Primary Election Nomination List for Pemiscot County Missouri
County Clerk certifies a primary election on the first Tuesday in August 1920 in Pemiscot County with polling hours seven AM to sunset. The list names candidates for numerous state district county and township offices by party with home addresses and resignations.
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Memiscot
Secretary of State
Missouri
Pemiscot
Frank Baird
Ward
Caruthersville
Insignia on Army Planes Sparks Fascination in Home Front
A WWI era column predicts observers will spot insignia on army planes as they fly over farms and cities. Frederick J. Darle notes the war department may retain insignia to aid civilian identification while planes make long flights and appear unexpectedly, with symbols like a kicking mule or winged elephant signaling unit roles and speeds.
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Buddy
Stellar Aero Squadron
Argonne
Frederick J. Darle
War Department
Fire Losses in America Hit Big Figures Annually
Fire losses across the United States average 250 million dollars yearly while about 15 000 people die or are injured by fire each year highlighting the broad danger and costs.
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America
Bun Fear Keeps Comedian Off Buns
A comedian recalls a perilous sea voyage where self rising flour breaded buns formed on waves. He describes boarding a sinking ship, braving giant sharks, and washing ashore with only two bites left, ending with a vow never to eat buns again.
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Midocean
Lenberg
KNOW LITTLE ABOUT EARTH
The Scientific American Monthly editor compares the earths crust to an apple skin. Our knowledge of the globe is shallow, with the crust perhaps twenty miles thick, yet humans have bored only about a mile and a half. We send expeditions far away but neglect a vertical plunge within Manhattan.
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Scientific American Monthly
Manhattan Island
Goethals Walks Culebra Cut Amidst Massive Panama Work
A historical note recalls eight thousand men at the Culebra cut during Panama Canal construction. Night soil flows kept pace with day removal while workers stay undaunted. Colonel Goethals surveys after a major slide, commending the crew for progress as they continue digging.
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Panama Canal
Culebra
Goethals
H. H. Moore
Ambitious Assyrian envoy arrives in London
The Lady Surma d'Mar Shimum arrives in London as official ambassador from the Assyrians in the Kurdistan mountains. The quoted observer notes her handsome profile reminiscent of Montenegro's queen, adds she is bright and animated, and mentions she is over 80 years old. The Archbishop of Canterbury reportedly praised her civility after a recent interview.
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Surma d'Mar Shimum
London
Kurdistan
Argonaut
Montenegro
Canterbury
Atlantic Patrol to Observe North Atlantic Steam Lines
After the Titanic wreck, eleven leading European nations with the United States and Canada fund a north Atlantic observation service. US Coast Guard cutters Seneca and Tampa patrol during warmer months, broadcasting wireless iceberg reports to ships.
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Europe
United States
Canada
United States Coast Guard
Seneca
Tampa
Sunrise Omission Reveals Bohemian Artist’s Joke
An artist guiding a young woman through his studio explains he has never painted a sunrise because he is never up that early. The remark highlights his bohemian reputation as he stumbles over the punchline.
No Longer Simple Problem of Food Across The East
A fragmented satire on hunger and civilization traces a shift from simple meals to a metaphorical feast. It mocks overanalyzed hunger as a social issue, referencing the far East, the League of Nations, and poetic ideals. The piece ends with a surreal image of pheumodactylines and a New York Evening Post bottle.
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Far East
Far
East
League of Nations
Bam
Belasca
Army Corps
Two Negro Soldiers Plan After Armistice
A Boston Transcript excerpt shares a dialogue between two Black soldiers, Rastus and Jake, about life after the war. They discuss wearing white or black outfits and end with Jake saying he will wear black crepe to Rastus's funeral, highlighting themes of race and hostility.
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Rastus
Jake
Wendell D. Howle
Boston Transcript
Scrubwoman Quip Drives Laugh In Official Language Row
Representative Prear interrupting a report quips that official language is ludicrous recalling a government scrape between two scrubwomen. An inquiry followed where one woman allegedly caused ocular and nasal contusions and reply notes the answer lies in the infirmary.
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Prear
Boy requests extra balloons at speedway ad
A four year old asks for two balloons from a tire company at the speedway. The vendor says one balloon per boy. The boy then calmly answers that he has a sister who has a brother, implying he is the brother. The anecdote appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis News
Law and the Profits Dialog Echoes Supply Demand
A quizzical exchange frames a ribald aside about profit making. A culprit jokes that his path to profit came from the law of supply and demand, admitting a plan to secure money to meet demand.
War Shorn of Its Glamour In Modern Salon Report
The Salon des Artistes Francais opens with war damaged art where painters at the front render misery over triumph. A tired soldier, bloodlike stains on a handkerchief, and blinded imagery mark a stark honesty. War’s horror replaces romantic battle scenes.
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Salon Des Artistes Francais
Ife
Garry
Michel
Dousurgues
Repetition of History on Fashion through the Ages
A fragment notes that modern bobbed hair mirrors early 17th century trends. It cites a Blackwood article claiming James I era women wore doublets and hose, provoking satire in 1620. The piece links extravagant dress and bobbing hair to Puritan-era cautionary views on female fashion.
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Blackwood
Selling Sheep Under Difficulties story of sales trip
Dean B. Stover, a Brockton shoe salesman, makes a sale after overcoming flood chaos. He travels to a North Carolina town by taxi, is blocked by a washed out bridge, finds a skiff, rows across, meets the customer, and hawks samples from the roadside to secure the order.
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Dean B. Stover
Brockton
North Carolina
Mr. Stover
All Blush Now Playwright Cites Publisher Conviction
Eugene Walter comments on a New York publisher being convicted for an obscene novel calling it harmless. He recalls a girls school anecdote at the Metropolitan Museum where a principal warns pupils they will all blush at the next statue but one.
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Eugene Walter
New York
Gald
Metropolitan Museum
Newlyweds Begin Honeymoon Colony in Surrey Moat Meadow
In Farnham Surrey a honeymoon colony of four couples lives in tents after house shortages render them homeless. A meadow hosts about six tents at the wood edge with plans to grow as more couples apply for admission. This note comes from the Continental Edition of the London Mall.
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England
Farnham
Surrey
Shortge
London Mall
Immunity From Ivy Poisoning Proposed by Dr Schumberg
Dr Jay Frank Schumberg describes a treatment in the Journal of the American Medical Association to render ivy-susceptible individuals immune by post meal doses of a preparation made from poison ivy in gradually increasing amounts. Immunity lasts about a month and higher doses may cure ivy poisoning.
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Jay Frank Schumberg
Journal of the American Medical
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