State Utilities Board Overrules 6 0 Order in Cement Tariff Case
Jefferson City Missouri The Public Service Commission orders Santa Fe Railway Company to cancel a tariff reducing switching charges for cement from Missouri Portland Cement near Sugar Creek to Kansas City The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the 2 cent per 100 pounds rate discriminated against Kansas City Illinois and Hannibal plants and directed an increase to 5 cents per 100 pounds plus 35 percent. Rush work on Rich Hill Well
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Jefferson City
Public Service Commission
Santa Fe Railway Company
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Sugar Creek
Kansas City
Commission
Pettis County Court forms commission to study new courthouse
Sedalia Missouri Pettis County Court appoints a commission to study replacing the old fire damaged courthouse with a new building. The panel will decide whether to erect a new structure or to rebuild as it sees fit.
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Sedalia
Pettis County Court
Warrensburg Buries First Johnson County Hero
Funeral services for Charles E. Mathews, the first Johnson County native to die in France, were held at the State Teachers College campus in Warrensburg. The ceremony was conducted by the Charles E. Matthews Post of the Warrensburg American Legion and drew thousands from Central Missouri.
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Warrensburg
Charles E. Mathews
Johnson County
France
State Teachers’ College
Missouri
Charles E. Matthews
American Legion of
Telephone Rates Increase Set for July 1 in Four Missouri Towns
The Missouri Public Service Commission authorizes a rate hike to take effect July 1 in Carterville Carl Junction Oronogo and Purcell. The commission says shrinking patronage cannot be resolved by higher charges.
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Carterville
Carl Junction
Oronogo
Purcell
Missouri Public Service Commission
Aurora School Head Elected in Missouri
D W Clayton has been elected superintendent of the Aurora schools. He is a Southwest Teachers College graduate, former Lawrence County high schools superintendent, and a State high school inspector under Uel W Lamkin.
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Aurora
Southwest Teachers’ College
Springfield
Lawrence County
Uel W. Lamkin
Poplar Bluff Factory Closes For Indefinite Period
The Brooklyn Cooperage Company branch of the American Sugar Refinery Company in Poplar Bluff Missouri closed its factory for an indefinite period due to lack of business.
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Poplar Bluff
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
American Sugar Refinery Company of
New York
New School Project Bids Open in Trenton Ward
The Trenton Board of Education announces bids for a new ward school due June 23. Bids for the bonds approved for the improvement were received June 14.
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Trenton
Board of Education
Body of Mansfield Soldier Arrives
The body of Chess ley Hire, a Mansfield, Missouri resident who died in France serving in the American expeditionary forces, arrived home for burial with military honors conducted by the American Legion.
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Mansfield
Chessley Hire
France
American Expeditionary Forces
American Legion
Howard County Soldier Buried With Honors
George E. Utblaut one of the first Howard county men to die in France during the war was buried at Mount Pleasant Church south of Fayette with military honors amid a local funeral.
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Howard County
Fayette
George E. Utblaut
France
Mount Pleasant Church
Adviser Wages War on Chinch Bug in Missouri Wheat
Agricultural adviser A Gorrell warns Audrain County farmers to act now against chinch bugs harming wheat in the area.
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Mexico
Audrain County
Joplin Man Named Lieutenant Colonel in Missouri Guard
Governor Hyde commissions John F. Williams to lieutenant colonel of the anti aircraft artillery regiment Missouri National Guard with rank from June 5. Williams resides in Joplin Missouri.
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Joplin
Jefferson City
Hyde
John F. William Leutenant
Missouri National Guards
Williams
Independent oil operator to drill in Warrensburg area
Elmer E. Cartz, an independent oil operator, is in Warrensburg leasing a large acreage. He has leased his structure and announces he will start drilling during the summer.
