Wilson Induction in Capitol Opens Era of Democratic Rule
Woodrow Wilson took the oath as president on the east portico of the Capitol with Edward Douglass White administering the Bible. Thomas Riley Marshall also swore in as vice president as a vast crowd watched a formal outdoor ceremony with military displays.
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Senate Chamber
Capitol
George Clinton
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Democratic Party
Edward Douglass White
Supreme Court
Mr. Wilson
Thomas Riley Marshall
Senate
Congress
United States
America
Joint
Committee On
Taft
Wilson
White House
Congressional Committee of Arrangements
Bacon
Georgia
Congressional Committee
William H. Taft
Levi P. Morton
New York
Adlai A. Stevenson
Illinois
Marshall
Ulysses G. B. Pierce
Tor
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Senate of the
Executive Departments
Admiral Dewey
Navy
Sea Service
Army
West Point
Annapolis
Mr. Taft
New Chief Executive Seeks Restoration of Honest Government
President Wilson declares a Democratic victory a national mandate to reform abus es in government and industry. He outlines aims to restore justice, curb waste, reform tariffs, finance, and labor, and protect health and resources, insisting the effort is a nonpartisan national task.
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Democratic Party
Washington
Wilson
House of Representatives
Senate
Missouri Lawyer Sail To Study Courts In Europe
Professor John D. Lawson of the University of Missouri School of Law sails March 15 for Europe to spend a year studying European court procedures. He aims to reform state law with bills in the Missouri Legislature to speed trials, simplify procedure, and curb frivolous appeals. Missouri poultry figures are noted with 150 million dozen eggs produced yearly and 22 million dozen marketed, prompting mentions of a USDA field station planned at Sedalia to aid egg quality and pricing.
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John D. Lawson
University of Missouri School of Law
American Law Review
Europe
Barngerib Lawson
American Bar Association
Missouri
United States Department of Agriculture
Sedalia
Springfield Citizens Plan Private Power Plant Fight
Citizens and Springfield Gas and Electric clash over rates as business leaders form a $200000 company to build a private power plant. The plan would be sold to the city and patrons sign five year contracts to curb underbidding, signaling a protracted court battle over municipal ownership.
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Springfield
Springfield Gas and Electric Company
Gave Life for His Mules Near Trenton
Perry Sawyer a wealthy bachelor farmer about five miles south of Trenton was killed when struck by a Rock Island passenger train. He had been gathering corn and was en route from a field to his house. Neighbors believe his act of trying to move his mules to safety caused the tragedy.
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Perry Sawyer
Trenton
Rock Island
Sawyer
Fire destroys furniture store in Mexico with heavy losses
A $100,000 blaze in Mexico destroyed L M Greer s furniture store after starting in the basement and sweeping the elevator shaft. Adjacent Palace Clothing run by M R Wise narrowly escaped. W L Craddock stationery and Buckner Drug Co suffered damage.
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Mexico
L M. Greer
Palace Clothing Company
M. R. Wise
Green Furniture
W. L. Craddock Stationery
Buckner Drug Company
Corn Crib Thief Sentenced After Fatal Farm Incident
Vernon county farmer L M Duff was found guilty of breaking into Claude Beedle’s barn to steal corn on January 17. Beedle shot and killed Rose Duff, 20, and wounded the father. Duff received a two year penitentiary term and Beedle’s charge of killing the girl was dropped.
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L. M. Duff
Vernon County
Claude Beedle
Beedle
Rose Duff
Duff
Prize-winning baby dies after morphine tablet accident
Alfred G. Capps of Frisco reported child fell ill in Springfield after ingesting morphine tablets from a toy box. The child, a recent prize winner at a local baby show, died.
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Alfred G. Capps
Frisco
Springfield
Ozark Fruit Crop Seen After Warm Period Drops to Freeze
After a spell of extreme warmth the Ozarks faced freezing temperatures. Prominent growers inspect orchards and say buds remain undeveloped, avoiding frost damage and leading to a likely record fruit crop for the Ozark region.
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Ozark
Ozarks
Ozark Region
Charles P Apgar Dead
Charles P. Apgar aged 68, longtime mail carrier, died at his Moberly home recently. In 1881 he and Pat Carmody, now of St. Louis, ran a sensational mayoral race in Moberly, Apgar losing by a small margin.
