Coal seized along Missouri, Kansas and Texas lines
M Alester Okla Dec 23 Due to a coal shortage the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad is confiscating all coal produced on its lines to keep freight and passenger trains running. The Rock Island also reports coal shortages and is taking its own output. J G Puterbaugh president of McAlester Fuel says never has Oklahoma seen such a coal shortage with car shortages and strikes curtailing production. If winter weather persists expect fuel scarcity in Oklahoma and Texas during the holidays.
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M‘alester
Okla
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Oklahoma
M. K. & T. Jines
Texas
Rock Island
Alderson
J. G. Puterbaugh
McAlester Fuel Company
Asphalt Rock Ledge Found Near Shel don Missouri
Vernon county geologist E Swartz from Wichita KS reports locating a nine by six mile asphalt rock ledge, 27 feet thick, usable by heating and crushing for road paving. Outcroppings noted in southwest Cass county. past fire test observed in Henry County.
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8. E. Swartz
Wichita
Kansas
Sheldon
Vernon County
Kansas City Boulevard
Cass County
Henry County
Democrat
Dean's Kidney Pills praised by Butler readers
Over one hundred thousand recommend Dean's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney issues with forty thousand testimonials printed publicly. A. D. Fortner of Butler testifies he suffered kidney trouble and back pain until using Dean's Kidney Pills from United Drug Co. which relieved him quickly and kept him free of trouble since. Price 50c.
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Dean
Butler
Butler Man
A. D. Fortner
W. Ft
Scott St
United Drug Co
The Cabbage Ode to the cabbage and kraut ends the day
A playful verse extols the humble cabbage over roses, praising its everyday value. It celebrates how housewives transform cabbage into kraut, a remedy for grief and weariness, and even hints at its civic role by recalling election day. Walt Musou signs the rustic homage.
Why Darken Schoolhouse: Bring Back Local Debating and Songs
The Missouri Ruralist urges rural communities to revive the old country school as a weekly gathering place. Rather than movie theaters, organize winter evenings with singing, debating, and speaking where farm children gain poise and self reliance. Proposes procuring a motion picture machine for home produced films to strengthen community fellowship and keep schoolhouses alive.
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Little Red School
Little Jim
Sim
Big Steve
Missouri
Missouri Ruralist
Would Reduce Oleo Tax in New Washington Plan
Washington dispatch reports a proposed bill to cut oleomargarine tax from ten cents to one cent per pound and to repeal the license tax on oleomargarine manufacturers. Representative Ackerson of Louisiana introduced the measure, asserting it would cut food costs by about 150 million pounds annually.
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Washington
Aswello Louisiana
Pic
Local Briefs From Various Exchanges
Catherine Stark former Montrose resident died December 16 at her Stark Kansas home and was buried in Montrose. Louie Goodwin leads Bates area rabbit shipments with 805 rabbits sent to St. Louis at 11 cents each this year. John Beaman, 91, died near Johnstown. funeral and burial followed in Johnstown. A Bates cattle owner in Mingo township raised three calves born to a cow, including twins on two occasions. Ollie and Bill Fritts returned home from Canada after threshing work. W H Rains delivered an 85 pound turkey to Williams West Side Poultry for seven dollars. Mrs Charles Shubert of Grand River township injured when horse ran away, arm broken. J T Glazebrook named chief deputy to the new state treasurer, taking office January 10 in Washington.
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Catherine Stark
Montrose
Stark Kansas
Charles Shubert
Grand River Township
Adrain Journal
Population of Bates County on the Increase
The state health board reports Bates County had 113 births and 69 deaths in the quarter. Heart and circulatory diseases caused ten deaths, eight each from nephritis and Bright's disease and nervous disorders, six from cancer, and three from typhoid. State totals were 16,535 births and 9,867 deaths.
