Missouri Notes and Republic Electric Contest Highlights
Missouri notes report appropriations for new post offices including Rich Bill and Windsor. Joplin has a candidate for diplomatic honors, with supporters backing C F Newberger for ambassador to Japan. Nevada Ledger raises annual subscription to 1.40. Postmasters sent to Senate for confirmation include D W Thompson Hume W P Steger Calhoun John G Salmon and Anna Marolf. St Louis Republic runs Electricity in the Household contest. first prize goes to Mrs Robert D Haire Clinton for an electric washing machine. Shawhan distillery dismantled due to weak demand. public reflections on rising costs of dying. A suit to dissolve the Mound City Undertakers and Livery Men’s Association in St. Louis cites restraint of trade and increased costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
D. W. Thompson
Hume
W. P. Steger
Calhoun
John G. Salmon
Chillowee
Anna Marolf
Lowry City
St. Louis Republic
Robert D. Haire
Clinton
Mound City Undertakers' and Livery Men's Association of
St. Louis
Thoms B. Harvey
Christmas Spirit Shown As Drunk Mechanic Sleeps On Grand
In Kansas City last week a mechanic who drank with John Barleycorn sat on Grand Avenue sidewalk and slept, his head drooped and his hat fell brim up. He woke to find his hat containing 1.85.
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Kansas City
John Barleyveorn
Grand Avenue
Man awarded 43000 damages after sidewalk fall ruling
In May 1913 a man fell on a defective sidewalk in El Dorado Springs. The Kansas City Court of Appeals ruled last week he is entitled to 43000 damages. The case went through two circuit courts and two courts of appeals with seven or more lawyers appearing, and cost bills may exceed the judgment.
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el Dorado Springs
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Courts of Appeals
J N Sallee Finds Hair Snake in Nevada Place
The Nevada Post reports J N Sallee found a hair snake weeks ago. Three weeks ago he placed the snake in a jar of water and it has lived without food since. The creature measures about the size of cotton twine and roughly twelve inches long, with tiny scales visible under a microscope.
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The
Nevada Post
J. N. Sallee
Eureka Springs Highway Planned Across Missouri
State Highway Engineer FLW Buffum visited Clinton Friday morning to outline a new north south highway across the state named for Eureka Springs Arkansas. The route will run due north crossing Missouri and join the Osage Valley highway between Osceola and Clinton. Judge Alexander Graves died Thursday at his Lexington home born in 1847 in Mt. Carmel Mississippi he served in the Confederate army was city and prosecuting attorney and served as congressman 1882 to 1884 survived by widow a son and three daughters.
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Flw. Buffum
Clinton Iriday
Eureka Springs
Ark
Missouri
Osage Valley
Osceola
Clinton
Alexander Graves
Lexington
Mt. Carmel
Miss
Lafayette
Jackson
Johnson Counties
Col L A Thompson Taken to Leavenworth Home
Col L A Thompson of Montgomery City uncle of Gen Pershing and former Missouri editor was moved to the Old Soldiers Home at Leavenworth by Acting Sheriff Wilson under Montgomery County Court order. He had been in feeble health and lived alone, a past member of the Missouri store in the seventies.
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L. A. Thompson
Montgomery City
Gen. Pershing
United States
Mexico
Leavenworth
Eas
Wilson
Montgomery County
Col. Thompson
Missouri
Petence
Iegan
Mr. Chas
Whiskers Hughes
Missouri newspapers fade as costs rise across towns
A Danville and Montgomery City publisher, age 78, laments the wave of newspaper closures driven by soaring paper costs. He notes his sister was General Pershing's mother and recalls two Missouri exits last week, the Times-Democrat of Macon founded 1865 and the St. Charles Demokrat, a German daily dating back to 167 founded by Col. J. T. Bode.
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Missouri
Times- Democrat
Macon
St. Charles
British Lose 435 Vessels In War Campaign
London reports Sir Norman Hill of the Liverpool Steamship Owners Association calculates that 435 steamships over 1,600 tons, totaling 1,744,000 gross tons, were lost in 27 war months from Aug 1914 to Oct 1916. Britain began with 3,600 steamships of 16 million tons gross, marking 12 percent loss in numbers and 11 percent in tonnage, with cargo losses about 0.49 percent of total. He adds that a ten shilling per pound blockade will not starve Britain.
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London
Fair Play
Norman Hill
Liverpool Steamship Owners’ Association
Great Britain
Sir Norman
Gore for Federal Phones in Washington
Senator Gore of Oklahoma backs government ownership of telephones and introduces a federal phone bill for the District of Columbia. A House companion bill by Representative Lewis of Maryland seeks the same. If approved, experiments could expand to government telegraph lines nationwide, with Post Office experiments later planned to study results.
