British and French Break Through German Lines on Somme Front
British and French forces press the Somme front attacking from Martinpuich to the river. Combles, Thiepval, and Guedecourt have fallen to the British and French in heavy offensives. Russian and Balkan fronts report varied activity with German, Bulgarian, and Greek engagements amid broader war news.
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London
Combles
Bapaume
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Guedecourt
Lesbouefs
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Berlin
Vienna
Volhynia
Galicia
Carpathian Mountain
France
Carpathian Mountains
Martinpuich
L’abbe Wood
French War Department
Kopriva
Greek Macedonia
Kaimakcalan
Florina
Federal Farm Loan Board reports wide interest rate gaps
Washington reports after a tour through twenty nine states the Federal Farm Loan Board backs a twelve district plan and eight banks under the Rural Credits Act. The hearings reveal interest rates from five percent per year to five percent per month and warn farmers against private joint stock land banks selling stock to obtain loans.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
Hollweg Blames Italians In Reichstag Address
Berlin September 29 Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg told crowded galleries the war with Italy grew from Italy declaring war on Austria and Germany replying with troops on the Italian frontier. He said Italy shifted blame to Germany while Allies pressured Rome and England’s actions against neutrals and Allies were cited as decisive.
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Berlin
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Reichstag
Italy
Austria
Germany
England
May Be No General Strike In New York
New York officials report little evidence of a general strike despite union leaders claiming 125000 plus workers quit. Elevated and subway service ran normally aside from reduced cars during the Jewish holiday, with conditions stable from the prior week.
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New York
Matrimony Slump Hits Berlin in 1916 First Half
In Berlin the first half of 1916 saw 6,836 marriages, down from 8,632 in the same period last year and 9,360 in 1914, reflecting a wartime decline in nuptials.
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Berlin
General strike vote by Seattle labor council
The Central Labor Council in Seattle voted last night to call a general strike of all union workers in the city to support the Idogsbo region strike. The issue was issued in three parts in the meeting notes.
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Seattle
Idogsbo
Central Labor Coun
Kansas City hosts strong first Southwestern Dairy Show
Lights faded at Convention hall marking the first Southwestern Dairy Show Association event in Kansas City. Despite a near $6000 deficit, exhibitors praised the quality and number of Jersey cattle, with 170 at Kansas City compared to 113 at Louisville. The show boosts local dairy cattle business and Kansas City plans a dairy show again next year.
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Sothwestern Dairy Show Association
Southwestern Daily Show Association
F. J. Bannister
Indianapolis
Louisville
Will Teach the War Game at University of Missouri
Two United States army officers will teach military science and tactics at the University of Missouri this session. Major Charles W. Castel, a West Point graduate and former regimental quartermaster at Douglas Arizona, commands the department supported by Lieutenant J. C. King, recently with General Pershing in Mexico.
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University of Missouri
Regular Army
Military Department
Columbia
War Department
Charles W. Castel
Eleventh Infantry
Douglas, Ariz
West Point
J. C. King
Seventh Cavalry
General Pershing
Mexico
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St. Louis Records Record High Fall Election Voter Roll
St. Louis closed fall registration with 172 264 voters on the books the largest in the city’s history. Officials anticipate about 1500 names may be removed in revision while later registrations from absentees during four registration days offset some losses.
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St. Louis
Missouri Newspaper Man Dies in Fulton
John Dunn aged 47 a former Fulton newspaper man formerly connected with Mexico and Columbia papers died at Fulton after a long illness following an earlier career with local presses.
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Missouri
John Dunn
Fulton
Mexico
Columbia
Death Instrument Found Near McDaniel Home
A hungstarter found in a vacant lot north of the McDaniel residence in St. Joseph may be the weapon in the Mrs. McDaniel murder case. Her husband, the prosecuting attorney, is being held as a suspect in the death. The object resembles a mallet and is heavy enough to have caused the fatal injuries.
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McDaniel
St. Joseph
Lay Library Cornerstone Ceremony at Nevada Carnegie Library
The cornerstone of the new Carnegie Library in Nevada was laid with ceremonies. The Third Regiment led a Masonic procession and hundreds of school children attended. Rev. C. H. Briggs of Sedalia conducted the stone laying.
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Carnegie Library
Nevada
Masonic Order
C. H. Briggs
Sedalia
Oil Survey Planned for Ray County by State Geologist
The state geologist H A Buehler of Rolla Missouri will conduct an oil survey in Ray county immediately. If indications of oil are sufficient a stock company will be organized.
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Ray County
H.A. Buehler
Rolla
Bevier Judge Rowland Dies at 48
Judge Thomas A. Rowland once Bevier mayor and Kansas City Star correspondent dies at 48. At his death he serves as justice of the peace for Bevier township.
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Bevier
Thomas A. Rowland
Presbyterians to Meet at Fulton
Presbyterians plan a gathering at Fulton placing the event in the spotlight. Details remain brief with the location confirmed and program items to follow in later notices.
Doctor Adcock takes own life after illness
Dr Delbert Claude Adcock a 36 year old Warrensburg eye ear and throat specialist died in a cornfield near his Hickman Mills farm from a self inflicted rifle shot relatives said ill health had left him despondent. He leaves a wife Bessie Hartman Adcock and a son John Adcock.
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Warrensburg
Hickman Mills
Kansas City
Doctor Adcock
Benjamin Fisher
Lees. Summit
Lees Summit
Mr. Fisher
Adcock
J. A. B. Adcock
State Board of Health
Bessie Hartman Adcock
John Adcock
Wartensbug
Springfield Women Rewrite Cigarette Ordinance in City Hall
The city commission ceded chambers to a delegation of women who altered a cigarette sale bill. They set a $500 yearly license, redefined a minor as under 18 for immunity from buyer punishment, and adjourned as the commission reconvened to pass the measure. Dealers vow to challenge the ordinance in court.
