Fashion Notes on Easter Dress Styles and Downtime in Marshall
The article surveys recent Eastern fashion showcases featuring white voile with pink dots, blue and white crepe de chine, striped linen, and ivory lace gowns, detailing skirts, waists, belts, and trims. It notes a Lord & Taylor display of a 50-year-old white linen dress beside today’s styles, plus furniture adaptations amid war-damaged buildings. Severe weather hits Marshall with power outages and widespread damage, while Nevada’s heavy rain disrupts farming but may curb chinch bugs.
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Wallace
Sakes & Company
Lord & Taylor
New York
Marshall
Nevada
Topeka Flood Damages and Texas Floods Claim Lives
Topeka Kansas reports water intruded into about 200 homes with depths from inches to feet. Estimated property loss may reach 50000 dollars. In Texas Trinity River floods a man, Jack Waldrop, 55, drowns after falling from a trestle at Fort Worth. North Fort Worth loses streetcar service. Two deaths confirmed from the Kis-Missouri storm. Harry L Bevan a mine superintendent in Pittsburg Kansas noted among the missing or dead.
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Topeka
Kas
Trinity River
Texas
Jack Waldrop
Ft. Worth
North Fort Worth
Kansas
Missouri
Harry L. Bevan
Pittsburg
Drowning Tragedy Claims Little Alice Craig Near Spruce
In the Spruce area a drowning occurred Tuesday evening near 3 o'clock on June 8. Rewah Alice Craig, born October 24, 1913, died June 8, 1915 at age 1 year 7 months 15 days. Funeral at home Wednesday 10 am conducted by Rev. D. B. Kazee. Burial at Smith Cemetery. Survived by father Walter Craig mother, one brother and two sisters. Floral tributes and large turnout noted. Poem tribute accompanies obituary.
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Walter Craig
Spruce
Rewah Alice Craig
D. B. Kazee
South M
Road and Bridge Inspection Delayed by High Water
Judges Campbell Smith and Lowder of the county court and Engineer Flammang with township trustees and local business leaders inspected east road and bridges but high water flooded bottom lands limiting progress. They plan a later visit to finalize inspection and cost estimates.
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Campbell
Smith and Lowder
Flammang
Osage Township
Jno
E. Klump
Lou Gench
Joe Baker
Commercial Club
W. W. Cheverton Place
Moreland Place
A. Ayres
F. H. Steuck
Drainage Board
Schell City
Rich Hill Review
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Butler Testimony
Mrs. George Bailey of 510 Maple St Butler reports relief from dull backache and side pains after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She claims no further trouble since and cites local conviction of the product’s merit. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Butler
George Bailey
Maple St
Gen evieve Clark’s wedding invitation to Thompson announced
Clark of Missouri invites all Missourians to the June 30 wedding of Gen evieve Clark daughter of Speaker Champ Clark to James M Thompson of New Orleans at Honey shuck Clark's Pike County home All attendees to notify Wallace Bassford Speaker’s secretary in Mexico Mo due to batch invitations being issued
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Bowling Green
Genevieve Clark
Champ Clark
James M. Thompson
New Orleans
Honey@shuck
Clark
Pike County
Wallace Bassford
Mexico
Chillicothe Man Held In East as Embezzler
Oscar Smith, 60, a lawyer from Chillicothe Missouri, is accused of embezzling more than $60,000 from clients. He was arrested in a Philadelphia hotel after warning detectives he would not be taken alive. A loaded revolver was found on him and he admitted being the wanted man but said nothing more.
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Philadelphia
Oscar Smith
Chillicothe
Wood
Smith
East
Champ Clark's Son to Wed in Columbia June 12
The engagement of Miss Helen Morton Robnett of Columbia and Bennett Clark, son of Champ Clark, speaker of the House, will be announced at a luncheon today. Clark, 25, is a parliamentarian in the House. his fiancée is two years younger. The couple met as students at the university.
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Columbia, Mo
Helen Morton Robnett
Columbia
Bennett Clark
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Young Clark
Uni
Foot and Mouth Disease Declared Largely Eradicated
Agriculture officials say the foot and mouth disease epidemic among livestock has been virtually wiped out though efforts will not be relaxed. More than 124000 animals were killed at a cost of 5 to 6 million dollars shared by federal and state governments.
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Department of Agriculture
Zinc price hits 135 a ton in Joplin week record
Zinc ore topped 135 dollars per ton in Joplin Missouri on June 12 as prices rose by 10 dollars for the day and 23 dollars versus last week. The week’s ore output valuation surpassed 395000 dollars, the district’s highest on record.
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Joplin
War reshapes West as wild horses fade from ranges
The European conflict hastens the end of the wild broncho era as demand from Allied buyers grows. Colorado and Wyoming herds are shrinking under pressure from British, French, and Italian agents who have scoured the West for horses. An Italian buyer reportedly shipped hundreds directly from Denver to the East for rapid export to Italy.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Italy
Study in Drainage Systems Across the Corn Belt
A wet spell highlights the drainage systems installed in the corn belt over the last three to four years. Iowa farmers have spent hundreds of thousands on tile drainage, with mixed results. The piece urges engineering surveys and mapped plans to fix weaknesses this fall before work resumes.
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Corn Belt
Iowa
Villa Updates on Bryan Resignation Delay in Mexican Note
El Paso June 11 General Francisco Villa delays his reply to President Wilson's warning note due to wording changes after Secretary Bryan's resignation. The revised reply is expected to Washington by tomorrow night, seen as signaling Villa and advisers expect a shift in the watchful waiting policy.
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el Paso
Francisco Villa
Wilson
Carothers
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
United States
Bandits rob four coaches on Southern Pacific train
Two masked robbers with revolvers boarded a San Francisco to Los Angeles train at Chatsworth at midnight, robbed passengers in the last four coaches of $65 and jewelry, then pulled the signal to stop the train at Hewitt and fled. Officials said an accomplice with a motor car awaited near the station to aid their escape.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Chatsworth
Hewitt
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