Fourth of July celebration planned for Appleton City
Appleton City will host a Fourth of July celebration this year. Capt Dan Gilson, a prominent resident of Appleton City, died at his home last Wednesday. E Q Walker returned from Hewett Oklahoma with a bride married June 1. they visited the Walker home in Ballard. Other notes include stock market moves, a street fair vote, and obituaries from several nearby towns.
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Appleton City
Dan Gilson
That City
E. Q. Walker
Hewett
Oklahoma
Walker
Ballard
Adrian Journal
Captain Wood Reported Killed in Action
Official notice received by Mrs. Edward FE Holmes in Kansas City states Captain Stanley Willis Wood aged 29 of Kansas City, who resigned from the U S army to join Canadian forces, has been officially reported killed in action while serving in the British army. The Ottawa message gives no location of death and his body cannot be returned until after the war.
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Stanley Willis Wood
Kansas City
Edward FE. Holmes
Penn Street
Ottawa
Canada
Wood
Kansas
United States Army
Former PCL pitcher joins army for love in Vancouver
George Wintherbotham, once a Pacific Coast league pitcher, is now a private in the 200th and 11th battalion of the American Legion in Vancouver. He joined the army to win the hand of his sweetheart.
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Vancouver
B.C
George Wintherbotham
Two Hundred and Eleventh Battalion
American Legion
Bates County Press Association Holds First Meeting
A called meeting of the Bates County Press Association adopted a constitution and by laws. Rising paper prices were discussed with no action yet, but members expect output prices to rise. Officers are J E Dowell president Lewis Moore secretary and Mrs Frank Pattee treasurer. Quarterly meetings planned with next in Rich Hill this fall during Chautauqua week. Attending publishers from multiple local papers listed.
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Bates County Preag Association
J. E. Dowell
Adring Journal
Lewis Moore
Hume Telephone
Frank Pattee
Amsterdam Enterprise
Rich Hill
Chautauqua
C. A. Chambers
The
Republican Press
C. W. Ellis
Amoret Leader
E. E. Bean
Rich Will Review
Adrian Journal
Miss Cheshire
W. QO. Atkeson
Bates County Record
Sam W. Davis
HW. H. Henry
Bates County Democrat
Killed A Dry Candidate in Alabama Murder Case
In Tluntsville Alabama two Alabama National Guard companies were ordered to guard prisoners after the body of Judge W. T. Lawler Madison County Probate Court was found with two bullet wounds. Lawler had just been renominated on a dry ticket and a political fight sparked the fatal incident. Police held back names of prisoners and more arrests were expected as crowds gathered at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tluntsville
Ala
Alabama National Guard
W. T. Lawler
Madison County
Court House Square
Lawler
German Air Hero Boelke Believed Killed in Combat
London reports Captain Boelke the famed German aviator, praised by the emperor for downing French planes, is believed killed after a duel with French pilot Roger Ribiere near Verdun. Boelke had eighteen French planes to his credit by May 21 and was recently promoted from lieutenant to captain.
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London
Boelke
Roger Ribiere
Fokker
Ribiere
Verdun
William
One Dead in Johnson County Storm
A tornado struck Post Oak and Chilhowee townships near Warrensburg Missouri today. The storm cut a three mile path, killing Mrs J A Harding who fled her residence and was struck by flying timber in the yard.
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Johnson County
Warrensburg
Post Oak
Chilhowee
J. A. Harding
Fifteen candidates listed for Missouri governor race
Seventeen men appear on ballots across six parties with seven Democrats eight? Actually seven Democrats four Republicans one each on Progressive Prohibition Socialist and Socialist Labor tickets. Names include John M. Atkinson Doniphan Frederick D. Gardner James A. Houehin Arthur N. Lindsay Wm. Painter Cornelius Roach Henry Lamm Hugo McIndoe C. D. Morris John E. Swanger Joseph P. Fronton Wm. H. Yount William J. Adams Charles Rogers.
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Carthage
Henry Lamm
Sedalia
Hugo McIndoe
Joplin
C. D. Morris
St. Joseph
John E. Swanger
Joseph P. Frontron
Kansas City
Wm. H. Yount
Macon
Wm. J. Adams
Chas
Chillicothe Votes Dry by 212 Majority in Missouri
Chillicothe Missouri residents voted to keep the city dry by a 212 vote margin after a heated local option campaign. Daylight prayer meetings preceded polling as 6 am polls opened and streets filled with women workers, with no arrests reported.
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Chillicothe
Busi
Mioh Returning to Aate in Landmark Settlement
A landmark settlement ends a long dispute as Mioh agrees to return to Aate. The accord names parties and outlines ongoing cooperation, with both sides seeking to restore operations and community services affected by the dispute.
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W. J. Bryan
Wilson
Gosnell's Grocery
Gosnell’s Grocery
Butler, Mo
Fee. Cable
AC Mercantile Co
Butler
Cass County News
John Priestly
Charles Fyke
Fairfield
Bates County
Amoret
Bell Grove
Amsterdam Band
Louis Humble
Horton
Marmaton Bottoms
Metz Times
Toonsider
John Karr
Maria Jackson
Harry Karr
Sterling Stewart
Drexel Star
Iee
Ellis
Columbia
Missouri Farmer
Missouri
Appleton City Journal
M. A. Rowe
A. Norbury
England
New York
S. S. California
J. W. Carroll
Rockville
el Dorado
Becke
Q. Re
Dues Harrison
Gloyd
J. N. Duke
Preston
Sophia Stone
Stone
Rich Hill Review
James P. Hedges
Merwin
Lee’s
Merwin Sun
Eliza Harris
Creighton
A. T. Cheek
Pemberton
Squire Harris
Urich Herald
Girl
Bates County Press Association
Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Co
Lincoln
Nebraska
Roy C. Shoemaker
OLD Line Bankers Life Insurance Company of
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Shoemaker
Ben B. Canterbury
Milton Hall
T. H. Hall
Hudson
F. D. Gill
James Sylvester
Worland
Sarah M. Dickinson
B. F. Hainline
Sprague
J. 8
Sarah A. Preston
Grand River
E. C. Ayler
Emma Howard
Osage
John S. Ogg
Walnut
Malinda L. Baker
Joseph Walberg
Homer
Mioh
FORD
Norfleet É Ream
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