Balkan fronts see Allied gains amid Turkish and Italian activity
World news reports in the Balkans show Allied advances and Romanian Danube movements. Serbian forces cross the Tcherna and capture Kessali station. Austro German advances nearby deemphasized. Italians take two Alpine peaks while bombardment continues on the Carso front. British push on a long Somme front.
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Balkans
Cai
Bhat Mdckengers
Bulgaria
Dobrudja
Dehube
Carso
Border talks in Mexico and U S fail to reach accord
The Mexican American joint commission met in two sessions at Atlantic City and discussed four border control plans centered on withdrawing General Pershing's army from Chihuahua. Both sides showed doubt about a near agreement as Mexico faced internal issues and foreigner protections.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Chihuahua
Mexico
Carranza
General Pershing
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
American Commission
Jews Protest a War Order in Britain
A mass meeting organized by the National Workmen's Committee on Jewish Rights denounced a proposed British Commons measure to deport Russian Romanian refugees unless they enlist. A cable to Home Secretary Sir Herbert Samuel urged England to reject the plan, described as more infamous than Germany’s invasion of Belgium.
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New York
House of Commons
England
Herbert Samuels
Home Secretary
National Workmen's Committee On
Samuels
Myer London
Belgium
Russia
Austria
Rumania
Turkey
Troops Relieved From Border Duty by New Arrivals
The Second Kansas Infantry and the Missouri Signal Company will be relieved from border duty by new state troops arriving at the Southern Department headquarters. Massachusetts Fifth Eighth and Ninth Infantry and brigade headquarters at El Paso, a squadron of cavalry minus one troop and battalion signal troops also relieved. New York Battalion engineer troops and Field Hospital No. 1 in the Brownville district are listed among those relieved.
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San Antonio
Tex
Second
Kansas Infantry
Missouri Signal Company
Southern Department
Massachusetts
Fifth
Eighth
el Paso
New York
Brownville
Princess engagement announced in Washington society
Washington society learned today of the engagement of Prince Andrea Boncompagni of Rome and Miss Margaret Preston Draper of the city, daughter of the late Gen. William F. Draper.
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Washington Society
Andrea Boncompagni
Rome
Margaret
Preston Draper
William F. Draper
State auto club outlines road and safety reforms
The organization plans royal duties and legislation to ensure public safety and protect auto owners. It aims to unify city ordinances across the state, create a detective bureau to curb theft, improve highway marking, and coordinate a statewide good roads campaign. The federation expects 25000 to 50000 dollars yearly for expenses.
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Arts
Psat Heserris
Sele
Acros
T He Club
Peltzer Wins Suit Over KC Policy Settlement
A jury in the Mexico circuit court awarded Mrs. Mattie C. Peltzer $30,845 principal and interest plus $5,000 in attorney fees against London Guaranty and Accident Co. The verdict followed a lawsuit arising from Theodor C. Peltzer's death after falling from the Scarritt Building in Kansas City on September 29, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie C. Peltzer
Kansas City
London Guaranty and Accident Company
Mexico
Beauchamp
Moling
Peltzer
Linn County Farmer Kennedy Dies at 75
William H. Kennedy, a Linn county farmer aged 75, died at his home twelve miles north of Brookfield the other morning.
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Linn
William H. Kennedy
Linn County
Brookfield
Failed Jail Fire in Macon Sparks Escape Attempt
Four prisoners at the Macon county jail started a blaze by burning mattresses and bed clothing as they tried to escape. Officials hurried them to upstairs cells while firemen quickly extinguished the fire.
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Macon
Mangled Hand Led to Farmer Igo's Death
Vincent H. Igo, a 50 year old farmer, died at a Sedalia hospital a week after his hand was mangled in a shredder and lockjaw developed, leading to his death.
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Vincent H. Igo
Sedalia
Igo
Higginsville Approves Sewer Mains and Plant Upgrade
Higginsville voters approved funding for sewer mains and a disposal plant with a $22 000 allocation. The full system cost is projected at $50 000 and the approval vote tally was 75 for to 180 against.
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Higginsville
Honor Late Colonel Waters Resolutions Adopted by KC Bar
Memorial resolutions honoring the late Colonel L. H. Waters were adopted by the Kansas City Bar Association and will be entered into the records of the U S district court and the circuit supreme and appellate courts of the state.
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Colonel Waters
L. H. Waters
Kansas City Bar Association
United States District Court
Circuit
Rotary Club Plans Kansas City Music Hall Memorial
Rotary Club members in Kansas City discuss plans to build a music hall as a lasting memorial. The proposed structure would cost about 250000 dollars and be erected as a tribute to the club’s work in the city.
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Kansas City
Rotary Club
Student Hurt by Fall Reported in Ferguson
A brief item notes M. 8. Lattimore of Ferguson sustained injuries after a fall. Details remain limited, but the incident appears to involve a student at a local location.
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Lattimore
Ferguson
Mystery of Bolivar dynamiting cleared by KC confession
Pony Cossins confessed to dynamiting a rock crusher and powder house near Bolivar on September 5, seeking $300 from a Polk county official. He described wiring a twenty foot fuse and nineteen foot fuse into dynamite, planning to escape before the blast, but the explosion occurred as he neared home. He and a companion later discussed the incident with authorities.
