Mosby Becomes State Beverage Inspector In Missouri
Governor Gardner sent the senate the appointment of Thomas Speed Mosby as state beverage inspector under the new law. The senate confirmed him. salary 3000 dollars. four deputies at 1800 dollars each possible with governor’s approval. clerical help also allowed. Mosby, state beer inspector since Governor Major’s tenure, shifts to soft drink inspection as beer machinery is repurposed. William H. Lewis reappointed state labor commissioner at 2000 dollars.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
Senate
Thomas Speed Mosby
Mosby
Major
Beer Inspection Department
William H. Lewis
Clayton
Lewis
Commission For the
John J. Lydall
Edina
Consolidation of St Louis demobilization bureaus forms new office
The Demobilization Bureau unites veteran job offices at Locust Street and 902 Olive Street with Red Cross, War Camp Service, Knights of Columbus, Advertising Club, Chamber of Commerce, Salvation Army, Vocation Bureau, and army information for bonuses and insurance. Executive Board of the Chamber of Commerce arranged the merger and urges firms to call for open positions.
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St. Louis
Locust Street
Olive Street
The
Red Cross
War Camp Service
Knights of Columbus
Advertising Club of St
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Versailles Conference Compared With Vienna Celebration
A French writer contrasts Versailles with Vienna in 1815, noting no dancing at Versailles after Napoleon’s Elba escape. The Vienna round featured nonstop fetes and a Dutch dinner for 150 rulers, raising funds for Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulcher and Barbary slaves. The tale ends with a grand ball as authorities debate royal prerogatives while leaders return to dancing.
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M. Adolphe Aderer
Amerongen
Versailles
Vienna
Napoleon
Elba
Jerusalem
Barbary
Ausgarten
Yann
Wurttemberg
Russia
Stuttgart
Wellington
Metternich
Marshall
Schwartzenburg
Lyons
Aluminum Plating Shields Propellers From Weather
A thin aluminum leaf integrated into airplane propeller finishes protects wood from moisture, devised by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison Wisconsin and produced by the War Department. The coating nearly eliminates water absorption, improving balance and durability in storage.
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Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, Wis
War Department
Hail the Gang All Here origins questioned
A Breton children's chorus led by an American during a French visit sang the classic American tune. The piece is linked to Gilbert and Sullivan, who allegedly composed it for an earlier comic work, though the tale may be contested and tangled in misattribution.
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France
Gilbert and Sullivan
Sir Tear Sullivan
Pale Green Broadcloth Summer Costume Planned
A young wife asks for help choosing a summer outfit to cost $90. She discusses pale green broadcloth material and asks her husband James for assistance in making the wardrobe choice.
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James
Tve
Warty
Peppery soup sparks testy exchange in Kansas City
A customer protests a peppery soup in a rapid-fire restaurant. Waitress He loise retorts that a horse-faced man who had it first was a bolshevecky with a bad eye, reflecting a volatile scene reported by the Kansas City Star.
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Heloise
Kansas City Star
Acquired Taste Dialogue Sparks Complaints
A humorous exchange shows a character admitting initial unfamiliarity with another, followed by a playful retort about getting used to them first. The banter hints at evolving affection and comedic tension between the speakers.
Explaining It Short Letter From Your Son
A lighthearted exchange captures a brief note from a son and a witty reply about the length of their communication. The quip reflects affection and a shared sense of humor within a family moment.
Wife resists alarm plea but rises for breakfast
In a humorous tale Judge notes a wife groans about beauty sleep but rises after her husband pleads. Since that morning there have been no late breakfasts in the household, the judge concludes.
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Hubby
The Difficulty Found In Evening Visits
A man jokes that his wife would visit but the household cook forbids it. A remark notes that a man too poor to lend friends money will not have many enemies.
Of Two Evils Cartoons Magazine Dialogue Panel
A wife asks her husband to watch the baby for an hour or two while she has a tooth pulled. The husband replies that she should mind the baby and he will go have a couple of teeth pulled. Humorous kitchen-table exchange captured in a cartoons panel.
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Sedalia
Paul Boehmer
Ema
Richard
Cartoons Magazine
Spain's Harvest Official Statistics 1918 Crop Totals
Official statistics show Spain's 1918 harvest in metric tons for key crops. Wheat 3 693 429 barley 1 970 843 oats 442 830 rye 773 339 corn 613 225 rice 207 648 chickpeas 116 727.
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Spain
What Happened First Autoist Second Autoist
Two drivers debate speed and stall behavior in a brief, humorous dialogue about an automobile situation. The exchange contrasts a fast vehicle with one that sticks, highlighting a playful misperception of performance.
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W. H. Lewis
Missouri
Apathy
John Malang
State Highway Board
Wyatt-Edwards
Pavcock of
Butler
Physician
Columbia
A. J. Detweiler
Hannbal
C. W. Furtney
Detweiler
Medical Corps
Army
Fort Riley
Kan
Bureaus Consolidated
Biden
Oliver Strange
Strange
Raieo
Public Service Commission
Burleson
Marshal Setties
Kirkwood
Newcastle
Sutherland Alliance
U. S
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
United States
Senator Sutherland
Westminster College
Boone County
Lucy
Turner
C. Denham
L. J. Shelnutt
Sin
Cornelius
Meade Betz
L. Wood Betz
George Shelnutt
Boydsvile, Mo
M. T. Chase
Seattle
Wash
Kansas City
Central Coal and Coke Company
John Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Supreme, Court En Banc
Houston
Tex
W. M. Dutton
Chicago
Anuditor
G. A.lawrence
Yoakum
New Orleans
de Beauchamp
Havre
University of Missouri
Picric
Litus
Aluminum
Castoria
Fletcher
Rae A
Gewraun Gompant
New York
Chas. H. Fletcher
Fletcher’s
England
Dr. Price
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