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Warrensburg
Elmer E. Cartz
Baptism of Fourteen Prison Convicts At Missouri State Pen
In Jefferson City Missouri Rev Ri R Callison conducted immersion baptisms of fourteen convicts nine white and five Negroes in the state penitentiary fish pond. The ceremony drew several hundred inmates prison officials and many visitors. Callison plans to baptize seven more and says the event is not tied to any church creed. The baptized will join a small prison church organized there.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Penitentiary
Ri. R. Callison
Springfield
Callison
Missouri Banks Report Total Resources for 1920
Missouri centennial Red Book notes at end of 1920 there were 1,671 national and state banks and trust companies authorized to transact business in Missouri with aggregate resources of 1 634 325 343 dollars promoted by Commissioner William H. Lewis.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics
William H. Lewis
Resignation Placed by Chillicothe City Treasurer
Mrs. Mabel Eastman, elected on the Republican ticket as Chillicothe treasurer, has tendered her resignation to the City Council due to illness and inability to perform duties.
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Chillicothe
May
Mabel Eastman
Eastman
McHolland Named Acting Postmaster in Chillicothe
Chillicothe Missouri. Hal D McHolland editor of the Daily Tribune is appointed acting postmaster succeeding John H Taylor who has served six years and will devote time to his legal practice.
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Chillicothe
Hal. D. McHolland
The
Daily Tribune
John H. Taylor
Fayette Banker Sam H. Brown Found Dead in Fayette
Sam H. Brown aged 78 vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fayette and a leading Howard County citizen was found dead in bed after a period of poor health. The death details indicate natural causes and no foul play was suspected.
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Fayette
Sam H. Brown
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of
Consolidated high school contract awarded to Hoffman & Williams
Ravanna Missouri selects Hoffman and Williams of Milan to build the consolidated high school for 24 thousand four hundred sixty two dollars and fifty cents. Seven school districts join the consolidation.
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Ravanna
Hoffman & Williams
Milan
Spanish War Veterans to Camp in Sedalia
The seventeenth annual encampment of the United States Spanish War Veterans Department of Missouri convenes in Sedalia at Convention Hall Liberty Park from June 13 to 15.
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Sedalia
Department of Missouri
Convention Hall
Liberty Park
Calf Club Stages Exhibit In Missouri
The Holstein-Friesian Calf Club held its annual show and sale at Green Ridge June 16 and Lookout June 17 and Dunksburg June 18 with Prof. Regan of the University of Missouri as judge.
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Calf Club
Sedalia
Green Ridge
Lookout
Dunksburg
Prof
Regan
University of Missouri
Plasterer Shortage Delays Boone County Hospital Work
Labor shortage slows construction at Boone County Hospital in Columbia Missouri. No plastering has occurred and unless out of town workers are secured, completion will be delayed.
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Columbia
Boone County Hospital
Department of Agriculture
Acs
Great Bend
Kan
Professor M Violette Returns to Kirksville Staff
Professor M Violette returns to Kirksville joining the teaching staff of the Northeast State Teachers College after teaching at Washington University in St Louis. The move places Violette back in the Columbia area education scene with affiliations to the North east State Teachers College.
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Violette
Columbia
M. Violette
Washington University
St. Louis
Kirksville
Northeast State Teachers’ College
St Louis Chamber Director Leads Richmond Campaign
F B Barnes of the St Louis Chamber of Commerce was in Richmond to direct the membership campaign recently inaugurated by the local Chamber of Commerce.
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St. Louis
Richmond
F. B. Barnes
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Neosho Editor Named Delegate to World Press Congress
Mexico Missouri president of the Missouri Press Association L M White announces H S Sturgis of Neosho as a delegate to the World Press Congress to be held in Honolulu Hawaii this fall. Sturgis edits and publishes the Times a Democratic paper in Neosho.
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Mexico
L. M. White
Missouri Press Association
H. S. Sturgis
Press Congress of the World
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sturgis
the Times
Missouri Pioneer Henry Hinken Dies at 94
Henry Hinken longtime Missouri resident and native of Germany died at age 94 six miles south of Smithton He leaves two sons two daughters twelve grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren as survivors The death notice appeared in Sedalia Missouri obituaries.
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Missouri
Sedalia
Henry Hinken
Germany
Smithton
Cleanup parade marks Poplar Bluff annual event
In Poplar Bluff Missouri the town launched its annual cleanup with a decorated auto parade. In Jefferson City Missouri Judge James T Blair has assumed the duties of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court until 1922 with no extra salary and the post rotates to the oldest judge in commission.
