Missouri Legislature Enacts Broad New Laws
The forty ninth general assembly adjourned with $19,517,745 appropriated for 1917 and 1918, including funds for state government and institutions. Key measures establish tax commissions, prison and highway boards, income and inheritance taxes, prohibition of the death penalty, vocational training via federal aid, school and hospital provisions, and expanded police and road powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Forty-Ninth General Assembly
Gardner
St. Louis
Whitaker
Missouri
Senate
John Whitaker
House
State Tax Commission
State Prison Board
State Highway Board
Capitol
Board of Education of St. Louis
Hawes I. V. L
Department of Food and Drug Inspection
State Board of Agriculture
Missouri Naval Reserve
Public Service Commission
St. Louis County
Legislative appropriation summary of state revenues
The document lists appropriations from revenues including civil salaries 1,272,100. salaries and expenses of legislative bodies 1,873,778. salaries of the elee marynary institu. pay of state debts 1,805,631. deficien- cies 265,000. and a total of 6,505,515.
New Laws Passed by Legislature Overview
Summary lists House Bills covering safety on roads park funds for St Joseph waterworks street improvements and many legal updates. It includes changes to court terms and circuits tuition and school funding revisions taxes and bonds city powers third class charters and hospital organization plus measures on forgery fraud bail bonds and police conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of St Joseph
State Board of Fund Commissioners
St. Joseph
City of St
University Cadet Corps
St. Louis County
Frances E. Willard
Stan
Public Service Commission
Regena
Ing
State Highway Department
Giaves Win
Kansas City
Jackson
Fee
Atic
Assessment Life
Missouri Senate Bills and Constitutional Amendments Overview
A scan of 1918 legislative items covers broad topics from local governance and school districts to tax measures, road funds, prohibition, and state constitutional amendments. Proposals include city incorporation, school annexation, water utility regulation, prison terms, and expansions of county supports. Multiple joint resolutions seek tax levies for roads and a statewide prohibition referendum slated for November 1918.
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Elecane
Public Service Commission
Servce Commission
Missouri Pacific
Organization of Mutual Automobile Insu Walt
Deiaausate Ch Ae
Missouri School For Blind
State Board of Health
Cunty
Assembly
Senate
House
Carter
Mitchell
Cook
Representative Bailey
Briggins Praised for Skilled Reasoning by Senator Sorghum
Senator Sorghum commends Briggins as a great reasoner claiming he always reasons toward conclusions favorable to his interests. Briggins is described as a wonderful reasoner by the senator in a brief exchange highlighting his argumentative style.
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Briggins
Senator Sorghum
Hadn't Time. Mrs Exe Plans Downtown Shopping
Mrs Exe explains to Exe she has no time for shopping this morning and will only buy essential items. The dialogue notes she must hurry to downtown errands.
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Mrs. Exe
Exe
Frugal mortgage holds back upgrade to newer car
A couple debates buying a newer automobile or keeping their current house with its mortgage. The wife pushes for the latest model while the husband emphasizes the limited equity and the need to prioritize the home.
There Is Nothing More Important to a Woman
An evangelist declares that saving a woman’s soul is paramount while her husband quips that keeping her figure matters too. The exchange highlights competing anxieties about faith and body image within a family context.
Best He Could Offer to a Yearning Student
A Kansas City Journal item records a humorous exchange where a student pleads to sing and a professor suggests yodeling as the path to musical skill. The light dialogue captures a playful moment of inept aspiration.
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Kansas City Journal
Worth Doing Huh The Doctor Warning About Work Life
A doctor warns that continuing current work for money will wreck health by age 45. The wife dismisses the warning, saying they will be able to afford it by then.
8ome Night Dramas at Local Inn
Jones asks about his friend’s condition after a wild night. The landlady reports Mr Wuzzy rose, drank his bath, then returned to bed. The exchange captures a humorous domestic moment in a small-town setting.
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Jones
Mr. Wuzzy
Dialogue on a tea service and a suggested purchase
Two speakers discuss breaking a tea service and discovering another wonderful one. The question arises whether the second speaker intended to buy it, with the reply that it was a suggestion rather than an intention to purchase.
