Missouri Student Alumni Union Plans 2 Story Building
Architects submit plans for a separate two story union building costing 10000 dollars. The University of Missouri directors authorize 100 life memberships at 100 dollars each to raise funds. Annual active member dues are set at 3 dollars. James P. Jamison presents tentative Pennsylvania style plans adapted for Missouri.
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University of Missouri
R.B. Caldwell
H. H. Kinyon
University of Michigan
James P. Jamison
St. Louis
Union
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Poisoned Picnic Hits Salvation Army Outing In Kansas City
At a Salvation Army Sunday School and Craig Orphans Home picnic in Kansas City, about half of 150 attendees were struck by ptomaine poisoning after lunch. Six children remain in critical condition at General Hospital, all from Craig Orphans Home. Twenty four of thirty Craig children were affected. ice cream or meat sandwiches are suspected.
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Salvation Army
Kansas City
Craig Orphans
The
General Hospital
Two New York Soldiers Drowned in Gasconade River
Private Robert Daly and Private Louis Reitz of Company H Fourteenth Regiment Brooklyn drowned while bathing in the Gasconade River near Jerome. Their bodies were recovered later.
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N. Y
Robert Daly
Louis Reitz
Fourteenth Regiment
Brooklyn
Gasconade River
Jerome
Missouri Union debates $200,000 building fund plan
Plans to raise $200,000 for a student and alumni building at the University of Missouri were discussed at a Missouri Union board meeting representing university alumni.
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University of Missouri
The
Missouri Union
Missouri summer enrollment hits 1302 surpassing last year's mark
The University of Missouri summer session enrollment climbs to 1302, beating the previous year’s record by 199 students. This reflects a strong increase in summer attendance and interest in continuing studies.
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M. A
University of Missouri
Road Dedication Set for Week of July 24
Osage Valley Highway Association president Fred H. Munson of Osceola announced that the highway from Kansas City to Springfield will be officially dedicated the week of July 24.
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Fred H. Munson
Osceola
The
Osage Valley Highway Association
Kansas City
Springfield
Roads Vote Sparks Farm Sale in Excelsior Springs
The first sale of a large Clay county farm after the road election was in Excelsior Springs. S D Mereness sold 482 acres, four miles east of Liberty, to Dr T N Bogart and John Emmke for 56500, about 125 per acre, with buyers later offered 5000 above purchase price. The sale signals rising demand for farmland after the roads vote.
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Rock Roads
Clay County
Excelsior Springs
S. D. Mereness
Liberty
T. N. Bogart
John Emmke
Bims Hotel
Mereness
Woman Killed in Runaway Near Otterville
Mrs Henry Roefler wife of a farmer was killed in a runaway near Otterville a small town near Sedalia while en route to a picnic recently.
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Henry Roefler
Otterville
Sedalia
Clay County Celebrates Rock Road Jubilee
A Liberty road jubilee drew about 5000 attendees from Ex celsior Springs North Kansas City Smithville and Kearney in Lena zones. Music was provided by Les Excelsior and Smith.
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Clay County
Rock Road
Liberty
Excelsior Springs
North
Kansas City
Smithville
Kearney
Lena
Les Excelsior
Smith
Parades in St Joseph Draw 10000 for Preparedness
More than 10 000 men and women took part in a large parade at St Joseph in a show of preparedness. Residents from towns and rural areas within fifty miles joined, many delegations accompanied by brass bands. Professor French Strother aged 91 a longtime educator in Virginia died.
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St. Joseph
French Strother
Virginia
Northwestern Missouri counties push for permanent roads vote
Four northwestern Missouri counties including Platte Clinton Livingstone and Ray plan special elections for permanent roads following Clay county’s 1 million dollar bond. Judge Lowe notes five local committees to oversee procedures and expects Kansas City area boosters to back the effort.
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Misouri
Clay County
J. M. Lowe
Platte
Clinton
Platte County
J. Ed Bohart
Raleigh Morgan
Charles E. Jones
Richard Stoutimore
Patrick O'Malley
Missouri
Livingstone
Ray
Lowe
Kansas
University of Missouri Extension Plans $155000 Farm Aid
The Missouri agricultural extension service will spend $155,158.64 in the coming fiscal year on sixteen projects across the state. A. J. Meyer announced allocations for general administration, county agent work, extension schools, home economics, 4-H clubs, hog cholera eradication, poultry and dairy husbandry, horticulture, soils, rural engineering, and farm management with a $1,587.85 reserve.