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Charles P. Apgar
Moberly
Pat Carmody
St. Louis
Mr. Apgar
Carthage Hosts M E Conference Change of Venue
The annual St Louis district Methodist Episcopal conference will be in Carthage Missouri on Wednesday March Rev Dr W T Smith district superintendent announced the meeting site had been moved from Webb City Missouri.
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Carthage
St Louis
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. T. Smith
St. Louis
Webb City
Johnson's Farm Adviser Chosen for Johnson County
C M Long, manager of a dairy farm near Pleasant Hill, has been picked as Johnson county farm adviser and will relocate to Warrensburg to take the position.
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Johnson
C.M. Long
Pleasant Hil
Johnson County
Warrensburg
Son
T. J. Gregory of Fulton Dies
Thomas I. Gregory a Fulton contractor served in Col Pindall's sharpshooters of the First Missouri regiment in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He died aged and obituary details not fully listed.
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T. J. Gregory
Fulton
Fulton, Mo
Col Pindall
Missouri
Enmity in Will Ties Montreal Nieces to Billionaire Estate
David P. Rabkin leaves about 6 million dollars in stock and realty to three Montreal nieces Annie R Logan Mary Rankin and Jessie Rankin with strict conditions. Each niece would receive roughly 1.5 million but may not aid their father stepmother or other relatives under threat of losing the inheritance. The clause expands to include Rankin descendants and two paternal aunts long dead, directing trustees to treat their lines as dead if heirs act contrary to the will.
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David P. Rabkin
St Louis
Montreal
Canada
Annie R. Logan
Mary Rankin
Jessie Rankin
Mary Rankin Jordan
Rankin
Ann Rankin
Mary Patten
James River Dam Begins Near Galena for Hydro Plant
A hydro electric dam and plant are begun near Virgin Rock in Stone county about a month after congress granted the damming franchise. General William H. Standish of Aurora leads a company with associates to build the dam. Power may be distributed by Ozark Power and Water Company. A half mile tunnel near a river head will create the required fall.
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James River
Congress
Virgin Rock
Galena
Stone County
William HH. Standish
Aurora
Ozark Power and Water Company
Missouri Civic Groups Plan 100000 Dollar Investment
The Federation of Missouri Commercial clubs aims to spend one hundred thousand dollars in coming years to attract farmers and industries to Missouri, developing the state's resources if their plans succeed.
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Civic Organizations of
Missouri
Federation of Missouri Commercial Clubs
Springfield Judge Secures Library Funding
Judge John T. Sturgis of the Springfield court of appeals returned from Jefferson City after appearing before the joint appropriation committee of the house and senate. He was assured an appropriation of $10,000 for a library for the court.
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Springfield
John T. Sturgis
Springfield Court of Appeals
Jefferson City
House
Senate
Missouri Farmers Exchange Seeks Fair Prices In State
Farmers urged to write L M Drumm of Columbia to obtain fair prices for seed corn wheat cow peas mules clover poultry and other farm products or to hire a farm hand. Drumm serves as secretary of the Missouri State Exchange formed at a farmers gathering.
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L. M. Drumm
Columbia
Drumm
Missouri State Exchange
Livingston County to Hire Farm Adviser
A committee of thirty Chamber of Commerce members in Livingston county decided in thirty minutes to seek a farm adviser. Mr. Dean at Columbia was wired to consider Livingston county as an adviser applicant. Businessmen guaranteed funding until private subscriptions materialize.
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Livingston
Chillcothe
Death of Mrs. Jacob Tebbencamp Near Warrensburg
A mother, Mrs. Jacob Tebbencamp, died at her home north of Warrensburg after grief. The report cites physicians and local conditions as contributing factors.
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Jacob Tebbencamp
Grover
Warrensburg
Old Bloomington Farmer Dead in Maton County
John Hess, aged five years old, one of the oldest farmers in Maton county, died at his large home near Old Bloomington. He had been a county resident since the era when the county seat was at Old Bloomington.
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Bloomington
John Hess
Maton County
Old Bloomington
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