Appropriations Committees Fail to Agree on Revenue Gap
In Jefferson City, senate and house appropriations panels, chastised by Governor Gardner for proposing about 17 million dollars against a 15 million revenue outlook, failed to trim 2 million. Governors threat to veto items looms. education funding debates stall as conferences proceed. The 1917 18 revenue picture remains uncertain while highway and corporate tax plans draw scrutiny.
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Jefferson City
Senate
House
Gardner
House Committee
State Board of Equalization
Senate Passes Capitol Decoration Bill and Woman Suffrage Move
The senate approved a bill for plans to decorate the capitol with paintings and statuary carrying a $50,000 appropriation. Woman suffrage advances despite an unfavorable committee report. Senator Mitchell of Lawrence introduces the measure granting women the right to vote for presidential electors.
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Senate
Capitol
Committee On Elections
Mitchell
Lawrence
Senate Resolution Orders Bronze Tablet in Capitol
A senate resolution directs a three member committee to arrange a bronze tablet for the state capitol listing every member of the legislature, state officials, and metropolitan press correspondent. The house has a similar resolution. About 200 names will be inscribed and the cost covered from Senator Morton’s expense funds.
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Senate
House
Morton
Missouri General Assembly to Consider Welfare Bills
The forty ninth Missouri General Assembly advances measures to aid needy children the blind the crippled and indigent adults. Proposed acts cover illegitimacy child support parentage labor limits 14 to 16 text books illiteracy data adoption by court and abolition of common law marriage with a five day notice and age 21 for licenses. Night sessions loom as lawmakers count down to adjournment possibly by March 19 or 20.
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Bureau of Labor Statistices
Forty-Ninth General Assembly
Missouri
W. H. Lewis
Missouri Child’s Code Commission
House
Senate
Cape Girardeau Wins Water Supply Fight
Missouri Public Utilities Company must build an intake tower and pumping station in Cape Girardeau on the Mississippi above Sloan's Creek mouth. The facility must be operational by July 15, 1917, ending municipal water supply disputes. Governor Gardner names four members to the bipartisan state highway commission, including Democrats Raine and Sanford and Republicans McKibbon and McIninich.
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Cape Girardeau
Missouri Public Service Commission
Fred A. Kage
Missouri Public Utilities Company
Mississippi River
Sloan’s Creek
Highway Commission
Gardner
State Highway Commission
Hawes
C. O. Raine
Canton
Missouri State Grange
Good Roads Commission
National Grange of America
E. L. Sanford
Springfield
A. C. McKibbon
Clayton
George E. McIninich
St. Joseph
Bill Sets Contests For Constitutional Amendment Wins
The legislature passed a measure allowing challenges to constitutional amendment results in the supreme court, similar to state office election contests, and the bill awaits the governor's signature after earlier Senate approval.
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House
Senate
Supreme Court
Fire Marshal Bill Advances in House and Annexation Debate
House approves a fire investigation bill giving the state insurance superintendent ex officio powers. Representative Cave authored it. Senate backs St Louis county annexation by city and county votes. house action expected later this week. Senate also backs a whisky tax of 500 dollars per ton.
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House
Representative Cave
Senate
St. Louis County
St. Louis
Kidnapped Boy Frank Viviano Found Emaciated by Priest
Eight year old Frank Viviano son of St Louis merchant Gae tano Viviano was abducted March 3 and later found exhausted by Father J J Butler. Police traced a ransom demand of 50000 signed The Black Hand and the father had sent four thousand dollars. detectives say Viviano kept police at a distance to protect the family. Two cousins Grace and Tom Viviano were kidnapped in August 1909.
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Frank Viviano
Gaetano Viviano
St. Louis
J. J. Butler
Viviano
Father Butler
Mississippi River
Grace
Tom
Master Plumbers End Meet in Missouri City
The Missouri Association of Master Plumbers closed its annual convention in Springfield after electing officers including President A. A. Zertanna of St. Louis first vice president Charles Burgess of Joplin second vice president Thomas Fogarty of Springfield secretary C. L. Smith of Kansas City and treasurer J. P. Carroll of St. Louis.
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Missouri Association of Master Plumbers
Springfield
A. A. Zertanna
St. Louis
Charles Burgess
Joplin
Thomas Fogarty
C. L. Smith
Kansas City
J. P. Carroll
Woman Slayer Exonerated in Self Defense Case
Mrs. Stella Libbe was exonerated by a coroner's jury after she shot and killed liveryman William Moseley near St. Joseph, the defense claiming Moseley attacked her with an ax. The jury accepted self defense as the verdict.
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Stella Libbe
William Moseley
St. Joseph
Moseley
Moberly Widow Burned In Oil Stove Explosion
Mrs. Jennie Neal, a widow, was fatally burned at Moberly when the coal oil she poured into a stove exploded and set her clothing on fire.
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Moberly
Jennie Neal
New Rector at Marshall Appointed for Trinity Episcopal Church
L. E. Pitcaithly of Kansas City is named rector of Trinity Episcopal church in Marshall. A welcome service will be held at the First Methodist church to introduce the new rector to the community.
