Spies and Escape Turn on Wyatt in Mountain Conflict
Confederate scout Wyatt of the Union artillery poses as a spy in Green Briar County, meets mountaineer Jem Taylor, and travels to a Hot Springs area house. There Harwood is slain, Wyatt dons U.S. cavalry uniform, escapes with papers, and Captain Fox tracks Harwood’s body along Taylor’s trail.
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Wyatt
Green Briar
Genal Jackson
Jem Taylor
Hot Springs
Taylor
Harwood
Noreen
Cocept - Fry
Escayatt
U. 8. Cavalry
Fox
Night Attack and Escape in Mountain Wilderness
A Confederate rider recounts a nighttime ambush as his small squad is overrun and he escapes by climbing a rock wall. He hides near a ridge, then reaches a ruined mill and flees toward a distant mansion. He considers searching the deserted Harwood estate for clues about a murder and Ned Cowan, then enters the house to find shelter as dawn approaches.
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Fox
Ned Cowan
Elief
Devil
Reb
Ramsay
Fayette Court House
Here
Conan
Hell
Harwood
Lewisburg
Charleston
Hot Springs
Confederacy
Union
Centenarians Share Secret to Long Life and Confidence
A Toledo Blade piece argues that centenarians credit long life to unwavering confidence rather than strict habits. It suggests that belief in defeating time matters more than abstinence or diet, proposing certainty as the true key to longevity.
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Toledo Blade
It Was Rain No Game A Student’s Brief Report
A Philadelphia school teacher recalls a pupil who, after a day’s exercise on baseball game reports, delivered a single line: Rain no game. The anecdote underscores dedication and quick thinking in classroom writing tasks.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
No Italian Anthem Remains Unfound in National Pride
The article notes Italy lacks a recognized national anthem though several patriotic songs exist like the Royal March and Garibaldi's Hymn. Musicians seek a national tune but no official anthem has emerged while a prize for one remains unclaimed. Italy faces a similar gap as Turkey in this matter.
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Italy
Value of insanity and handwriting experts in court
A fragmented reflection questions the usefulness of mental incapacity and handwriting specialists in trials. The piece notes that unless a defendant shows observable incapacity to the judge and jury, expert testimony loses value.
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Wee
Allerenyhee
Ibee
E ‘Mitte
WETS LOSE MOberly LOCAL OPTION VOTE AND RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
In Moberly local option, drys won by 509 votes carrying all wards except the Third where ministers prevail by seven votes. Total 3,113 votes cast. Wet leaders faced cameras as women supporters documented the day. Runaway killed two women near Mayview. John Holleran, 109, dies near Richards after long illness.
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Moberly
Vets
Drys
Ministre
Oswald Ratzer
Ratzer
Registered Cattle Condemned For Tuberculosis
Pettis county court condemned nineteen head of registered Shorthorn cattle owned by N H Gentry of Wooddale Farm due to traces of tuberculosis. A commission was named to appraise the stock's value.
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Pettis County Court
N. H. Gentry
Wooddale Farm
Otterville Bank Chief J D Stark Dies at 73
J D Stark president of the Bank of Otterville and former Cooper county representative and penitentiary warden under Governor Stephens, died in Otterville at age 73. He was a Democratic leader in Central Missouri.
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Otterville
J. D. Stark
Bank of
Cooper County
Stephens
Missouri
Toll in St Louis Motor Accidents Rises
Heavy motor toll reported with twelve deaths in October in St Louis and forty two deaths since January 1. By October 30 emergency officials counted 1,325 other injuries over ten months.
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St. Louis
Mrs Thomas J Dockery Dies In Kirksville After Brief Illness
Mrs Thomas J Dockery a prominent Missouri club woman and leader in the Women’s Relief Corps died at her Kirksville home after a brief illness. She served as state president of the W R C for years and was senior vice president of the national organization.
