News of Seven Days Across Allied Fronts and World Events
Premier Lloyd George presented a strong demand to the allied governments at the first session. Fehrenbach vowed Germany would honor the Versailles treaty while Spa talks proceed. Krassin travels to Moscow with a note from Lloyd George about non hostile actions between Russia and England. The Helena and Washington dispatches cover labor strikes in Korea, railway and canning industry loans, and ongoing readjustment in the U.S. economy.
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Lloyd George
Dr. Simons
Fehrenbach
Herald
Copenhagen
Gregory Krassin
Moscow
Russia
England
Germany
Versailles
Spa
Missouri Turns Over Suspects in Turner Killing Case
Missouri grants Illinois extradition for Joseph Ople Marl Miller and Leo Clyne three private detectives linked to the Interstate Syndicate Employers Secret Service Company of St Louis accused in the May 20 1919 Granite City Illinois shooting death of Clarence Turner. Witnesses placed the men at the scene as guards and strikebreakers during labor trouble near the St. Louis Coke and Chemical plant.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Illinois
Joseph Ople
Marl Miller
Leo Clyne
Clarence Turner
Granite City
Tll
Secret Service Company of
St.Louis
Charles A. Houts
Matt J. Holland
State Federation of Illinois
Turner
St. Louis Coke and Chemical Company
Ople
State Fair prep targets 50 000 to 100 000 daily
Sedalia Missouri. E G Bylander secretary of the Missouri State Fair forecasts an average daily attendance of 50 000 to 100 000 on the two big days of the 20th annual State Fair from August 14 to 21. Plans for 20 000 campers in White City are under Moe supervision as head of that department and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Sedalia
Bylander
Missouri State
White City
Moe
Chamber of Commerce
Jerico Springs Man Requests Ice Burial Plan
Carthage Missouri report notes Joshua Bays aged resident of Jerico Springs Cedar County who feared burial alive asked his body be packed in ice for three days after death and buried if no signs of life. Relatives hauled 500 pounds of ice from Lamar and Bays was over 80 years old.
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Carthage
Joshua Bays
Jerico Springs
Cedar County
Lamar
Bays
Attendance decline in Jasper County schools reported
Joplin Missouri report from the county clerk shows a clear drop in pupil attendance over the last three years across Jasper County schools.
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Joplin
Jasper County
Bugs Killing Corn in Callaway County
Chinich bugs are damaging corn across Callaway county Fulton Missouri with drastic measures applied to control the infestation.
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Fulton
Callaway County
Lightning Strikes Farmer During Milking in Lancaster
Charles Hill a farmer from four miles northeast of Lancaster Missouri was struck by lightning during a storm while milking and sustained serious injuries.
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Lancaster
Charles Hill
Interurban Station Robbery in St Joseph Missouri
Three unmasked men entered the Kansas City Clay County and St Joseph Interurban station in St Joseph Missouri and forced the ticket agent to surrender the safe keys. The bandits escaped with 1591 dollars.
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St. Joseph
Kansas City
Clay County
Woman Shears Own Sheep in Paris Missouri
Paris Missouri. Miss Lillie Mitchell faced 25 sheep with no shearer available so she took the shears herself proving women can handle the task. She aims to show men in the family that women can perform the job as well.
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Paris
Lillie Mitchell
Baby Chokes to Death in Missouri Shop Area
In Jefferson City Missouri the 18 month old daughter of Clifford Scruggs a lumber dealer choked after swallowing a large collar button she picked from the floor. The incident occurred in the family home local authorities said the child died shortly after.
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Jefferson City
Clifford Scruggs
Money in Popcorn for a Missouri Farmer
Columbia farmer John R. Smith rented 40 acres of worn out land for 270 dollars last year and planted the whole to popcorn. The crop harvested netted Smith 1600 dollars, showing a profitable return on the crop.
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Columbia
John R. Smith
Smith
Doan
Missouri
John PP. Copas
Versailles St
California
Foster -Milburn CO
Buffalo, N, Y
Baby Victim of Accident in Clinton Mo
Mrs Gilbert Ashe of Clinton Missouri accidentally discharged an automatic revolver wounding her 2 year old son who died minutes later in a tragic accident near the home.
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Clinton
Gilbert Ashe
Here
Salem man William C. Askin dies in Fresno
William C. Askin of Fresno California died there from pneumonia and complications. A Salem resident for 40 years he served as postmaster for 12 years and headed the First National Bank. He was Republican nominee for secretary of state in 1916. His body will return to Salem for interment under Masonic Lodge auspices.
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Salem
William C. Askin
Fresno
Cal
First National Bank
Masonic Lodge
Corporations to Appear for Tax Valuation
The State Tax Commission notified railroads street railways telegraph and telephone and bridge companies to appear in Jefferson City Missouri on July 12 to fix valuations for the current year's taxes. Last year these property classes were assessed at about 222 million dollars, with 155 million on steam railroads and 44 million on street railways.
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Jefferson City
State Tax Commission
Police Intervene Over Imitation of September Morn
Police halted a disturbing scene in Kansas City as they found a Black woman on the sidewalk wearing scant clothing. She was wrapped in a blanket and taken to the station where she said her husband burned her clothes and drove her from home.
