Missouri Bond Sell Plan and Local Incidents Noted
The State Board of Fund Commissioners in Jefferson City to sell 2 million dollars in bonds on September 1 at 4 percent, part of a 60 million issue. Other items include a Washington homecoming set for August 2, a drowning at Headley, and court-house and public works bids in Missouri communities.
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State Board of Fund Commissioners
Jefferson City
State Highway Commission
Enos Stoner
St. Joseph
Hyde
Stoner
Dockery
Washington
New Haven Giants
Washington Midnights
Erma Vivian
Headley
Drury College
Springfield
Thomas W. Nadal
Nadal
Alva Corbett
State Teachers’ College
St. John’s Hospital
Idlewild
State Public Service Commission
St. Louis
First National Bank and Trust Company
King City
A. L. Babb
Citizens’ Bank of
Pomona
Howell County
Jeffson City
Missouri Journal-News
Columbia
Fred A. Moore
Scarlet Maple Leaves Stir A Dance Between Lovers
Elspeth and Leigh, envied for beauty, face Valetta's jealousy as Valetta plots to force Leigh into marriage. Andrew McDuff arrives with a dawn plan to whisk Valetta away, while Leigh jokes about contagion of matrimony as the trio confronts a tangled future.
How We Get That Way
A 1924 anecdote by the Eastment Syndicate about how people focus on what ought to be rather than on what is. A late waking sister, a nosy neighbor, a cat named Alley, and a cold radiator illustrate the cautionary idea that concern with wrong or imagined conditions can shape behavior.
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Sister
Alley
Eastment Syndicate
Sandals Proposed to Cure Foot Ailments by Woodward Dealer
A Woodward Avenue shoe dealer promotes turning back to ventilated sandals as a remedy for fallen arches and other foot problems caused by modern footwear. He argues universal sandal use would save money, reduce need for corrective devices, and make walking painless and popular.
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Woodward Avenue
No Heat From Firefly Says Scientist on Light
A scientist notes fireflies emit no detectable heat while producing light. He argues combustion must generate heat and, though fireflies are highly efficient light producers, they rely on a different mechanism, suggesting vast potential to improve human light production methods.
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Washington Star
Dark Secret at the Parish House Card Incident
A minister slips a note to a missing parishioner after finding no one home. Mary the maid reveals she intercepted the card and whispered that the master must not know the woman was found out.
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Mary
Resurrection Bone Luz of the Jewish Rabbis
Writings of ancient Jewish rabbis discuss a bone named Luz, called the resurrection bone. It is described as the nucleus of the resurrection body with imagined indestructibility. Believers claim it cannot be dissolved broken ground or burned, though its exact location remains disputed.
The Olive Boom From a Mountain Town Family
Mrs Ehmann widowed kept her family afloat as her son left Oroville for San Francisco to work in hardware sales. A ripe olive recipe sparked a home experiment that grew into Ehmann's olives, expanding into a nationwide factory. The family preserved a small town ethos as grandchildren and even a W C T U presidency honored the founder of America’s first ripe olive business.
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Ehmann
San Francisco
Oroville
Ehmanns
Spain
Bay
University
California
United States
America
Book Agents and Visions in Minnesota
In a Mankato restaurant a story centers on Josephine Sizer as she becomes president of the Minnesota WCTU and recounts how her talent for speaking and selling ideas emerged. A once shy minister’s wife revived her health and earned money by sharing lectures, turning a doctor’s scene change into a life mission.
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Mankato
Minn
Josephine Sizer
Minnesota W. C. T. U
Quote on work and debt from Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben cautions that loafing on a job leads to later overtime explaining decisions. He notes if people avoided borrowing and causing trouble, far less trouble would arise. the remark reflects a folksy Boston Transcript voice.
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Eben
Boston Transcript
Origin of the Hoosier Term Debated Across Eras
The piece surveys multiple theories on the origin of the term Hoosier, noting early 19th century newspaper discussions. It cites 1831 print use in the Indianapolis Palladium and recaps 1833 commentary from the Cincinnati Republican, emphasizing boatmen on the Indiana shore and later broader usage. It also mentions James Whitcomb Riley’s scrappy pioneer lore and various local myths.
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Indiana Democrat
Cincinnati Republican
Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley
Wuzzar
Huzza
Husher
Hoosier
River
Ohio Boatmen
Bulger
Indiana Palladium
Noah Noble
Indianapolis News
Lafe Lazyenberry Plans Move to Oklahoma
A Kansas City Star anecdote quotes Lafe Lazyenberry from Boogle Holler saying he intends to move his family to Oklahoma to start over after exhausting all his credit. He plans to gather people into a wagon, douse the fire, release the dogs, and set off for the territory.
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Lafe Lazyenberry
Barry
Kansas City Star
Owning up to False Bird Names at the Park Zoo
A professor corrects an attendant over a misapplied scientific name on a cage of birds at the park zoo. The attendant admits awareness but says the zoo bought the birds last week.
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Park Zoo
Baby elephant wedding gift from Newark father
Bernard Ruhe of Newark N J presented his daughter Elsie and son in law Carl Strohm with a baby elephant as a wedding present. He said the pet would be a good investment since it can be sold for more than its cost and could remain in the family for generations due to its long life.
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Statehouse
Jefferson City
Board of Permanent Seat of Government
Barrett
Hyde
Hackmann
Legislative Halls
Capitol
Capitol Building
House of Representatives
Senate Chamber
Fred Funkey
Arroll
Funkey
Houston
State Public Service Commission
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Cawood Station
Andrew County
Cawood
Callaway County
Producers’ Live Stock Association
St. Louis
Monroe County
General Assembly
City of
Elspeth
Valetta
Leigh Granville
Beauty
Sidney
Prim Ross Cottage
Leigh
Bromley
Granny Sidney
Bernard Ruhe
Newark
N. J
Elsie
Carl Strohm
Europe
Water Temperatures Dip Along Tokyo Bay After September Quake
Marine Products Institute observers report unusually cold bay water this year, blamed on last September's earthquake. The drop threatens fishing for shellfish and seaweed gathering, requiring workers to wade in colder water for long hours.
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Bay of Tokyo
Marine Products Institute
Tokyo
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Missouri News Nuggets
Laclede County Court House
Lebanon
M. E. Gilloiz
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Frederick Louis Schmitt
Will Schmitt
Tipton
Francis Schmitt
George Cox
Bismarck
Iron Mountain Mines
W. Buechner
John W. Dunn
Robert Hayes
Marshall
Marshall Hospital
Guy D. Kirby
Cash Eldridge
Stephens
Fulton
I. S. Dunn
Diversion News
St. Charles
Southern Illinois Editorial Association
Cape Girardeau
Henry Lamm
Sedalia
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Judge Lamm
Hll Health
Donald Lamm
McClure
Hara Withal
Andrew McDuff
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