Missouri legislature passes major remedial program under Gardner
Jefferson City reports that most of Governor Gardner's remedial and constructive legislation has passed the Fifty‑th General Assembly despite a Republican House. Highlights include recognition for Missouri veterans, a workmen’s compensation act, and women’s suffrage. The body also approved tax measures for Prohibition revenue and faced partisan clashes over constitutional convention and English language schooling.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
Senate
House
United States
Missouri
Congress
Missouri Social Reforms Pass Legislature in 1919 Session
Governor Gardner signs bills to reorg National Guard and create a workmen’s compensation commission effective November 1. The plan includes a $265000 biennial appropriation, a presidential suffrage measure, highway building with a $60 million bond, and revised tax and inheritance laws. The session also expands factory inspections, funds vocational education, increases county superintendent salaries, and boosts fish and game programs.
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National Guard
Home Guard
Missouri
State Beverage Department
Missouri Hard Road Association
State Board of Agriculture
Industrial Department
Dunlap
Kansas City
Western Canada Wheat Prospects Lift Northern Ohio Land Value
An Ohio agricultural feature notes Marquis spring wheat from Western Canada boosts Ohio seed imports and potential land value. It predicts continued demand, possible biannual import cycles, and future parity with higher valued farmlands as northern lands profit from spring wheat expansion.
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Ohio
Marquis
Western
Canada
Western Canada
United States
Slender Returns
Readable portion presents a wry exchange about a promise to pay. A character asks if any funds were raised, and the reply is a playful statement that a smile was raised instead. The snippet captures a light, humorously evasive moment.
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Slender
Flow of Meat Across Regions Creates National Balance
The text notes that two thirds of U.S. livestock are raised in the West while half of meat consumers reside in the East, illustrating regional production and consumption distribution across the country.
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United States
West
East
Deadly Parallel and Platonic Love in Letters
A brief excerpt discusses the overwhelming push of fatal emotion in contrast with a restrained platonic affection. The prose hints at the tension between desire and propriety within intimate correspondence.
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Harvey C. Clark
Military Affairs Committee
PF. D. Gardner
State Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Norman
Stoddard County
R. T. Wood
Missouri State Federation of Labor
Alroy 8
S. Phillips
St. Louis
General Assembly
New York
Wood
Phillips
McCullough-Morgan
Ozark Region
Federal Highway Department
Swift & Company
U.S. A
Dr. Price
England
France
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