New Missouri Department Created In June Law
Jefferson City June 16 The State Bank Commissioner hires Horace B. Clay of Lewis County as deputy in charge of Missouri s new department to oversee investment companies. The law takes effect June 23 and requires registration filings, prior permission for sale, license revocation power for the commissioner, and penalties up to ten years in prison plus fines for false statements. The department will include clerks and a stenographer, with the chief deputy earning 2 500 dollars annually plus travel expenses.
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Horace B. Clay
Missouri Department
Jefferson City
State Bank
J. F. Mitchell
Lewis County
Bank Commission
Investment Companie
Bank
Mus
Chile
Missouri wool state with 1.1 million sheep and 6.75 lb fleece
Jefferson City June 16 Missouri leads neighboring states in wool production with 7,425,000 pounds valued at 1,856,260 dollars for 1912. After scouring yield drops to 4,083,750 pounds but value rises to 2,164,388 dollars. Average fleece weight is 6.75 pounds from about 1,100,000 sheep.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
John T. Fitzpatrick
Bureau of Labor Statistics
A. T. Edmonston
Boston
Commissioner's Bulletin
Referendum Petitions Placed On County Unit Law
Former State Senator John Malang and Rep John J Wolfe arrived from Joplin with petitions from 15 of 16 districts, totaling 57,000 signatures, to submit the county unit law to a referendum. Secretary of State Roach filed the documents in Governor Major's presence, pending signature checks. The measure remains inoperative until the November 1914 vote. From Berlin: Lt Von Egan-Krieger proposes first race at Magdeburg with a horse-mounted rider to assist landing.
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Jefferson City
John Malang
John J. Wolfe
Jasper County
Joplin
Business Men's League
Roach
Major
Mling
Secretary of State
Germany
Berlin
von Egan-Krieger
Ree
Madgéburg
Railroads Halt in Flooded District Near Great Bend
Pacific officials refuse to risk running trains through the flooded area east of Great Bend Kansas. The train runs ten miles north to transfer passengers and baggage to handcars to go through the water to the depot. Cinders were laid as ballast. Dry Creek water levels drop while work on the city septic line is halted.
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Great Bend
Kan Kan
Pacific
Dry Creek
Kansas City to Host Missouri Wage Commission Session
Missouri senate minimum wage commission opens in Kansas City at the Hotel Baltimore on Tuesday. Senator Wallace W. Greene says conditions here are good and the inquiry should finish in two or three days. The panel will hear from factory workers social workers and women's club representatives. Senator Michael B. Kinney of St. Louis presides.
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Kansas City
Missouri Senate
Minimum Wage Commission
Baltimore
Wallace W. Greene
Women's Clubs
Michael B. Kinney
St. Louis
Nation Gets a Hot Wave Sweeps U S Warm Weather
Washington reports a searing wave as Omaha and St. Joseph register near 96 degrees and Chicago close behind at 94. Washington records its hottest day of the season with one heat stroke reported while bureau readings top 92 and street thermometers hit 100.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Omaha
Neb
St. Joseph
United States
Chicago
Government Street
Wilson Presses Currency Bill For Next Session
President Wilson aims to push currency legislation in the current Congress with a message planned for June 23 or 24, aligning with House reorganization and debate timelines. In St Louis a street car collision on the Creve Coeur Lake line injured 24 people, mostly women and children, with two women possibly fatally harmed.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
Traction Colilaton
St. Louis
Aviator Edmond Perron Sets New Altitude Record
Vienna reports Edmond Perron, French aviator and holder of the world altitude record for a solo flight, broke his own mark by carrying two passengers to a height of 15,480 feet.
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Vienna
Edmond Perryon
Revelle Sets Auto Record St. Louis to Jefferson City
State Superintendent of Insurance Charles G. Revelle set a six and a half hour auto record from St. Louis to Jefferson City, covering 160 miles. He traveled with Mrs. Revelle and an expert chauffeur, leaving at 4 p.m. and arriving by 11:30 p.m. The trip, aided by good roads and favorable weather, included two gear changes and occasional stops for wraps due to cold.
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Jefferson City
Charles G. Revelle
St. Louis
St. Charles
New Florence
Montgomery County
Alton
Discussion of Women and Butler Office Phone 20
A brief note mentions a Missouri office line and a child specialty service. The text references a house phone 10 and an office theme involving women and Butler. The fragment suggests a local advertisement or editorial snippet with contact numbers.
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Discass
Missouri
Entrance at Stews Studio North Side Square Butler MO
Readable fragment notes an entrance on the north side square in Butler Missouri leading to Stews Studio. No dates or events specified. Local landmark reference appears without context of opening or hours.
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Stew
North Side Square
Butler
Missouri
B. F. Jeter
East Side Square
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Butler, MO
Bates County
Frank Allen
John Deerwester
John E. Shutt
C. A. Allen
C. H. Dutcher
W. W. Trigg
A. B. Owen
J. B. Walton
Wm. E. Walton
Ae Ban Lit
Butler,mo
Farmers Bank
General Markets
Kanaan
Louie Steeene
Pierce
Bod Pease NY
Revelle
Colorado
Missouri Pacific
E. C. Vandervoort
R. T. G. Matthews
Hristy
H. M. Cannon
Robert E. Crabtree
Gench Bldg
T. J. Halsey
D. Eve
Peppies Bank
A Ieopet
Butler Station
Terains West
AFL South
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