Marshall Approves Municipal Electric Plant Bonds
After a five year campaign Marshall voters approved bonds of 75 000 for a municipal electric plant to join with the water works. The 467 to 390 vote ended repeated defeats and sparked a torchlight parade and speeches in the city square. The new plant would be one third larger than the current Missouri Gas and Electric operated plant, doubling street lights and charging eight cents per kilowatt hour.
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Marshall
Missouri Gas and Electric Service Company
Missouri Major Dies at Wheel During Camp Clark Train Ride
Maj V O Williams surgeon of Missouri National Guard owner of Vernon hospital at Nevada and division surgeon for Missouri Pacific died of apoplexy at the wheel while driving from Camp Clark to Nevada. He was about 40, recently married, and his widow will receive 1500 dollars six months pay for an officer of his rank. Overwork from mobilization likely hastened his death. second in Missouri militia camp history following 1907 lightning death of Sergeant Major Miller at Lake Contrary.
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Missouri
Maj
V. O. Williams
National Guard
Vernon Hospital
Nevada
Missouri Pacific
Camp Clark
Major Williams
Miller
Lake Contrary
Missouri University faculty called for national guard mobilization
The Missouri national guard mobilization reached the University of Missouri at Columbia for its summer session. Three English faculty members D. C. McEwen E. A. White and J. O. Rankin from the College of Agriculture are named among those involved. Many machine gun corps members are students, with Rudolf F. Martin and H. B. Gibson listed from Kansas City.
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National Guard of Missouri
University of Missouri At Columbia
D. C. McEwen
E. A. White
J. O. Rankin
College of Agriculture
Rudolpf F. Martin
H. B. Gibson
Kansas City
Columbia Welcomes First War Bride in Town
Maurice Hicklin married Martha Wallace Jones in Columbia just before Hicklin left for Camp Clark in Nevada to join the machine gun company. The wedding occurred one hour before his departure.
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Columbia
Maurice Hicklin
Martha Wallace Jones
Hicklin
Camp Clark
Nevada
Columbia Machine Gun Company
Frisco Official Resigns as Superintendent
J. A. Frates resigns from the post of general superintendent of the Frisco First district based in Springfield. He organized and serves as president of the Sapulpa and Oil Fields railroad.
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Frisco
J. A. Frates
Springfield
New Sapulpa & Oil Fields Railroad
War Depot in St Louis Directed to Equip Large Troops
The war department orders the St Louis supply depot to be ready after July 1 to outfit thirty infantry regiments ten cavalry regiments and six field artillery regiments in addition to units already supplied from the depot.
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St. Louis
War Department
Linneus Revival Raises $1000 for Pastor Han
Within thirty minutes after the four weeks revival ended, Linneus residents collected a thousand dollars for Rev. Herbert C. Han who led the meetings. Three hundred sixteen new members were added to county churches.
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Linneus
Herbert C. Han
Federal Grain Inspection Endorsed at Joint Missouri Kansas Meet
Missouri and Kansas grain dealers gathered in St. Joseph to condemn state inspection and back the Ruby Bill in Congress. The proposal would create a uniform federal grain inspection system.
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Missouri
Kans
St. Joseph
Vernon County’s Largest Real Estate Deal Reported
A farmer fifteen miles southwest of Nevada has sold a 3,440 acre farm near that area to W. D. Kuhn of Holton Kansas for more than 200000 dollars. The sale is described as possibly Vernon county’s biggest single real estate transaction.
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Ifteen
Nevada
W. D. Kuhn
Holton
Kas
Vernon County
Weston Sends 76 Men to Services in Unclear Locale
The fragment notes Weston dispatching 76 men to unspecified duty in a town described as Weston in Piatte region with unclear place names and phrasing.
