Rice King Turned Commissary Clerk in Missouri Prison
George Begley Jr once hailed for rice empire in Southeast Missouri now serves as a Missouri State Penitentiary commissary clerk. His wife divorced him after his conviction for forgery led to a decade behind bars and loss of wealth, land, and fame.
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George Begley, Jr
Missouri
Missouri State Penitentiary
Begley
St. Louis Bank
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Poplar Bluff
World News Briefs Chronicle Global Tensions and Incidents
The report surveys flagging German resistance, anti Jewish measures in Munich, a train wreck near Treves after sabotage, and talks over Ruhr reparations. It notes U S oil rights in Mesopotamia, allied moves on borders, rail rate reforms, and domestic storms from Michigan gas tax to Ohio liquor bond cases.
Blizzard Sweeps the Middle West in March Record lows
A severe blizzard crippled transportation across the Midwest with widespread snowdrifts and downed telegraph wires. Iowa Nebraska Minnesota the Dakotas and Colorado reported traffic stops isolation and stock losses as Kansas City set March cold records with temperatures near zero.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Middle West
Northwest
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota
Omaha
P. Connor
Wheat on Hand Rises to 91 546 000 Bushels in Nation
Washington reports March 1 stocks of 91.546 million bushels in mills and elevators, up from 75.071 million a year earlier and lower than three and four years ago. By March 8 farmers held about 153 million bushels, while the visible supply at twenty one terminal markets neared 47 million.
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Noel
Heye Foundation
New York
Ozarks
W. ©. Barnard
Seneca, Mo
Missouri
Jefferson City
W. M. Sharp
Denver
Worth County
Barrett
Millspaugh
House
Senate
Hyde
St. Louis
Clarence
Henry Taylor
Cairo
Randolph County
North Missouri
Macon
P. Snyder
W. R. Blankenship
Bevier
W. D. Long
George Bastine
Shelby County
Paris
Monroe County
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Chicago Board of Trade
Antilles Debt Talk Denied by Hughes
Washington rejects Paris reports that the United States sought Antilles from France as payment of war debts. Officials note the debt commission handles settlements and secretary Hughes had no authority to discuss the issue.
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Washington
Paris
Hughes
United States
Antilles
France
State Department
Debt Commission
Congress
Venezuela Reports World’s Largest Oil Well
The La Roa well at Maracaibo, Venezuela, is producing 120000 barrels daily and is described by the local consul as the most productive in the world.
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Venezuela
New Orleans
la Roa
Maracaibo
Oklahoma House OKs 2 Cent Gas Tax for Roads
Oklahoma City report says the lower house passed a bill authorizing a two cent gasoline tax to fund road construction and maintenance. The measure advances to the senate for consideration as a funding plan for state highways.
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Michigan
Senate
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Great Men Mingle Duty and Play in Leaders Lives
A Columbia Record piece compares Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, illustrating how both leaders balanced public duty with family time. It highlights Lincoln slipping away to hear Tad and Roosevelt playing with his children, framing domestic moments as lessons in leadership.
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Abraham Lincoln
Tad
Roosevelt
United States
Twanging the Lyre in Kansan Texan Cyclone Tale
A humorous exchange recalls 1906 Kansas drilling near a dry hole turning to a successful gusher after a cyclone. The Texan claims an 1887 drill failed dramatically when a Texas cyclone carried off rigs and left a yellow-tinted lake with tadpoles, as reported by the New Jeans Times-Picayune.
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Texas
China
Texas Cyclone Came Alo
Rig
New Jeans Times-Picayune
Trapping the Flu Germ: A Caged Invisible Dragon
A dramatic description portrays the influenza germ as a fierce, demoniac force kept confined by doctors. The piece laments humanity’s fear and anger toward this unseen killer and likens it to an ancient, malevolent creature to be battled.
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St. George
Had Money Enough
A faded recollection describes a negro boy who refused to carry a grip for a traveling salesman. Now grown, he meets a Kansas City man on a dark street who fears a hold up, but the man is reassured as the youth says he has as much money as the man.
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Darky
Kansas City
Senator Sorghum Speech Excerpt Unmasked in Letter Mix
Senator Sorghum recounts delaying opposition editor before printing an extract from his speech. He explains the piece was sent in a letter to another recipient but misaddressed and marked not for publication, leading to unexpected exposure.
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Sorghum
Daughter complains as gown halves exposed
A daughter laments the dressmaker cut the gown in half leaving her back exposed while her father questions the outfit and her plans for the evening.
Scarlet fever outbreak linked to old book in England
A twenty year old scarlet fever germ traced an outbreak to a book once used by a fever patient in Es pen England. The medical officer reported the clue as part of ongoing inquiries into the transmission path of the disease.
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Sane Espen
England
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Green Lewis
Memphis
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Eee Aiane Doe
Persol
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Macon County
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Hannibal
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Fred Hull
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Slater
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Clinton County
Noah Grooks
Internal Revenue
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Guyton & Harrington Mule Company
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