Missouri poultry show set for St Joseph with reduced entry fees
The twenty sixth annual Missouri state poultry show will be held December 8 7 in St Joseph Missouri with entry fees cut to 50 cents for singles and 2 dollars for pens for large poultry and 25 cents for singles and 1 dollar for bantam pens. Judges include FE C Branch Walter Burton and D T Heiflich who will advise exhibitors throughout the event. Premiums are attractive and entries close November 26 with list available from Fred Crosby assistant secretary Mountain Grove Missouri.
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St. Joseph
Missouri State Poultry Board
FE. C. Branch
Lees Summit
Walter Burton
Arlington
Tex
D. T. Heiflich
Jacksonville
Ill
Fred Crosby
Mountain Grove
Registration figures show Missouri near four hundred twenty five thousand
Statewide selective service returns from 90 boards list 234 499 registrants including 20 307 negroes with total Missouri registration likely near 425 000, 29 000 above Crowder estimate. Most boards beat projections by about 5 percent. A separate notice urges Knights of Columbus to recruit men 46 to 50 for recreational work at cantonments due to new draft and camp expansions. A $50 donation from Theodore Roosevelt, sent via Champ Clark, reaches Callaway Red Cross through Westminster College. A Greene County bachelor G McAmes, 70, dies by hanging with unknown motive.
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Jefferson City
Col. McCord
T. R
Callaway
Fulton
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
J. J. Rice
Westminster College
Callaway County
Red Cross
Dr. Rice
Champ Clark
Silage Cutter Fatality Near Lamont
Thomas Turpin, a farmer living near Lamont, died from injuries after a belt on a silage cutter broke while he fed the machine on the W. I Files farm. The accident occurred on the farm premises. C. McKibben of Jefferson City, member of the Missouri State Highway Commission, is in Washington to discuss activities of the highways transport body.
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Thomas Turpin
Lamont
W. i Files
Turpin
C. McKibben
Jefferson City
Highways Transport Missouri Council of
Ce‘te
Missouri State Highway Commission
Washington
Highways Transport Body
Four Quarter System Adopted for Army Training in Colleges
Dr. A Ross Hill, president of the University of Missouri and regional DIA for Missouri Illinois Kansas and Colorado, says colleges under his jurisdiction will adopt a four quarter system with year long instruction. Youths aged 20 in the students army training corps may stay through Christmas 19 through April and 18 through June. Intercollegiate athletics will be limited to fits with army training. There are 75 units in the four states under Hill’s jurisdiction.
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Columbia
Army Training Corps
A. Ross Hill
University of Missouri
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Colorado
Washington
War Department
Hill
President Hill
Prosecution Opens Probe Into Civic Groups in St Louis
Prosecuting Attorney Howard Sinder of St Louis starts an inquiry into several alleged patriotic and civic organizations after complaints by members who paid high initiation fees for promised benefits not delivered. The initial target is the Women's League of Home Guards.
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Howard Sidener
St. Louis
Woman’s League of Home Guards
Twenty Seventh Annual Missouri Labor Convention Opens
The twenty seventh annual convention of the Missouri State Federation of Labor met in Sedalia with President Wood estimating 400 attendees. Key measures include a workers compensation law, limiting female employment to suited industries, equal pay for men and women, extending the nine hour law, and restricting injunctive writs in labor disputes.
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Missouri State Federation of Labor
Sedalia
Wood
Wilks Found Guilty in Fratricide Case at Verona
Virgil Wilks was convicted of murdering his father George M. Wilks near Verona Lawrence county on November 21 and sentenced to 99 years. His mother Katherine Wilks, charged as an accomplice, is slated for trial at the next term.
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Springfield
Virgil Wilks
George M. Wilks
Verona
Lawrence County
Katherine Wilks
Car Fare Case Up Nov 7 In Missouri Supreme Court
Jefferson City reports arguments in the United Railways Co. of St. Louis six cent fare case will be submitted in banc before the Missouri supreme court on November 7. Chief Justice Henry W. Bond set the date with a speedy decision anticipated before December 1. The appeal challenges a Cole County circuit court ruling that overturned a Public Services Commission fare increase of one cent.
