Missouri October crop report shows corn yield up by 28 million
The October crop report from Missouri's Board of Agriculture and Bureau of Agriculture estimates the state corn yield at 159,671,000 bushels, up 27,999,000 from September with 73 percent condition. wheat acreage down 20 percent to 3,394,000 acres, and frost timing expectations suggest most corn will mature with minimal frost damage.
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Jefferson City
State Board of Agriculture
Government Bureau of Agriculture
Missouri
E. A. Logan
Jewell Mayes
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Utilities seek rate cut in St. Louis as icreased revenue is at stake
Jefferson City reports Union Electric Light, Heat and Power Company of St. Louis aims to lower electric rates in St. Louis starting November 1. The plan would reduce annual revenue by about $200000. Separately Hannibal residents Frank Lee and Edith Smith, both of O'Fallon Illinois, were twice denied a marriage license due to their legal age and vow to continue pursuing a license.
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Jefferson City
Louis H. Egan
Union Electric Light, Heat and Power Company of
St. Louis
Missouri Public Service Commission
Hannibal
Frank Lee
Edith Smith
O’fallon
Palmyra
Justice of the Peace
Half Back Fractures Collarbone in Scrimmage
Warrensburg Missouri reports half back Punk Bryan of Warrensburg State Teachers College fractured a collarbone during a severe scrimmage. He will be incapacitated for the remainder of the football season.
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Warrensburg
Punk
Bryan
Warrensburg State Teachers
Farmington Hospitals Inspected and Praised
Farmington Mo residents receive a favorable report from State Board of Charities members Mary Perry and Judge J B Greensfelder after inspecting Farmington State Hospitals. Patients are described as kindly treated well fed and the institution well managed. In Mexico Mo three masked bandits robbed a local street car barn injuring none reported. Mexico Chamber of Commerce invites General Pershing and Senator Self to a mass meeting to promote Americanism.
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Farmington Hospitals
Farmington, Mo
Mary 5. Perry
J. B. Greensfelder
State Board of Charities
Farmington State Hospitals
Mexico
Mexico Chamber ‘of Commerce
General Pershing
Senator Self
Kansas City
Sedalia Police Chief Seeks Change of Venue in Damages Suit
A motion for a change of venue from Pettis county has been filed by attorneys for J. B. Marksbury Sedalia chief of police in his $100 000 damages suit against W. H. Powell H. W. Mueschke C. H. Bothwell Sylvan Kahn and W. G. Malone.
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Sedalia
Pettis County
J. B. Marksbury
W. H. Powell
H. W. Mueschke
C. H. Bothwell
Sylvan Kahn
W. G. Malone
Hamilton-Brown to Open Union Branch Factory
The Hamilton Brown Shoe Company broke ground in Union Missouri for a branch factory to employ 300 workers. Building to be completed February 1, 1920. Superintendent John C Jacobs bought 24 acres for 9000 dollars and will build 50 worker houses to be sold at cost.
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Union
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company
John C. Jacobs
Cable Across River Ties Richmond and Lexington Power
A 4 inch waterproof power cable is laid across the Missouri River at the Lexington Ferry by Missouri Gas and Electric to connect power stations at Richmond and Lexington. Mrs Charles N Hunt of Macon proposes a fundraising idea for Memorial Park featuring an exhibition titled Our Flag Makers to aid erecting the soldiers memorial.
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Richmond
Missouri River
Lexington Ferry
Missouri Gas and Electric Service Company
Lexington
Macon
Memorial Park
Dent County to Erect Memorial For Veterans
Dent county court notified Governor Gardner it had appropriated 1000 dollars to be matched by the state to build a memorial for the county’s soldiers sailors and marines. In Trenton a mass meeting urged swift ratification of the peace treaty and the League covenant.
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Dent
Jefferson City
Dent County
Gardner
Trenton
United States Senate
Missouri hog brings record $10,100 at Hannibal sale
An 1100 pound prize hog, 44 inches tall and 84 inches long, aged four, sold in Hannibal, Missouri for $10,100. The owner says the price sets a state record for hog sales.
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Missouri
Hannibal
Good Crop of Nuts in Poplar Bluff
The nut harvest in Poplar Bluff Missouri is good with both hickory and walnut trees heavily laden. No killing frosts have yet occurred and the nuts are maturing and dropping earlier than in many years.
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Poplar Bluff
Franklin Leads District in Hunter and Fisherman Licenses
Franklin County tops the district with 1650 hunter and fisherman licenses, according to Deputy Game Warden John G. Leslie. Cole County ranks second with 1635 licenses.
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Franklin
Washington, Mo
Franklin County
John G. Leslie
Cole County
Courthouse Contract Let for Cole County Interior Work
Jefferson City Mo. The contract for the interior work of the new Cole County courthouse was let to a bidding firm after bids opened and were reviewed by county officials. The project aims to complete courtroom spaces and public offices with updated finishes.
