War News Roundup Inches Toward New German Drive
World war brief covering a Morlancourt front attack where Germans repulsed but later forced back by Australians, a French capture of Wyverbeek area, and continuing front activity. Includes American patrols, German use of searchlights, Cantigny bombardment, and Allied advances in Grivesnes and Ypres sectors. Counts casualties, mobilization of reserves, and public notices on Memorial Day and draft expansion.
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Morlancourt
Haig
Picardy
Germany
Unlawful Expenditures Charged in Lincoln Institute Diet Spending
Jefferson City audit of Lincoln Institute finds nearly $1,000 spent in 1915 and 1917 on dinners cigars brandy and taxicab rides for legislators and wives. Items labeled unlawful include $668.48 in 1917 for dinners and $77.75 for taxi service. The audit also accuses T Speed Mosby N C Burch and F Guy Chinn of $30 railroad mileage overcharges.
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Jefferson City
Lincoln Institute
Negro Normal School
Hackmann
B. F. Allen
F. Guy Chinn
Board of Regents
T. Speed Mosby
N. C. Burch
Chinn
Gov Gardner denounces Socialist recall of Pershing army
In a speech before the state medical association Gov Gardner denounces a Chicago Socialists of Illinois convention resolution calling for recall of Gen Pershing's army from France and recognition of the Russian Bolsheviki government. He urges mobilization of 5 million recruits and national support to win the war.
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Gov. Gardner
State Medical Association
Illinois
Chicago
Gen. Pershing
France
Socialist Party
Pershing
Liberty Army
England
Italy
Man killed wife with table leg in Richmond home
Mrs Mary E Kennedy lay asleep with two children when her husband John H Kennedy a 48 year old coal miner beat her to death with a table leg. Mob violence feared and Kennedy is under guard in the county jail.
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Richmond
Mary E. Kennedy
John ‘H. Kennedy
Kennedy
Commissioners appointment shifts health post in Kansas City
Doc Brydon, state land reclamation commissioner, resigns to become Kansas City health commissioner. Dr E H Bullock of Edina also resigns as health official. Gov Gardner appoints Brydon to succeed Bullock. Land reclamation salary set at 2400 dollars annually.
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Doc Brydon
E. H. Bullock
Edina
Kansas City
Democratic State Committee
Gardner
Bullock
Missouri Leads in Third Liberty Loan Per Capita Share
Missouri counties in the eighth Federal Reserve district report subscriber totals at seven percent or more of the 1910 census per capita. Only twenty two counties fall below their per capita distribution as the Liberty Loan drive proceeds nationwide under the Liberty Loan organization.
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Missouri
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan Organization
Governor Gardner says son William to pursue military service
Gov Gardmner states his 18 year old son William K Gardner will join the military after finishing at the state university. The son has not chosen a branch but is eager to serve in the aviation section.
Inheritance Tax Estimate on Louis Cella Estate
State Treasurer George Middlekamp estimated the inheritance tax from Louis Cella's estate at about 2 million dollars based on a 12 million dollar, unencumbered value. He projected roughly 969 thousand dollars on half the estate left to four siblings, with the other half going to Mrs Cella. Tax rates would rise from 3 to 18 percent with exemptions and a six month waiting period before collection.
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George Middlekamp
Louis Cella
St. Louis
Middlekamp
Celia
Cella
Sam D. Hodgdon
St. Louis County
State audit shows funds due from state barber board officials
Auditors report F M Kirby Joplin treasurer of the barber board owes the state 5016.35 and R M Dorrance Kansas City secretary and former treasurer 564.53. Dorrance deposit of 303.11 noted. Kirby and Dorrance removed by Gov Gardner. Negro Welfare Commission seeks funds and field census aid from Missouri Bureau of Labor Statistics to study rural negro farmers and workers. $500 donation suggested to start survey, with goals to promote farming among Missourians.
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Hackmann
Gardner
F. M. Kirby
Joplin
State Barber Board
R. M. Dorrance
Kansas City
Dorrance
Kirby
D. EB. Fisher
Negro Welfare Commission
Missouri Negro Educational and Industrial Commission
N. C. Bruce
Dalton, Mo
William H. Lewis
Missouri Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bruce
Missouri
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Negro Industrial Commission
New York
Missouri Commission
Loyalty League seeks official endorsement in Washington
Col. R. P. Dickerson of Springfield Missouri arrives in Washington with his party to win official backing for the National Loyalty League. Mrs. Nat Brown of St. Louis, founder of the Children of America National Loyalty League, also aims to affiliate the children’s body with the adult movement.
