News of Seven Days Across Lands and Regions
Ambassadors and officials report Washington seeks to present US views before mandates are acted on by the League of Nations. Allied authorities threaten to cut war material shipments from Germany to neutral nations if munitions sales persist. Col. Smith resigns from Austrian reparations talks as Trieste is to become a free port. King Victor Emmanuel to proclaim free port amid Adriatic annexation festivities. France pledges aid to Poland in case of east or west attack under Franco-Polish talks. Poincare says Germany must meet reparations demands or Versailles treaty activates. Argentina rebuffs Allied urging to curb German arms exports, arguing treaty limits do not bind it. The US withdraws its reparations commission representative and President Harding outlines cabinet choices and peace efforts. House passes bill enabling German and Austrian spouses to recover seized property. Wilson to seek authority to accept German bonds against Belgium debt. Memorial services held for late Representatives Booker and Blackmon. North western farmers face fraud indictment tied to a 1915 scheme. Chamber of Commerce optimistic on economic outlook. Post office appropriation bill advances, remains with House. Liquor ring bust targets Chicago dealers. Western drought relief eyed for March 1. National Farmers' Union plans April 20 Washington meeting. Pittsburgh women organize pistol club amid rising robberies. Marshall Oklahoma fire destroys a block of buildings including a bank.
Big Oklahoma car theft ring exposed after arrests
Letters seized in Law ton Oklahoma reveal a sprawling car theft gang with reach into Wichita Falls Texas Chickasha Law ton Oklahoma City and other towns. Henry Starr wounded in Arkansas bank raid and dead. burial planned in Tulsa. Governor McRae signs traveling libraries bill. Oil producers in Okmulgee suspend drilling to revive market. American Legion cautions against German propaganda. Snow damage in McAlester noted with collapsed roofs and telecom damage.
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M 2
Southwes
Lawton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Chickasha
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Henry Starr
People’s Bank
Harrison, Ark
Tulsa
McRae
Arkansas
State Board of Education
Okmulgee
Senator Delays Authorization Audit Bill in Missouri Senate
Jefferson City Missouri State Auditor Hackmann proposed a bill to authorize audits of all counties and municipalities. After two hours of debate the measure was withdrawn and placed on the informal calendar amid fears of a political collapse. A Republican caucus session may be called to decide how to handle the Hackmann bill as Hyde seeks budget concessions and the administration weighs its stance. Leaders worry over the bill’s impact on state offices and party unity.
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Jefferson City
Hackmann
Senate
Lloyd's
Senate Caucus
Heine
Senate Republica Caucus
Hyde
Lloyd
Road to Buy 50 Locomotives for Missouri Pacific
Jefferson City Missouri Pacific Railroad wins state approval to issue 1.8 million in trust certificates to fund 50 engines. Government loan of 1.5 million arranged. Total locomotive cost 3.076875 million, covering 25 freight engines 61 250 each, 15 switch engines 41 250 each, five mountain passenger engines 75 500 each, and five Pacific type passenger engines 806 250.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific Railroad
State Public Service Commission
J. F. Green
St. Louis
St Louisan Joins Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Initiation
Neal S Woods of St Louis joined five candidates initiated into the Westminister Chapter of Beta Theta Pi. Others inducted were Fred Gell Montgomery Crockett Harrison Jr of Fulton Lex Meyer Lewistown Wayne Baker La Belle. J Douglas Smiley of St Louis attended the annual dory and dance after the initiatory exercises.
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St. Louisan
B Fulton
Neal
S. Woods
St. Louis
Westminster
Beta Theta PI
Fred Gell Montgomery
Crockett Harrison, Jr
Fulton
Lex Meyer
Lewistown
Wayne Baker
la Belle
J. Douglas Smiley
Sedalia Lawyer's Wife Dies at Home
Sedalia Missouri Mrs Mary McDougall Hall wife of Holmes Hall a lawyer died from pneumonia Born at Cameron April 4 1878 she spent most of life in Sedalia Survived by husband father Jos F McDougall Katy freight agent two sisters and a brother
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Sedalia
Mary McDougall Hall
Holmes Hall
Cameron
Jos. F. McDougall
Katy
Cape Girardeau Gas Rates Raised by PSC
Public Service Commission awards Missouri Public Utilities a gas rate increase for Cape Girardeau. Current charge is 1.50 per 100 cubic feet monthly. Company sought 2.25 for the first 4700 cubic feet and 1.60 thereafter.
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Cape Girardeau
Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri Public Utilities
Boonville Cancels City Debts and Bonds
Boonville Missouri officials cancel 9000 dollars in public debt and authorize City Clerk Charles G Miller to pay 2500 dollars of street improvement bonds on April 1. The city hall debt tied to the Cooper County courthouse is fully paid.
