Missouri State Veterinarian Blames Funds For Hog Plague Struggle
State Veterinarian Dr. F. Luckey declares Missouri faces a hog cholera threat but argues his office is largely powerless due to a $25,000 two year budget. He cites prior losses in Pettis County reaching 14 million dollars and laments insufficient funds for serum, salaries, and travel.
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Kansas City
F. Luckey
Issouri
Missouri
Pettis County
Og County
New Champion Milk Cow Pontiac Lady Josephine
Pontiac Lady Josephine tops a prize dairy herd at the College of Culture with 23 493 pounds of milk and 959 pounds of butter in the year ending October 18. Her milk record surpasses the 1910 best by 39 pounds and she freshened at twelve pounds of milk per day. The college offers 700 dollars for her with doubt a thousand would buy. Also includes notices of unidentified bodies, Confederate veteran Captain Eller’s death, hog shipment to Argentina, a nitroglycerin accident, and the Missouri Christian Endeavor convention in Springfield.
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Missouri
Pontiac
Josephine
College of Culture
Ous
Phine
Thrift of a Little Girl at Sugar Creek Tomato Club
A Missouri rural life conference highlighted a little girl’s 23 dollar net profit from one tenth of an acre of tomatoes. The event, under the State Normal School, drew more than five hundred teachers across five counties and covered topics from tomatoes to church social life.
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Kirksville
Sugar Creek
Rural Life
State Normal School
Boy Scouts
St Louis Mayor Expected to Sign Franchise Repeal for Streetcar Line
Despite a threatened injunction, Mayor Henry W Kiel plans to sign an ordinance repealing the 50 year franchise of the Southern Traction Co to run streetcars over the unfinished free bridge and to build a downtown loop. The house approved 26 to 1 and council action followed. A $234 million bond issue for bridge completion is set for November 6 with mayoral signature anticipated. The move would diminish $330,000 in traction bonds tied to Jeptha D Howse and the Lorimer Gallagher Construction Co.
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Henry W. Kiel
Southern Traction Company
Free Bridge
St. Louis
House of Delegates
Traction Company
Jeptha D. Howse
Lorimer-Gallagher Construction Company
Lorimer Bank
Desperate Fighting Reported in Battle of the Aisne
London and Paris press bureau summaries General Sir John French reports on British forces in France from August 22 to October 18. The notes recount the Mons retreat, the Aisne counteroffensive, and heavy casualties amid fierce engagements with German corps.
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London
John French
France
Mons
Seine
Aisne
Betwen
Gough
Chetwode
Somme
Oise
Ham
Joffre
French
Soissons-Reims
Marne
Oureeg
Soissons
Couvreuis
Carseuil
Missy
Vauxcere
The
Chanouville
Bourg
Moulins
Passageny
Chemin Des Dames
Chivy
le Cour de Soupir
Chayonne-Soissons
the Aisne
Douglas Haig
Hamilton
de Castelnau
England Leads in Automatic Telephone Service Contracts
England leads the world in automatic telephone service development as United States contracts for automatic exchanges totaling nearly five hundred thousand dollars have been awarded.
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England
United States
Cure for Eczema Promised by Cuticura Ad
Newton D. W. Chapman of Youngstown Ohio recounts severe eczema on face and neck eased by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after using three cakes and one box. He notes rapid itch relief and marked improvement within days, urging readers to try a free sample and Skin Book.
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Plum St
Youngstown
Ohio
Newton D. W. Chapman
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Not Due To Ignorance Measles Misspelt In Rural Note
A farmer's note asks Dr Briggs to see a sick child. He diagnoses measles, and the mother admits they could not spell measles. The tale underscores common spelling errors leading to medical delays in rural areas.
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Briggs
National Monthly
The Greatest Chasm Between Producer and Consumer
Homer T. Wade Texas Good Roads secretary notes the mudhole as the widest gap between producer and consumer. He compares poor roads with the permanent highways seen in countries receiving Christian missionary work and calls for improved infrastructure.
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Homer T. Wade
Texas Good Roads Association
Hairdo habits linger after a second baby arrives
A new mother rarely alters hair styling after welcoming a second child. Even small efforts, like subtle tweaks, can feel meaningful as life shifting routines settle in.
No Great Demand For Boys In Refugee Offers
A returned traveler describes European refugees from Belgium, northern France, and Oriental Prussia. He reports families face housing limits and chiefly seek to adopt girls, claiming they are better behaved and more amiable than boys, urging men to reflect on their status.
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Belgium
France
Prussia
Georgia Representative Attacks German Close Formation
Representative Bacon of Georgia criticizes the German general staff for using antiquated close formation, saying it costs thousands of lives. A German-American defends manpower, but Bacon likens the idea to serving watery soup after rain.
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Representative Bacon
Georgia
Macon
German General Staff
Mr. Bacon
Prisoner Quips On Occupations In Court
In an Irish police court a prisoner was asked his occupation. He named several callings and when asked if he picks pockets he replied I dont pick them I just take them as they come.
Campaign adviser notes high cost of living
A Washington Star passage quotes a campaign adviser admitting living costs are high and Senator Sorghum saying money should be used differently as they cannot buy votes with it anymore.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
All the world's a stage and the fool's reply
A witty exchange frames a theater quip about performance and danger. The sage cites Shakespearean insight while the fool jests that asbestos drop curtains could improve the show. The remark blends cultural reference with a playful nod to theater safety.
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Ein Aux Vasse
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Callacounty
Lexington
Peae
Big Black
Argentina
N. H. Gen
Wooddale Farm
Buenos Aiires
Argena
Elmery
Les Powder Company
Carthage
Rigtian
Endeavors
Missouri Christian Endeavor Fon
Springfield
City
Kanty
Federation of Catholic Societies
George Hutcheson
Fortstell
Parkville
J. R. Smith
E. A. Dent
Decatur, Ill
William H. H. Brown
Warrensburg
Oscar Applegate
Brown
J. W. Harrison
Harrison
Applegate
Arthur Biggs
James Biggs
Biggs
M. D.lewis
Columbia
Cass‘county
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Pot
St.louis
Bill Killing
Sainte Marguerite
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Veussel
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