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Loyal League
Washington
R. P. Dickerson
Springfield
National Loyalty League
Nat Brown
St. Louis
Children of America
State Medical Convention Opened in Capital
About two hundred physicians attended the annual convention of the State Medical Association meeting at the capital. Gov. Gardner delivered the welcome address and Gen. Harvey Clark spoke on The Military Forces of Missouri. Maj. Franklin Martin of Washington chaired the Medical Board session.
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State Medical Convention
State Medical Association
Capital
Gov
Gardner
Harvey Clark
Missouri
Maj
Franklin Martin
Washington
Medical Board of
Planned Revolt in This Country Involving German Agents
Testimony at the New York state investigation into hidden munitions reveals 1914 schemes for a U S uprising if the nation entered war. Baron Von Gersdorff and Capt Hans Tauscher discussed arms in the United States for German aligned revolutionaries while Ivan Norodny described meetings at a New York hotel and a New Jersey storehouse.
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New York
United States
State
Ivan Norodny
Mexico
New ‘York
Norodny
von Gersdorff
Hans ‘Tauscher
Krupp
Lagen
Muck
Mme. Gadski
Captain Tauscher
Norodky
Schuettzenverein
Germany
Tauscher
Russia
New Jersey
Inauguration of U S Air Mail Service
Washington May 16 Washington crowds cheer as President and Mrs Wilson Postmaster General Burleson and Japan’s K Kambara witness the first official air mail flight. Lieut George L Boyle pilots the craft from a field to Philadelphia with 140 pounds of mail on board and 150 more to be loaded for New York.
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Washington
Wilson
Burleson
K. Kambara
Japan
America
George L. Boyle
Fort Scott
Kan
Philadelphia
New York
U. S. Air Mail Service
Plan for Labor Reserve Calls Under Draft System
Washington reports a proposed plan by the provost marshal to use deferred young men of draft age for labor in essential war factories when skilled workers are scarce. Local boards would be instructed to call those with deferments to perform needed war work while receiving compensation.
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Washington
States
District i of Columbia
Crowder
National Army
General Miliservice
Marshbal
Revenue receipts revised for current year total 4.10 billion
Washington reports revised revenue estimates for the year ending June 30 show direct contributions by the American people totaling 4.096 billion dollars.
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Washington
Steamship Tuckahoe Ready for Cargo in 37 Days
The steam ship Tuckahoe built by the New York Shipbuilding Company in record time is completed and turned over today in Philadelphia for its cargo.
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Philadelphia
Tuckahoe
New York Shipbuilding Company
Woman's Spring Hat Sparks Attention in Town
A noted spring hat draws attention as women in the town wear bold headpieces. The fashion moment highlights styles, colors, and local shoppers discussing trends and accessories.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Ad Claims Liver Regulation
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills from 40 years ago. It promises liver and bowel regulation. A quoted line from a meeting notes the focus on ayes and noes.
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Dr. Pierce
Ev graduate placed in a position at Kansas City college
A historical notice announces an ev graduate being placed in a position at the Men’s Efficiency College located at 915 Walnut Street in Kansas City Missouri Ady. The item includes quips about the graduate’s timing and financial situation with remarks on his ideas and bills.
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Men’s Efficiency College
Walnut Street
Kansas City
Cuticura Promise Heals Eczema and Rashes
Cuticura heals eczema and rashes that itch and burn. If pimples tend to return, make Cuticura your daily toilet preparation. Free samples available at Cuticura Dept Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents by druggists or mail.
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Dept
Boston
Sudden Exercise Traps Newark Player With Window Fall
Jack Reilly, a Newark football talent, read about daily exercise and tried simple movements by an open second floor window. He bent forward too far and tumbled out, gaining more exercise than planned as a friend recounts the accident.
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Jack Reilly
Newark
Sounds From a Boston Transcript Spy Scene
A nurse overhears a well to do boy narrating how he hid behind a portiere to spy on his sister and her suitor. The exchange ends with the suitor begging for mercy as he complains of mounting expenses.
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Big Sister
Little Sister
Clara
Boston Transcript
Not So Mere A Boy and a Girl in Clever Exchange
A boy admits defeat by a girl after an exam while his father expresses disbelief. The girl’s high score prompts the boy to remark that girls are not so very mere after all in a brief moral exchange.
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Christian Science Monitor
John
Tree That Wouldn't Die
A giant redwood in Mendocino County California withstood a fierce storm and a forest fire. The top broke off yet the trunk survived and a young tree grew from its roots inside the protective old trunk. The original stood over 11 feet in diameter and tall above the ridge.
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Mendocino County
California
St. Nicholas
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