Missouri Factory Output Soars in War Time Figures
Labor Commissioner Lewis reports Missouri and St Louis totals for 1917 exceed prior years with city output above 750 million dollars and state totals over 1.25 billion. Growth driven by war, with gains across steel, railroad supplies, metalware, electrical goods, boots and shoes. Crossley states intent to register for military service and resign as fuel administrator if needed.
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Jefferson City
Lewis
St. Louis
Crossley
H. A. Garfield
Federal Fuel Administration
Baldwin Sues For Vote Recount In Appleton Primary
State Senator John Baldwin of Appleton City filed a mandamus suit in the supreme court to force St. Clair county to file an amended August primary tally for Appleton township. He seeks 88 votes for himself to win the Democratic nomination in the sixteenth district by three over Ross A. Feaster of Windsor. current return shows 83 for Baldwin and Feaster ahead by two.
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John Baldwin
Appleton City
Supreme Court
St. Clair County
Appleton Township
Baldwin
Ross A. Feaster
Windsor
Feaster
Registration estimates reveal St Louis count near four hundred thousand
Provost Marshal General Crowder estimates the total registration under the new manpower law will reach about 400,000 nationwide. St Louis is projected at 101,065 registrants, slightly more than a quarter of the state’s expected total registration of across the entire state.
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Jefferson City
Crowder
St. Louis
November amendments aimed at tax law changes and homestead fund
The November ballot presents nine amendments. Six are joint resolutions and three are initiative measures. The first five touch fundamental tax changes for schools roads and other needs. The sixth establishes a bone dry amendment with effects likely Nov 1 1919. The seventh creates a fund to loan citizens for buying and improving homesteads. The eighth covers taxation of unused land and tobacco and intoxicants. The ninth proposes a single method of state funding.
President vows Missouri speech during western Liberty loan tour
The president assured Senator Willey that if he travels through the western states for the next Liberty loan he will visit Missouri at least once and deliver a speech there in support of the loan.
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Wilfley
Missouri
Public Service Commission Eyes Valuation of United Railways
William G. Busby, chairman of the public service commission, said the commission will soon value the United Railways physical property to fix fares, following recent valuations by the city of St Louis and the company.
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William G. Busby
Public Service Commission
United Railways
St. Louis
State to Pay Off Loan to St Louis Banks
The state plans to pay roughly $1 million of a $2 million loan in January to St. Louis banks. The loan, approved by Gov Gardner, funds state debts from new measures enacted by the legislature. By Aug 23 the measures yielded $1,709,849.93, with $1,096,945.93 from the corporation franchise tax and $342,479.88 from inheritance tax, leaving $957,874.43 in the revenue fund per State Treasurer Middiekamp.
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St. Louis
Hackmann
Gardner
State Revenue Fund
Middiekamp
Errors cloud Democratic bid for Sixteenth district seat
Discrepancies in the Sixteenth district contest raise uncertainty over nominee Ross Feaster of Clinton and opponent Senator John Baldwin of Appleton City. Baldwin claims 83 votes in Appleton township vs 88 on tally, which could shift the result by three. Feaster points to a 53 vote discrepancy in Tabor township that would give him a 11 vote edge if counted.
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Ross
Feaster
Clinton
John Baldwin
Appleton City
Appleton Township
Baldwin
Tabor Township
St. Clair
Staggered Stops Proposed for City Streetcar Lines
Missouri fuel chief Wallace Crossley urges adoption of stagger-stop under the skip-stop system for United Railways in St Louis and streetcar lines in Springfield St Joseph and Joplin. J L Harrop of the Missouri public service commission backs stagger-stop as preferable to full skip-stop or odd and even plans. The stagger-stop involves stopping every two blocks on inbound trips with intervening stops on outbound trips.
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Wallace Crossley
United Railways
St. Louis
Springfield
St. Joseph
Joplin
J. L. Harrop
Missouri Public Service Commission
Crossley
Four Klick Brothers Arrested for Disloyal Remarks
Four Klick brothers German farmers east of the city were arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Albert Smith of Jefferson City on disloyal remarks charges. The Callaway county defense council led the investigation and sent findings to the Justice Department in Kansas City.
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Fulton
George
Edward
Adolph
Gus Klick
United States
Albert Smith
Jefferson City
Klicks
Callaway County Council of Defense
Department of Justice
Kansas City
County Roads Funding Proposal From Local Auto Club
A resolution from the St. Louis County Vehicle Owners' club signed by President Sam D Hodgdon asks Mayor Kiel, the board of aldermen, the comptroller and the board of public service to fund county road work. It seeks an annual city appropriation of at least $300,000, noting the city has never contributed to these costs.
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St. Louis
United Railways Begins 1 Cent Fare Receipts
United Railways of St. Louis starts Thursday morning Sept 12 issuing receipts for the 1 cent extra fare now charged. The case hinges on whether the Missouri supreme court voids the public service commission 5 cent fare in St Louis and allows a 6 cent fare.