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University of Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Missouri
A. J. Meyer
First Roasting Ears Arrive From Central Missouri
N. B. Goodnight, longtime Se dalia market vendor, offers the season’s first home grown roasting ears. He cites cold wet spring delaying harvest but reports fine specimens ahead of others in central Missouri.
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N. B. Goodnight
Sedalia
Missouri
Chief of St. Louis Detectives, William Desmond Dies
William Desmond, seventeen years chief of detectives in St. Louis, died after an eighteen month illness. He was a well known figure among police officers across the United States.
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St. Louis
William Desmond
United States
Offer to raise cavalry regiment wired to Senator Reed
Colonel R. P. Dickerson of Springfield wired Senator James A. Reed with an offer to raise a full cavalry regiment in the Ozark counties if President Wilson calls for volunteers.
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U. S. Army
Ozark
Wilson
James A. Reed
R. P. Dickerson
Springfield
Rev. B. F. Thomas Dies at Nevada Home
The death of Reverend B. F. Thomas, former pastor of the First M. E. church in Nevada and former pastor in Girard and other Kansas towns, is announced from the home of his son P. M. Thomas in Nevada.
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B. F. Thomas
M. E
Nevada
Girard
Kansas
P. M. Thomas
Centralia Banker R. P. Karnes Dies at Home
R P Karnes vice president of the Farmers and Merchants bank is found dead at his Centralia residence. He is brother of J V C Karnes of Kansas City.
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Centralia
R. P. Karnes
Farmers’and Merchants’ Bank
J. V. C. Karnes
Kansas City
Farmer barely survives bull attack near Clinton
Henry Myers a local farmer near Clinton was charged by a furious bull at his home. Deaf and unaware of the danger he suffered a dislocating neck injury and partial paralysis before escaping.
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Henry Myers
Clinton
A Motherly Man Drowned in Forest Park Lake
Jesse White an insurance agent drowned in Forest Park lake at Nnaisehi. Reports say four bodies have been recovered with details still unclear.
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Jesse White
Forest Park Lake
Nnaisehi
The Face of Jesus and His Unforgettable Look
A reflective piece on how Jesus’ face reflected his inner spirit and power. It recalls the disciples’ reactions at Calvary and the Samaritan rebuff, praising Jesus for mercy toward enemies and the enduring conflict between truth and falsehood in his teaching.
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Jesus of Nazareth
Christ
Simon
Jesus
Calvary
Caiaphas
Pilate
Aman
Samaria
Jerusalem
James
John
Zebedee
Thunder
Elias
Mount Gerizim
Philip
St. Peter
Jesus Christ
Uncle Eben on Time and Money for Fishing
Uncle Eben muses that if time were truly money fewer people would feel unable to go fishing, reflecting on how economic constraints shape leisure choices. The remark captures a rural viewpoint on opportunity and value in daily life.
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Uncle Eben
One Trouble. The trouble about efficiency is that too many people s all their time talking about it.
Rapids News editorial notes that complaints about efficiency are wasted when people spend excessive time discussing it rather than acting. The piece critiques overanalysis and urges practical steps.
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Rapids News
Modern Brickmaking Eighteen Thousand Bricks by Steam
A report notes the steam process can produce eighteen thousand bricks. The article outlines efficiency gains and potential industrial impact for brickmakers adopting the method.
Summer cotton suits promise comfort and style at low cost
Fashion notes celebrate cotton poplin gabardine and other fabrics for summer outfits. A gabardine suit with brocaded ratine trim is shown, with practical pockets, a roomy blouse, and piping for finish. Patterns and sewing machine work enable ambitious readers to create chic, inexpensive ensembles.
Western Canada farmers ride wartime boom to wealth
An official bulletin from February 11, 1916, notes Canada’s wartime output surge. Prairie Provinces share nearly half of a one billion dollar 1915 farm income rise, led by wheat and dairy gains. Auto and stock investments rise, bank clearings set records in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, with Calgary and Moose Jaw showing strong growth.
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Tada
Canada
Prairie
Ontario
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prairies
High River
Manitoba
Western
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Sask
Calgary
Alta
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