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Weston
Piatte
Toe Boaeese
County voters approve hydro road bond issue per pole
The countywide bond for a rock road network totaling 202 miles won a two thirds majority with 3700 in favor and 1580 against out of 6280 total ballots. Excelsior Springs and North Kansas City delivered decisive support while Liberty precincts reported a clear majority but fell short of two thirds.
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Coe
County Rock Road Committee
Rock Road
Excélsior Springs
Kansas City
Excelsior Springs
Liberty
Dry federation nears signature goal for Missouri petition
Missouri Dry Federation has gathered about twenty five thousand names toward a statewide petition for a prohibition amendment. H P Faris of Clinton plans to file with the secretary of state around July 1. Faris hopes Billy Sunday may join the effort. Sunday is fatigued and may respond by letter. Jackson County provided more than the required five percent of voters, aiding the petition drive.
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Missouri Dry Federation
H. P. Faris
Clinton
Secretary of State
Faris
Kansas City
Billy Sunday
Sunday
Colorado
West Virginia
Missouri
Jackson County
Motor Cars Donated to Guardsmen in Missouri
Citizens of St. Joseph contributed funds to purchase three motor delivery cars for the Fourth Regiment N. G. M. The vehicles were dispatched to the mobilization camp at Nevada to aid transportation needs of the local guardsmen.
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St. Joseph
Nevada
Missouri Elks elect officers at Moberly session
At the final session in Moberly Missouri Elks elected Joe C Graddy of Lexington as president A D Bishop Jr of Kirksville as first vice president E E Wood of Webb City as second vice president Otto Botz of Sedalia as third vice president W E Brown of Carleton as secretary Earl A Major of Clinton as treasurer and reelected. The Olympic theater lease in St Louis will not be renewed after September 1 and no arrangements have been made to lease the building to another firm.
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Missouri Elks
Moberly
Joe C. Graddy
Lexington
A. D. Bishop, Jr
Kirksville
E. E. Wood
Webb City
Otto Botz
Sedalia
W. E. Brown
Carrollton
Earl A. Major
Clinton
Olympic Theater
St. Louis
Dade County Dismisses Liquor Charges Against Drugist
W. T. Myers of Greenfield was sentenced by Circuit Judge B. G. Thurman to eight years in jail and fines totaling 8000 dollars after being found guilty of selling liquor without a license.
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W. T. Myers
Greenfield
B. G.thurman
Circuit Court of
Dade County
Health Officer Dr. Paul Paquin Dies at 56
Dr. Paul Paquin, 56, executive officer and medical director of the hospital and health board, is dead. The obituary notes his career in medical science and his work on disease study, germ isolation, and vaccine development.
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Paul Paquin
Hospital and Health Board
Tomson Brothers Build A Successful Shorthorn Herd
The Tomson Brothers of Kansas build a renowned Shorthorn herd through practical farming, crop rotation, and careful breeding. They expanded from modest beginnings to 1,100 acres, improved soil with manure and alfalfa, and created a productive system centered on beef cattle and efficient pasture management.
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Tomson
Carrizal ambush recounted by Tenth Cavalry survivor
A cavalry witness describes the Carrizal engagement where Capt. Boyd and Lt. Adair were killed as Mexican forces attacked a column outnumbered five to one. The narrative details machine gun fire, horse losses, dismounting, and a retreat toward the hills with four horses recovered.
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United States Army
Tenth Cavalry
Carranza
Bo Pershing
Washington
Adair
Boyd
Sion
Sen
Felix
Advange
Gomez
Gomes
Morey
Doakeesia
Sailor-Priest Offers Service to U S Marines
Rev Ferdinand Schultz pastor of Church of the Disciples Chillicothe offers to serve the United States as a fireman on a battleship or as a marine in the field. He is fifty seven, in good health, ready to respond to a wartime call as needed.
Sporting Items Reflect Loose Fragments and Names
The text presents garbled notes about Roger Breshghon and baseball figures, with stray phrases on appreciation and Griffith. It lacks coherent events or outcomes and reads like a damaged OCR passage from a sports page.
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