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United Railways of
St. Louis
Missouri Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
United Railways
Mercantile Trust Company
Missouri Farmers Association Holds Second Annual Convention
Sedalia Missouri the Missouri Farmers Association met for its second annual convention at the State Fair Grounds in session two days. The group reports over 1000 farmers clubs and more than 80 000 members claiming to be the most significant movement in American agriculture.
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Sedalia
Missouri Farmers’ Association
Farmers’ Clubs
Crossley Names Hall as Assistant Fuel Administrator
Crossley appoints John Hall of St. Louis as assistant fuel administrator for Missouri. Hall also serves in ordnance work for the government.
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Wallace Crossley
John €. Hall
St. Louis
Missouri
Hall
Busby Defends Rail Fares Before State Tax Commission
Chairman W. G. Busby told the state tax commission that the Missouri public service commission had no apology to make for raising the United Railways Company of St Louis fares and the rates of other public utilities. He said the corporations could not have continued business during the war without higher charges.
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W. G. Busby
State Tax Commission
Missouri Public Service Commission
United Railways Company of
St. Louis
Busby
Battlefront advances and political shifts reported in wartime dispatches
Heavy rains delay fighting in many lowlands while British and French forces push on along the Cambrai Soissons line. Haig predicts victory as 75,000 Germans surrender and 750 guns are taken in four weeks.Americans advance on the Vesle front and in Alsace. Drafts, cabinet changes, and metal and sugar wartime controls are noted, along with a major train wreck near Alliance Nebraska and Maine election results.
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Soissons
Haig
Allied Pause After Eight Weeks of Offensive Stoppage
Washington reports a temporary pause in the great Allied drive led by Marshal Foch eight weeks in, as heavy rains turn lowlands to mud and German reinforcements strengthen defenses. Despite isolated gains from Flanders to Soissons, the front’s strategic advance stalls while weather and defense stiffen. The article notes Allied gains from the Marne to Reims and the pushed back Hindenburg Line, with potential renewed push when conditions improve.
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Washington
Marshal Foch
Flanders
Soissons
Marne
Aisne
Chateau Thierry
Reims
Hindenburg
Arras
Montdidier
Amiens
English Channel
England
France
Foch
Rhine
Petrograd in Flames Across Many Areas
Washington reports from a European source that Petrograd is burning in twelve spots with widespread rioting and indiscriminate massacres. There is said to be no functioning law or police or military authority in the city.
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Washington
Petrograd
Christiania
Boston Wins War Title in Sixth Game Victory
Boston at Fenway Park defeated the Chicago champions 2 to 1 in the sixth game to claim the wartime world baseball championship. The win caps a season in which Boston American League pennant holders earned the title against the National League titleholders.
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Chicago Nationals
Boston Americans
Red Sox
Boston
George Tyler Wate
Timself
Babe Ruth
Cubs
Chicago
Bostons
Fenway Park
Permits Control of Mines in War Production Bill
Washington September 12 The Senate passed the government stimulation of mineral production and distribution bill with minor amendments and without a record vote. A parallel House measure will be reconciled with the Senate in conference. differences to be adjusted.
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Washington
Senate
House
Need More Allied Troops for Russo Allied Campaign
Archangel Sept 12 More Allied troops are needed urgently to carry the Russo Allied campaign in Northern Russia toward speedy success, according to nearly all officers and civilians here.
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Archangel
Russia
Washington Call of Two Thousand Men Qualified for Limit
Washington reports a call of two thousand men qualified for limit for military service. The notice outlines draft eligibility and the process for reporting to local boards.
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Washington
Women of Middle Age Seek Relief With Vegetable Compound
Urbana Illinois resident Mrs Enson reports improved strength and reduced symptoms during menopause after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The advertisement touts relief from nervousness hot flashes backache irritability and fatigue for women passing through the Change of Life and urges others to try the remedy.
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Urbana
Ill
L Pia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Enson
Inventive Chicago Packer Boasts of New Orleans Sausage Machine
A Chicago meat packer boasts of a steam driven sausage machine that turns pigs into sausages and hides into leather goods. An English listener retorts that Britain has long mastered the design and even improves it, producing pigs that walk out fit as a fiddle.
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Chicago
England
New Orleans
Ambitious two paragraph sign graces local store
A striking sign midway between camp and Prin George Courthouse in a small grocery and refreshment shop proclaims a bold message to visitors. The second paragraph cheekily adds If you cant read this sign have someone else read it for you creating local amusement reported by The Bayonet.
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Camp
Prin George Courthouse
Man proposes woman disposes in witty romance line
A humorous line plays on gender roles with a man proposing and a woman rejecting, while the world replies in a jokey counterpoint. The quip pivots on social norms and flirtatious banter.
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