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Springfield
City Commission
Apple Tree Blossoms Twice in Year in Judge Gordon’s Nevada Yard
An early June apple tree in the yard of Judge Irving Gordon in Nevada blooms again after a prior large fruit yield earlier this year.
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Irving Gordon
Nevada
Springfield to Build 48 Miles of Boulevards
The Springfield 8mile road district with city and county governments will construct forty eight miles of boulevards, announced by district commissioner Will J. McDaniel.
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Springfield
Will J. McDaniel
Beggar Swindles Charit y for Wife by Feigning Handicap
A St Louis beggar who pretended to be crippled collected charity on Lindell Boulevard and Grand Avenue to buy his wife an electric coupe. The Civic League cites the case in renewed efforts to end street begging by cripples and blind people. They did not disclose how they obtained the information.
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St. Louis
Lindell Boulevard
Grand Avenue
The
Civic League
Wealthy Farmer Dies at Table Near Savannah
A six miles west of Savannah, 60 year old farmer and stockman A F Russell died of heart disease while dining with his wife. He was seated at the supper table when stricken.
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A .F. Russell
Savannah
Farmer Ferguson Kills Wife and Brakeman in Springfield
Farmer Ferguson owner of a crawfish farm in Hahatonka Camden area shot and killed his wife and John Smithmier a Frisco brakeman in Springfield. Mrs Ferguson has lived in Springfield since last spring.
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Ferguson
Rochester Woman Injured in St Joseph Car Collision
Mrs W C Draper of Rochester New York suffered a broken rib and internal injuries when a touring party from Rochester collided with a motor car east of St Joseph She is staying at a local hotel pending further medical care and her condition is being reported.
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St. Joseph
Kite Almost Wipes Out Purdy
A brief item notes a kite nearly causing an incident near Purdy, a town eight miles south of a larger reference point. The readable fragment suggests a close call or near disaster without detailing injuries or outcomes.
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Purdy
Beverages Made in Missouri Under Labor Bureau Review
A 1916 Missouri labor bulletin reports beer and malt preparations totaling 32.9 million dollars, with major output from St. Louis Kansas City St. Joseph and several other cities. Whisky and brandy reached 482 thousand dollars, wine 200 thousand dollars, and rectifying added 5 million dollars, centered in Kansas City and St. Louis. The Missouri Union plans to lease the Columbia Club building for union house amid a Missouri University alumni leadership change.
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John T. Fitzpatrick
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Washington
Jefferson City
Cape Girardeau
St. Charles
Joplin
Springfield
Hannibal
Appleton
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Hermann
St.Louis
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University of Missouri
Columbia Club
Union House
D. J. Owen
Brookfield
Henry Kingeon
Alumni Recorder
Claud Stephens
J.A. Walden
Moberly
Three Reappointed to Board of the State Home
Governor Major reappointed Dr. J. B. Norman of Tipton R 8 Lamar of Fulton and William H Tegethoff of Clayton to the board of managers for the State Industrial Home for Incorrigible Negro Girls at Tipton. Each term runs until August 16 1919.
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J. B. Norman
Tipton
Demand for Missouri prison inquiry by state board
Resolutions from a Kansas City citizens meeting call for an immediate investigation of conditions in the Missouri state penitentiary by the state board of charities and corrections. James N. Crutcher of Neosho states the board has authority to inspect all state penal institutions but was officially told to refrain regarding the penitentiary. Prominent clubwomen organized the meeting.
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State Board of Charities and Corrections
Kansas City
James N. Crutcher
Neosho
State Board of Charities and Correcions
State Penitentiary
Rixey Col. Rixey Assigned to Campaign Work in Missouri
Col. Thomas P. Rixey who managed Col. James A. Houchin's campaign has been commissioned by the Democratic state committee to operate in several central and south Missouri counties.
Five Seek Appointment For State Superintendent Vacancy
Five educators applied to Gov. Major for appointment to the office of state superintendent after the death of Supt. Gass. The candidates include W. M. Okerson of Maryville Urel Lampkin of Clinton Lee Ash of Paris and W. Y. Foster of Springfield.
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State Superintendent of Public Schools
Gass
W. M. Okerson
Maryville
Urel Lampkin
Clinton
Lee Ash
Paris
W. Y. Foster
Springfield
Paroled Blue Sky Convict W K Niles Named
Gov. Major parole board recommendation frees W. K. Niles who was sentenced in Saline County on December 2, 1915, to three years for obtaining money under false pretenses under the blue sky law.
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Pardon Board
Major
W. K. Niles
Saline County
Niles
Major Names Commission Chooses Doniphan Memorial Plans
Under an act appropriating 10000 dollars for a monument in Richmond Ray County Gov Major appointed Louis Child Jewell Mayes and William Milligan to select plans and supervise construction of a memorial to Gen Alexander W Doniphan.
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Major Names Commission
Richmond
Ray County
Gov
Louis Child
Jewell .Mayes
William Milligan
Alexander W. Doniphan
First Regiment Home After Mex Border Parade in St Louis
After 97 days on the Mexican border the First Missouri soldiers return home with a parade through St. Louis. They march to the armory where a large crowd cheers the stacked army as the welcome unfolds. Some details of the reception are partially cut off in the report.
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First Missouri
St. Louis
Fis Ogres
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