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Cossins
Cassins
Ott Cossins
John Stafford
Ella Erwin Sharp
Kansas City
West Fourteenth Street
Deed Outranks Will In Estate Battle
Miss Louise Disser of Denver lost in federal district court at St. Louis a suit to claim a half interest in the $30 000 estate of her great grandmother Mrs Mary Disser of Ferguson. The will made ten days before her death left the estate to her son and granddaughter. A warranty deed transferring property to the son was filed the same day and the court held the warranty deed genuine.
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Louise Disser
Denver
Federal District Court
St. Louis
Mary Disser
Ferguson
Disser
J West Goodwin Dies At 80 In Sedalia
J West Goodwin of Sedalia died at age 80. Born in New York October 3 1836 he learned printing in Watertown NY in 1850 and later ran a country paper in Indiana. He served in the Union Army, moved to Sedalia in 1868, helped start the Daily Bazoo, and later ran a job printing office.
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J. West Goodwin
Sedalia
New York
Watertown
N. Y
Indiana
Bazoo
New Bar Association President James Harkless Named
James H. Harkless, chosen president by the Missouri Bar Association state council, is a Kansas City lawyer born May 15, 1856 in Belmont County Ohio. He moved to Lamar Missouri in 1865 and was admitted to the bar in 1877. He practiced in Lamar until 1886 before joining Robinson O Grady Harkless and later leading Harkless Histed at 1000 Grand Avenue Temple.
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New Bar Association
James H. Harkless
State Council of the
Missouri Bar Association
Kansas City
Belmont County
Ohio
Lamar
Harkless & Histed
1000 Grand Avenue Temple
Plan W R Nelson Memorial Ceremony Decision
The Missouri Writers Guild at Powersite in the Ozarks decided on plans for a memorial to William R Nelson founder of The Kansas City Star during its annual autumn outing.
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W. R. Nelson
William R. Nelson
The
Kansas City Star
Missouri Writers’ Guild
Powersite
Ozarks
Brookfield Minister Calvin Allen Dies at 90
The Rev. Calvin Allen, aged 90, longtime Brookfield minister, has died. He was the father of E. B. Allen, who served as internal revenue collector in St. Louis until three years ago.
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Brookfield
Calvin Allen
E. B. Allen
Internal Revenue
St. Louis
G A R Veterans Encampment Held in Grundy County
The 34th annual G A R posts encampment gathered in Kidder with veteran delegates from seven and Grundy counties. Attendees included Simon, Pont, and Allen among others.
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Reid
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertised
Mrs J S Barlow of Columbus Ohio reports drastic weight loss followed by recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the product restored her health and strength and that her husband believes it saved her life. The ad claims the medicine uses roots and herbs to heal female ailments.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
J. S. Barlow
South 4Th St
Columbus
Ohio
New Dimes Nearly Ready for Issue at Philadelphia Mint
The first of the new 10 cent pieces are ready for issue at the Philadelphia mint. They roll out at 250000 a day with 10000000 to be issued. The obverse features a Grecian lady and the reverse shows the Roman lictors rods and ax.
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Philadelphia
A Little Practice Cruise
The Squire reports another air raid last night with bombs dropped in several districts and damage noted. London Sketch ponders whether the strike was by German forces or the opposing political party.
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George
Lord
London
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Tcherna
Nize
Serbia
Kessali
Paris
Berlin
Struma
Lake Tahinos
Starkovy Grob
Brod
Florina
Greece
Danube
Black Sea
Galicia
Lemberg
Petrograd
Brody
Brzezany
Zlota Lipa
Arman
Somme
Eaucourt l'Abbaye
Washington
Justice Stafford
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Milton H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Paso
Irwin Patterson
Fagg
Bob
Muncie
Ind
Grand Army
U. Eileis Seenduneary 1
Bassedeer 22
Fedtal Reserve Board
Wei P T
Cleveland
Baltimore & Ohio
Joint Committee
American
the Central and
People’s Relief Committees
Morris Company
Omaha
William Warner
United States
Missouri
Frank A. Alexander
Quartermaster Corps
U.S. A
Fort Clark
G. W. Morton
Mexico City
L. E. Rogers
Little Rock, Ark
James P. Clarke
Arkansas
National Senate
Fort Sam Houston
Michigan Infantry
P. A. Ball
E. Mayo Dickenson
Andrew S. Dowd
American Bank of
Fort Smith, Ark
Federal Prison
Leavenworth
Western
George Higbee
United States Army
Donna
Alva
Seiki Terauchi
Korea
Okuma
Viscount Te Dechmont
Congregational Union
Birmingham
Eng
Athens
Entente
Kalogeropoulos
Dixmude
Chamber of Deputies
Pocluing
Border
Douglas
Ariz
Cananea
Sonora
P. Elias Calles
Adolfo de la Huerta
Manuel Lovarzo
Calles
Empalme
Great Britain
Kansas City Signal Corps
Second Kansas Infantry
Mrs. Peltzer
Ocean
Dean
Booker
Madison
St. Charles
Dean's
Bex Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Ake
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