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Marshall
L. E. Pitcaithly
Kansas City
Trinity Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church
Smallpox Quarantine Shuts Jasper County Jail in Carthage
Officials in Carthage face arrests pauses as Jasper County jail is quarantined for smallpox and orders bar new prisoners.
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Carthage
Jasper County
Rural Carrier Dies by Own Action at West Plains
Bert H Robertson, a rural mail carrier for eight years, took carbolic acid at West Plains amid ill health and despondency. He was a Spanish-American War veteran.
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Bert H Robertson
West Plains
Pension for Missouri printer Tyler Parker by Wilson
Speaker Champ Clark reports President Wilson signed a bill granting Tyler Parker pension of $30 a month. Parker, the oldest printer in Missouri if not the country, lies ill in bed after a sixty four year career of setting type by hand and records work with Mark Twain in Hannibal before the Civil War.
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Missouri
Champ Clark
Wilson
Tyler Parker
United States
Parker
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Improvements for Marshall Move Forward with New Facilities
A Commercial club meeting discussed plans for Marshall including a new shoe factory city hospital public library and community center. Additional upgrades include enlarging the high school auditorium and adding a gymnasium and swimming pool. Kansas City residents escaped a hotel fire at Branson when smoke filled two story McGill house.
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Marshall
Commercial Club
Kansas Citi Wns
McGill Hotel
Branson
Frank D. McMillen
Kansas City
Guardian Trust Case Receivership Decision Upheld
The district court appointed Henry C. Flower as receiver of the Guardian Trust Company on August 29, 1916. The circuit court of appeals in St. Louis has handed down a decision affirming that appointment.
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Guardian Trust
Henry C. Flower
Guardian Trust Company
District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
St. Joseph State Hospital Seeks New Building Overcrowding
A patient was refused admission due to crowded conditions at St. Joseph state hospital. The hospital board requested a new building from the state as the facility now houses 1,800 patients.
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St. Joseph
Farm Loan Act Aims to Aid Landless Tenants Not Rentiers
The Farm Loan Act targets landless farmers by offering loans up to 10 000 dollars and 50 percent loan-to-value. It denies loans to landlords and speculators, promoting actual farming ownership while reducing absentee landholding. Second mortgages through private banks may enable buyers to complete the purchase.
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Farm Loan Association
Diogenes and the Lost Shoes at the Claypool Hotel
Annis Burke of the Claypool hotel notes a Louisville guest’s letter about misdelivered over shoes from the hotel checkroom. The man found the replacement shoes were new and valued higher than his own, and he offered to return them by mail postage after identifying the thief. Burke commented on the odd tale and its moral.
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Annis Burke
Claypool
Diogenes
Burke
Louisville
The
Indianapolis News
L.douglas
W. L
Douglas
Vale Guaran
Franken
Dentalnaion
W. L. Douglas
Dephlet
Henry Clay Recalled Through Quirky Toasts in Transcript
A fragmentary note recalls Henry Clay as a great man with puckish praise and mock titles, mentioning a cigar nickname and playful remarks tied to an Evening Transcript style. The lines mix praise and whimsy without full context.
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Henry Clay
Mulligan
Ana Ton Evening Transcript
Jones-Loan Exchange Over Ten Dollars Hint
Brief, puzzling dialogue fragment shows Jones asking for ten dollars from an acquaintance who questions the request, implying unfamiliarity and hesitation. Early stage social inquiry suggests a developing payment or loan situation within a casual encounter.
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Jones
Onion-averse Miss Cayenne Objects to Wealth Display
In a witty exchange, Miss Cayenne objects to ostentation and expresses strong dislike for a man who eats onions, signaling a humorous aversion to showy wealth and manners. The dialogue satirizes pretensions and social affectations.
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Miss Cayenne
Freezone promises painless corn removal by fingers
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a cheap at home remedy that lifts corns and calluses with a few drops. The preparation dries on contact and does not irritate surrounding skin, offering removal without pain or infection risk. If local drugstores lack Freezone a pharmacist can source a bottle from wholesalers.
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Cincinnati
Garfield Tea Relief Promises Tongue Vertigo and Constipation Relief
An advertisement claims Garfield Tea relieves coated tongue vertigo and constipation. It notes some men are unworthy of confidence that their own dogs distrust them.
Moral point in Aesop tale questioned by Mr Growdher
Animal Yarns presents a dialogue where Mr Growdher doubts the moral aim of fables, arguing that a teller of many lies cannot claim moral purpose. The exchange frames satire on virtue and storytelling.
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Mr. Growdher
Skinner Cook Book Offers 100 Macaroni Recipes
Skinner Mfg Co Omaha Neb promotes a free cookbook showing how to serve Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti in a hundred ways. Advert message notes the product is sold by grocers nationwide and invites readers to request the free copy. The rest includes garbled text and stray lines.
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Skinnner Mfg. Co
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Neb
Ady
Tobacco Ash Potash Content Reported by British Chemist
A British chemist states tobacco ashes contain about 20 percent potash. The finding highlights the mineral content of tobacco ash and its potential industrial uses.
Venice Plans Technical School of Arts and Handicrafts
The city of Venice intends to open a technical school of arts and handicrafts for boys, aiming to provide vocational training and skill development.
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Venice
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