Wide Range of Proposed Laws in Missouri General Assembly
A broad package of bills introduced in both chambers covers pardons and paroles, indeterminate sentences, shoe leather substitutes, marriage license medical exams, levee funding, poultry board audit, note taxation, city primary reforms, highway and school measures, apportionment, and several local and municipal bills. Key figures include Senator Kinney, Representative Orr, and Col. Mike McGrath. actions propose a three member governor appointed board, staff salaries, and a mix of fiscal and governance changes across multiple counties and cities.
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General Assembly
Peerson City
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Wenure
Kinney
St. Louis
Major
Orr
Benton
Senator Kinney
Craig
Greene
Drake Watson
Balls County
Henry C. Ermat
S. Louis
Erman
House
Geerate
McGrath
Overall
Hawkins
Dunklin
Sheehan
St. Louis Court of Appeals
Tyler
Clara Mixer
Sedalia
State Capitol
O'Brien
Palbricht
Ocmeg
County Rhitt Te
Mrr
Crossly
Sumuror Cassidy
McClintic
Hayts School Notes Honor Roll and Attendance Report
The superintendent notes honor roll provisions and daily attendance reminders for Hayts School. It lists students by rooms including High School, Miss Wright, Miss Hill, Miss Smith, Miss Mize, Miss Winters, and Miss McFarhind, naming many pupils. The piece cites excessive rains delaying attendance and praises parents who sent children to school despite bad weather, honoring school spirit. Visitors during the month are Mesdames T A McNail M Cunningham Jettie Sturm.
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Glydis Chistu
Melia Morris
Mandedis
Edith Lewis
Eula Hale
Vines Graham
Enel Lewis
Miss Winters
John Adis
Georgian Chineron
Senitor Gateher
Helen Phipps
Ova Powell
Harold Popham
Yancy Sullivant
Essie Spencer
George Portwood
Lena Powell
Benny Portwood
Augusta Gross
Toy Wilbanks
Susie May Ward
Miss McFarhind
Robbie Hillard
Lillian
Ex House
Kenuit
Depot Avent
Tanner
Uncle Josh's Dictionary excerpt from local exchange
A humor piece defines local terms with humorous mishearings and malapropisms. It lampoons professions and daily life like editor preacher principal and barber, with playful definitions reflecting social norms and small town talk.
Senator Owen reelected as flood tolls rise in national recap
The piece notes Senator Robert Owen's reelection at a joint legislature session and cites a New York Senate vote. It surveys a wide range of items from voter eligibility by citizenship to disasters in the Ohio sequence near Uniontown Kentucky and Mount Vernon Indiana, plus a Daylight Special wreck near Mellin Station.
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United Siates
Robert L. Owen
Oblitheta
New York
Senate
United States
Ohio
Wabash
Uniontown
Indiana
Mount Vernon
Frank Ryan
Harry Woods
Edward J. Shuvvleff
Illinois Center
View Mellin Station
Ford Coun
Too Good to Lose Exchange Sparks Banter
A brief exchange between Harry and Blanche turns on a stinging remark about rhiptisement and sending back letters. Harry insists the letters were thoughtfully prepared and deserve reuse, signaling a playful yet charged moment.
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Jack
Coffee testing kills rabbits confirms caffeine effect
A scientific fact notes that several rabbits died when caffeine was tested on them. The result is presented as proof of caffeine's intended action and its impact on the animals involved. The report references a courier or official publication.
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Colley Bever
Mr Meekton Faces Suffragette Club Trouble
A dialogue fragment shows Mr Meekton questioning why a wife would join the Suffragette Club. He grimly answers that he wants to see the club get all the trouble that's coming. The exchange hints at social tension around women's suffrage in a dated humorous tone.
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Mr. Meekton
Notable Local Figures Listed in Community Card
Messrs K Chism Geo W Davis Elmer Stephens A G Sanders D D Harbert Various Oates Julius Kohn Rev H W King Rev J B Lyle Misses Bessie King Leota Gilliland Ethel Perkins Violet Hayes Pearl Foley are named in a community roster reflecting local professionals clergy and ladies of the town with multiple surnames across professions and roles.
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K. Chism
Geo. W. Davis
Elmer Stephens
A. G. Sanders
D. D. Harbert
Various Oates
Julius Kohn
H. W. King
J. B. Lyle
Bessie King
Leota Gilliland
Ethel Perkins
Violet Hayes
Pearl Foley
Battle Over Conservation and Parcel Post Monopoly
Conservations forces in Washington face a clash with state rights advocates under the incoming Wilson administration. Debates spark over federal control of natural resources in Coosa River dam plans and a push to government take over express companies via the parcel post system. Washington hearings on tariffs proceed as Democrats press for bills, while protectionists rally to block rapid tariff cuts with broad opposition across both houses.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Alabama
Coosa River
Coosa
James River
Missouri
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Parcel Post
Uncle Sam
Friends
Post Office Department
Interatate Commerce Commission
Hitchcock
Eaid
Congress
Lewis
Maryland
Goeke
Ohio
Oscar W. Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
High Protection
Ways and Means
Bil
House Committee On Ways and Means
Underwood
House
Serena E. Payne
Joseph W. Fordney
Protection
Senate Protectionista
Senate
Penrose
Smoot
Mr. Penrose
Mr. Smoot
United States Congress
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St. Francis
Black Rivers
Ripley
Butler
Stodayard
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Dunkin
Dunklin County
State Poultry Board
Baldwin
Elate
Hodgdon
Asbury al Cooper
Municipal Assembly of
State Good Lands
Easure
Hunt
Dentining
Callon
Ji Bie
Hodedon
Barbee
Silvne County
Tuggle
Allee
Rodgers
James J. Kyle
Repo
Ozark
W. H. Tegetham
St. Louis County
Mike McGrath
EB. L. Moore
Barton
Grant County
Daily Thought
George Liot
Abe Lincoln
Hayts School
Mesdames
T. A. MecNail
M. M. Cunningham
Jettie Sturm
Josh
Hienry C. Freeman
Bicker
Roe
Arson Trust
Edward D. Blinn
Thins
Willan Rockefeller
Jeky Leland
Goorei
Nio Committee
Money Trust
Department of State
Wheeling
Vera Cruz
Mexico
First National Bank of
High Bridge
N. J
Joe Thomas
Steubenville
Goores Wo Nowra
War
Nemiehes
Norris Brown
Norris
Vols
Devocrats
Chicago
George Meadows
House of Correction
Bayt Teen
Aimee
J. HH. Brady
Idaho
George M. Brown
Cleveland
Joseph Bronk
Rose Kase Pur
Ban
W. K. Webb
N. Newel Banders
Robert Love ‘Kaylor
Women's Parfrage
Euiindiment
The
Modern Women of Anertcn
Sips
Elewick
England
Joseph Tulfree
Marshalltown
Tuffree
Coosa River Dam
George Clinton
Interstate Commerce Commission
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