News Roundup of Global Conflicts and Political Movements
A broad survey reports stalled Minsk peace prospects while Polish forces push Bolshevik fronts near Warsaw with 35,000 prisoners captured. Entente ties between France and Britain ease after talks with Lloyd George and Derby. Dispatches note German port blocks at Danzig, new ambassadors in Paris, and Allied troops sought for levies in Poland. Additional items cover sugar prices, coal reports, rail rate talks, accidents, and regional political shifts across Europe and the Americas. May include railway and grain rate debates, labor disputes, and public notices from various cities.
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France
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Earl of Derby
Paris
No Change in Suffrage Law in Missouri Opinion
Missouri Attorney General Allister says if the federal equal suffrage amendment is ratified by 36 states it would suspend and supersede state laws restricting suffrage. He notes no full legal opinion was prepared but sees no need to alter Missouri registration or election laws.
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Jefferson City
M@Allister
Reeters
General Assembly
Aes
F. N. Judson
St. Louis
Missouri
St Louis Trio Held Over for Hale Bank Robbery
The preliminary trial in Hale Missouri linked Oscar C. Johnson Timothy E Lotsey and wife Mrs Lotsey to the Hale Bank robbery. Lotsey bound over in 10000 dollars Johnson held on 2000 dollars Mrs Lotsey discharged for lack of evidence. Lotsey identified as man who left a Ford car the morning after the robbery at Albert Walker farm seven miles west of Chillicothe.
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St. Louis
Hale
Oscar C. Johnson
Timothy E. Lotsey
Charles. R. Anderson
C. B. Johnson
Jimmie
Lotsey
Hale (Mo
Johson
Hale Bank
Albert Walker
Chillicothe
Thirteen Hurt in Wreck Near Warrensburg Missouri
Thirteen people were injured two seriously when eight cars of Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 13 derailed on an embankment three miles west of Warrensburg 212 miles west of St. Louis. The train was traveling 35 mph on dead man's curve. The cause is not yet determined.
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Warrensburg
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City
Clever bill raising found in Sedalia Missouri
A clever money alteration was found in Sedalia with the ten printed on thin paper and trimmed to cover the one on each corner of the bill. It is unknown how many were passed. A State Fair visitor said a similar raised bill passed at parsons Kansas three days earlier.
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Sedalia
Parsons
Kan
Divorced Couple Remarry in Sedalia
Edwin H. Meek of Parsons Kansas and Mrs. Katie Meek of Sedalia Missouri, once married twenty five years ago and divorced seven years ago, renewed their vows and remarried in Sedalia.
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Sedalia
Edwin H. Meek
Parsons
Kan
Katie Meek
To Unveil Monument at Soldiers' Memorial Shaft
A bronze statue destined for Greenville Missouri to crown the Soldiers' Memorial Shaft has arrived. An unveiling ceremony will be held to mark the installation and dedication of the monument.
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Greenville
Farmers Urged to Hold Wheat in Four States
Representatives of the Farmers Union of Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska meet in Kansas City to urge farmers to hold wheat off the market until a price of three dollars per bushel can be obtained.
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Kansas City
Farmers’ Union
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Farm Clubs
Missouri
Farmers’ Union of
Summer School to Enlarge in Southwest Missouri
Tentative plans at the close of the summer school of the W. C. T. U. for Southwest Missouri aim to expand the program to cover the entire state next year.
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Hollister
Southwest
Missouri
Kinloch seeks PSC ok to keep current charges in multiple Missouri towns
Kinloch Telephone Company has filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission for authority to continue present increased charges in St. Louis and nearby communities including Maplewood University City Webster Groves Valley Park St. Charles Clayton Ferguson Kirkwood Florissant until the plant valuation is completed.
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Kinloch
Jefferson City
Kinloch Telephone Company
State Public Service Commission
St. Louis
Maplewood
University City
Webster Groves
Valley Park
St. Charles
Clayton, Ferguson
Kirkwood
Florissant
Wentzville Man Killed in Auto Freight Collision
George A. Showers of Gilmore, Wentzville area, died when his car was struck by a Wabash freight train. He did not see the train because another freight occupied a side track. Showers had worked seven years for the St. Louis & Hannibal and Wabash Railway. He leaves a wife and daughter.
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Wentzville
George A. Showers
Gilmore
Wabash
Showers
St. Louis & Hannibal
Madison Hotel Sold in Jefferson City Contract
Jefferson City Mo Robert Reaves former Central Hotel manager and Foster McHenry bought the Madison Hotel lease from Billy Smith who has run the hotel the past year on a ten year lease from James A Houchin of St Louis owner.
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Jefferson City
Robert Reaves
The
Central Hotel
Foster McHenry
Billy Smith
James A. Houchin
St. Louis
Murder Trial Set for September 14 in Kirksville
Frank Harlan, charged with murder, will face trial in the Adair county circuit court in Kirksville Missouri on September 14 after a change of venue from Schuyler county.
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Kirksville
Frank Harlan
Schuyler County
Adair County
Primary Contest Filed Over Wright County Sheriff Nomination
Mountain Grove Missouri R N Mcintosh files notice of contest alleging miscounted ballots cost him the Republican nomination for Wright County Sheriff. Local history profile notes the dispute centers on ballot totals and party backing.