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Jefferson City
Cole
Homemakers Club Members Aid Laddonia Cemetery
The Homemakers of Laddonia Missouri a 60 member group contributed about $300 in cash and labor this year and over five years have raised and spent around $1 000 on improvements in the city cemetery reflecting ongoing community service by local women.
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Laddonia
The
Homemakers
Global War News In Brief Highlights Balkan and Baltic Turbulence
The French Senate backs disarmament measures and reparation priority for France. Italian peace proposal gains favor as Fiume and Dalmatia loom large. Turkish towns Broussa and Adrianople side with nationalists while Riga and Mitau endure Baltic clashes. Longshoremen vote to return to work amid broader war dispatches and public health notes.
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Chamber of Deputies
Germany
France
von der Goltz
Riga
Peace Conference
Baltic
Troop Move to Silesia and Senate Rail Legislation
American troops destined for occupation of Silesia will sail soon from New York aboard the President Grant if ordered by Paris. Senate committee approves a permanent rail strike penalty provision by 14 to 1. House backs anti profiteering clause in Food Control Act with 207 to 8 vote. Balloon wreckage recovered after October 1 race. St Louisans Capt Dammaun and Lt Verheyden. President Wilson improving slowly per physicians orders to rest during convalescence.
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Washington
Silesia
Supreme Council
Paris
New York
Grant
Baker
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Wilson
Department of Justice
Wichita
Carl W. Dammaun
Edward J. Verheyden
St. Louisans
St. Louis
Aliens to be deported over Gary radical plot
Federal officials say seven of the radicals arrested in Gard, Indiana, raids will probably be deported as alien anarchists. Col. Mapes reports evidence linking leaders to the steel strike in Gary and other cities, showing a plot to capture civil government. About twenty arrested in Gary raids, with six held and others released after questioning.
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Chicago
Edward J. Brennan
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Gard
Ind
W. S. Mapes
Leonard Wood
Gary
Mapes
Alexander Ivanoff
Gompers Falls Ill After Exhausting Workload
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is confined at home in nervous exhaustion. His temperature is 101 degrees and he must stay in bed. The illness is linked to months of relentless work on the peace treaty, the International Labor Congress in Amsterdam and the steel strike.
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American Federation of Labor
Washington
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Henry Parker
International Labor Congress
Amsterdam
Soviets Near a Disaster as Russian Front Crumbles
Stockholm reports the Northwestern Russian Army has advanced about thirty five miles beyond Yamburg and nears Gatchina within thirty miles of Petrograd. Fifteen hundred Bolshevik prisoners and nine guns captured. Red Army destroys roads while retreating. Prisoners, including a Bolshevik commissary, are said to be pleased at capture.
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Stockholm
Yamburg
Gatchina
Petrograd
Red Army
Bolshevist
Butte Unions Vote to End Copper Mine Strike
Butte Montana unions in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls vote to end the copper mine strike after plants.
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Butte, Mont
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Roosevelt Tablet Placed in Hospital in New York
A Roosevelt memorial tablet donated by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid was installed at the Othobedic Hospital in New York. The hospital was founded by Colonel Roosevelt's father.
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Roosevelt
New York
Whitelaw Reid
Pape's Cold Compound Offered as Quick Relief
An ad touts Pap Compound for colds with doses every two hours to relieve nasal congestion headaches sneezing and sore throat. It claims quick relief, inexpensive cost at drug stores and no quinine, noting the product tastes pleasant and is suitable for all ages.
Painless Dentist Quip Sparks Courtroom Banter
A playful exchange between a judge and patient echoes a promise of painless treatment. The judge remarks on the claim while the patient responds with satisfaction, reflecting a light moment amid a medical setting.
Lift off Corns with Freezone Drops
Advertisement copy promises quick relief from hard and soft corns by applying Freezone drops. Claims root and all removal without pain, enabling immediate lifting of the corn from the skin.
Prohibition Opponents Clash in Public Scuffle
People clash with strong anger over prohibition in a public scene. A speaker dismisses the crowd with a remark about the alcohol. The incident highlights ongoing unrest and heated opinions on temperance policy.
Cuticura Trio Promises Comfort for Baby Skin
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for soothing red rough and itching skin with baths, Cuticura Ointment for relief, and the Cuticura Powder as a dusting aid. The copy promotes these products as indispensable for daily toilet needs.
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Cuticura
Adv
The Unselfish Girl in London Tit Bits
A brief whimsical item notes Miss Prattle as generous and ever ready to give, contrasting with her keeping nothing back. The piece sits in a glossy London Tit-Bits style, hinting at social satire through light dialogue about generosity.
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Prattle
London
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by acting through the blood to destroy the disease's foundation. It offers a $100 reward for proof it fails and cites Cheney Co of Toledo, Ohio as the maker.
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Halls
Hall
Fe . Cheney & Co
Toledo
Rome and Romeo Found by Romeo
A pupil asks who founded Rome and is told by the teacher and wife that Juliet was found by Romeo. The dialogue presents a playful reimagining of classic names.
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Rome
Romeo
Ron
Juliet
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Confederate Veterans Is Dead
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