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Kansas City
Mother Eve
Apple Crop Not Hurt In Ozark Region
Mountain Grove Missouri report from the Missouri Fruit Experiment Station says the apple crop in the Ozark section will nearly match last year despite late spring frosts after exhaustive investigations.
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Mountain Grove
Missouri Fruit Experiment Station Here
Ozark
Carrollton Prepares County Live Stock Show and Fair
Arrangements are underway for a Carroll County live stock show and fair in Carrollton Missouri on July 28 and 29. Residents are invited to attend the two day event featuring livestock displays and county fair activities.
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Carrollton
Carroll County
Fulton Man Killed in Colorado Mine Incident
Roy Custard formerly of Fulton died in a Colorado mine accident when a rock fall crushed him. His body was brought to Fulton for burial.
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Fulton
Roy Custard
Colorado
Houston to Have School in Houston Missouri
Construction of a new school building will be started here at 000 an early date. The cost will be $700.
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Buffalo
Standard Milling Company of
New York
Houston
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Plant Opens Boonville Facility
The Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company will begin operating its factory in Boonville Missouri about October 1. The move marks the opening of a new manufacturing facility and local employment opportunities.
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Boonville
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company
Noted State Notes on Health and Utility Rates
Mrs Frances Guyton formerly of Potosi Missouri died after picking a pimple on her face from blood poisoning. The Public Service Commission blocks new Kirksville Missouri rates by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company until December 28.
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Frances Guyton
Potosi
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Kirksville
Public Service Commission
Woman Fined on Liquor Charge in Kirksville Court
Mrs. Joe Dellamul la was fined $1,000 in pestee court and sentenced to six in jail on a charge of storing aevering intoxicating liquors. She opens to the circuit court.
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Kirksville
Joe Dellamulla
Labor Day Celebration Planned by Kirksville Labor Union
Kirksville Missouri labor leaders from six local unions announce a large Labor Day celebration to be held on Monday September 6 following unanimous approval by the federation.
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Kirksville
Kirksville Centre
Trade with Russia resumes limits set on exports
Washington reports the state department has lifted most trade restrictions with Soviet Russia but keeps tight controls on items usable for war. Individual export licenses required for shipments to Russia including locomotives and railroad material, granted only in exceptional cases. Trade remains risky with Russia and protections for Americans abroad are not provided.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
United States
Great Britain
France
Gregory Krassin
Uier Lloyd George
Department
Delegates Rush Home From San Francisco Convention
Democratic delegates depart San Francisco as the convention closes while the campaign gears up. Gov James M Cox of Ohio and Franklin D Roosevelt of New York prepare to return east and West, with Roosevelt slated to meet Cox in Dayton to map campaign plans and party machinery. The assistant secretary of the navy plans to resign and spend time in Washington before joining the race.
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San Francisco
James M. Cox
Ohie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Dayton
Cox
Navy Department
Washington
Constitutional League Sues to Enjoin Suffrage Proclamation
Charles S. Fairchild of New York, president of the American Constitutional League, filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court a suit seeking an injunction to prevent Bainbridge Colby secretary of state from issuing any proclamation declaring the suffrage amendment ratified.
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American Constitutional League
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Charles 5. Fairchild
New York
Banker Crowns in a Barrel Near O'Neill Nebraska
Eugene H. Smith president of Farmers State Bank of Page was found dead in a pasture near O Neill his head and shoulders submerged in a barrel of water. He had been in ill health.
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O’neill
Neb
Eugene H. Smith
Farmers State Bank of
Page
Governor Bickett Calls Special Session on Suffrage
Raleigh North Carolina Governor Bickett issues call for a special session of the legislature on August 10 to consider ratification of the suffrage amendment. The move places focus on state action regarding the federal amendment.
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Raleigh
N. C
Bickett
North Carolina
General Hines Critiques Railroad Trouble Diagnosis
The Top General dismissed the broad assessment of railroad issues as too general. He recalled a anecdote of a young wife and a crying baby at lunch to illustrate how vague conclusions fail to address the real problem.
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Hines
Bayer Aspirin Package Sales Ad Claims Safety for Years
An old advertisement markets Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and proven safe by millions, with directions to relieve headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It promotes unbroken Bayer packs with 12 tablets in handy tins and larger Bayer packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Night shelling at Varennes ends with Alabama claim
In a Stars and Stripes report from the Varennes front line, a black pioneer from the ammunition dump crawled into an artillery post and lay beside a captain while the latter slept. Upon waking the captain asked the newcomer where he came from, and the reply was that he was from Alabama.
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Jerry
Varennes
P. C
Alabama
The
Stars and Stripes
Calotabs Promises Nausea Free Liver Cleansing
An old advertisement touts Calotabs as a nausea free calomel tablet for biliousness and indigestion. It claims no taste or griping, with one nightly dose and a morning cleansing effect. Manufacturers offer refunds if customers are not delighted.
Governor cites lax divorce laws in Albany speech
Governor Smith urges tougher divorce laws in Albany after recounting an Atlantic City Easter Sunday tale. A hotel beau tiful young woman laments that her next husband may be the thirteenth, highlighting fears of misfortune in remarriage.
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Smith
Albany
Atlantic City
George
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