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Mountain Grove
Wright County
R. N. Mcintosh
Kennish Accepts Office in Missouri Public Service Commission
Judge John Kennish of Kansas City will qualify as a member of the Missouri Public Service Commission, replacing Judge David E. Blair of Joplin.
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Kennish
Jefferson City
John Kennish
Kansas City
State Public Service Commission
David E. Blair
Joplin
Fayette woman sues for 10000 in shooting case
Fayette Missouri Mrs. Ben Sartin sues Emmett Ballew for ten thousand dollars damages claiming her husband was shot and killed in Fayette on July 14.
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Slayer
Fayette
Ben Sartin
Emmett Ballew
Ballew
Shriners Set October 12 Ceremonial in Bolivar
Bolivar Missouri dates the Shriners ceremonial for October 12 with 100 novices expected to tread the burning sand. The event marks a major initiation as the fraternal group gathers in the city.
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Shriners
Bolivar
Haymes Family Reunion Draws Members From Several States
More than 100 Haymes family members from Dallas Greene and Wooster counties plus many from Oklahoma and Texas gathered for the annual reunion at St. Luke church six miles west of Conway.
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Haymes
Conway
Dallas
Greene and
Wooster
Oklahoma
Texas
St. Luke
Pemiscott Jails Report Shows Empty Facilities
Pemiscott County Court heard that five jails in the county are empty and Pemiscott jail in Caruthersville has only two prisoners remaining.
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Pemiscott
Caruthersville
Pemiscott County
Polish Victory Is Now Complete In Polish War Drive
Paris reports the Bolshevik army defeat as 30,000 fugitives fled Warsaw. Poland has captured 80,000 prisoners and seized guns and materials, signaling a collapse of Soviet forces and disrupted Red resources. Fighting continued along the Narew valley with Polish counteroffensives near Ostrolenka Lomza and near Ossowiec as Bolsheviks defend east Prussia and Lithuania.
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Poland
Warsaw
Sokolow
Dronkiczyn
Biala
Paris
Narew
Ostro- Ienka
Lomza
Bialystok
Myszyniec
Ostrolenka-Myszyniec
Eugene Leroy Captured Aboard Dryden At Rio De Janeiro
Eugene Leroy, wanted in Detroit for the murder of a woman believed to be his wife, was arrested aboard the British freighter Dryden in Rio de Janeiro. Guarded by maritime police, the ship will head to Buenos Aires then New York where he will face Detroit authorities.
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Rio Janeiro
Eugene Leroy
Detroit
Dryden
Leroy
United States
Buenos Aires
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Prisoner Returns After Seventeen Months In Russia
Corporal Arthur Prince of Company B 339th United States infantry reached Coblenz after seventeen months in Russian soviet hospitals and prisons. A Detroit, Michigan native, he was wounded and captured by Bolsheviks in Northern Russia in March 1919 and came out of Russia via Finland. He will likely spend a month in hospital here due to prior privations and a leg bullet injury improperly set by soviet surgeons.
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Coblenz
Arthur Prince
339Th
United States Infantry
Prince
Detroit
Mich
Russia
Finland
Printer held on killing charge in Fort Worth building death
Fort Worth linotype operator Richard Parrant was held on a 2500 dollar bond after the shooting death of Nicholas C. Dias of Chicago in the Record building. Parrant had married Dias' former wife.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Richard Parrant
Nicholas C. Dias
Chicago
Record
Parrant
Dias
Sugar embargo easing boosts Brazilian sugar export
The export embargo on sugar has been partly lifted and thirty thousand sacks were shipped from Santos to United States ports, signaling renewed trade. The shipment underscores Brazil's sugar export recovery and impact on U S markets.
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Dio de Janeiro
United States
Santos
Father and Daughter Find Relief by Eatonic
In Sweetwater Texas R J Powell reports his daughter endured severe misery from indigestion yet improved after using Batonic. He notes one box brought swift relief and urges readers to try the product. Hundreds already use Batonic after meals to combat heartburn acidity and gas.
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Sweetwater
Texas
Bays
Eatonic
Eatonié
Adv
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League of Nations
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
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Department of Justice
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Milwaukee & St. Paul
J. C. Selner
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Jersey City
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Tennessee Constitutional League
Camden
Northland Pine Lumber Company
North
Minneapolis
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Défiance
Baltimore
Hamburg
Panama
International Institute For the Research of
William Gs Gorgas
United States Army
Council of the Board of Benevolence
Methodist Episcopal Church
Adinistrative Committee
Houston
Southern Rice Growers’ Association
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Wilburton,Okla
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
Edwin T. Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
Livestock Commission
Kansas, City
Washington District
Degnan McConnell Mine No
Degnan
Warburton
Okla
de Haviland
San Antonio
Irving C. Stenson
Chelsea
Mass
Everett H. Burson
Tampa
Fla
Pedro Zamora
Jalisco
Miguel Alessio Robles
de la Huerta
Signor
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Serbia
el Dibra
Serbian
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Belgrade
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America
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McAllister
Poplar Bluff
Springfield
Patterson
Greene County
Richard McCulloch
Bruce Cameron
McCulloch
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United Railways Company
James S. Galloway
Jesse Galloway
Galloway
Galicia
Ossowiec
East Prussia
Lithuania
Chelm
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