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Washington
Siote
Oklahoma
Oklahomin
Senate
District of Columbia
Lewis
Maryland
Gore
Post Office Department
Nickels and pennies coinage runs for Christmas demand
Denver reports the mint is coining 20000 worth of nickels and 4000 worth of pennies daily, with demand exceeding supply. Dimes are not coined as new dies are not yet in use amid a designer initials dispute. The rush to small change is blamed on the upcoming Christmas season.
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Denver
Dew
J. P. Voght
Thomas Annear
Washington
Summit Happenings
Local notes recap several residents and visitors. John Seelinger backed his car out of a ditch after a Sunday mishap. Mrs. Ray Sturgeon visited from Kansas City for a few days. Lewis Radford and wife joined Lewis Culbertson for Sunday. Radford senior, staying with his daughter, is frail and largely confined. Carpenter moved to Kinney farm after purchasing it. Helen Clark seeks return of a pair of taken shoes. Loraine Newton covered Selina’s school during dental work. Hap Steverrn mailed free paper to Clovis. Dailey of Hale spent a case with Robi Sturgeon.
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John Seelinger
Ray Sturgeon
Kansas Ciy
Lewis Radford
Lewis Culbertson
Radford
Mrs. Culbertson
Carpenter
Kinney Farm
Helen Clark
Loraine Newton
Selina
Hape Steverrn
Clovis
Dailey
Hale
Robi. Sturgeon
The Self Reflecting Writer Recounts Life and Laughs
A reflective column narrator muses on honesty pride and life lessons. He jokes about newspapers and a Kaiser title change while sharing anecdotes about vanity self reliance and ethical missteps. The piece ends with a hunter trapped by rain recalling a past vote for Mr Charles Hughes.
Around Maysburg: families help sick and travel over holidays
In and Around Maysburg updates show Mr and Mrs Gilbert improving with a nurse nearby. Mrs Powell stays with the Gilberts to assist, while Ermine and Fred Zimmer and Harry White visit home folks for Xmas. Several residents travel to Montrose Clinton Urich and Clinton for visits, trees light up area, and a wedding occurs in Clinton. Rev Cheek and Lucas sick notes affect services, and Ray Farmer buys a new buggy.
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Clinton
Arthur Carter
Hattie
Farmer
Canon
Ramsy
Tan White
Reed
Urich
Santa Claus
Ray Farmer
White Oak
Aaron
Lucus
Andria Guthria
Unckler School
Marie Staton
Cheek
Cove Creek Baptist Church
Lucas
Lagrippe
Christian Church
James McCleney
Weather Affects Elkhart Area and Daily Travels
Local notes from Elkhart report unsettled weather. Residents like John Dawson, Mrs. Minnie Giray, and Ralph Scott are cited in daily movements between Amsterdam Butler and Merwin. Various errands include shopping, coal hauling, and attending sales with mentions of Betsy Reeves and Tom Bruner families.
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John Dawson
Spruce
Tom Bruner
Minnie Giray
Amsterdam
Ralph Scott
Butler
Bell Nutt
John Hlalfert
Ed Bailey
Ralph, Scott
J. Reeves
John
Merwin
North New Home Holiday News and Local Visits
Orval Pickett and wife plan to read the Butler Times next year. A large crowd attended the dance at Mr. Keeton's Friday night and the Lost Corner Xmas tree. Miss Tade Kelly of Butler visited with Miss Ruby Patterson and attended the Keeton dance. Schuyler Ehart and Willie Gaston visited Kansas City last week. Several hunters report good times and goose finds. Ida Clark and Doff Thomas went to Kansas City Sunday. Thelma Richmond traveled to Foster to spend a week with her mother. Albert Linendell has a new sleigh awaiting snow.
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Orval Pickett
Mr. Burk
Larris Wheatley
Mr. Williams
Tom Dunlap
Milt Reeves
Walter Smith
Melvin Berryhill
George Gaston
John Gregg
J. A. Patterson
Stanley
John Cregg
Walter
Malone
Ida Clark
Doff Thomas
Kansas City
Cliff Ehart
Henry Ehart
Homer Linendell
Albert
George Frank's
Keeton
Cliffart
Thelma Richmond
Foster
Charley Dickerson
John Phelps
Guy Jack Skaggs
J. L. Jones
Albert Linendell
Fire at Kansas Masonic Home Drops To Twenty Dead
Wichita December 22 reports say more than 100 residents were in the Kansas Masonic Home when it burned. At 3 am only eighty have been accounted for, with fire sweeping a wing trapping many children believed to be lost after rescue efforts failed to reach them.
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Wichita
Kas
Kansas
Daniel P. Burdick
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Missouri Notes
Congress
Rich Bill
Windsor
Joplin
C.F. Newberger
Japan
Nevada Lterard
Shawhan
Bavk
Germany
Tam
Maysburg
Elkhart
Gosnell’s Grocery
Butlee, MO
North New Home
Graham
Bates County
Butler Roller Mills
Cannon Bros., Props
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