Family Happy Now Brusier Family Reunited After War
The Brusier family of Bevier Missouri learns their son Lucian, captured in World War I, is alive and returning to the United States. The narrative follows their France to Missouri journey, a miner’s leader, and wartime separations. Also noted is Missouri University agri culture program graduates count and course details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon County
Theophile Brusier
Brusiers
Paris
Brusier
Lucian
France
Missouri
Coal Vein Found Near Buckner by Oil Drill Team
Oil drillers report a coal vein at 182 feet on Robert Blackburn’s farm southwest of Buckner in Jackson County. E Wiley, driller for W F Mc Ginnis of Eldorado Kansas, says the vein is five to six feet thick with coal of Lexington quality, but twice as thick and deeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckner
Robert Blackburn
Jackson County
Rowland E. Wiley
W. F. McGinnis
Eldorado
Kan
Lexington
Prick of Briar Cause Death in Williamsburg Area
Leslie Wilkes aged 45 died at home near Williamsburg after an injury from a briar briar. Blood poisoning developed from the prick on his hand in a fatal incident reported by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Wilkes
Williamsburg
Paris Minister to France A Y M C A Worker
Rev. E. B. Shively pastor of Paris Christian Church will travel to France as a Y M C A worker in February. He was informed this week that his commission is under consideration by the New York board and his appointment is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
E. B. Shively
Nevada Newspapers Merge Consolidation Takes Effect
The Daily Mail purchases the Evening Post in a months long deal. Effective November 1 the merged paper continues under the Mail’s management with owners R. W. Curd and Hal Long retiring from the local newspaper business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Daily Mail
Evening Post
The
Mail
R. W. Curd
Hal Long
Post
Funeral Rite for St. Louis Trust Official Ends
Julius Leon aged 58 vice president of the Vandeventer Trust Company of St Louis died in a drug store near a bank after drinking a dose of pepsin. He had left the bank and entered the drug store where he collapsed and died within minutes.
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Nker
Julius Leon
Vandeventer Trust Company of
St. Louis
Lead Mine Closes Shuts Down Elvins Plant
The Federal Lead Company ends operations at the Elvins ore mill and fires, citing high wages and material costs. City officials and residents protest to Washington as four hundred workers lose their jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Lead Company
Elvins
Washington
Macon Weather Man John A Cook Dies at 52
John A Cook aged 52 and long time government oil official in Macon died after years of service. The death marks the end of a local meteorology and weather reporting tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
John A. Cook
Missouri Food Administration Launches License Pledge Drive
Dr. F B Mumford Missouri food administrator receives a Hoover directive to publicize licensing for high volume food dealers under conservation. The plan targets dealers with annual business of 100000 dollars or more and runs October 28 to November 4 reaching homes via agents and teachers. Hotels and restaurants will cut menus to essentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Mumford
Missouri
National Food
Herbert C. Hoover
Missouri Food Administrator
Conservation Movement
Wilson
Missouri Food Administration
National Food Commission
State Food Administration
Mumford
Liberty Pageant for All Seeks Wide Missouri Tour
The Progress of Liberty, a patriotic pageant by University of Missouri student Miss Louise Nardin, will tour towns across Missouri under the Missouri Council of Defense to boost war interest. Linwood Taft, a graduate student who directed the first show, offers to direct statewide productions without pay for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Nardin
University of Missouri
Missouri Council of Defense
Missouri
America
Linwood Taft
U D C Backs President In Wartime Support
The United Daughters of the Confederacy at the state convention in Columbia sent a telegram to President Wilson pledging to stand by him during the nation’s crisis and aiding soldiers and Allied forces in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Columbia
Wilson
St Louis Plans City Coal Yards
John Schmoll, director of public welfare, announced he will submit to the board a plan for municipal coal yards in various city districts to sell coal in small quantities to residents of moderate means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John Schmoll
Public Welfare
Board of Estimate
Receiver Appointed for Missouri Plate Glass Co
Judge D P Dyer of the United States district court appoints William J Vance as receiver for the Missouri Plate Glass Company of Valley Park Missouri. The action results from a creditor petition. The company is capitalized at 1 500 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glass Company
D. P. Dyer
United States District Court
William J. Vance
Missouri Plate Glass Company
Valley Park
Editorial sparks Espionage Act arrest warrant for Steinbeck
October 5 editorial declares patriotism a last refuge of a scoundrel by A. H. Steinbeck, owner and editor of the Union Republican Headlight. Federal officials seek his arrest under the Espionage Act for attempting to cause disloyalty of the military. United States Commissioner Irvin Mitchell issued the warrant. If convicted, Steinbeck faces up to twenty years in prison.
