28 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Daily Capital News
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
1
Senate agricultural committee votes bone dry prohibition extending to beer with presidential discretion on wine. Food council bill bearing the amendment reported to the Senate. consideration pushed to tomorrow amid rising Prohibitionist jubilation and forecasted hard fight ahead.
Chicago and Alton to place a new time card July 8 for the Cedar City Mexico branch. Train from Mexico will stop at Fulton at 8 30 in the morning.
The article notes the canceled through train to Jefferson City causes hardship for travelers, as the only daytime train will arrive Cedar City around 4 50 p m and depart at 5 p m back to Mexico, depriving Cedar City and connected travelers of service on the Alton line.
London reports twenty one British ships over 1 600 tons and seven smaller sunk by submarines in the past week. Since mid April a total of 331 British vessels have been sunk.
London reports the war office has given no update on Lens progress in 72 hours. British commander aims to withhold details until the final blow. German positions show some pressure relief under British assault.
The ad promotes 11 percent pound prices on items including 9 cans No 2 chili beans 10 cans No 2 Sugar House Molasses 10 cans No 3 Stork Pumpkin 8 cans No 3 Peeled Peaches 8 cans large FFOG Milk $1.00 per dozen or per row. Soap cakes and canned fruit items listed with price per unit. Also special prices on flour and coffee.
Attorney General Medallister ruled the new state Tax Commission cannot set final valuations for corporate property. The act aimed to value public service corporations separately without State Board of Equalization approval, but real and personal property remain the two recognized classes. Total corporate valuation in the state last year was about $200.97 million.
John Wesley Thompson and Miss Lillian Allen, popular local couple, married quietly at 9:30 pm yesterday at the M E parish house by Rev. McDonald. They left for Denver and other western cities, stopping in Kansas City on return to visit relatives. Thompson, a baker, will supply treats for the National Guard company when mobilized.
New York reports an American schooner four neutral vessels and one British liner destroyed by mines or submarines. The losses total thirty lives across the incidents.
The Missouri prison board led by W. R. Painter Henry Andrae and J. Kelly Pool visited Chillicothe to assess the girls industrial school now under board control They plan daily reports from headquarters and aim to centralize management of all state institutions from Jefferson City with swift oversight of the Chillicothe and Tipton facilities. The board expected to return later today.
The navy department closed a contract for 200000 wind and waterproof shirts for bluejackets on submarines and patrol boats. The shirts are described as nearly as tight as barrels with cemented seams reinforced by straps.
Mayor Frank Chapman was chosen secretary of the Commercial Club at a directors meeting in the city hall building. He will be paid 175 dollars a month and will resign from active grocery store management, turning duties to his brother and son.
Geo Porth Jr. traveled to Sedalia yesterday on a business trip and will have Capital News figure the job cost.
French port reports Pershing's men arriving by transports with no losses and a royal welcome. General Pershing travels from Paris to greet troops as Washington announces mobilization plans for 625,000 National Guard and a new military censorship framework overseen by Brigadier General Frank McIntyre.
An unsettled weather pattern continues today and Friday with local thunder showers likely across the region. We expect showery conditions, brief downpours, and periods of scattered sunshine between bursts. Temperature ranges remain mild with humid air and light to moderate winds.
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