Get All You Can While The Getting Is Good
The Globe-Democrat profiles John Grote of St. Charles as deputy game and fish commissioner while sheriff in fact, noting he held multiple offices under Governor Hyde. It cites state payroll findings linking Potter and Smith to the State Tax Commission and questions of political graft and job holdings in Missouri politics.
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Globe-Democrat
John Grote
St. Charles
Grote
Hyde
Michael E. Casey
Kansas City
Senate
State Tax Commission
James A. Potter
Lawrence County
Emory Smith
Barry County
Potter
Wm. P. Elmer
Dent County
Tax Commission
Smith
St. Louis
Missouri Prohibition Agent Costs Highlight State Overspending
The article attacks Attorney General Barrett for appointing Fred M. Tate as a prohibition agent, detailing high monthly expense accounts and hotel costs. It notes Tate’s $15 daily salary, an annual $25,000 appropriation for agents, and contrasts with unemployed figures in St. Louis. It also praises Sedalia’s efforts on the southern cross-state highway and projects progress toward a completed regional artery between St. Louis and Kansas City.
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St. Louis County
Barrett
Fred M. Tate
Tate
Jefferson City
Sedalia
Babylonian Time System and Its Spread Across Cultures
The Babylonians defined an hour as 60 minutes and divided the sun’s path into 24 parasangs, about four and a half miles each. Astronomers mapped the sun’s full course to 24 parasangs of 300 degrees, with each parasang split into 60 minutes, a system later transmitted to the Greeks.
Tibetan Remedies For Cold Pain Use Eye Of Sheep
The Brooklyn Eagle notes Tibetan practice using sheep eye with fat rubbed on the painful area to ease severe cold effects. Other remedies include centipede skin plasters fried mutton fat dressings and chapped onions used by mountaineers in Tibet for the same purpose.
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Tibet
Brooklyn Eagle
Dodging Automobiles as a Healthful Exercise Cited
Witt Narroviso notes a physician claims dodging cars is a healthful exercise. If you succeed in dodging, the transcript from Boston emphasizes practical safety ideas and personal reflex training.
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Boston. Transcript
The Cautious Missourians weigh big words
The Monen Journal notes that a man who speaks grandly may face conviction for delivering short weight suggesting caution in rhetoric and measurements.
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Monen Journal
Wanted good clean rags for five cents a pound
The Democrat Tribune offers five cents per pound for good clean rags. Bring bags to the newspaper office for sale.
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Democrat- Tribune
Mouth cleansing agents in early 20th century Europe
The text notes canned tomatoes and fruity juices stimulate the mouth and salivary glands, with tomatoes described as an antiscorbutic when swallowed. It cites vin gar from wine or cider as an effective mouth and teeth cleaner, and observes toothpaste use is less popular in Italy, Spain, and France than in the United States where wine is preferred as a mouth lavage.
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Italy
Spain
France
United States
Jefferson City Sealed Bids for Main Street Repairs
Jefferson City Missouri invites sealed bids by December 5 1921 at 8 p m for labor and material to repair Main Street between intersections including Hub Manila and Ware Havana. Work covers cold patch and crushed stone with payment by special tax bills. Bid bonds 10 percent. Council to open bids and award contracts. right to reject all bids reserved. F E Ross City Engineer.
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Jefferson City
Council Chamber
Main Street
Hub Street
Ware Street
City of
Jefferson
Missouri
Council
Manila
Naear
Havana Street
Manila Street
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Joseph Goldman
Cole County Democrat Printing CO
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Issouri
Trust Building
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Lewis Cigar
Newark
N. J
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Dr. Price
Tradespoon
Ail Grocers
F. E. Ross
Corneil
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