Missouri Doings Bribery Case Dismissed
In Jefferson City Missouri, the bribery case against former Prosecuting Attorney I P Brown was dismissed after key witnesses refused to testify, invoking their constitutional right not to incriminate themselves. The State aimed to prove payments tied to prosecutorial actions, but without witness testimony the indictment collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
I. P. Brown
F. M. Brown
Prise
Ae Lee Trueblood
Chari Glenn
Stone
Glenn
Stone Wednesday
State Fair Board Plans Dates for Racing Events
The State Fair Board orders contracts for two new cattle barns and several hobwe barns and schedules a meeting of officers to arrange a racing date window of about eleven weeks. J A Potts of Moxie named new provisional chief. attendees include J Wo HNL Chillicottie Secretary Joho Rippey laumeaster A V Nelson Letaven HF Hand Appletoy Clio Alexander Maitland MWehmond and Park May dian Houstonia.
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J. A. Potts
Moxie
Che Wand
Johe Wo
HNL
Chillicottie
Joho
Rippey
Laumeaster
Masier A.V. Nelwon
Letaven
Appletoy Clio
Alexander Maitland
Mwehmond
Prk Maydian
Houstonia
State University Attracts Inquiries From Abroad
Columbia Mo reports foreign interest in entering the state agricultural college. Inquiries arrive from Egypt and Syria about entrance requirements as Obra Salem of Alexandria spearheads efforts to bring American scientific farming methods. A letter from George Mon beyed of Beirut says he will join a party of Baypsians to travel to Columbia in September, with several Turkish students likely to accompany them.
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Columbia
Minsiguri Tut Everaty
Jettera
Egypt
State Agricultural College
Kayir Finn
Obra Salem
Alexandria
Agricultural College
Kia
Istaat
George Monbeyed
Beirut
Syria
Baypsians
Jail Break at Perryville Seeks Escapees
In Perryville Missouri a one armed man Fain Parr and a man named Johnson escaped from jail with a black coworker. They used the bull ring to start a fire and knocked a hole in a brick wall to flee. A youth prisoner refused to accompany them. The escapees face felonious charges while the youth is charged with a misdemeanor.
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Perryville
Parr
Neero
Johnson
Batunday
Martin
Governor Dockery Misses New Year Ball Tradition
Jefferson City Missouri report notes the governor did not host the New Year's Day ball once held to honor State Guard officers. The event was canceled out of respect for the governor's late wife, Mrs Dockery, who died on New Year’s Day earlier this year.
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Jefferson City
Governors Monson
State Guard
Dockery
Measles Drive Missourian to Suicide near Columbia
In Columbia Missouri a young man named Brown, aged twelve, contracted measles weeks earlier. His physicians said the illness unbalanced his mind. He hunted on Saturday with his widowed mother nearby, then returned with rabbits for a servant, and shot himself behind a smoke house, dying from the self-inflicted wound.
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Columbia
Mra
Jaormes Brown
Brown
Marriage Announcement From Columbia Missouri
Meade Saturday announced the marriage next Thursday of Miss Mary Halo of Co to Thomas Lafon of St. Louis. The ceremony will be held in Columbia at the Calvary Episcopal Church. Mimi Hale, a prominent woman architect, has earned a large sum and is noted for her work on the Missouri Colony project at Mursty and several state buildings.
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Columbia
Meade
Miss Mary
Halo of
Thomas Lafon
St. Louis
Calvary Epiecopal Whirch
Mimi Hale
United
8Ivea Vam
Abe
Lars
Phe
Mieiwuri Colony
Mursty
Sev
Coldest Winter Lows Reported Across Missouri Towns
The La Belle thermometer fell to 22 degrees below zero, the coldest of the season, with Shelbina and Macon recording 15 and 12 to 16 below zero respectively. A historical comparison shows Missouri towns in the backbone between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers experiencing record lows, while Onem marked 124 below. Clear skies and calm winds accompanied the frigid night.
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Labelle
Shelbina
Macon
Bunding
Ielrutonte
Sera
Fire drills ordered for Kansas City schools after theater fire
Kansas City Missouri officials announce mandatory fire drills for all public schools following a Chicago theater blaze. The plan, prompted by past tragedies, will begin immediately and become routine. Fire Chief Trickett seeks approval to place firemen at each emergency exit during performances, supplementing existing stage safety rules.
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Kaneay City
Chicago
Kansas City
Sach
Killal
Wan
Trickett
Fire Department
Rock Island Plans Branch Line To Cole Camp
Bisialia Missouri contractor Doud of the Rock Island construction department says a branch line from Sedalia to Cole Camp will start in the early spring. Completion to Cole Camp expected within a month and to Windsor by February 20. Cost estimates reviewed. Cole Camp Junction likely a division point and the line to Kansas City may be double tracked before year’s end.