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Poplar Bluff
Poplar Bluff, Mo
Poplar Bluffs
Blair
Jefferson City
James T. Blair
Supreme Court
Mozely to Open Law Office in Poplar Bluff
Judge A N Mozely, retiring July 1 as Supreme Court commissioner in Jefferson City, plans to open a law office at Poplar Bluff Missouri. He announced the move and will practice in the Poplar Bluff area.
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Jefferson City
A. N. Mozely
The
Supreme Court
Poplar Bluff
US and Allied Talks Highlight Versailles Aftermath
The report summarizes postwar diplomacy including a French interpellation on Versailles and trials for the ex Kaiser, Belgium and France settling influence over Luxembourg, Italy reinforcing Upper Silesia, and U.S. calls for a League of Nations representation. It notes soldier repatriation, labor issues, and ongoing war period debates in Congress and Justice Department actions.
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Dunplantier
William _Hohenzollern
Germany
Parley Begun With Japan on Immigration and Shantung
Washington reports direct negotiations between the United States and Japan led by Baron Shidehara and Secretary Hughes. Key topics include Yap, immigration and alien land questions, and Japan’s return of Shantung to China. The talks also cover ending Japanese coolie labor and securing property rights.
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United States
Japan
Yap
Shantung
China
Baron Shidehara
Hughes
League of Nations
League
League’ Council
Geneva
Shidehara
Tokio
Food War Grips Soviet Riga
Moscow advices and Bolshevist papers report food supply efforts hampered by transport disorganization. Co op agents travel with cash and goods for exchange but face attacks and robberies as brigand bands kill government supply workers and destroy millions of pounds of grain.
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Riga
Moscow
Moscow Pravda
Izvestia
Marino
Arfi Petrograd
Takes a Rap at the Irish in Minnesota G A R encampment
The Minnesota department of the G A R denounced foreign interference in domestic affairs during a protest over Bonal O Callaghan addresses. National commander William A Ketcham warned that Britain could not intervene in Tulsa race riot issues, and said the Irish question is not this nation’s concern.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Bonal O'Callaghan
William A. Ketchan
Herbert Asquith
Lady Astor
Tulsa
Sims Departs London for New York Aboard Olympic
Rear Admiral William S. Sims left Waterloo station for Southampton to board the steamer Olympic for New York. He rode in a special car adorned with floral testimonials.
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Sims
London
William S. Sims
Waterloo Station
Southampton
Olympic
New York
Florida judge Blount, ABA president, dies at 70
Baltimore report says Judge William Alexander Blount of Florida, head of the American Bar Association, died at Johns Hopkins hospital after arriving for treatment. He was 70.
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Baltimore
William Alexander Blount
Florida
The
American Bar Association
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Deaf Mute Beggar of Notre Dame Ends Silence After 32 Years
A deaf mute beggar near Notre Dame in Paris for 32 years deceived authorities by feigning silence. New police officer freed him after learning his history. He declared he would speak only to reveal hypocrisy, earning a quiet fortune and planning retirement before resuming silence.
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Notre’ Dame
Paris
Tal
Gaunt
Bey
Farmer Tames Wild Ducks Near North Vancouver
North Vancouver farmer W F Smith has domesticated wild Mallard ducks on his farm. He captured two injured Mallards three years ago and raised them. they now lay eggs and provide regular duck meat. The birds require little care, never attempt to fly, and return to the farm at sundown.
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W. F. Smith
North Vancouver
B. C
Cleveland Clinic Opens as Epoch-Making Medical Center
In dedicatory remarks Dr. William J. Mayo is hailed as statesman of medicine as the Cleveland clinic opens. The modern building and grounds cost over 500000 and aim to be a clearing house for the latest in healing arts with impartial scientific analysis across medical systems.
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Cleveland Clinic
William J. Mayo
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Dont Waste Sympathy Reflects County Farm Contrast
A farmer in a poor county fielded a visiting memory of a big twin six asking if he was on the way to the county seat and if he can live on such land. He explains not to pity him since another neighbor owns more land and needs sympathy more.
Pronunciation Dispute Spurs Rampant Store Sale
A customer argues over saying tezhay rree with a haughty clerk for ten minutes. An impatient floorwalker interrupts and suggests whispering in American to clear the aisle for a rampant sale. The exchange appears in the Richmond Times Dispatch.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Missouri Federation of Co-Operative Livestock Shippers
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