Allies occupy Ruhr region and German cities in occupation plan
French and British planes fly over Dusseldorf as allied troops fortify bridges roads and factories. Ruhrort Duisburg and Dusseldorf encamped for occupation until reparations are paid. League of Nations urged to intervene as Panamanian and Costa Rican ties to the league are noted.
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Dusseldorf
Rhine
Germany
Ruhrort
Duisberg
Supreme Alled Council
Ruhr
Essen
League of Nations
Simons
London
Lloyd George
League of Nations ‘Council
Panama
Costa Rica
League
Amie
Plans Memorial Service for Champ Clark in Bowling Green
Bowling Green Missouri prepares a union memorial church service for Champ Clark former Speaker of the U S House buried after a state let in Pike County Courthouse. Visitors from surrounding counties arrive by car for a luncheon at Second Baptist Church with food donated by Pike County women and local hosts.
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Bowling Green
St.Louis
Green
Second Baptist Church
Pike County
Jury Sets Aside Lowenstein Will in Missouri Suit
In Linn County circuit court a jury voided the will of Abraham Lowenstein, longtime Chillicothe businessman. Mrs. Josephine Frohman of Connecticut sued Mamie Lowenstein, widow and second wife, amid an 80 witness bitter contest. The estate is valued around 80 000 dollars and a new trial motion will be filed. if upheld, the estate would pass to probate as if no bequest existed.
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Chillicothe
Linn County
Abraham Lowenstein
Josephine Frohman
J. Danbury, Conn
Lowenstein
Mamie Lowenstein
Missouri Movie Censorship Bill Advances
The House passed the motion picture censorship bill with four dissenters from St. Louis and Henry and Reynolds counties. The measure sets up a three member board two men and one woman at 3000 dollars yearly each and eight additional staff at 900 to 1800 dollars annually awaiting Senate engrossment in Jefferson City.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
House
Horner
Straub
Littlejohn
Henry
Sutton
Reynolds
Senate
Senate kills St. Louis home rule police bill
Missouri Senate defeats Kinney home rule police measure for St. Louis by 17 to 18, refusing to engross. Republicans vote against, Democrats in favor. The bill called for a single police commissioner appointed by the mayor and removable by the governor for cause.
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St. Louis
Jefferson City
Senate
Senator Kinney
Britton's Appointment Confirmed for Highway Board
Jefferson City Missouri The Senate in executive session confirmed Roy F Britton as a member of the State Highway Board to fill an expired term running to March 13 He is expected to be reappointed by Governor Hyde for a four year term afterward.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Roy F. Britton
State Highway Board
Hyde
Pertle Springs Improvement Planned Near Warrensburg
Improvements costing about $40 000 will be made at Pertle Springs the summer resort near Warrensburg Missouri within the next year C A Gray who came from Kansas City to arrange to open the springs soon announced the plan.
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Pertle Springs
Warrensburg
C. A. Gray
Kansas City
Mexico church names Rev F W Emerson for pastor post
Mexico Missouri reports the Christian Church of Mexico extends a unanimous call to Rev F W Emerson of Berkeley who accepts. Emerson brings broad experience in pastoral, war and reconstruction work.
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Mexico
Christian Church of Mexico
F. W. Emerson
Berkely
Emerson
Senate OKs Missouri soldiers bonus bond issue
The Senate passed a joint and concurrent resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to issue a $15,000,000 bond to fund a $10 per month bonus for Missouri’s former soldiers and sailors. The vote was unanimous.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Missouri
Tax on Bachelors Proposed by Missouri Senator
Senator Collins of Pettus County introduces a bill in Jefferson City to tax bachelors with an annual $10 levy. The measure sets the bachelor age at 25.
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Jefferson City
Collins
Pettus County
Outside judge and prosecutor tapped for Potosi cases
Missouri Attorney General Barrett assigns Assistant AG Albert Miller to prosecute six Potosi Washington County cases in which the local prosecutor disqualified himself for prior representation. Circuit Judge E M Dearing also disqualified himself for being subpoenaed, prompting the use of Judge E M Dearing of Steelville to preside. Six defendants face perjury robbery and rape charges. names and specifics not provided to the attorney general.
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Jefferson City
Barrett
Albert’ Miller
Potosi
Washington County
E. M. Dearing
Steelville
Prisoner Recaptured After Escape From Bolivar Tennessee
Jefferson City Missouri reports Jerry Robinson a Black man sentenced to life in Missouri for first degree murder recaptured in Boliver Tennessee after escaping from a prison dining room and briefly fleeing from Chainois city hall. Governor Hyde requests Tennessee governor send requisition papers for his return. Robinson killed John Davidson in St Louis on May 4 1919.
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Jefferson City
Jerry Robinson
State Penitentiary
St. Louis
Boliver
Tenn
Chainois
Hyde
Tennessee
Robinson
John Davidson
Police to Hold Target Practice in Chillicothe
Chillicothe Missouri police and the sheriff plan thrice weekly target practice to improve firearms handling amid statewide robberies. Riot guns will be positioned throughout the business district for emergencies, with several already kept at police headquarters and the sheriff's office.
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Chillicothe
Dry Bill Reported Out in Missouri Senate
Senate Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence reports favorably the Shupp bone dry measure aligning state law with the Volstead act. It authorizes enforcement raids on illegal liquor operations and shuts down violators for one year after House passage.
