Peace Notes and Global Developments From Open Senate Action
The senate ratified peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary with votes of 66 to 20 and 66 to 17 for the Hun garian pact Premier Briand sought broad French backing before Washington armament talks A medal of honor was awarded to the United States by Congress in gratitude for wartime alliance The article notes clashes between Serbs and Albanians and plans to move famine orphans from Russia to Germany and Britain The Gou naris mission aims to raise funds for anti Turkish war efforts and Briand hopes to extend his Washington stay The story also covers a British acceptance of the Upper Silesia decision and a looming railroad wage- freight dispute labor actions and public notices including Arlington ceremonies and unemployment conference outcomes The report includes local violence boardinghouse fire and a series of political and military developments across Europe and the United States
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Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate
Attempt to Kill Myron T. Herrick In Paris Bomb Plot
European anarchists who damaged Ambassador Herrick’s Paris residence with a bomb planned further assassinations of Ambassadors Harvey in London and Child in Rome. The blast wounded Herrick’s valet Blanchard, who escaped thanks to wartime bomber experience. French and British secret services coordinated to thwart the plot.
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Paris
Myron
T. Herrick
Rome
London
Braintree
Mass
Hérrick
Secret Service
Socialist Party
L’himanite
Nicolo Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Frederick A. Parmentar
Massachusetts
Italy
Great Britain
Ambassador Harvey
Ambassador Child
Ambassador Herrick
Rue Chaillot
Blanchard
New Bergdoll Plot Suspected After Trunk Theft
Washington authorities believe Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the draft evader in Germany, remains a threat to U S authority. A trunk with investigative records from Representative Johnson's office was stolen and later found broken open with key documents missing. Police note the theft suggests Bergdoll’s associates knew what they were doing.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Germany
United States
Johnson
Kentucky
Takeover Of Howat Offices By UMWA Leaders
Bitner and Peck took official charge of the Howat district headquarters in Pittsburgh Kas with no opposition. Harl Maxwell, a Howat board member, was the only official present from the Howat faction as the UMWA leaders assumed control.
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Pittsburgh, Kas
van A. Bitner
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
George L. Peck
One More Peace Formality Berlin Treaty Ends War Status
Washington reports the exchange of ratification at Berlin completes the treaty of Berlin and finalizes peace between the United States and Germany, ending the nation’s legal war status.
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Washington
Berlin
Prince of Wales in London Car Crash Narrow Escape
The Prince of Wales and his brother Prince Henry were in a motor crash in London with a narrow escape. Details were withheld in keeping with royal custom.
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Prince of Wales
London
Prince Henry
Speech and appearance must align for women speakers
A woman’s manner of speaking should match her clothing and posture. Flippant slang can harm perception, while refined speech enhances credibility. Aging voices gain depth when avoiding borrowed youth slang, and listening with sympathy can boost popularity more than talking.
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Mary Blaiklock
The
London Mail
The Tactful Arthur Plays Tea Break At Paris Peace Talks
An English diplomat in Bar Harbor praises A. J. Balfour for tact during the Paris peace negotiations. Foch, Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson argued softly while the Big Four hesitated over Rhine boundaries. Balfour then proposed tea and to end the session.
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Arthur
Bar Harbor
A. J. Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Paris
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Foch
Clemenceau
School for Manners at the Vicarage
A London suburb vicarage wife tells of a stylish parlormaid who steps out in fine clothes and a waiting motor car. The maid confesses her father finances her lifestyle, explaining they moved into a large house after wartime wealth and she sought to learn "how things are done" among the well bred.
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London
Vicarage
Safer in the Air
An elderly man and a limping young man discuss dangers of modern driving and air travel. The older man notes a car collision and the younger man recalls spraining a ligament hanging from an airplane, illustrating risky conditions.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Danish butter and eggs flow to Britain from 1921 exports
From January 1 to July 15 1921 Denmark exported 48 100 tons of butter with 33 000 tons imported by the United Kingdom. Of 30 000 000 dozen eggs exported, Britain imported 25 833 333 dozen. About 42 000 tons of bacon, nearly all exported, went to the United States.
