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Multiple News Bits From Lamar Missouri and Beyond
A Lamar man sought poison to end his life but failed to buy it from four local druggists and gave up the attempt. Other items note Chillicothe to gain an 80 room hotel, a St Louis police raid yielding nearly a thousand arrests at lid lifting clubs, and a large bank deal wherein the National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis takes over Commonwealth Trust Company deposits, swelling to about 9 million dollars. The Fayette Leader reports sprouted pumpkin seeds inside a sound pumpkin, leaving green leaves, a mystery. A Bloomfield trio involved a fatal 22 rifle accident killing 13 year old Tommy Buck, condolence voiced by his mother. Reports cover Chinese reforms, Austrian reservists, Hong Kong shop fines over Japanese goods, Boston’s new tunnel, political shifts in New York, and Kentucky’s dry counties. Local notes describe the Hornet’s ad limits, a Thanksgiving corn drive by J E Black, and Southeast Missouri Teachers’ association restructuring toward a normal board controlling meets. Barn dances described artistically, rising divorce concerns, rat crusades in Britain, and Danish rat act effects on jobs.