Kidnapped Baby Found Dead In Well Near Springfield
The body of baby Lloyd Keet was found in a well on the Crenshaw estate near Bolivar following a mob pursuit of seven alleged kidnapers. Sheriff Webb is fleeing toward the penitentiary with the suspects as hundreds gather and demand swift justice.
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International News Service
Springfield
Webb
Buddy” Keet
Crenshaw
State Penitentiary
Claude Piersol
Keet
Piersoll
Adams
Jefferson City
Manny Simmons
Edward Conklin
Charles Holland
Dick Crenshaw
Simmons
Lloyd
O'Day
Henaw
O’day
State
C. A. Clement
City Weighing Clerk Suspended Over Coal Short Weights
City Clerk J. Frank Morris suspended the city scales weigher pending an investigation into repeated short coal loads from 150 to 800 pounds. Mayor Frank Chapman away, Morris personally weighed deliveries on Monroe Street and found consistent shortfalls, confirming the issue lay with the weigher. The report notes previous similar incidents in Jefferson City and calls for firm action to protect coal buyers.
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J. Frank Morris
Frank, Chapman
Mr. Morris
Morris
Monroe Street
City Hall
Jefferson City
Free bridge day plan discussed by Commercial Club
A motion to hold a free bridge day at least twice monthly or weekly will be considered by the Commercial Club. The idea, backed by the Capital News, aims to draw Jefferson City residents and nearby farmers to boost trade across the river and counter mail order competition.
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International News Service
Springfield
Buddy” Keet
Caplinger’s
Commercial Club
Capital News
Jefferson City
Cole County
Callaway
Boyne
Fulton
State Board of Agriculture to Meet on Headquarters Move
The State Board of Agriculture meets in Jefferson City on June 14 to consider moving headquarters from Columbia to the capital. Governor Gardner argues centralizing at the state capital saves money, noting the move would affect a dozen or more employees and could greatly aid the board’s work in Jefferson City.
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State Board of Agriculture
Jefferson City
Columbia
Gardner
League of Nations to Enforce Peace Demands from Russia Note
Washington reports the note to Russia calls for a league of free nations to enforce peace. The United States rejects the prewar status quo and outlines aims including territorial transfer limits, righting wrongs, and protection from rulers imposed by force, with safeguards against future outlaw powers.
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League OF Nations
International News Service
Washington
League of Free Nations
Russia
America
United States
Father and son reunite in Kansas City journey
G. A. Fischer left last night for Kansas City to meet his son Clifford who is coming from Ft. Riley where he trains in the officers camp. They will spend the day together.
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G. A. Fischer
Kansas City
Clifford
Ft. Riley
High Water Threatens Crops as River Rises
The Callaway River is rising at about one inch per hour threatening the second bottoms on the Callaway side and could flood lowland crops. Weather officials warn another one and a half feet rise by Tuesday, potentially higher than in years past.
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Callaway
Fisher
Weather Bureau
Louis
Madison Street
Weather Report Forecast Warmth After Cloudy Start
A light to moderate air mass brings warmer today followed by a cloudy Monday. Nair is not defined in this excerpt.
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Ae Oo Nair
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Conklin
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J. Holland Keet
Baby Keet
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Mrs. Keet
Chapman
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Central Theatre
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Champ Clark
Dunne
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Hale Thompson
Chicago
Anna Dwyer
Chicago Morals Court
Virginia Brooks
M. P. Boynton
Woodlawn Baptist Church
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M. E. Church
Judge Hopkins
Florence King
Ichildren
Iif
Illinois Vice Commission
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Son
Missouri River
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