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Bisialia
Doud
Rock Island
Sealin
Cole Camp
Windsor
Sodalia
Dowd
Cole Camp Junction
Kan Sia City
State Superintendent reports rise in license fees
Jefferson City Mo Robert Yates, state superintendent of Lasue ance, Saturday announced the department collected about 46,861.34 in fees for the year, up from 42,057.02 last year, a gain of 4,524.92. Principal increase stems from brokers obeying the state law, with receipts from five companies led by life company at 29,479.40 and miscellaneous and other categories totaling 96,005.04.
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Jefferson City
Robert
Yates
Lasueance
Life Companion
Miscellaneumn
Brokure
Excessawar Boo
Notable Hereford breeder Simpson remembered at Independence home
Kania Olty and Mu T A Simpson of Gudgell Simpson, renowned Hereford cattle breeders, are honored at the Independence home of Charles Gudgell. Simpson, born in Kentucky, settled in Missouri soon after the Civil War, and has long been one of the nation's leading breed cattle men for twenty five years.
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Kania Olty
Mu. T. A. Simpson
Gudgell & Simpson
Charles Gudgell
Independence
Mr. Simpson
Ano
Kentucky
Migsouni
Insurance Companies Licensed in Jefferson City 1608
Sixteen insurers received licenses to operate in Jefferson City during 1608 under State Superintendent Robert G. Vateu. The list includes fire companies, town mutuals, life insurers, regular companies, and superior premium firms, totaling sixteen licensed entities.
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Jefferson City
Mos
Robert G. Vateu
Fires Destroy W S Spoved Residence Near Sedalia Mo
Sedalia Missouri reports a Sunday afternoon fire that destroyed the country home of W S Spoved a wealthy Porths only Stockton located three miles east of Sedalia. The loss is estimated at 7000 with 2000 in SIRANCY.
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Sedalia
W. S. Spoved
Stockton
Appoints School Commissioner in Johnson County
Gov. Dockery announces W. B. Shipp of Centerview named school commissioner of Johnson County to fill the vacancy caused by C. M. Thompson's resignation.
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Jefferson City
Dockery
W. B. Shipp
Centerview
Johnson County
C. M. Thompson
Farmington Names of Local Notables Mentioned in Notice
Farmington residents recall Mrs Johnen and her 12 year old son after a tragedy in Chicago theater. Mrs Dryden, daughter of the late Judge Taylor, remains a popular figure here. The restaine were buried on Sunday, January 2. In Jefferson City Governor Dockery appoints W J Shipp as county school commissioner, replacing retired C G Thomeren.
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Farmington
Mra
Johnen
Chicago
Mra. Dryden
Wm. &. Taylor
Restraine
Jefferson City
Dockery
W. JL. Shipp
Cemerviow
Johaven County
W. Thomoren
Chicago in gloom after Iroquois theatre disaster
The Iroquois theatre fire in Chicago killed 689, with 544 identified and five unidentified. Eyewitness accounts describe doors opening to escape, blocked exits, unfireproof scenery, and lack of alarms. The city faced a year start drenched in mourning as families, neighbors, and workers grieved, with scenes of grief lingering in streets and morgues.
Woman Recalls Fire Cause At Terrible Theater Tragedy
Mrs Baldwin wife of Dr F R Baldwin of Minneapolis is the sole Minneapolis resident known to have survived the Minneapella tragedy at Troquoiaheater She describes the slow shocking onset of the blaze the crowd’s panic and her realization that many families were burned and crushed while she escaped to safety with her babies far away in Chicago help sought from the flames raged through the stage and exits were blocked by flimsy scenery as the fire grew.
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Fie
Bigebeard
Jan, L
Ies
Chicago
Our Mixture of Races Across the World in London
A New Yorker living in London notes his delight in the variety of English speakers around him. His household includes Dutch grocers, Alsatian chemists, German staff, Japanese valet, Irish and Swedish servants, a Catan coachman, and workers from Tricate, Southern Italy, Persia, Canada, and Pert Pex loran who may bury him.
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London
Holland
Ble Tuteher
Tokio
Tricate
Italy
Love and Obedience in Religion and Peace
Elizabeth M. Sewel argues that love, which includes obedience, is the whole of religion and a key element of peace. The statement reflects a spiritual reflection on how obedience and love interrelate within faith.