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United Kingdom
Denmark
United States
Great Britain
School Children Asked to Assist Unemployed
Jefferson City Missouri state superintendent Sam A Baker says schools will aid the campaign to reduce unemployment by studying local conditions publicizing remedies and treating unemployment as a permanent issue and by a spruce up campaign to find odd jobs. In Sedalia two men Rivers and Rozelle planned to wreck the northbound Missouri Kansas and Texas Flyer near Lewis station but quarreled before carrying out the scheme.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Sam A. Baker
Baker
Herbert Hoover
National Unemployment Conference
National Education Association
Pior
Sedalia
Lewis
Thomas Rivers
Jackson
Miss
Loxnie Rozelle
Rivers
Rozelle
Missouri shows 38 percent in gainful work from 1920 census
More than 38 percent of Missouri’s total population is engaged in gainful occupations per the 1920 census. Of 1,317,010 workers aged 10 and over, 81.4 percent are male and 18.6 percent are female, with slight shifts since 1910.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
William H. Lewis
St. Louis financiers buy Stephens Printing for 354000
Jefferson City report: The Hugh Stephens Printing Company of St Louis has been purchased by a syndicate led by William Sacks and George W Brown. Botz & Sons of Sedalia also participate. The Stephens firm is Missouri’s state printing contractor and the deal totals 354000 dollars.
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ST. Louisans
Capital
Jefferson City
Hugh Stephens Printing Company
William Sacks
George W. Brown
Botz & Sons
Sedalia
Stephens Company
Bridge Fund Drive Aims To Reach $10,000 In Butler Area
More than 3,000 people will attend a mass meeting at Eldorado Springs to raise $10,000 toward completing a $20,000 fund for constructing a bridge over the Osage River two miles south of Prairie City. The bridge links the Kansas City and Springfield short line.
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Butler
Eldorado Springs
Osage River
Prairie City
Kansas City
Springfield
Corn Crop in Callaway County Hits Three Fourths Normal
Estimates by crop experts in Fulton Missouri show Callaway County corn yield at about three fourths of normal due to cinch bug damage early in the season and wet fall weather delaying maturation.
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Fulton
Callaway County
Noted Zine Operator Dies in Los Angeles at 76
John Robb Holmes a former Joplin resident and once a congressional candidate died at his Los Angeles home at age 76. He was prominent as a mine operator and lived in Joplin until about six years ago.
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Joplin
John Robb Holmes
Los Angeles
Cal
Workers Set New Record on Oak Street Concrete Laying
In Columbia Missouri the Oak street project set a new single day concrete laying record with 515 running feet completed by the same crew surpassing the previous high of 474 feet.
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Columbia
Oak Street
Milan State Bank Closes Under State Director Hughes
Jefferson City Mo The Milan State Bank of Milan was closed by J G Hughes state bank director of finance acting on a telegram from the bank's board of directors.
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Hughes
State Bank
Jefferson City
Milan State Bank of
Milan
J. G. Hughes
Metz Hardware Company Goes Bankrupt in Butler
Metz Hardware Company of Metz, located south of Butler, has made a voluntary assignment to Fred Myers due to dull business and poor collections.
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Butler
Metz Hardware Company
Metz
Here
Fred Myers
Turn Hospital Into Hotel Cape Girardeau Missouri
The St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau will be converted into a first class family hotel and apartment house. C. A. Harbin of Piggott Arkansas will manage the project and oversee the transformation into a modern hotel and apartment facility.
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Cape Girardeau
St. Francis Hospital
C. A. Harbin
Piggott, Ark
Robbers Take Tobacco From Bryant Post Office
In Mansfield Missouri a break in at the Bryant post office and general store yielded only a small quantity of tobacco. No other items were reported stolen and no arrests were immediately announced.
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Mansfield
Bryant
Bandits Rob Crippled Farmer Near Poplar Bluff
Two bandits robbed Claude Wilkes, a crippled farmer, on a road south of Poplar Bluff. They took his cash, dragged him from his wagon, left him 100 yards away with crutches, and fled as he crawled back to his wagon.
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Rob Cripple
Poplar Bluff
Claude Wilkes
Dan_ River
Wilkes
Funeral honors for WWI hero Wesley W Wright in Marceline
Hundreds attend the military funeral for Wesley W Wright private of Company H Thirty-fifth Division who died in France in September 1918 from wounds. Miss Ethel Lee Buxton of Kansas City sang “Let's Have a Moment's Silence” after entering Germany post armistice.
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Hero
Marceline
Ethel Lee Buxton
Kansas City
Germany
Miltary
France
Actio
Drainage district case lets work resume in Missouri
The Missouri supreme court quashed the quo warranto writ against the Norborne Land Drainage District allowing continued improvements. The district spans about 40,000 acres and plans to spend roughly $500,000 on drainage works after five years in court.
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Carrollton
Missouri Supreme Court
Norborne Land Drainage District
No Bids Halt Paving Project in Poplar Bluff Mo
The city outlined a paving program to improve several miles of streets but must pause the project due to no bids received. Officials expect to delay soliciting bids until spring.
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Poplar Bluff
Auto Club to Mark 500 Miles Of Roads In Missouri
Moberly plans show the Automobile Club of Missouri near completion of marking 500 miles of road from Moberly before spring. Officials say 1000 road signs will be installed with two signs per mile.
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Auto Club
Moberly
Automobile Club
Automobile Club of Missouri
Missourian Owns Old Bible From 1835 Family Heirloom
Windsor Missouri resident James H Avery living ten miles west of town possesses an old Bible printed about 1835. The volume belonged to his grandfather Reverend Henry Avery who helped organize the first church in Henry County known as Sardis Bethlehem Church in 1859.
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Missourian
Old Bible
Windsor Mo
James H. Avery
Here
Henry Avery
Henry County
Sardis Bethlehem Church
Steph ens College to Build Science Hall in Columbia
Officials at Stephens College in Columbia announce Science Hall will be erected early next spring or summer at a cost of 150000 dollars. Plans are drawn and funding is available for the project.
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Columbia
Stephens College
Science Hall
Columbia School District Orders Special Election for Bond
The Columbia School Board calls a special election for October 27 to approve a 95000 bond to buy extra grounds for grade schools and build an additional ward school facility.
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Columbia
Columbia School Board
Sewer Contract Let for District No 5
Cameron city council awarded the sewer construction in District No 5 to Meyers and Peters Construction Company of Quincy Illinois for 27 973 15 dollars. Engineer's estimate for the project was 30 000 dollars.
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Cameron
Meyers & Peters Construction Company
Quincy
Ill
Men Restored to Work at Frisco Shops in Monett
In Monett Missouri about forty car men were put to work at the Frisco railroad shops restoring the force to its pre-reduction level announced earlier this year.
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Des Moines
Monett
Frisco
Northwest Missouri Poultry Show Dates Announced
The Northwest Missouri Poultry Association will hold its annual show in Maryville on November 30 to December 3. At least 117 members from boys' and girls' poultry clubs are expected to compete with their birds.
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Maryville
Northwest Missouri Poultry Association
Apple Tree Blossoms in Poplar Bluff
Will Spanghurst the country home of Mr and Mrs L W Spangler of this city brought in several blossoms from a Poplar Bluff apple tree. The blossoms sparked discussion about a January apple crop at Spanghurst.
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Poplar Bluff
Spanghurst
L W. Spangler
Boyd's Concert Band to Tour Callaway County
The Commercial Club of Fulton Missouri plans a road tour by Boyd's Concert Band a 24 piece ensemble to give a series of concerts in Callaway County towns as roads and weather permit.
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Callaway County
Fulton, Mo
Boyd
Moonshine Draft Kills Man in Marshall
Frank Johnson lies in critical condition while his brother Charlie Johnson is dead after consuming moonshine imported from Howard County. The two young men, residents of the river bottoms east of Marshall, were drinking a quart of illicit liquor when the tragedy occurred.
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Marshall
Frank
Charlie Johnson
Howard County
Charlie
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