Missouri Explosives Output Surges Fourfold in War Effort
Missouri dynamite and powder plants in Pike Jasper and Jackson counties boosted 1917 explosives value to 3.58 million, up from 1914, with 277 percent gain since 1914. 1917 output included dynamite 45 million pounds and ammonium nitrate 2.9 million pounds. No employee fatalities reported among 826 workers.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Pike
Jasper i
Jackson Counties
William H. Lewis
Court Postponed In Cape Girardeau Over Influenza Fears
The October term of the federal court in Cape Girardeau is postponed as a precaution against influenza spread. Judge Dyer of St Louis delayed proceedings at Mayor Haas’s request to avoid a large gathering of litigants and witnesses. Boonville reports D Walker Wear named to a 12 member Democratic state campaign panel for New York.
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Cape Girardeau
Dyer
St. Louis
Haas
Democratic Committee
Boonville
D. Walker
New York
Edwin 8. Herrick
Cooper County
Syracuse
Missouri
Main St
Lex
Dean
Nu. CO
Buffalo
Teachers Meeting Postponed in Response to Flu Epidemic
Southeast Missouri Teachers Association annual meeting at Cape Girardeau postponed to March 1919 due to Spanish influenza epidemic. J Ed Martie, former Boonville High School principal, promoted to captain in France for meritorious service after frontline engagements.
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Charleston
Southeast Missouri Teachers’ Association
Cape Girardeau
California
J. Ed Martie
Moniteau County
Boonville High School
France
Martie
Nnach Ako
State defense plans limit war construction costs in Missouri
The state council of defense outlines handling of war structures under the war industries board. Non essential builds are capped at 2500 for buildings and 1000 for farm works. higher cost projects need local and state approvals with War Industries Board backing. In St. Louis contact M L Wilkinson. in Kansas City contact Julius Davidson. other areas go through local defense councils with state public service commission review.
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State Council of Defense
Missouri
War Industries Board
Councils of Defense
State Council
St. Louis
M. L. Wilkinson
Indefinite continuance of influenza precautions urged
George H. Jones secretary of the state board of health says restrictions on public gatherings and other measures to curb Spanish influenza will remain in effect indefinitely. The board reports nationwide impact with no improvement in the epidemic and notes the current precautions are not particularly burdensome to any one class.
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George H. Jones
State Board of Health
Virgie Landrum Becomes Farmerette After Parental Consent
Miss Virgie Landrum of this place persuades her parents to allow farm work. She plows 15 acres and harrows the bed for wheat in the absence of male help.
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Elston
Virgie Landrum
Missouri-born Officer Dies of Pneumonia on Transport
Ivan H. Epperson, an officer aboard the transport George Washington, died of pneumonia. A Missouri man, he authored a series titled Missourians Abroad, which included a fine sketch of General Pershing.
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Macon
Ivan H. Epperson
George Washington
Missouri
Gen. Pershing
St Louis Board to Consider Tax Increase for Teacher Raises
The St. Louis board of education will weigh asking election officials to submit to taxpayers a proposition to raise taxes to fund a salary hike for teachers. About 2,500 teachers petitioned for a 25 percent payroll increase, prompting the potential tax measure.
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St. Louis Board of Education
Board of Election Commissioners
Ee Eeerence Benya
Tor Eeverel
Red Cross O10 Last Year Highlights Women and Chapters
The 1918 annual report from the American Red Cross details vast chapter activity and wartime contributions. It notes 20,648,103 annual members plus 8,000,000 Junior Red Cross, with funds raised across two war drives and a membership drive. Women produced 8,000,000 canteen and relief items, totaling 221,282,838 articles valued around $44,000,000. Chapters retained funds for local work but supported national relief, with commissions abroad and aid to soldiers and civilians in Europe. The message urges a Christmas roll call to reaffirm national service and mercy.
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Red Cross
United States
Red Cross War Council
American Red Cross
The
War Council
Junior Red Cross
National Headquarters
War Fund
France
America
Workers of the Red Cross
Home Service of the Red Cross
Europe
Army
Navy
Baker
Pershing
Ireland
England
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Palestine
Greece
Russia
Siberia
Denmark
Serbia
Madeira
Asia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Land
Army of Mercy
Warning to reduce influenza calls from Surgeon General
Surgeon General Blue urges home care for influenza patients to ease overburdened doctors. He advises bed rest, ventilation, light diet, cleanliness, gauze masks for caregivers, proper disposal of used materials, and fever thermometer use to prevent spread during the epidemic.
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Blue
Washington
United States Public Health Service
Welfare worker reveals wartime romance at Camp Gordon
A freckled private enters the Jewish Welfare board hut at Camp Gordon with a shy request to marry a local girl. The welfare worker smiles and approves, prompting the private to exhale with relief and humor about the unforeseen approval.
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Solomon
Socrates
United War Work
Jewish Welfare Board
Camp Gordon
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