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A. H. Steinbeck
Union Republican
United States
Irvin Mitchell
Steinbeck
Sedalia Resident Mrs Slack Dies at 98
Old Sedalia resident Mrs America A Slack born in Cooper County Missouri in 1848 dies after fifty years in Sedalia. She is survived by her daughter Miss Carrie Slack a teacher.
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Sedalia
America A. Slack
Cooper County
Missouri
Carrie Slack
Hoover appoints Liberty man to state food committee
Robert S. Withers of Liberty is named by President Hoover to the state executive committee for conservation of the food supply and also becomes chairman of the local Clay County committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Robert S. Withers
Liberty
Herbert G. Hoover
Clay County
Bank Looting Strikes Farmers Bank at Santa Rosa
Country Bank is looted as the Farmers' bank vault and safe at Santa Rosa are blown open. The town of 200 inhabitants sits forty miles east of St. Joseph amid the robbery.
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Country Bank
Farmers’ Bank
Santa Rosa
St. Joseph
Prevent Potato Wastage Expert Makes Suggestions
Washington reports Lou D. Sweet head of the potato division of the food administration urges small growers to store potatoes properly this winter. He lists causes of wastage including sweating rot moisture frost and disease and offers storage guidelines to reduce losses and preserve seed stock for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
Washington
United States
Lou D. Sweet
Potato Division
Japanese “Temperature” Ghosts At Kobe Bath
In Kobe a warm spell sparked a ghost scare at a fashionable bathhouse. A woman died mid June with a second death followed by illness two days later after claiming her name was called while alone in the bath. Narratives spread, patrons fled, and the keeper hires a street orator to debunk the tale, but former customers stay away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kobe
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted For Kidney Ills
The advertisement touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as the genuine remedy for kidney trouble and Bright's disease warning against substitutes. It urges immediate preventive use at onset of backache or loins pain and claims the three D's mark the authentic product. Drugstores stock the pill with a satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Odd
Dodd's
Dodd’ S
Memorial cairn honors Tom Thomson at Canoe Lake
A brass plated cairn rises on a Algonquin park hill overlooking Canoe Lake memorializing Tom Thomson the artist drowned July 8 1917. The inscription notes his love of wild nature and his body buried in Owen Sound Ontario near his birth in August 1877.
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Algonquin Park
Tom Thomson
Toronto Globe
Canoe Lake
Thomson
Owen Sound
Ontario
Hall talking about catarrh remedy promises cure
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh through the blood and has been recommended by J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio for over 16 years with testimonials offered free.
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HALL
Hall’s
Wes
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Scientists Predict Katmai Eruption Won't Repeat Soon
Dr. R F Griggs says the 1912 Katmai eruption was the largest in thousands of years and will not be repeated for a long time. The Sun mocks with a quip about explosive humans staying quiet for a like period.
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R. F. Griggs
Katmai
New York Sun
Peruna praised by Rogersville resident for catarrh cure
Mr W S Brown of Rogersville Tennessee writes that after a severe lagrippe and cough in 1909 he used five bottles of Peruna and the cough stopped while catarrh disappeared. He notes his weight rose from 115 to 148 and urges others with catarrh to try Peruna.
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W. S. Brown
Rogersville
Tennessee
Does Not Lose Flower Wisdom Phrase
A reflective line compares unplucked flowers to beauty and fragrance, implying staying untouched preserves value and aroma. The aphorism likens restraint to enduring appeal and suggests wisdom in patience.
War Declared on Rats by U S Gov t
Government ad campaign declares war on rats and pests, touting Stearns Paste as the effective solution. Conservative estimates place annual food losses from rats at over two hundred million dollars, with households urged to buy a small box for a penny.
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U. S
Gov’t
Washinm
If Her Heart Is In the Right Place
A reflective line on impressions of women’s age and virtue, suggesting character matters more than youth or age appearance. The note emphasizes inner goodness over outward looks.
No Such a Thing in Solitary Happiness
Quote argues against solitary happiness and suggests a dog as alternative when opposing matrimony. The brief reflects a humorous social remark comparing companionship options.
Women in Russia take active part in military campaigns
The article notes that Russia granted women control of inherited property first and cites Petrograd's large medical college for women. It asserts women students have been highly active in revolutionary movements and military campaigns, with many believed to be revolutionists.
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Russia
Petrograd
Europe
Diplomacy Necessary For a Woman’s Effort to Prove Herself Right
A reflective line notes a man’s indifference to a woman’s claimed knowledge unless she actively argues her correctness. The quip casts social courtship as a test of restraint and tact in communication.
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Bevier Man
Boy
Liberty Pageant For All
England
Dodd’s
Dodd
Ottawa
Canada
G. A. Cook
Main St
Kansas City
Carters
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E
Mrs. Jos. Ave
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