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Elisabeth M. Sewel
Minnesota Judge Nelson Rediscovered as Ill in St Paul
The article recalls Judge Keoanselaer R. Nelson of St. Paul, once U S district judge for Minnesota since Buchanan’s era, who served until Cleveland’s induction and then resigned due to retirement law. He was a nephew of a former Supreme Court justice and was mentioned in 1840s as a Democratic presidential candidate. aged about 78 and hospitalized at St Luke's.
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Minnesota
Keoanselaer R. Nelson
St. Paul
St. Luke's Hospital
Nelson
United States
Buchanan
Ceveland
Justios Nelson
United States Supreme Court
Great theater disasters of the past summarized
An article lists major theater fires in the United States and abroad with high death tolls. It notes the Iroquois theater in Chicago as the worst in the US up to 1882 with many fatalities and cites foreign fires in St Petersburg Vienna and Paris. It reflects on panic, heroism, and failed evacuations.
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United States
Richmond
Vac
Moe
Brooklyn
Central Theater
Philadelphia
Front Street
Baltimore
Iroquois Theater
Chicago
Powe
Eos
Lehman's Theater
St. Petersburg
Carlsruthe
Road Ring Theater
Vienna
Coto Gond
Exeter Theater
England
Hanquet Theater
Oporto
Opera Comique
Paris
Dee
Kate Claxton
Alam
Paria
Strommen
Uhie
Aleaster
Scorea
Monument for Blackmore Proposed at Exeter Cathedral
Exeter residents show strong support for a memorial to R. D. Blackmore author of Lorna Doone. The plan includes a marble monument with a medallion portrait and a stained glass window depicting biblical flames and figures. Inscribed scrolls highlight Courage and Perseverance, Love and Tenderness, and Strength and Patience.
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Blackmore
R. D. Blackmore
Lorna Doone
Exeter
David
Goliah
Jonathan
Hamson
Mackmore
Much Sought In Marriage for Miss Lillian Poonett
Miss Lillian Poonett, a young Barticheirl who came to America to wed Ambrose Good, who died in a Dawson railroad wreck. She is now with Goods' brother in McKeesport. Ailes Dennett also received offers of money, theatrical engagements, and parlions from suitors.
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Lillian Poonett
Barticheirl
America
Mary Ambrose Good
Dawson, Pa
McKeesbort
Ailes Dennett
Shaftless sulky for harness horses proposed by Lexington inventor
Lexington man George W. St. Clair unveils a shaftless sulky for Hecht harness horses. The device attaches to the horse via an arched axle over the back with a riders seat, promising to improve safety and control. St. Clair seeks patent protection as the feasibility is tested at plans, arguing it prevents rider blocking and plunging injuries.
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Lexington
George W. St. Clair
Ancient Egyptian find links to rhinoceros ancestor
Remains in Northern Egypt reveal a previously unknown anion ancestor of the rhinoceros. The bones suggest an early relative in the rhinoceros lineage, shedding light on prehistoric predator evolution.
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Egypt
Brain Children Travel Far In Bliss Carman's Career
The Philadelphia Post notes Bilas Carman faced manuscript rejection and reuse as he circulated pieces worldwide. He named reworked works like The Flying Dutchman Wandering Jew Ulysses and joked about Captain Cook circling the globe before finding a home.
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Bliss Carman
Bilas Carman
Ulysses
Captain Cook
San Francisco
Sues Canal
London
Philadelphia Post
Recipe Worth Much Money In World Could Hold Secret Formulas
A famed recipe book said to be the world’s most valuable contains two liqueur formulas and 147 entries after centuries of experiments. It was sold for 1.6 million dollars in an open market purchase. Originally a single parchment slip, the volume grew through Hydour era advances kept by the La Grande Chartreuse monks. A tempered steel casket once carried the book during exile, remaining with the senior abbot.
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la Grande Chartreuse
France
The Song of the Hammer
A fragmented poem recounts women sewing at home while singing a rhythmic hammering song. The piece evokes toil, industry, and domestic life with recurring knocks and the refrain They sang the song of the hammer as workers finish their day and prepare for home.
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Wils Aimitelon
Alatore
Hammer
William FF
Kirk
Milwaukee
Bald Heads in Colombia Cure for Baldness Legend
A short, humorous tale from a New York paper recalls Major Fits Hugh Edwards who, while in Colombia, regains hair after meeting Indians who offer a scalp cover. Edwards departs with a fuller head of hair, contrasting Colombian styles with North American Indians.
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Colombia
Panama
Hugh Edwards
Edwards
New York
Preas
England in uproar over death notice claim of instant heaven
A death notice stating Mrs. Spurgeon entered heaven at 8 20 this morning sparked a Milton vicar’s sermon declaring immediate heaven entry absurd. