Wide World News Roundup Reports Bolshevik, Allied Moves
An international summary notes anti Bolshevist actions in Kuban near the Sea of Azov under General Barah Wrangel, Budenny’s drive toward Zamose, and Polish resistance in Galicia. It also cites plans for an Arab parliament in Mesopotamia, Russian Polish peace transfers, and broader Allied positions on Russia.
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Kuban
Sea of Azov
Barah Wrangel
M. Kameneff
London
Moscow
Warsaw
Budenny
Zamose
Lemberg
Galicia
London Daily Mail
Metropotamia
Minsk
Riga
Latvia
State Rail Rates Extended for Six Months in Missouri
Missouri public service commission allows railroads to apply higher interstate freight and passenger rates for six months from September 1 with reservations. Carriers must file earnings for September to November and provide lists of pass recipients and annual salaries above 7500 dollars. The commission cites suspected overuse of free passes.
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Jefferson City
State Public Service’ Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri
Missouri Fluff: New Chicken Impresses Poultry Association
Mrs. J D Rice of Lucerne Missouri wowed the National Poultry Association with a unique bird named the Missouri Fluff. The large white fluffy chicken features peculiar feather shapes and is billed as unlike anything seen before in poultry.
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Kansas City
Missouri
National Poultry Association
Luther Burbank
J.D. Rice
Lucerne
Engineer William H. Linkenmeyer Dies in Jefferson City
Jefferson City Missouri William H Linkenmeyer longtime Dulle Milling Company engineer dies aged about 97. Born in March 1849 in St Louis he moved to Jefferson City as a young man and served as engineer for the milling firm for decades after purchasing the first Jefferson City property.
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Jefferson City
William H. Linkenmeyer
Dulle Milling Company
St. Louis
Linkenmeyer
Women pick state committee members in Seventh District
Sedalia Missouri Mrs George W Barnett of Sedalia and Mrs Felix Young of Lexington named to the state committee by district women. Mrs W D O Bannon, wife of a Sedalia lawyer, contributes 25 dollars earned at the State Fair to aid the Democratic party for the November election.
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Sedalia
George W. Barnett
Felix Young
Lexington
W.D. O'Bannon
Democratic Party
Central Committee
Montgomery County GOP names Ball for prosecuting attorney
Montgomery City Montgomery County Republican Committee announces Claude R Ball a lifelong Democrat and repeated unsuccessful candidate for prosecuting attorney circuit judge and legislature will run as the GOP nominee for prosecuting attorney in November election.
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Montgomery City
Montgomery County Republican Committee
Claude R. Ball
Nine Bell Telephone linemen arrested in Bluff for sidewalk pole plot
In Loplar Bluff Missouri nine Bell Telephone Company workers were jailed on charges of destroying public property. Police say the men broke holes in Main street sidewalks to install poles.
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Loplar Bluff
Bell Telephone Company of
St. Louis
Main Street
Wealthy Missouri cattleman Chenault Todd dies at Fayette home
Fay ette Missouri. Chenault Todd a wealthy Howard county resident and pioneer shorthorn cattle breeder in Missouri died at his home east of Fayette. The notable figure was among the area’s longstanding ranching and social circles.
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Fayette, Mo
Chenault Todd
Howard County
Fayette
Missouri
Bank of Deepwater robbed. bandits flee with bonds
Deepwater bank officials report safety deposit boxes robbed with Liberty Bonds valued between 5000 and 10000. Police believe robbers fled in a motor car. No trace of the bandits has been found.
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Deepwater
Bank of Deepwater
Mexico Wedding Unite Lane and Beagles in Mex ico
Jack Lane of Mexico Missouri wed Miss Marian Beagles of Dubois Idaho in a ceremony held in Mexico. The couple plans residence in Missouri and Idaho.
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Mexico
Laddonia
Jack Lane
Marian Beagles
Dubois
Idaho
Coal price rise seen in Fulton ads after miners strike
Advertisements in Fulton indicate coal will cost 32 cents per bushel this winter, up from 20 cents before the miners strike a 56 percent increase. Prosecuting Attorney Jidson Sanderson is leading an investigation into mining costs under the new wage scale as many operators have not set prices. In Sikeston, Watermelon Growers Association reports record car sales with highs of 538 cars in a day and Ed Albright selling melons for 525 dollars for 678 melons averaging 40 pounds.
