Bonds Settled after County Vote in Osceola Controversy
Osceola Missouri voters resolved the St Clair county railroad debt dispute by endorsing a plan to settle about 4.5 million dollars in bonds for 585 thousand, with St Louis attorney John H Verall leading the bondholder side. The plan aimed to end repeated court judgments against the county and the board of supervisors and alleged jail threats by officials resisting a federal tax levy.
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St. Louis
St. Clair County
John Hverall
Nty Court
Former Gov Folk cancels engagements after ptomaine poisoning attack
Former Missouri governor Joseph W Folk, set to speak in Mississippi county for the Fourth Liberty Loan drive, cancelled all appearances after an illness with ptomaine poisoning. He arrived to a crowd of 500 school children and a large auto parade, with a high fever of 102 degrees. Pershing commends Missouri for Pershing Day at Laclede on July 4 in a letter to Gov Gardner, noting pride in Missourians and gratitude for the tribute. Maj Ruby Garrett of the Kansas City Signal Corps Battalion, Missouri National Guard, promoted to lieutenant, leads guardsmen seen in action on the western front. In Sedalia, 60 Brown Evans factory workers strike over discharge linked to alleged union agitation, seeking a local Unit.
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Joseph W. Folk
Mississippi County
Liberty Loan
Folk
John J. Pershing
Gov. Gardner
Pershing
Laclede
Gen. Pershing
Ruby D. Garrett
Kansas City Signal Corps
Missouri National Guard
France
Oeary Cyru
National Guard
West Front
Iris
Sedalia
Brown-Evans
New ruling bars felons from military duty
General Crowder announces that no man convicted of a felony will be accepted for military service and placed in Class V as morally unfit. An advisory committee will assist the district appeals board in classifying industrial and agricultural exemption claims, appointed by the labor and agriculture departments with the appeals board’s advice.
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Crowder
District Appeals Board
Departments of Labor and Agriculture
Appeals Board
Wilson drams 322 13,000,000 men called
A final notification announces 13,000,000 men are to be called, with more than twenty six hours consumed in the task. The instruction rests with the various local boards to complete the action.
Washington Wilson hands 13 million registrants to US war effort
President Wilson begins the wartime draft process by tallying 13 000 000 men aged eighteen to forty five. General March oversees mobilization as crowds applaud the first drawn number 322 signaling calls to march or work for national defense.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
United States Army and Navy
America
Peyton C. March
March
General Pershing
Europe
Wilson
Government Printing Office
General Crowder
Haarlem Oil Capsules Promise Quick Kidney Relief
For over two centuries Haarlem Oil is pitched as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder disorders. The ad claims quick relief from back pain indigestion insomnia and rheumatic pains with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules imported from Holland. Money back if unsatisfied and genuine Gold Medal brand emphasized.
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Haarlem
Hollan
Holland Laboratories
Sony
Bluffing book salesman earns side door open
A so called book agent visits a firm head claiming a travel guide with maps for nearby spots. The boss rejects it as he does not own a car. The man reveals he is an automobile salesman exploiting the ruse to gain entry and sell cars.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Army life toughens a man Reginald Grabcom’s nickname
In a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt a man named Reginald Grabcom, once reliant on a valet to dress, joins the army and, after six months, earns a reputation as a profane, hard-edged soldier. The piece contrasts prewar vanity with wartime grit.
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Reginald Grabcom
Elizabeth
Birmingham Age-Herald
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Promoted by Constitutional Remedy
Advertising claims LU'S CATARRH MEDICINE cures deafness by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It explains catarrh inflames the Eustachian tube, causing rumbling and hearing loss, and states hearing can be lost if untreated. Offers one hundred dollar guarantee for uncured cases and lists price 75 cents plus free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
A Lay Figure Does Your Wife Knit Socks for Soldiers
A dialogue features Mr. Meekton claiming to do his bit by knitting socks for soldiers. His wife Henrietta keeps him home to try on the socks, while others tease him about not showing footwork in work or fight.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Hellam
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. R. Crumfine
R. No. 1
Lowell
Mich
Mrs. Exist Herm
Lowell, Mich
Head for figures or not a leader Plato quote
A Plato quotation on self mastery and figures. It notes that leadership by appearance of skill is unfounded and true victory lies in self conquest.
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Plato
Spring poet requests posthumous fame from editor
The editor jokes about spring poetry stockpiled for nine years while a poet negotiates leaving a posthumous sonnet. A wag tells of a wagon tongue racing ahead, and a moral hints at balancing kindness. Robert's first day at school ends with the boy predicting trouble after his teacher c Sass.
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Robert
Chicago Examiner
After Two Marriages Women Label Her as Queer
A woman who has married twice for love faces social censure from friends who deem her behavior unconventional and gossip about her romantic choices.
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T. Clair County
Osceola, Mo
J. H. Jones
State Board of Health
Dr. Jones
Board of Health
Roy Joe
Ora Otis Lewis
Kansas
Colorado
Dale Jones
Missouri Penitentiary
Lewis Boys
Missouri
United States Student Nurse Reserve
Woman’s Council of National Defense
St. Louis City
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Woman’s Committee
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War Department
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United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Committee
Supreme Court
J. Kelly Pool
Daily Capital News
State Prison Board
Gardner
Sam
Howard Wadley
Jefferson City
Col. McCord
Wadley
Home Guard
Selden P. Spencer
United States Senate
Mexico
B.B. R. Taft
William Longworth
Olivia Longworth
Carter
Carters
Lydia E. Pinkhams
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