California Syrup of Figs Ad Targeting Mothers
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children. It claims the remedy cleanses stomach and bowels without griping and helps feverish or ill kids become cheerful again. It urges asking for a 50 cent bottle with dosing directions for all ages.
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California
First Session Brings Queensland Women Judges to High Court
In Brisbane Australia women justices sit in the present High Court session marking a historic milestone for Queensland as female jurists take seats in the bench for the first time.
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Queensland
High Court
Brisbane
Australia
Green's August Flower Promises Relief for Digestive Ailments
Advertises Green's August Flower as a remedy for disorders caused by stomach and liver issues. Claims to ease sick headaches constipation sour stomach and indigestion through gentle laxative effects and liver stimulation. States it has been used for fifty years in the United States and civilized countries. Two doses said to relieve you.
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United States
Hourglass Lesson on Sand Not Machinery
A dialogue frames an hour glass as lesson in simplicity. The elder guides the young man to value what time reveals through sand rather than complex mechanisms. The metaphor highlights patience and natural limits over ornate design.
Corn Freezone Fix Promises Painless Lift
Cincinnati authority says corns and calluses can be lifted with a few drops of freezone applied by finger. A small bottle costs little at any drug store and will remove all corns or calluses without pain or skin irritation. If local druggists lack freezone, readers are urged to ask their wholesaler.
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Cincinnati
Adv
Her Penalty
A brief dialogue snippet shows a woman arguing with a man about staying late. She calls the man’s father, implying disapproval, while he resists. The exchange suggests a domestic scene with tension over evening company.
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Nopa
Beautify Your Hair with Danderine Cure-All ad
An advertisement praises Knowlton's Danderine claiming it cleanses dust and oil from hair and quickly doubles beauty. It promises weeks of use will yield new fine hair all over the scalp and urges buying a 25 cent bottle from any store. Also mentions pneumatic boxing gloves invented by a Philadelphia sportsman.
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Knowlton
Adv
Farm Loan Act Promotes Ownership and Cooperation
Federal Farm Loan Act aims to shift land tenure toward owners, raise farm productivity, and cut costs. It requires funds to be spent on production, fosters farmer cooperation, and reduces borrowing rates, potentially saving about 160 million dollars annually at current volumes.
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America
Farmers of America
Federal Land Banks
Frankly Admitted Opponent Questions Opera Dialogue
In a brief exchange Mr. Comrox questions enjoying grand opera. He admits uncertainty about words he cannot pronounce or fully understand while discussing the form.
Faint Heart and Mistletoe Banter in Parlor
A light exchange about mistletoe decor highlights flirtatious social banter. The quick quip contrasts a pretty hostess with the need for a caller to deserve a kiss, reflecting cheerful, humorous social norms.
More Pleasure to Give
A brief exchange notes a playful gift of cigars. The speaker says generosity followed as the recipient recalls giving away all but the first cigar they smoked.
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Baker
Egerton
Land pays for 160 acres from a 53 acre wheat crop
A Western Canada farmer paid for 160 acres by harvesting 53 acres of wheat yielding 2970 dollars. Land cost 16 50 per acre, leaving over 300 dollars after expenses. Many Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba farmers report similar outcomes as land sales rise postwar.
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Canada
Holden
Grand Trunk Pacific
John Larcome
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Shingles Mention Sparks Doctor-Patient Carer Talk
A nurse or child questions a man about a patient. The doctor had mentioned the man had shingles, prompting the exchange. The dialogue suggests concern over the illness and its source, with the child misunderstanding the type of worker the patient might be.
Papes Diapep sin touted as stomach regulator
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapep sin as the fastest safest remedy for indigestion gas heartburn and sour stomach. It promises rapid relief within minutes and claims a large fifty cent case yields substantial value, urging households to keep it on hand for day or night distress.
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Pape
Adv
The Cause of Gladys’s Hair Change
A playful exchange notes Gladys no longer has golden hair and asks for the reason. The response jokes that the high cost of dyeing is to blame.
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Gladys
Druggist’s Experience With Kidney Medicine
A fragmented item notes a druggist's experience with a kidney medicine. It mentions a Binghamton area source and hints at a wider moral discussion about marriage and health, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
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Binghamton
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