Missouri News and Events From Across the State
A slate of litigation, infrastructure, and local development items dominates the Missouri briefings. An early 1920s bank robbery in Jefferson City ends with the capture of Elias Roberts after a fatal confrontation. Missouri agricultural rankings and farm activity are summarized from a federal census bulletin. Hereford cattle shipments from St Francois County to Wayne County will be drawn by lot near Williamsville. Construction projects include a White River bridge at Reed Spring, Science Hall at Stephens College, and a new Christian Church in Boliver. Governor Hyde proclaims Children’s Week and religious training emphasis. tax valuation discussions feature Missouri Farmers' Association input. Several towns report fires, hospital plans, and civic elections. court actions include a St Louis grade change case remand and a 25-year bank robbery conviction for Joseph Conley of Kansas City. Local institutions advance arts, education, and public works across Columbia, Maryville, Versailles, Cameron, and Lebanon.
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Elias Roberts
First National Bank
Jefferson City
St. Mary's Hospital
Missouri
Union
Federal Census Bureau
St. Francois County
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Wayne County Farm Bureau
Williamsville
Oberlander Brothers
Nixa
United States
James A. Reed
St. Louis
Hot Springs
Ark
Senate
Jake Invester
Dexter
Bloomfield
John Fletcher
Fletcher
Invester
Boliver
Eldorado Development Company
Eldorado Springs
Waco
Stephens’ College
Columbia
Davis & Phillips Construction Company of
William Hirth
State Board of Equalization
The
Tax Commission
State Board
Hirth
Missouri Farmers’ Association
Olla Marr
Will Marr
Marr
Strawboard Manufacturing Company
Callaway County
Missouri River
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants’ Association
Division No. 2
State Supreme Court
Higbee
City of
Ferdinand Wallrath
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Ganz
Max Zach
D. R. Eversole
Maryville
E. E. Williams
Shell City
Board of Education of
Versailles
William Woods College
Fulton
Marjorie Jacman
Brussels
Belgium
Cameron Trust Company
Adair County Historical Society
Kirksville
Isador Loeb
University of Missouri
Joseph Conley
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Walker
A. L. Crabbs
Santa Fe Railroad
Marceline
James A. Pollard
Pettis County
Exeter
Cal
James L. Creason
Camden
Hazel Craven
World News Roundup From Capitals And Conflicts
A broad weekly digest notes the US Senate ratifying a Pacific treaty with no major reservations, Bulgarian cabinet resignations over script reforms, rising tension in Russia and Poland, and a Belgian lieutenant killed near Dusseldorf. It cites reparations moratorium rules, Hughes challenging Allied awards, Rhine troop replacements, a looming coal strike, and a 40 hour week at Ford. Also reports on Prohibition enforcement plans, rail rates probe, and various global disturbances.
Irish Republican Army Meets in Dublin Defying Free State Ban
In Dublin the Irish Republican Army held two private sessions at Mansion House with tight security, reaffirming allegiance to the Irish Republic and vowing a boycott on Belfast. About 250 delegates attended, including Belfast brigade members, while Mulcahy warned of suspensions for attendees. Michael Collins challenged De Valera to state his views amid mutinous statements.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Army of the Republic
Belfast
Republican Army
Dail
Eirean ‘Cabinet
Mansion House
Free State
Ricard Mulcahy
Eamonn de Valera
Collins
de Valera
Michael Collins
Waterford
Roderick O’connor
Richard Mulcahy
Budget Will Save Money This Year Says Madden
Washington says America's new budget plan will save the government 500 million dollars this year. Representative Martin B Madden of Illinois, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, leads the framing of all federal spending bills totaling at least 3.5 billion dollars annually. The saving will come from cuts in estimated needs of various governmental activities before and after figures reach Congress.
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Washington
America
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
House Appropriations Committee
Madden
Congress
Capitol
Five Boy Scouts Drown Near Dowagiac Michigan
In Michigan Lake near Dowagiac eight people aboard a steel motor boat sank in rough waters. Five Boy Scouts plus a scout executive and two scoutmasters were drowned. The Dowagiac coroner suspects the boat was overloaded as the group had just left an island camp site.
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South Bend
Ind
Michigan Lake
Dowagiac
Mich
Gas Speeder Jump In Mount Vernon Kills One Injures Eleven
Alfred Hayes, 52, was killed and eleven Southern Railway section employees were injured when a gasoline speeder jumped the track in Mount Vernon Illinois. Emergency crews responded as investigators began to explain the cause of the derailment.
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Mount Vernon, Ill
Alfred Hayes
Southern Railway
Spaniards Bombard Moroccan Coast Near Albuceras
Official dispatches report Spanish warships bombarded the Moroccan coast around Albuceras with effective results as part of naval operations.
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Morocco
Madrid
Moroccan
Albuceras
Health and Happenings: Curious Berkshire Beliefs in London Tit-Bits
Berkshire lore in London Tit-Bits lists quirky cures and superstitions. Methods include rings from coins by five bachelors, blue beads or bacon for colds, hem lock leaves to cause love, running-stream water for whooping cough, pebbles and silver for warts, cat tail for eye stye, scarlet worsted for sore throat, shamrock butter paste for lumbago, briar twigs to mend sprains.
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Berkshire
London
Heland
Lumbago
Shackleton’s Last Letter Reveals Brave Resolve
The London Times notes public sadness at Sir Ernest Shackleton's death and his enduring impact on the national imagination. In a Rio de Janeiro dated letter to financier John Quiller Rowett, Shackleton expresses optimistic resolve aboard the Quest, stating the ship is sound and that failure would not stem from the vessel.
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Shackleton
Sir Ernest Shackleton
London Times
John Quiller Rowett
Rio de Janeiro
Quest
S. Y. Quest
Rio
John
Ernest
Wireless train telephone signals promise safer rail travel
Experiments show wireless conversations between trains at forty miles per hour and Paris central station with antennae on coaches linking to telegraph poles. Signals reach fifty miles to Paris, as trains pass stations, with Nord companies extending to Calais. Rouen tests and Paris wireless signaling are in use for months, while state lines weigh ending absolute telephone service.
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Paris Central
Paris
Nord
Calais
Rouen
Queer Africa brew makes drinkers walk backward
Mrs Johnson reads that in Africa a home brew causes people to walk backward after one drink. Gap Johnson recalls Gabe Gawkey drinking bone dry licker and later lying on his back in the road, singing a hymn.
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Mrs. Johnson
Africa
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Gabe Gawkey
Kansas City Star
Man’s snowman prank grows to five feet on car
Robert Maynard of New Bedford watched boys assemble a snowman on his curbside roadster. He later found a five foot high snow figure on the back of the car with a green bottle under the snowman’s arm.
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Robert Maynard
New Bedford
Mr. Maynard
Boston Globe
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