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Boonville
Charles G. Miller
Cooper County
Plans for New 354000 Theater in Cape Girardeau
Plans for a new 354000 theater building in Cape Girardeau are said to be practically complete financed by John T. Sackman Chas O Hobbs A W Blattner Henry Sanders and C W Boutin.
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Cape Girardeau
John T. Sackman
Chas. O. Hobbs
A. W. Blattner
Henry Sanders
C. W. Boutin
Most Married Man Dies in Milff Missouri
William L. Tillman of Milff Missouri died after a brief illness at 79. He was reputed to have been married more times than any other resident. his eleventh wife died last week.
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Poplar
Milff
William L. Tillman
Missouri
Tilman
Nodaway County 1920 Valuation Totals Revealed
Nodaway County's total assessed valuation for 1920 is $71,004,120, with the estate category leading at $55,7. The figure comes from county clerk Fred Smith's compiled records in Maryville Missouri.
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Nodaway
Maryville
Nodaway County
Fred Smith
Farmers leader opposes Missouri road bond plan
William Hirth of Columbia expressed skepticism about a $60 million bond issue for state roads at a legislature dinner. He argued farmers will rely on dirt roads for a century, ridiculed 6,000 miles of hard surface roads as unrealistic, and cited Illinois as a cautionary example where promised mileage fell short.
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Jefferson City
William Hirth
Columbia
Missouri Farmers' Association
Lloyd
Missouri
Hirth
Ilinois
Petition from 1826 sought changes to New York poor laws
A 100 year old New York legislature petition was found among E. J. Smith’s effects. Written by Thomas Smith, grandfather of KE J. Smith, it was presented in Westchester on March 10, 1826, requesting modification of acts related to the poor laws.
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Cameron, Mo
New York
Westchester
New York City
E. J. Smith
Thomas’ Smith
KE. J. Smith
Mrs Claire L Montgomery Named Assistant Home Demonstration Agent
Mrs Claire L Montgomery of Kansas City arrives to serve as assistant home demonstration agent in Lincoln County. She will succeed Miss A Belle Shelton who leaves for Washington to become secretary to Congressman Shelton. Montgomery trained in home economies at Kansas State Agricultural College and comes from Kansas City where she worked with the Con summers' League Milk Laboratory.
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Kray
Claire L Montgomery
Kansas City
A. Belle Shelton
Washington, D. C
Congressman Shelton
Troy
Hire L. Montgomery
Chillicothe Chamber Elects Officers And Directors
The Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce announces officers including President T L Moreland and Vice Presidents W G Heath and P W Hartman. Officers and three year directors list FE M Switzer W G Engelhardt J H O'Brien George A Smith J T Milbank A T Weatherby.
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Chillicothe, Mo
Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce
T. L. Moreland
W. G. Heath
P. W. Hartman
Joseph Walbrunn
Harry W. Graham
W. G. Engelhardt
FE. M. Switzer
J. H. O’brien
George A. Smith
J.T. Milbank
A.T. Weatherby
Transmission line completed in Cape Girardeau area
Cape Girardeau Missouri reports the public utilities company completed a fifty mile transmission line between Cape Girardeau and East Prairie. It now supplies electrical current to eleven towns including Slimo Fornfelt Chaffee Oran Morley Blodgett Sikeston Morehouse Bertrand Charleston and East Prairie.
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Cape Girardeau
Public Utilities Company
East Prairie
Slimo
Fornfelt
Chaffee
Oran
Morley
Blodgett
Sikeston
Morehouse
Bertrand
Charleston
No Frost Danger Believed for Galena Fruit Trees
Horticultural experts in Galena Missouri say the mild weather did not push fruit trees to bud. They warn that upcoming heavy freezes in March may arrive without harming the trees, even if temperatures drop to zero.
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Galena
Students to Do Missionary Work
William Woods College in Fulton had a large female student contingent at the Student Volunteer College in Columbia. Many students plan to pursue foreign and home mission work after graduating.
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Fulton
William Woods College
Columbia
Hyde Approves Sedalia Courthouse Bond Bill
Governor Hyde signs the first bill to reach his desk returning it to the Senate. The measure by Senator Collins of Sedalia authorizes Pettis County to vote bonds to repair Sedalia’s courthouse badly damaged by last summer’s fire.
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Hyde
Sedalia
Jefferson City
Senate
Collins
Pettis County
Ozark fruit crop largely undamaged by weather
Springfield Missouri reports the Ozark fruit crop has not suffered significant weather-related damage in the past week. Dr Be L Beal, president of the Ozark Fruit Growers Association, confirms healthy conditions for the season.
