Farmer Accused of Mistreating Boy in Missouri Trial
Montgomery City reports a trial of Gus Meyers, a former St. Louis farmer, charged with neglect and mistreatment of Ray Van Dyke, an apprentice who died after injuries. A inquest jury in St. Louis returned a homicide verdict. Meyers faces up to three years in prison or a $1000 fine under a Missouri statute.
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Montgomery City
Gus Meyers
Gonery County
St. Louis
Ray
Toond van Dyke
Dsear
Ity
Meyers
Jame van Dyke
State Notes Snapshot From Missouri In Brief
Short notes report crop losses from hail totaling 500000 dollars in Cole county, a Sedalia man dies suddenly, and county farm work continues with an Arkansas farm agent. The Southwestern Missouri Christian Endeavor convention is set for Carthage June 25 to 27. Deputy Lumpkin of Jefferson City is missing. A Kansas City driver tale and a divorce grounds remark appear amid court hearings on workman’s compensation. Writers Guild elects officers in Columbia, plus various local incidents including a mother reclaiming her child in Hannibal and a bank loot setback in Sedalia.
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Cole County
Southwestern Missouri Christian Endeavor Convention
Carthage
Lumpkin
Jefferson City
Jefferdon City
Supreme Court
Henry J. Westhues
Sullivan
McAllister
Lkely
Taft
Learn How to Live As You Grow Old In Harmony
An advice piece urges aging readers to welcome advancing years. It emphasizes self possession, regularity, and temperance, advising moderation in food and sleep, steady routine, and gentle self-care. It suggests staying mentally active, engaging with youth, and maintaining a cheerful, hopeful outlook to keep vitality and a sense of youth.
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Did Fleming
Lovgfeliow
Irperton
Ife
Learn How To Live And Vacation Through Nature
A canto urging outdoor time as cure and guide through nature. It contrasts winter gloom with the mental and physical renewal from hiking, birds, and sun, urging action now rather than waiting. A wartime brief recalls the 81st division’s jungle-like front with a playful sergeant’s exchange about insignia.
Change in Rural Life from Outdoor Living to Indoor Entertainment
A nostalgic essay traces a shift from outdoor sleeping and eating to indoor leisure in rural New York villages. It credits open windows, porch couches, movies, music devices, and social centers for improved health and happiness, noting that children still sleep indoors while adults embrace an airy regime and communal spots like drugstores and soda fountains as social hubs.
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New York State
New York Evening Sun
Booth Tarkington
Path to health and happiness through open air and moderation
The article urges living toward an ideal life with gratitude and humility, linking health to conscious living and obedience to laws. It promotes outdoor time, fruit for digestion, sunlight, leisure for meditation, and self control as paths to lasting happiness and bodily renewal.
Lightweight Ecuadorian wood compared to cork and spruce
MIT tests show Ecuadorian wood with strength half that of spruce while weighing 7.8 lb per cu ft versus cork 18.7 lb. The wood is described as practically pure cellulose with strength due to its barrel shaped cell structure.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Artist Sketched by River as Cows Interfere
An artist on the river bank was sketched by two friends who stood nearby. Cows blocked the view, and he hurled objects to move them. When one angler urged him to show his sketch, the muralist complied and the offenders fled.
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Florida
North
South Carolina
Machine Handles Peanuts Property
A peanut blanching operation now uses a machine with a 1000 pounds per day capacity. One operator handles the work, replacing prior hand processing that limited output to 65 to 80 pounds daily.
Flow did Blank architect owner of opulent house
A fragmented quote hints that the wealthy architect named Blank arranged a mansion for himself while criticizing economic disparity. The wording reflects a historical patois and suggests commentary on wealth and housing.
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Ecomie
Eatonic Promises Relief From Harmful Acids
A vintage health ad claims Eatonic neutralizes stomach acid and removes symptoms like bloating sour stomach and indigestion. It touts relief after a single tablet and offers a refund if not satisfactory, noting benefits from over half a million users.
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Cooper County Curve-Jersey Breeders Association
Michard Wothyob
Pleasaant Green
Willard Watts
Blackwater
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Bunceton
Cameron
Springfield
SI Petit
Tria
Wien
Cameron-McCullough
Orla Patterson
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Sear of Hearts
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Writers’ Guild
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William Martin
Gertrude
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Stockton
Frank Schmelker
Berryville
Macon County
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Wade Hibbard
Bryn Mawr College
Hughaville
A. N. Steele
Cooper County
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Paul 8. McDonald
Sehool
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Congregational Academy
Iberia
Miller County
Delta Phi Omega Fraternity
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