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Jefferson City
United Railways Co
St. Louis
Missouri Supreme Court
Banc
Henry W. Bond
Bond
Railway Company
J. G. Blate
Cole County
Missouri Public Services Commission
Capital City Boy Commended for Army Patrol
First Lieut. Jacob W. Allen of Jefferson City has been officially commended in an army order for leading a patrol into No Man's Land and enemy trenches on August 12 and 13. He is the son of Col. Jacob D. Allen, clerk of the Missouri supreme court. A training corps unit will be established at Warrensburg High School after meeting war department requirements.
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Capital City
Jefferson City
Jacob W. Allen
No Man’s Land
Jacob D. Allen
Missouri Supreme Court
Army Training Corps
Osses Seee
Warrensburg
War Department
Hughesville Doctor Commissioned as Army Captain
Dr. W. T. Bishop of Hughesville received a commission as captain in the Medical Reserve Corps. He is to report at Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, with orders to report on October 10.
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Hughesville Doster
W. T. Bishop
Hughesville
Medical Reserve Corps
United Army
Camp Oglethorpe
War News Sweep Across Fronts In Europe And America
Headlines record Serbs and French pushing Bulgars in Macedonia while Foch forces press Germans on the western front. Pershing reports progress in Lorraine with 150 square miles liberated and 15,000 prisoners taken. Influenza fears rise in army camps as Congress advances war revenue measures and balloting proceeds.
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Macedonia
Marshal Foch
Vetrenik
Dobrohlje
Sokal
Pershing
St. Mihiel Salient
Allies Close In On St Quentin In Major WWI Advance
British forces push west and northwest of St Quentin breaching the Hindenburg Line with gains past Peiziere Templeux le Gerard Epehy and Roussoy. Paris reports Metz defenses engaging Americans as they advance along the Moselle with ~17 miles of progress toward Conflans and Pagny sur Moselle.
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St. Quentin
Vermand
Jeancourt
la Bassee
France
Hindenburg Line
Hindenburg
Hol Non
Gouzeaucourt
Peiziere
Templeux le Gerard
Epehy
Roussoy
Villeret
Metz
Paris
Moselle
Conflans
Metz-Conflans-Montmedy
Pagny-sur
May Still Enter the Navy
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced orders to local draft boards allowing voluntary induction of registrants into the navy and marine corps. If voluntary inductions fall short, drafts will assign men to those services with navy calls going out before month’s end and marine contingents to follow within weeks.
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Washington
Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
Prisons to Take War Work Under President Order
Washington Sept. 19 The President authorizes war supply contracts with prison and reformatory heads at prevailing prices. Prisoners engaged on these contracts will receive wages comparable to local wages for similar work. Congress has already provided for industrial plants at federal prisons.
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Washington
Congress
Marriage Licenses Boost by Young Couples in Chicago
Chicago officials report over 25 percent of licenses issued in the last two days were to males ages 17 to 21. The marriage license bureau released the figures, highlighting a surge in youthful marriages.
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Chicago
General Lloyd Wheaton Dead
Chicago September 19 Major General Lloyd Wheaton the Civil War hero and famous military figure has died authorities report.
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Lloyd Wheaton
Chicago
Where She Likes Them
A witty exchange highlights Mrs. Greene and Mr. Redd discussing oysters and teeth, noting her pleasure at finding pearls-like teeth on shells and contrasting Redd-Well’s remark. The dialogue reads as light social banter with period-appropriate humor.
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Greene
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Notice
Night and morning cleanse with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Pimples may be smeared with Cuticura Ointment. Free samples offered by Cuticura Dept X Boston. Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept. X
Boston
Forty Languages in Camp Devens Language Census
An accurate census at Camp Devens Mass shows 40 languages spoken by 2269 French speakers 1354 Italian speakers and others down to Japanese Serbian Egyptian Persian Assyrian Flemish and Arabic. German is spoken by 625 men highlighting the need for English language instruction for immigrants and national unity in education.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Omaha World-Herald
Mule seller seeks distance from talk after sale
In a rural exchange Mr. Erastus Pinkly questions a buyer about selling a mule. The buyer replies he will not transfer the animal to anyone within two hundred miles and wants to avoid any further conversation about the mule after selling it.
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Mr. Erastus
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G. McAmes
Greene County
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First Army
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Colorado Springs
Luther McMahill
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Inch
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New York
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Ira E. Williams
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T Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
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Covington, Ky
E. H. Austin
Mineola Aviation Field
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Brooklyn
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United States
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Lantz
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Hans Sulzer
Switzerland
Smarkije Listy
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Henry T. Mayo
England
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Petrograd
Amsterdam
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Old Line
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