Missouri cotton yield shown at 235 pounds per acre
Crop reporters Jewell Mayes and E A Logan note rains arrived late and cool September weather hindered top crop development. Bottom bolls sprouting in parts of the state while picking slows. Missouri 61 percent yield on Sept 25 equals about 235 pounds per acre and 61,000 bales, with state totals and county figures.
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Jewell Mayes
Missouri
E. A. Logan
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
United States
Butler County
Dunklin
Malden
New Madrid
Marston
Conran
Pemiscott
Caruthersville
Deering
Stoddard
Howell
Mississippi
Oregon
Ozark
Bakersfield
Ripley
Taney
West Point appointments set for military academy selections
Senator Wilfley announced appointments for West Point with principal nominees Roger S. Miller of Chillicothe and Vance Krauthoff of Kansas City. Alternates include Josiah Robertson Mount Leonard and Robert Newberry Farmington, and Schiller Steinwender St. Louis and Ralph Tucker Flat River. Examinations upcoming and cadet inductions to follow. Coffin output and Missouri industry noted for 1917 value exceeding prior years, aiding state ranking. Republican Executive Committee of Fourth District names Col. John D. McNeely St Joseph as congressional nominee. Civic League releases United Railways Company valuation report, proposing 33.8 to 43.85 million dollars.
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Wilfley
West Point Military Academy
Roger S. Miller
Chillicothe
Josiah Robertson
Mount Leonard
Robert Newberry
Farmington
Vance Krauthoff
Kansas City
Schiller Steinwender
St. Louis
Ralph Tucker
Flat River
Jefferson City
Missouri
St. Joseph
Bureau of Labor Statistics
William H. Lewis
Fourth Congressional District
John D. McNeely
McNeely
Second Army Corps
France
The
Civic League
United Railways Co
St Louis Public Service
Draft boards to be chosen from older age brackets in Missouri
Jefferson City reports Lt. Col. McCord will select draft officials and district board members from men aged 46 before September 12 or those in deferred status. Existing members within draft ages will be retained.
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Jefferson City
Col. McCord
Burglary Suspect Sentenced. Officials Testify in St Louis Case
Jefferson City reports Gov Gardner pardoned George Frank alias William Max, sent to the penitentiary from St Louis September 26, 1916, for six years on burglary and larceny. Frank testified against Ray Cummings deposed secretary of the Police Relief Association of St Louis, who got two years for receiving stolen property and is free on appeal bond.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
George Frank
William Max
St. Louis
Frank
Ray Cummings
Police Relief Association of
Cummings
Hearing Concludes In Mandamus On Insurance Rates
The mandamus suit by fire insurance companies against the state insurance superintendent over a 10 percent rate hike was wrapped up before Commissioner Roy D. Williams of Boonville. Williams will file a report in Cole county circuit court in a few weeks and action on the writ will follow his recommendations.
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Roy D. Williams
Boonville
Williams
Cole County
Influenza Ties Up Nevada Towns with Closures
An influenza epidemic causes city council to close places of amusement and churches and the school board to close public schools. About 200 high school students are ill. Cottey College is quarantined. Other towns in the state may follow with similar actions.
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Nevada
Cottey College
Carpenters End Strike At St Louis Munitions Plants
Congressman Meeker reports War Department agreed to demands of striking carpenters in St. Louis. About sixty workers on the 9000 South Broadway site and the Ecoff street Manchester avenue plants will return to the 75 cent hourly scale instead of 70.
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Meeker
Tenth District
War Department
St. Louis
South Broadway
Ecoff Street
Manchester Avenue
Seven Days of Front Battles Across Europe and News
Reports from London recount fierce clashes in the Godilice Pass between Serbians and Austrians blocking Nish. Serbian forces seize Djap Ridge on the Moravia river with 2000 prisoners. Allied offenses on a 20 mile St Quentin front push gains of four to five miles and capture villages and prisoners. American troops advance east of the Argonne while French and British forces press along the Meuse and near Lille. British lines near Lens, Armentieres, Cambrai, and St Quentin tighten as German retreat continues. American commander Pershing notes continued Meuse offensive gains of two to five kilometers with several villages taken. The president rejects peace terms while asking Germany to clarify acceptance of principles. Medical and civilian influenza concerns persist alongside POW and internment tallies. Fire, explosions and casualties plague Mor gan and Tulsa as war continues to reshape regions and leadership.
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Nish
London
Djap Ridge
Moravia River
Vranje
Lescovac
St. Quentin
Standard
Scientist Bertha Miller Dies in Montgomery City
Miss Bertha Miller, Christian Scientist and public school student, died in Montgomery City Missouri. She was the daughter of Wesley Miller formerly of Nevada Mo.
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Montgomery City
Bertha Miller
Wesley Miller
Nevada
Women in Missouri Attack Senator Reed Over Suffrage Vote
After Reed's Scalp, suffrage leaders in Missouri launched an open battle against Senator Reed for opposing the federal suffrage amendment. They mailed hundreds of copies of a sharp letter denouncing him to influential state leaders.
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Reed
Missouri
United States Senate
Germans Are In Full Retreat Across War Front
Allied forces push the German line from Cambrai to St Quentin with Cambrai captured by Canadians. Over 10 000 prisoners and 100 to 200 guns seized as German divisions are hammered back eight to ten miles. Entente troops advance toward the Meuse while pressing toward Sedan and Laon as St Gobain and Berry au Bac defenses crumble.
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Washington
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Hindenburg
le Cateau
Sedan
Valenciennes-Sedan
Rhine
Meuse
Reims
St. Gobain
Laon
la Fere
Berry-au-Bac
Allies Endorse Wilson Note as Turkish Cabinet Falls
London reports the Press Association says the Foreign Office has the text of President Wilsons note to Germany and that all Allies agree. The Turkish cabinet crisis is noted for its significance as Turkey sought peace and Germany resisted a broad settlement rather than a partial one.
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London
The
Press Association
Foreign Office
Wilson
Germany
Turkey
Berlin
Influenza Epidemic Expands Across the Nation
Reports to the public health service show influenza epidemic in Western and Pacific coast states and in all regions east of the Mississippi. The disease continues in army camps with more new cases than the day before.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Pacific Coast
Mississippi River
Plane carries six aboard new Allied bomber
Paris October 10 reports a new large Allied bombing plane demonstrated its carrying capacity by transporting six persons and a large load of bombing explosives.
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Paris
Fonck Bags Four in 20 Minutes
Lieut Rene Fonck shot down four German airplanes within twenty minutes, according to an official announcement from Paril dated Oct 10. The feat marks a rapid sequence of victories by the Allied ace in the same day.
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Fonck
Paril
Rene Fonck
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