Missouri State Treasurer reports July August balances and school fund disbursements
The monthly state treasurer report shows July 31 cash at 3 507 859 17 August receipts 383 718 88 and August disbursements 2 135 639 66 leaving 1 755 938 39 on hand. Major August outlays funded public school money to counties plus notes on peniten tiary earnings and various state funds.
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Jefferson City
James Cowgill
Hadley
Exchange Bank
First National Bank
German- American Bank of
Parole Sought for Louis Decker of St Louis
Gov Hadley plans parole for Louis Decker a St Louis resident serving a five year term for bribery in the penitentiary. Decker was tried in Springfield Mo in 1909 on a venue change from St Louis with A N Sager as prosecutor. The parole recommendation comes from the trial judge ten jurors. two jurors are dead.
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Hadley
Louis Decker
St. Louis
Decker
House of Delegates
Folk
Springfield
A. N. Sager
Sager
Judge Selden P Spencer bows out of senatorial race
Judge Selden P. Spencer of St. Louis will not seek the Republican nomination for United States senator. Governor Hadley named Vernon Mueller county superintendent of Osage county schools to replace R. H. Bryan who resigned. Jacob Kennedy John Burke died and Edward Hurd was seriously injured in the Missouri Pacific tunnel four miles east of here. All were 19 and from Dallas Texas. They were riding atop a sleeping car to reach St Louis, a dangerous mistake that cost three lives.
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Robert Shelby Rutledge
New Madrid
United States
Taois
James A. Reed
Kansas City
D. R. Francis
Sterling P. Bond
William B. Cumberland
St. Louis
John F. Breckenridge
St. Joseph
Mr. Rutledge
Selden P. Spencer
Hadley
Vermont Mueller
Osage County
R. H. Bryan
Jacob Kennedy
John Burke
Edward Hurd
Missouri Pacific
Dallas
Tex
Hurd
The Missing Wallet and Gold Chain on a Train
Lawrence Blakeley faces suspicion after a berth switch leads to a missing bag and a murdered man. A gold chain fragment and a seized wallet deepen the mystery as a crowd watches, while the narrator fears a court trial and lost practice. The car collapses into darkness as tension peaks.
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Lawrence Blakeley
Pittsburg
Bronson
John Gilmore
Gilmore
Alison West
Blakeley
Simon Harrington
Russia
The Mystery in the Sleeper Car Continues
The narrator recalls a murder aboard a train car and a tense investigation. Bloodstains appear on a pillow while bystanders, including a determined amateur detective, press for clues. The conductor accuses and defers breakfast as suspicion falls on the berth occupant.
Second Section of a Turbulent Nightclub Memoir
The narrator recalls a chaotic sequence ending in a wreck and fire. A wounded protagonist awakens with the girl in blue nearby, amid smoke and burning debris. She urges immediate action as the wreck from September 9 burns, and a perilous future looms in the cliffhanger that follows.
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McKnight
Prelude to Immortal Life A graceful and honorable old age
A poetic meditation on aging as a dignified passage. The text reflects reverence for wisdom earned, serenity in time worn memory, and the enduring value of a life well lived. It frames old age as a graceful, honorable stage.
Giant ten foot eel draws crowds to Pasig River fishing
Manila Times reports on Friday morning activity along the Pasig near the old captain of the port building. Filipinos used fish snares and spears to catch the unusually large eel, while crowds thronged both riverbanks and ships moored in the stream. locals offer theories about seasonal river heating or water changes triggering surface surfaced fish behavior.
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Pasig
Manila
Lord Kinnaird Visits East End Mission School
Lord Kinnaird, known for religious work, visited a mission school in east London and told pupils the Samson story. He asked the class what to do against an enemy, and a boy answered improvably to "get a bottle of air restorer."
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Lord Kinnaird
East End
London
Samson
When the Fish Exploded
A humorous note claims fish crave gasoline and suggests soaking worms in fuel to lure them. The tale alleges two gas tempted fish exploded in a frying pan breaking a kitchen window and splattering mashed potato on the cook while a teakettle flew into a flour barrel and stewed tomato splashed the ceiling.
Mere Men and Dreams in a Busy World
A fragmentary verse style item notes a nocturnal dream about a mother’s illness and a sharp retort. It contrasts idle humor in sleep with the busyness of work and a loafer’s persistence in daily life.
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Brute
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