Peace Congress in Chicago Draws Eminent Economists
A large gathering at Orchestra Hall in Chicago opens the National Peace Congress with Taft as honorary president and Dickison as active president. Notable attendees include officials, governors, mayors, and delegates from labor and socialist groups, with speeches by Dr. Trueblood and Joseph B. Burtt among others. The event promotes arbitration, Hague conferences, and universal peace, highlighting global co operation and legal avenues to end armed conflict.
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Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Taft
Congress
Jacob M. Dick- Anson
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Emil G. Hirsch
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Robert Treat Paine
Boston
Dickison
Hamilton Club
Charles S. Deneen
Fred A. Busse
A. Eugene Bartlett
Anna B. Eckstein
Benjamin F. Trueblood
American Peace Society
Hirsch
Paul 8. Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
H. T. Kealing
Jene Addams
Joseph B. Burtt
Graham Taylor
Chicago Commons
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Commerce
George E. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Women and Peace
Ellen M. Henrotin
Belton Gilreath
Birmingham
Ala
W. A. Mahoney
Columbus
James Arbuckle
Spain
Colombia
St. Louis
Marcus M. Marks
National Association of Clothiers
New York City
Philip N. Moore
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Jane Addams
Lucia Ames Mead
William J. Calhoun
Jam I. Hull
Swarthmore College
James Brown Scott
State Department
Charles Cheney Hyde
Happenings in Missouri and April Homestead Entries
At the University of Missouri the fourth annual inter high school contest awarded Miss Emily Wyatt of St Joseph a $125 scholarship for winning the essay The Agonies of Commencement and Otis Grant of Manual Training High School Kansas City won the debate with the same prize. Vera Asher Clinton received honorable mention. April Homestead Entries show 85 entries for 8000 acres with cash receipts of 3482.17. Unique Insurance Company formed in St Louis charity to protect engineers and firemen against job loss with $500 payout.
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Manual
University of Missouri
Emily Wyatt
St Joseph
Otis Grant
Manual Training High School
Kansas City
Unique Insurance Company
Springfield
St. Louis
Railway Enginemen’s Protective Association
Protective Association
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
United States
Trout Stocking Near Springfield In Ozark Streams
The U S government stocked streams around Springfield with trout after weeks of work by Neosho hatchery employees operating from Springfield on Frisco and Missouri Pacific lines. Over 100000 trout have been released to sustain game and fish supplies in the vicinity.
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Ozark
United States
Springfield
Neosho
Frisco
Missouri Pacific
Bequests to Charity From Hoagland Will
The will of Theodore B. Hoagland filed after his death in St. Joseph provides many charitable bequests to churches charities and educational institutions. Central College Fayette Missouri receives 7,000 and Southern Methodist church auxiliaries 10,500 while Tuskegee Normal School gets 1,000 and the Christian Home orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa receives 11,000.
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Theodore B. Hoagland
St. Joseph
Central College
Fayette
Southern Methodist Church
Tuskegee Normal School
Christian Home Orphanage
Council Bluffs
Missouri Census Gain Prompts More Enumerators
Statisticians of the Census Bureau project a near half million population rise for Missouri in the next decennial count. To handle the growth, preliminary plans call for appointing 400 more enumerators than were used a decade ago during the 11th federal census.
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Missouri
United States Census Bureau
Missouri Farmers Fined for Unstamped Sale Bills
Farmers across South Missouri were fined ten dollars for placing sale bills in rural mail boxes without proper stamps. Federal officers have arrested several, with defendants claiming ignorance of the federal law. The issue highlights enforcement and compliance regarding mail box postings in rural areas.
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Missouri
Missouri Royal Arch Elects Officials at Joplin Convocation
At the 63d convocation in Joplin Missouri Royal Arch Masons elected officers led by Van Fremont B201 Kansas City as grand high priest and Frank H. Trimble Liberty as deputy grand high priest Other posts include Austin L. McRae Rolla grand king Louis E. Vogelsang St. Louis grand treasurer Robert F. Stevenson St. Louis grand secretary William F. Johnson Boonville grand captain host M. T. Balsley Joplin grand sojourner O A Lucas Kansas City grand Royal Arch captain William F Sewell St. Louis grand master third George E Burnham Milan grand master second veil H H Gettman Kansas City grand master first veil.
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Missouri
Joplin
Grand Sojourner
O. A. Lucas
Kansas City
William F. Sewell
St. Louis
George E. Burnham
Milan
Veil
H. H. Gettman
Greene County selects Miller Opel Torbitt for new courthouse
The Greene County Court contracts with Miller Opel Torbitt of Greene County and Jefferson City to design a $250000 courthouse. Construction starts within a month using surplus funds with no bonds or levies. The current courthouse dates from before the Civil War after twenty years of factional delays.
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David L. Dodge
New York City
New York
Peace Society
County Court
Greene County
Miller, Opel &Torbitt
That Place
Jefferson City
David A Chapman Dies at 52 in Warrensburg
David Alonzo Chapman of Warrensburg former dairy inspector and once superintendent of Nickerson Kansas schools died at Swedish hospital at age 52. He later moved to Harrison County Missouri in 1900 and entered the dairy business and served as treasurer of the Missouri State Dairy Association.
