08 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Democrat Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1921
Page
1
A Missouri newspaper column laments the primary law as a tool of political manipulators, recounts indictments in St Louis, and warns that labor unions may push for anti strike measures while legislators debate judge nominations and costly paper. The piece denounces the primary system as inequitable and a barrier to honest elections.
The narrator recalls artist Landseer visiting a home at St Johns Weed with a live lion brought from the zoo to model for Nelsons pillar. Landseer also painted The Baptismal Font during a stay, and once drew a charging bull from an album after muttering bulls bulls bulls.
Judge Louis Repet of the district court bars giggling and cosmetically made up women from jury duty. Court instructions require juries to exclude busy wives of workingmen mothers of small children and any mix of men. The order targets immature women who giggle rouge and powder but do not think.
West Warren Post of the American Legion votes to award a gift of 25 to every member who marries. The measure, passed at the annual meeting, applies retroactively to the date of organization. The offer honors legionaries who wed while members.
Henry DeWyl and South Side Drug Store recommend the product as the world’s best coin remedy in Jefferson City, highlighting its trusted status and local endorsement.
A New York Herald report states that seven members will benefit from a policy or decision. It notes the distribution or advantage conferred and identifies the context reference to the seven named beneficiaries within the article.
The famed French actress Sarah Bernhardt, aged yet agile, stars in Daniel by Louis Verneuil. Audiences at the first night and beyond rose in unison, applauding as she embodies a youthful male lead with her legendary stage magnetism. She plans to sell Belle Isle fortress off Brittany, keeping a tomb rock title from which her memory may rest, inspired by Chateaubriand.
The bell symbol marks Buddhism, varying by region. In Burma bells glitter in pagoda spires, ringing softly and prettily. Japanese bells tell stories in inscriptions, legends, and history, while East bells emphasize contemplation over social joy. The Buddhist bell speaks of eternity, offering solace in sorrow and detachment from worldly affairs.
Haleyville Alabama reports a tornado struck early today, moving the residence of E J McNabe without injuring the sleeping family. Several buildings were lifted, about a score demolished, but no serious injuries.
The United States Geological Survey identifies Mount Marcy as the highest peak in New York, located in the Adirondacks and rising 5,844 feet above sea level. The state's average elevation is estimated at about 8,000 feet.
Old newspapers fetch high value in Manchuria where tenants and owners install ceilings and partitions. Frameworks of millet stalks are first covered with newsprint then white paper. Prewar imports sold at 4 1/2 cents a pound. current Chinese and Japanese paper around 3 3/4 cents.
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