Murderer Escapes From Penitentiary In Jefferson City
Arthur Bittner, 26, of St. Louis, serving life for his father’s murder, escaped during a weekly park dance at McClung Park where he played first violin in the prison orchestra. Detectives watch Missouri trains as Bittner’s disappearance is suspected near midnight.
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Jefferson City
Arthur Bittner
St. Louis
McClung Park
Bittner
Wering
McClung
Warden McClung
Myrtie Benhoff
North St. Jouis
Edward
Arthur
State Penitentiary
Gus Cruz
Missouri
Ora Arthur
Police Probe Negro Registration in St Louis District
Police opened an inquiry in the St Louis district at the urging of election officials amid reports of large scale Negro voting registrations. Federal investigators are said to be in St Louis examining registrations while similar probes target Kansas City where about 4 000 new Negro registrants are reported.
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St. Louis
Board of Election Commissioners
South
Kansas City
Missouri Feud Notes and Penitentiary Reform Highlights
Union Electric Co executive reports no date set for Battery A return from duty. Governor race pledges end to contract labor in Missouri penitentiary and cleaner government. Two more convicts escape. shopmen gain wage increases. New Missouri slogan proposed as coal famine looms. Dr Hill addresses crowd in Jefferson City.
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Lammon
Police Department
Kansas City
Missouri Penitentiary
Missouri
Henry Lamm
Fighting Man Is Admired
Century Magazine notes that fearless military record fosters political ascent and hero worship. It suggests success in war elevates leaders, reflecting national reverence for courage and the heroic spirit alongside ideals of peace.
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United States
Scott
Jefferson
Washington
Century Magazine
Prospectors and deer hunters seek luck in wilds
The Toledo Blade laments the romance of prospectors both in the West and East as they roam with gear and licenses hoping for a bonanza. It notes hunters may bag game or, worse, threaten settlers or guides, while Western prospectors face fewer funerals.
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Midwest
East
Toledo Blade
Imagist Verse Backlash and Magazine Critique
A discussion contrasts cheap weekly poetry with cultured poetry in libraries and magazines. Readers snub 10 cent magazines for real verse, while a western subscriber calls a first class magazine’s poetry rotten and urges better poetry craft.
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Atlantic
Honest Efforts and the Good Time Coming
Horace Greeley reflects on Moses and Columbus as symbols of failed quests yet argues that earnest efforts to ease social hardships advance humane goals. He urges humble hope and steady support for reforms, trusting divine aid will finally guide such efforts to success.
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Moses
Columbus
India
Horace Greeley
Despondent mood in streets as campaign veers toward doubt
The passage notes a low mood during urban observation and a shifting focus from restoring pan talettes to urging girls to maintain their meager aid. The tone reflects a reflective, cautious moment in a broader social campaign.
Perfection Required Beyond Pharisees Righteousness
A sermon on Matthew 5 20 argues the righteousness of the law must go deeper than outward deeds into the heart. It holds that only Jesus fulfills the law by his life and death, offering a perfect, 100 percent righteousness for the lost. Rev H P Eckhardt notes the need for inner holiness and Christ’s atoning work to save humanity.
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Kingdom of
Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven
God
Earth
Jesus
Christ the Lord
H. P. Eckhardt
Work and Worship in Daily Life
The piece argues that work and worship are equally valid expressions of faith. It cites Paul in Corinth as a tentmaker who preached, and states Jehovah wills workers for six days of labor to fulfill divine purpose. It warns against idolizing tools, urging daily reverence in toil as part of the divine life.
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Paul
Corinth
Burke Quote on Fear and Perception
A Burke line notes that recognizing the full extent of danger and growing accustomed to it reduces fear and anxiety, suggesting calm through understanding and exposure. The remark frames risk as manageable once the mind adapts to danger's scale.
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Burke
One Who Doesn’t Worry
Comic item notes Miss Paul Grace defies authority and ignores instructions while Miss Pry-No ignores her own business in Town Topics.
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Paul—Grace
Pry
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Rudolph M. Patterson
State Board of Livestock Commission
Chicago Heights
Cook County
Monroe County
Farmer's Institute
Patterson
Dlinois
Institute
Hadley
Herbert Ss. Hadley
Lamm
Thomas Hart Benton
Forty-Seventh General Assembly
National Guard
Leavenworth
Kan
Gen. Clark
Harvey C. Clark
Laredo
Willam A. Mann
Holden
Pleasant Hill
William Warwick
Seattle
Wash
New York
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Major
Frank Buffum
Hannibal
A. C. Einstein
Union Electric Co
War Department
Loweryer
Funston
Dr. Hill
John Wesley Hill
International Peace Forum
Republican County Committee
Locomotive Department
The
Missouri, Kansas ,& Texas Railway
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Wrigley’s
Wm. Wrigley Jr
Chicago
Wrigley Gumption Sk
United
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Sissie
Daddy
Free Skinner Mfg.co
Omaha
USA
America
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California
Libby
M‘neill
Dany Tenay Oeeg Gee
Winchester
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