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Ozark
Springfield
The
Ozarks
BE. L. Beal
Ozark Fruit Growers’ Association
Stockton to Have New Church
Plans are made for an $18,000 Presbyterian Church to be built in Stockton Missouri and completed in three weeks with construction set to begin in early spring.
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Stockton
Editor Returns to Helm at Newburg News
Newburg Missouri M F Reed, former owner and editor of the Phelps County Record, resumes management of the newspaper, succeeding K E Byrd. Reed previously ran the paper in Newburg and now resumes leadership.
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Newburg
M. F. Reed
Phelps County Record
KE. R. Byrd
Missouri Farmer James Covington Dies at 78
James Covington a Wellsville Missouri farmer died at his home in Callaway County aged 78. He lived near Wellsville and passed away recently leaving local families in mourning.
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Wellsville
James Covington
Callaway County
Missouri
Lincoln Institute Bill Amended to State University Plan
The Missouri Senate adopted an amendment converting Lincoln Institute into a state university for Negro students and reduced the appropriation from 750000 to 500000. The report also notes a fire near Mansfield that burned to death the head of mules three cows and a horse as part of livestock losses.
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Senate
Lincoln
Jefferson City
Lincoln Institute
Mansfield
Home Rule Bill Killed in Missouri House Vote
Jul ius Razovsky of St. Louis saw his home rule bill die on engrossment in the Missouri House with 38 votes for and 63 against. Governor Hyde opposed the measure and the St. Louis delegation's push faced strong opposition from both lawmakers and anti saloon forces. Razovsky criticized police raids in St. Louis as the session adjourned without passage.
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Jefferson City
Julius Razovsky
St. Louis
Hyde
Razovsky
Tiquor Tina
St. Louisans
Ruzovsky
George Nigel
Edward ©. Davidson
Kansas City
St. Joseph
William E. Caufield
Frank O. Bittner
Hall of Representatives
William C. Shupp
Antisaloon League
Shupp
Tlouse
Doc
Woman Demonstration Agent Named for Troy Assignment
Mrs hire L. Mont will serve as assistant home demonstration agent in Troy Missouri until March 1. She will then succeed Miss Washington, D. C., as secretary to Congressman Shelton in home economics at Kansas State.
Couple celebrates golden wedding in Tipton
Mr and Mrs Joseph Hilgert marked fifty years of marriage in Tipton amid family attendance. He is 77 and she 74. they have nine children, seven living, and twenty three grandchildren, with seven offspring at the anniversary event.
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Tipton
Joseph Hilgert
Hillner
Hilgert
Beginning spring cattle tick eradication planned by Frisco
Sedalia couple wed as Fred Brandmeier and Mrs. America J Hall marry in Sedalia, Missouri. The couple travels to St Louis for their honeymoon, while the Frisco Railroad's eradication program resumes to combat cattle ticks across Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas especially south of Fort Smith.
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Menett
Frisco Railroad
Missouri
Oklahoma and
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Ark
Sedalia
Fred Brandmeier
America J. Hall
H. H. Poulter
St. Louis
Instant relief for stuffed head with Ely's Cream Balm
Breathing relief advertised for catarrh and colds. A small bottle from your druggist promises rapid nasal relief as the cream penetrates nasal passages and soothes inflamed membranes. Apply in the nostrils for immediate clearing and comfort.
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Ely
Wireless on River Boats Opens New Era for Steamboats
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes wireless outfits shipped by the War Department will be installed on six towboats forming the St. Louis to New Orleans experimental power fleet. Radio from the vessel will summon help if grounded, replacing long telegraph runs.
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Mississippi River
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
War’ Department
Washington
St. Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatic Pain
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment that relieves pain stiffness and soreness in joints muscles and bones without internal treatment. It claims rapid relief from sciatica lumbago backache and neuralgia and urges a small trial bottle from any drug store.
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St. Jacobs
Adv
Safe for the Present
A brief vignette recalls a father cleaning windows when a ladder fall shatters three flower pots. His child Mu riel warns the mother that dad may be upset, as he clings to the windowsill in a precarious moment.
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Muriel
Mother
Kittie Muriel
Testimonial Boost for Lydia E Pinkham Medicine
A Moundsville West Virginia woman reports relief from irregular painful periods after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She praises its effects and urges others to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Hme
Lydia E. Pinkham
George Tegarden
Third Street
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Usetts
Testimony on Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Mrs. H. C. Vette of Onawa Iowa testifies that Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription helped her with feminine trouble and she reports no relapse over a year. She says she would recommend it and notes the product contains no alcohol. A trial package is offered for 10 cents through drug stores or by mail from Buffalo New York.
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Onawa
Iowa
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