Decker Gets Ten Years for Highway Robbery
Roy Decker was sentenced to ten years in prison by Judge Slate after pleading guilty to robbing a gambling house in the city on March 15. Co-defendant Danzell, age 16, received two years in reform school due to confession and youth. Decker, 19, fled to Texas before surrendering at Sedalia and being brought to jail.
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Roy Decker
Slate
Gird Dauzell
Reform School
Westhues
Danzell
Decker
Texas
Sedalia
Upton and Black Tie The Knot in Olean Ceremony
John F. Upton and Miss Ora Black of Olean wed today at noon in a ceremony conducted by Judge Dunn.
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John F. Upton
Ora Blackburn
Olean
Dunn
Studebaker 4 Passenger Club Roadster For Sale
Studebaker four passenger roadster in late model pink condition looks nearly new. Price attractive. Sold through Ruwart Motor Car Company distributors of Studebaker cars. 4-16-?
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Studebaker
Ruwart Motor Car Company
Speedy sets unmatched high dive record in city history
The Kansas City Star reports Kearney P. Speedy born and raised here dove 186% feet into 4% feet of water without getting his back wet. He is brother to Nick Speedy and son of Calvin Speedy, Sr, learned diving on the Missouri River with Chas Dewey and other local athletes.
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Kansas City
Secretary Becker Returns to Meet New Daughter in St Louis
Secretary of State Chas. U. Becker left the capitol this afternoon to renew acquaintance with his newborn daughter, who with her mother are in St. Louis. The child arrived last Sunday and Becker had been in St. Louis earlier in the week before explaining his urgency to travel.
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Chas. U. Becker
St. Louis
Becker
Capitol
Used Cars at Ruwart Motor Car Company
Advertisement for Ruwart Motor Car Company offering good used cars located at 105 Monroe Street opposite Missouri Pacific Depot. Public notice date 4-15.
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Ruwart’ Motor Car Company
Monroe Street
Missouri Pacific Depot
Arnhold Gar age Co. buys Otto Simon home at 618 East McCarty
Hugo Arnhold of the Arnhold Garage and Sale Co purchases Otto Simon's home at 618 East McCarty Street for 6500 dollars and plans to move in within a few days.
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Hugo Arnhold
Otto Simon
McCarty Street
The
Arnhold Garage and Sale Co
Blizzard Grips Colorado With Heavy Snow and Gale
Denver reports a severe blizzard with a forty two mile per hour gale at 11 this morning and worsening conditions. Pueblo and central southern Colorado logged heavy wet snow with Palmer Lake and Colorado Springs recording 15 inches to a foot, straining wire traffic as Rock Island Railroad deploys snow plows on the Chicago Colorado line.
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Denver
Colo
Pueblo
Colorado
Palmer Lake
Colorado Springs
Rock Island Railroad
Francis shadow follows governor’s long-time aide Phil Jordan
Phil Jordan, valet to former Ambassador Francis and longtime Governor Francis shadow, visits his old home. He left with the governor 32 years ago and has traveled the world in his service, frequently accompanying the governor on trips.
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Phil Jordan
Ambassador Francis
Phil
Governor Francis
Francis
Cold Weather Forecast After Midwest Storm
The weather bureau forecasts colder air after today as a storm sweeps the Middle West. The bureau says the Eastern states will not be hit by the storm.
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Washington
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Central Labor Union of Jefferson City Elects Officers
At Friday’s meeting the Central Labor Union of Jefferson City elected James Frazier as president and Wm Tarbett as secretary treasurer. Leg Ferguson became vice president and Wm Ross sergeant at arms. A relief effort for Irish aid was approved with a $5 donation and a delegate selected for the State Federation of Labor convention in St Joseph in May.
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Central Labor Union of
Jefferson City
State Federation of Labor
St. Joe
Chas
Fear
Joplin
Missouri
James Frazier
Wm. Tarbett
Leg Ferguson
Wm. Ross
Sargeant-At-Arms
James Frazir
John F. Koester
Martin Lasehuit
New Label
A. Koecher
Wm. Wish
John Faust
Frazier
Wm. M. Tarbett
Harry Meisenbach
Irish Relief Committee
St. Joseph
Gilpin Infant Dies Saturday Morning
The little son of Mr and Mrs George Gilpin died on Saturday morning. Friends express sympathy to the bereaved couple.
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George Gilpin
Mrs. Gilpin
Tragedy Topics and Tangled Payday Anecdotes
A terse collage of urban miseries and oddities. Notes on paying five dollars for cold tea, rummaging a twenty dollar bill, a top restaurant tale, a waterless wash basin, a slow clock miscue, and a conflicted pay cycle. Ends with a sly nod to a denied romance and a Legion Weekly reference.
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American Legion Weekly
Beauty Parlor Set to Open in Capital City Saturday
Blanche Vaughn announces the opening of a new beauty parlor in the capital city. The shop will be located over Dallmeyer’s big store on High Street and offer manicuring hairdressing massaging chiropody and scalp treatments. Appointments via phone 1249.
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Capital City
Dallmeyer
High Street
1920 Studebaker Model 4 Passenger Coupe for sale
Ruwart Motor Car Company offers a 1920 Studebaker Model 4 Passenger Coupe in first class condition. Car is described as like new with a right price and terms for responsible buyers. Trade ins accepted on this model.
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Studebaker
Ruwart Motor Car Company
Gompers Weds Gertrude Neuscheler in New York
Samuel Gompers age 71 and AFL president married Mrs Gertrude Neuscheler 38 in New York. Formerly from Zanesville Ohio she is an artist. The couple left for a wedding trip to Toronto after the ceremony.
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United Press
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gertrude Neuscheler
Gompers
Zanesville
Toronto
Canada
Chapman in Critical Condition Likely Near Death
Former mayor R. H. Chapman remains in critical condition as physicians report death is momentarily expected and likely within hours. Local reporters await official confirmation of his passing.
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R. H. Chapman
Hide the Knee Sways Back Into Fashion
After two years of exposure the feminine knee is to be covered again as skirts shorten only to mid calf. Mary Schott of New York cites Paris influence and Bush Terminal manufacturers describe the current short, tight fit with ankles and a hint of calf, paired with silk stockings for summer.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Paris
Mary Schott
Bush Terminal
Tornado Ravages Texarkana Area Killing Dozens
United Press report from Hope Arkansas describes a northeastern Texas and southeastern Arkansas tornado that left about forty dead and two hundred injured. The storm damaged farms and plantations across a one mile by twenty five mile path, with towns including Dolph Marlbrook Avenger Blevins and Washington suffering heavy losses. Rescue workers and Red Cross disaster experts were dispatched to the scene.
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Red Cross
Texas
Arkansas
Hope
Ark
Texarkana
Homestead County
Dolph
Washington
Marlbrook
Miller County
Blevins
St. Louis
American Red Cross
Southwest Division
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Kansas City Star
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Bel Ain
Lot III
Ala
the Quality Store
Francis’ Shadow
Ambassador’s Valet
Central Labor Union
Blanche
Vaughn
A. F. L. Marines
Chapman
Fashion
Avenger, Tex
Men’s Brown English
Oxford West
Price
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
McCoy
Baltimore, Maryland
Johns Hopkins
Alstee! Safe
Amisteel
Casa B
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