Chamber of Commerce to Fund Education Campaign in Missouri
St Louis Chamber of Commerce forms a grain live stock and dairy production committee to back a statewide educational drive led by Y W Lamkin. The plan aims to spend about 54000 on a 114 county program with 270 speakers and 250000 pamphlets over 18 days.
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Commissioner of Agriculture
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State University
United States Department of Education
Governor’s Nephew Wounded in World War I Service
Lieutenant Albert Gardner of the 140th Infantry Thirty-fifth Division, nephew of Governor Gardner and son of former St. Louis Councilman W. A. Gardner, was wounded after writing a letter prior to his injury at St Mihiel. Gardner, a Chicago grain dealer, lived in St. Louis when he enlisted.
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140Th Infantry
St. Mihiel
W. A. Gardner
St. Louis
Merchants’ Exchange
Chicago
Young Gardner
Campaign to Fight Missouri Dry Amendment Starts in St Louis
A citizens committee based in St Louis launches an advertising push against the proposed Missouri constitution amendment. The chairman outlines arguments to voters, noting wartime liquor sentiment shifted toward regulation and taxation to fund the war effort, arguing for a more liberal liquor policy.
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Missouri
Citizens’ Committee
St. Louis
England
France
City Firemen End Strike Over $90 Monthly Pay
Mayor Chapman and the Jefferson City council avert a strike by agreeing to a $90 monthly pay scale for firemen. Firemen had quit seeking higher wages, leaving the chief understaffed as insurers warned of a 20 percent rate hike, prompting officials to settle terms.
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Jefferson City
Chapman
Engineer Dead in Capital Influenza Toll
W H Volrath a locomotive engineer on the Missouri Pacific for 20 years died at St Marys Hospital Jefferson City from influenza the fourth death in the capital from the disease He leaves a wife and four children who live in St Louis
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W. H. Volrath
Missouri Pacific
St. Mary's Hospital
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Fulton Hospital to take portion of St. Louis insane patients
Dr. M. O. Biggs, superintendent of Fulton state hospital, announced Fulton will be asked to accept about 350 of 2,400 insane patients from St. Louis city sanitarium. The move frees space in the St. Louis facility for housing wounded soldiers.
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M. O. Biggs
Fulton State Hospital
St. Louis City Sanitarium
St. Louis
Monroe City oil man attempts suicide in St Louis hotel
Charles M. Lasley, an oil salesman from Monroe City, Mo., slashed his throat with a six inch knife in his room at the Laclede hotel in St. Louis. He told police he had lost two relatives in France and has been troubled since. He was taken to the observation ward.
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Charles M. Lasley
Monroe City
St. Louis
Laclede
France
Governor Gardner Asked to Speak for War Fund Tour
The national speakers bureau invited Gov. Gardner to support a $170 million YMCA Knights of Columbus and war organizations drive from November 11 to 18. He was asked to speak in Memphis on November 14 and in Jackson Mississippi, but plans to decline to devote time to raising funds in Missouri.
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National Campaign Speakers’ Bureau
Washington
Gov. Gardner
Y. M. C. A. Knights of Columbus
Memphis
Jackson
Misa
War Fronts Shifting as Allied Offensives Gain Ground
A week in review reports Allied and American positions holding the Meuse to Grand Pre while Italian, French and British forces push toward Austria-Hungary. Nine thousand Austrians captured, 51 guns seized, Piave and Brenta fronts see progress, Aleppo falls to British forces, and Allied plans for armistice terms surface as Wilson faces German peace notes.
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Piave
War Office
German Pressure for Armistice Grows Beyond Military Control
Washington reports officials and diplomats say public pressure from Germans is driving the government toward peace terms as Austria and Hungary move toward releasing subject peoples. The German note on constitutional changes was not published. President Wilson works on reply to Austria while hints of a unified Entente response loom. The supreme war council withholds statements as it weighs an armistice.
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Lansing
Austria
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Berlin
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Hungary
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Italy
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Censor Council
Salvage Plants Save Over $100000 Daily Says Pershing
General Pershing, in a cable to Secretary McAdoo, commends American salvage plants in France for saving the government more than one hundred thousand dollars daily. He notes the value lies in preserving material for the front and freeing ocean tonnage and labor for essential US industries.
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Washington
America
United States
Bloody riots in Budapest spark daily street fighting
The Budapest unrest grows chronic with reports from Zurich and Copenhagen. Street fighting using machine guns is common, many killed and wounded as hourly demonstrations continue. Loyal soldiers clash with students in ongoing combats.
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London
Budapest
Zurich
Copenhagen
Sugar allotments ordered for influenza patients and carers
Washington approves higher sugar allotments for Spanish influenza patients and caregivers as directed by the Food Administration to state food administrators.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Austrian Fleet Moves to Fiume Amid War Fleet Shifts
A Rome dispatch to Temps dated October 27 reports the Austrian fleet concentrated at Fiume with only a few ships left at Pola. Vessels previously at Cattaro have departed.
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Paris
Rome
Pola
Dutal
Cattaro
Danderine Promises Quick Hair Dandruff Cure
A vintage advertisement claims Danderine stops dandruff and hair loss within minutes. It promises new hair growth after weeks of use, with hair becoming lighter, fuller, and lustrous. The ad urges readers to buy Knowlton’s Danderine at stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
London Wires Stretch Across Vast Telegraph Network
London Reporter notes extensive telecom reach with 73 500 miles of overhead wires and 921 000 miles buried underground, outlining the capital citys expansive telegraph and telephone infrastructure.
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London
Soothe Baby with Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad
Free samples offered by Cuticura with a Boston address. Advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for rashes, itching, and burning. Sold by druggists or by mail with prices listed. Also a note on England ivory imports and Sheffield’s consumption of one third of annual 650 tons.
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Boston
England
Sheffield
Medical ads urge women to train in nursing and self care
An American home urged women to learn nursing and first aid with a 1000 page Medical Adviser. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for nervous or weak women and advertises trial pills from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo and related medicines with testimonials.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Kansas City
Kans
Seiss Geo, Jacobs
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