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David A. Chapman
David Alonzo Chapman
Warrensburg
Swedish Hospital
Nickerson
Kan
Harrison County
Missouri
Chapman
Missouri State Dairy Association
Rich Hill Church Burns Amid Sunday School Session
A blaze destroyed the Methodist Episcopal church South at Rich Hill leaving only brick walls as Sunday school continued earlier. The largest church in town valued at over 15000 dollars, with children evacuated in good order and the superintendent notified promptly. Cook Re-Elected Normal President. The Maryville State Normal board re elected Rev Homer Martin Cook for two years by a bare majority, with faculty appointments to come June 1.
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Rich Hill
Methodist Episcopal Church
Confederate Veteran O H P Catron Dies in Missouri
O H P Catron, aged 68, died of pneumonia at West Plains. He served as brigadier general commanding the eastern brigade of the Missouri division of the United Confederate Veterans and led Joseph Shelby Camp of the Confederate Veterans in the city.
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O. H. P. Catron
West Plains
Missouri
United Confederate Veterans
Joseph ©. Shelby
Confederate Veterans
Child Drowns in Marais Des Cygnes River
Four year old Myrtle McKeal daughter of Mr and Mrs J B McKeal living five miles north of Rich Hill fell into the Marias des Cygnes river while playing with her eight year old brother and drowned before help could reach her.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Myrtle
J. B. Mckeal
Rich Hill
Marias Des Cygnes
Prison guard fatally shoots inmate in penitentiary kitchen
Julius Prince, a Black convict, was killed by prison guard Henry Richardson in the penitentiary kitchen after Prince attacked him. Richardson fired only after sustaining severe injuries from the assault.
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Julius Prince
Henry Richardson
Richardson
Fire devastates Barbee Park grandstand at Joplin race track
A blaze at Sopun Race Track in Joplin began in the Barbee park grandstand and spread to surrounding buildings, threatening South Joplin’s homes. The grandstand and numerous barns were destroyed as fire crews battled the blaze. The Confederate Home Board officially confirmed three new managers for Higginsville soldiers’ home: John A Wood of Fayette, John P Bradley of Linneus, and J D Ingram of Nevada.
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Sopun Race Track
Barbee Park
Joplin
South Joplin
Confederate Home Board
The
Senate
John A Wood
Fayette
John P. Bradley
Linneus
J. D. Ingram
Nevada
Higginsville
Houseowner Painting Outfit No 49 Advertised
National Lead Company promotes Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 49 for durable results. The package includes a color scheme book and a paint adulteration detector, with free specification booklets available from 1902 Trinity Building, New York. Dutch Boy trademark guarantees purity and quality on white lead kegs.
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National Lead Company
Trinity
New York
Proof Positive Exchange Over Tie Question
A flirtatious exchange centers on a tie as a woman asks George if he truly loves her. He confirms by noting the tie she gave him, prompting a light, affectionate moment in their conversation.
Cuticura Aids Child With Severe Eczema Says Reader
A reader reports that after many doctors failed to treat a widespread eczema on a boy, use of Cuticura Soap ointment and Resolvent led to improvement in about two months. The testimonial, dated 1907, cites a Boston company. A Frank Opinion section follows about Henry James.
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George F. Lambert
West Centre St
Mahanoy City
Potter Drug & Che. Corp
Boston
Henry James
Delver
James
Judge Pritchard Hears Plea for Leniency in Larceny Case
Attorney Charles Pettijohn urged the criminal court to show mercy for a client who pleaded guilty to larceny, arguing the man was driven by feeding twins. Judge Pritchard replied that he would consider the proposition when Pettijohn himself has twins.
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Charles Pettijohn
Pritchard
Criminal Court
Pettijohn
Judge Pritchard
Indianapolis News
Old Soakers Get Saturated With Caffeine
A Huntsville Alabama woman recounts forty years of coffee use and twenty years of stomach trouble. After doctors failed to help she stopped coffee, switched to Postum, and four months later reports improved health, better sleep, and restored appetite. She endorses Postum and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Huntsville
Ala
Wellville
Dollar Wheat Comes to Stay in Canadian Prairies
The piece argues that dollar wheat has arrived and will stay, making Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta breadbaskets for the United States. It notes rising U.S. living costs, Canada’s growing grain output, and investments drawing immigrants, with Canada poised to become a dominant wheat producer and bread supplier.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
James J. Hill
Hill
John Hull
John Bull
Winnipeg
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Enemies OF War
Hague
World Organization and Co
International Court of Arbitration
W. P. Rogers
Cincinnati Law School
Mandelhall
University of Chicago
Louis P. Lochner
Madison
Wis
Richard Bartholdt
Interparliamentary Union
Edwin D. Me
Music Hall
Nollen
Lake Forest University
8. P. Brooks
Baylor University
Texas
Federation of the World
Hamilton Holt
Independent
Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
Germany
Herman de Lagercrantz
Sweden
Wu Ting Fang
China
Alfred Mitchell ‘Innes
Halvdan Kant
University of
Norway
J. M. Duncan
United States Land Office
Poplar Bluff
Hadley
W. H. Kershner
W. P. Culter
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Edwin Lough
Nashville
Barton County
Frances McFarland
M. M. Parsons
Johnson County
Memphis
Asylum No. 3
Board of Managers
State Sal For the
G. C. Wilson
Fred George
Humansville
J. G. Love
Kila Evans
W. P. ‘Evans
Beeman
S.paint
George
Boy
Cuticura
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