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Thomas J.dockery
Missouri
Women’s Relief Corps
Kirksville
Aged Brunswick Woman Dead in Local Residence
Mrs. Anna Dye aged 78 is dead at Brunswick and had lived in the vicinity all her life with many relatives in the area and neighboring towns.
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Brunswick
Anna Dye
Strawberries Ripen Again Near Pleasant Green
George Riggs living near Pleasant Green brought a quart of a second crop of strawberries to Sedalia. The berries are free and as luscious as the first crop.
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George Riggs
Pleasant Green
Sedalia
Knife in His Lung Surfaces in Rushville Farmer Case
Ora R. Tomlinson a wealthy Rushville farmer is bleeding to death in a St. Joseph hospital after swallowing an open pocket knife. X ray shows the blade lodged in his lung.
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Ora R. Tomlinson
Rushville
St. Joseph
Fire destroys Springfield mill and coach shops
A devastating blaze in Springfield gutting the mill department and coach shops with unknown origin. Authorities are assessing damage and determining a cause as fire crews fight to contain remaining hotspots.
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Springfield
Diphtheria Closes Lamar Schools
Diphtheria closes Lamar grade schools from first to eighth grade. The board orders closures and bans public amusements for under 16. Two deaths reported and several families placed under quarantine.
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Lamar
Board of
Tripieta to Orrick Family
A fragmentary note mentions a Joseph and a southeast of Orrick reference relating to the Tripieta family matter.
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Tripieta
Orrick
Joseph
Missouri spelling shift adopted by several colleges
The article notes Missouri colleges adopting a simplified spelling standard used by the University of Missouri. It lists institutions including Central, Wesleyan, Forest Park, Missouri Valley, Park College, state normal schools, Tarkio, Westminster, and William Jewell. It also records convention plans for November 1916 in St Louis and names officers and board members for the year.
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Missouri
University of Missouri
Central
Wesleyan College
Forest Park University
Missouri Valley College
Park College
State Normal Schools
Tarkio College
Westminster College
William Jewell College
Association
St. Louis
St Louis to Dye Seal Skins Plant Planned
Philip B Fouke announces the termination of foreign dress and dye work for sealskins and a new St Louis plant will be directed by London specialists. The facility aims to dress and dye 25 000 to 50 000 sealskins annually employing 250 to 500 workers, cutting US costs. Secret knowhow rests with two former London managers. The project follows government contracts to supply skins from Alaska.
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United States
St. Louis
Philip B. Fouke
Fouke
London
America
Redfield
Federal Fisheries Department
Alaska
Bronze Turkey Lays Eggs Again After Sixteen
A. T. Crowe of Grassland Farm near Hughesville reports a bronze turkey has begun laying eggs again after raising a brood of sixteen. The egg weighs seven ounces, a claim said to be unheard of in this area.
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A. T. Crowe
Grassland ‘Farm
Hughesville
Sedalia
Newspaper Man Dead in Chicago at 27
E A Remley Jr of Columbia dies in Chicago after a two week pneumonia illness. Remley formerly part owner and editor of the Columbia Daily Times and had worked on several papers in the South and West. He was 27 years old.
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E. A. Remley, Jr
Columbia
Missouri
Chicago
Tragic Deathes From Narrow Culvert Accident Near Mayview
Two sisters Mrs. Nora Happy age 61 and Mrs. Hyama Moore age 67 died in a road accident when a narrow wooden culvert a quarter mile south of Mayview seven miles from Higginsville collapsed. Both women were widows. Mrs. Happy lived alone.
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Butler Moore
Nora Happy
Mayview
Higginsville
Hyama Moore
Happy
Columbia Churches to Unite
The First Presbyterian church of Columbia leads a movement to unite the Northern and... The readable fragment hints at a joint effort among local churches to merge efforts and ministry in the community.
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Columbia
First Presbyterian Church of Columbia
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Nmme
Prohibition
John Holleran
Richards
County Cork
Ireland
R. C
Missouri State
Teachers Association
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