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Fulton
Jidson Sanderson
Sikeston
Watermelon Growers’ Association
Kennett
Bertrand
Ed Albright
Ozark Dairy Report Highlights 1919 Butter Output
Ozark territory churned 11,459,828 pounds of butter in 1919, up 3,084,211 pounds or 35.5 percent from 1918. Alexander Bowdish, 83, longtime reporter on the New York Tribune under Horace Greeley, dies in Independence after life as a Greeley friend.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Terence MacSweney
Cork
Archbishop Mannix
Ozark
Hollister
Ozark Territory
Greeley
Kansas City
Alexander Bowdish
Independence
Kaun
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Husband Has Pair Arrested In Piedmont
Mrs Bessie Rayfield of Piedmont and James Sullivan of St Louis were arrested at Sullivan s residence on Rayfield s complaint who wrote police to locate his wife in St Louis Hodgdon of Clayton filed with the state public service commission to compel the Wabash Railway to install danger signals at Etzel avenue crossing in St Louis county
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Piedmont
Bessie Rayfield
James Sullivan
St. Louis
Sullivan
Rayfield
Jefferson City
State Public Service Commission
Sam D. Hodgdon
Clayton
Wabash Railway
Etzel Avenue
St Louis County
Reducing Working Force at Sedalia Shops
A posted notice at the Missouri Kansas and Texas shops states on September 11, 100 men employed in various departments will be cut off the payroll.
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Sedalia
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Coal Miners and Operators Reach Wage Agreement In Southwest
Negotiations in Kansas City between coal miners and mine operators from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas moved toward a settlement as operators agreed to match the central states daily wage increases. The deal provides $1.50 a day for day men and 25 cents for boys retroactive to August 16. Alex Howat blocked full agreement by demanding changes to the penalty clause, prompting continued talks.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Alex Howat
H.N. Taylor
David Frampton
Subcommittee of Two
Subcommittee of Six
Howat
Stabilizing signs seen as prices fall in August
The Federal Reserve Board reports that public resistance to excess prices continued to push values down in August. Demand in wholesale markets slowed and unemployment appeared in some areas, but overall business conditions looked more optimistic and progress toward stability continued, though slow and incomplete.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Typhoon Hits Manila Causes Widespread Damage
An unusually severe typhoon struck Manila causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Power outages halted streetcars and left the city in darkness while trees fell blocking roads. No deaths were reported though houses were unroofed and fishing boats wrecked as shipping stayed close to shore after weather signals warned along the coast.
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Manila
P. L
Philippines
Pershing to Tour South America as Wilson envoy
General Pershing will visit the principal South American nations at year end as the personal representative of President Wilson, following State Department plans if they are carried out.
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Pershing
South America
Washington
General Pershing
Wilson
State Department
Doan
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Kan
Ius Foster -Milburn CO
Buffalo
Colver Quits Trade Board Reappointment Bid
Washington W B Colver chairman of the federal trade commission informed President Wilson he did not want his name considered for reappointment at the end of his term.
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Colver
Trade Board
Washington
W. B. Colver
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Commission
Lydia Pinkham herb remedy hailed as alternative to surgery
A Cairo Illinois reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after avoiding operation for female troubles and severe symptoms. The letter asserts the medicine improved her health and daily function, urging others to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Cairo
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. R. Matthews
Sycamore Street
Pa and Willie Dialog on Dirigibles and Irrigation
Plain Falk presents a humorous exchange where Willie asks about a dirigible and Pa responds with a quip about not treating him as a cyclorama of inflammation while dodging the question. The scene blends rustic humor with linguistic whimsy.
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Willie
Cuticura Toilet Trio Ads Highlight Complexion Care
Cuticura Soap cleanses the complexion and scalp while Cuticura Ointment softens the hands. The fragrance of Cuticurae Talcum completes the trio, promoted as daily care for clear skin and a clean scalp.
Quite the Contrary Proposal Sparks Quick Acceptance
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript depicts Jennie reacting to a proposal with surprise and Jack noting the timing was not sudden enough. The mock scene involves Tom accepting the night before, signaling a playful or literary exchange rather than a real event.
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Jennie
Jack
Tom
Boston Transcript
Old Man Threatens Daughter as Lover Confesses Loss
The friend doubts the match and warns the old man may object to his daughter. The lover laments that the objection happened, confirming the conflict and unsettlement in the source dialogue.
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Oklahoma City
Claude Chandler
C. F. Barrett
Tulsa
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Homer Nida
Thomas I. Munroe
Charles Downing
Miami
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Florence
Italy
Cungsani
Red Army
Canton
China
Peking
Asiatic News
Missouri Farmers Officerea
Missouri Farmers’ Association
Springfield
M. J. Ball
Montgomery
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D. M. Gause
Ozarks
Eb.w. Schwengarth
Mayview
William Hirth
Columbia
Southwestern
Bell ‘Telephone Company
Safe Public’ Service Commission
Women On State Committee
Hannibal
F. J. Garrity
Brookfield
Elmer Donald Stratton
Nafziger - Baking Company
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Owen Dimmick
John Thomas
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Toledo
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