers
In Style. Hobbs-What do you do with your old clothes
Dobbs answers wear them in a brisk exchange about recycling wardrobe items. The brief humor centers on practical dressing advice and a light conversational tone.
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Hobbs
Dobbs
Cuticura remedy advert promotes hand care
Soak hands in hot Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Cuticura Ointment. Remove surplus with tissue. Free samples offered by Cuticura Dept Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents at druggists.
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Dept
Boston
Women and prisoners shown unrepentant in wartime gossip
A literary digest notes that women including German society women may flirt with imprisoned officers. Frankenfurter Zeitung reports women living near POW camps attempted contact and even threw objects. Police warn future such acts will face severe penalties and public exposure without exceptions.
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Frankenfurter Zeitung
Mrs Jackson-Dat Baby Image of His Father
A judge describes the child as a normal carbon copy of the father in a curious courtroom exchange. The remarks brand the baby as a typical likeness, noting no unusual features or deviations.
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Jackson
Johnsing
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Hicks Field
Hammett Place Christian Church
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August A. Busch
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First Presbyterian Church
Guthrie
Okla
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Atlanta, Ga
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