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State Board of Health
Bates County
Bright
Agricultural Engineering topics at Missouri Farmers' Week
The Missouri University program for Farmers' Week January 1 to 5 addresses farmer engineering problems in cattle, hogs, crops, and machinery. Sessions cover Gas Engines and Tractors, Farm Buildings, Tile Drainage, and Soil Erosion prevention, with focus on engine operation, tractor purchases, building planning, and soil washing prevention to improve efficiency and long-term farm value.
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University of Missouri
M Missouri Farms
Missouri
Early Humans in North America Before Glacial Era
Chicago December 24 Reports by E H Sellards Florida State Geologist and Prof Oliver P Hay claim human beings inhabited the North American continent over 125000 years ago based on Florida fossil remains at Vero. Their view is not universally accepted as twelve geologists and anthropologists study the find for a Journal of Geology report.
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Chicago
North American
E. H. Sellards
Florida
Oliver P. Hay
Vero
Boston Stays Wet Wins In Massachusetts License Vote
Boston ballots favored liquor license by a large wet majority of 23 051 as John Barleycorn remains in the city despite fierce anti liquor campaigns led by Billy Sunday. Sunday declared not yet defeated and addressed a Tabernacle audience claiming he will continue to push for dry reform while neighboring cities shifted toward dry status.
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Boston
John Barleycorn
Billy Sunday
Wet
the Tabernacle
Massachusetts
Wilson Wins One Electoral Vote in West Virginia
Charleston W Va Dee. President Wilson will receive one electoral vote from West Virginia although Hughes carried the state. Col S A Scott Republican elector on the ticket after J W Dawson resignation was defeated, receiving fewer votes than Orlando Depue a Democratic elector.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dee
Wilson
West Virginia
Hughes
Col. S. A. Scott
J. W. Dawson
Orlando Depue
German Raider Captured Near Irish Coast
A mysterious German sea raider that broke the British blockade and sank ships in English waters has been captured and lies at anchor in Liverpool harbor. The capture, reportedly by the converted British cruiser Leutentav near the Lusitania torpedo site, followed a battle in which the raider surrendered. About two weeks earlier, rumors of a phantom fast cruiser circulated in British maritime circles. Among 429 passengers on the Philadelphia was Mary Garey, the opera singer, whose vessel suffered heavy air damage en route.
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New York
Liverpool
Leutentav
Philadelphia
Mary Garey
Defies Death Threat in Cedar County Prosecutor Case
W H Foulke of Cedar County Missouri received a letter tied to his office door threatening death if he pursued certain investigations. The prosecutor, determined to enforce the law, refused to be swerved from his campaign pledge despite the Black Hand signed note.
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Stocton
Foulke
Flect
Cedar County
Real Estate Transfers in Rich Hill and Drexel Districts
Multiple property transfers recorded. G W Fitzpatrick conveys lots 1 2 and 3 block 88 Rich Hill to A W Danner for 325 dollars. James Coulter and others transfer sections 4 and 11 West Boone and lot 2 block 4 South Drexel to J W Coleman for 1 dollar. J W Coleman to J W Coulter et al lot 2 block 4 South Drexel for 1 dollar. J W Coleman to James Coulter et al tract section 4 West Roses Bay West Boone for 1 dollar. The entry also notes tract section 11 West Roses Bay Boone for 1 dollar.
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G. W. Fitzpatrick
A. W. Danner
Rich Hill
James Coulter
J. W. Coleman
West Boone and Lot
Drexel
J. W. Coulter
James Coulster
West Roses Bay
W. Coleman
Jamée
Jamée Tere al Tract
Boone
Rey
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Rockville
St. Louis
Express
John Beaman
Johnstown
Montrose Recorder
J. W. Douglas
Mingo Township
Bates
County
Chilrem
Urich Herald
Ollie
Bill Fritts
Canada
Amsterdam
W. Fi. Rains
Bates Coounty
William
West Side
J. T. Glazebrook
Pacific County
W. W. Sherman
Tacoma
Glazebrook
Adrain
Bates’ County
Missouri State Bank
Butler, Missouri
the Walton Trust CO
Journal of Geology
Liverpool Harbor
Missour
Arkansas
Missouri ‘Pacific
L.A. Twyman
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