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Newspaper
Democrat Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1921
Page
1
The Missouri bonus for veterans may fall short by 3 to 4 million dollars, risking denial for about 30 000 eligible Missourians. Officials warn an additional constitutional amendment and a state constitutional convention may be needed, with criticism aimed at current state administration.
Augustus Thomas, then 11, recalls serving as page boy in the Missouri House of Representatives in Jefferson City. The 1868 sessions featured five page boys, paid 90 dollars monthly, plus postage stamps and office supplies, under patronage and spoils systems. The boys became quick parliamentarians amid desk clatters and clumsy cloture gaffes, with stories of sand versus blotting paper and a clerical desk with a clattering cuspidor. Notable events included the fifteenth amendment adoption, Phoebe Couzins’s female suffrage address, and Carl Schurz’s election to the U.S. Senate.
A New York Sun item notes a bid to listen to German music in English. A request asks for good clean rags offered at five cents a pound at the Democrat Tribune office.
A humorous clipping notes a revival of hoop skirts in fashion, citing a French journal predicting they will dominate in a year. It traces early designs to Omar the tentmaker and P T Barnum, recounting Queen Elizabeth and Civil War era hoop skirt hysteria while joking about drift and public appetite for novelty. The piece also quips that advertising profits drive industry forward.
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