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Jefferson City
Senate Committee On Criminal Jurisprudence
House
Sidener Bill Delayed by Adjournment Move in Missouri
In Jefferson City Missouri Julius Mazov tried to call up How ard Sidener s prosecuting attorney consolidation bill but Edward Davidson blocked it with a successful adjournment Davidson opposes the measure Nat Goldstein St Louis circuit clerk is accused by Sidener s friends of fighting the bill.
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Sidener
Jefferson City
Julius Mazovsky
Howard Sidener
Edward
Davidson
Nat Goldstein
St. Louis
Cameron May Have Tourist Camp
Cameron citizens urge a tourists camping ground in the city. South Park, the Chautauqua grounds, is proposed as an ideal site with city officials ready to cooperate in converting it into a camp.
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Cameron
South Park
Representative Elmer's Mother Dies in Salem
Mrs. Sarah Elmer 78, wife of Elmer and mother of Rep William P. Elmer, died after a short illness of asthma and pneumonia in Salem Missouri. She resided in Dent County over 40 years and died on her son William P. Elmer's 50th birthday, leaving six children and many grandchildren.
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Elmer
Salem
Sarah Elmer
Dent County
William P. Elmer
Nonpar Stock Bill Killed in Missouri House
Jefferson City Missouri reporters note the nonpar stock bill by Senator Irwin was killed by the House after final passage. The measure would have aligned Missouri corporation law to allow formation or reorganization and stock issuance without par value.
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Jefferson City
Irwin
House
Missouri
Bank bonds stolen in post office robbery loot
Jefferson City Missouri reports an extra 1500 dollars in bonds mailed by the Bank of Loose Creek to St. Louis customers were seized by robbers who held up the local post office messenger.
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St. Louis
Jefferson City
George Williams
Post Office
Bank of
Loose Creek
Osage County
Former Teacher Killed in Freight Yard Accident
J E McPherson a former superintendent of public schools in Columbia Missouri died an hour after being run over by a freight car in the M E and T yards. He was a wealthy farmer and was loading timbers when injured.
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Columbia
J. E. McPherson
McPherson
Harriett Barnhouse Dies at 91 in Ironton Mo
Mrs Harriett N Barnhouse mother of Dr E L Barnhouse state food and drug commissioner died at her Ironton home after her 91st birthday celebration.
Seventh Day Adventist Convention to Meet in Maryville
The Missouri Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will hold its annual meeting in Maryville from August 18 to 28 with seven hundred delegates expected.
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Maryville
Maryville Board of Commerce
Missouri Conference
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Bolshevists Lose Petrograd as Revolt Spreads
Dispatches report Petrograd captured by revolutionaries with Bolshevist leaders escaping by car. Soviet troops retreat after heavy losses at Krasnoye Selo and Gaychina. Kronstadt batteries silence Bolshevik fortifications as Kerensky expected in Reval. A Bolshevik uprising also erupts in Batum as allied mission flees.
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London Times
Riga
Petrograd
Nicolai & Finland Oa
Bolshevist
Helsignfors
Kronstadt
Fort-Systerbak
Kerensky
Reval
Alexander Kerensky
Helsingfors
Trotzky
Esthenian Legation
Allied order demands surrender of German arms in occupied zones
General Gaucher imposes surrender of all arms in occupied areas with a strict house search plan for noncompliance. German police may keep bayonets and revolvers as military precautions guard against uprisings. Belgian French and British troops stand tense at bridgeheads and stations to enforce traffic and new customs rules.
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Germany
Gaucher
Meat Cutters Plan 8 Hour Day Fight and Arbitration
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America executive committee met with union representatives from packing centers to draft principal recommendations. They will push for an eight hour day and arbitration on wages while warning a wage cut could be reviewed, with a strike as a last resort.
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Omaha
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America
Dennis F. Lane
Lane
Illinois Lutheran College Head Dead
Springfield report states D. Biedermann president of Concordia College died here the other night of heart disease. He served as president since 1914 and previously was secretary of the Missouri Synod of the German Lutheran church.
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Ilinois Lutheran College
Springfield
R. D. Biedermann
Concordia College
Missouri Synod
The
German Lutheran Church
American Spaghetti Sails to Italy in Cargo
The Princess Mateika departed for Italian ports carrying fifteen tons of American spaghetti in its cargo, marking a notable export milestone from New York.
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Italy
New York
Mateika
Old St Jacobs Oil Advertises Quick Relief for Back Pain
An advertisement claims St Jacobs Oil relieves lumbago sciatica and strains by simple rubbing. The copy promises instant relief, no skin burn, and a permanent banishment of backache after one use, urging readers to try a trial bottle and noting 60 years of use. It also warns kidneys do not cause back pain.
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St. Jacobs
Overheard in the Nursery in London Punch
A brief quip from London Punch features a child asking how old Joan is and another child betting she will never reach four, reflecting a humorous nursery observation from the era.
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Joan
London
Relief for stuffed head with Ely's Cream Balm
An advertisement promises instant relief from catarrh and a blocked nose by applying Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils. The fragrant antiseptic cream allegedly penetrates air passages, soothes inflamed membranes, and rapidly restores breathing.
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Ely
Eatonic Helps Dora Williams Recover From Stomach Ill
Mrs Dora Williams recalls a year of illness and ten months bedridden before Eatonic restored her health. The ad promotes Eatonic as a remedy for indigestion sourness heartburn belching and other stomach distress with a daily after meal dose and a druggist guarantee.
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Dora Williams
Eatonic
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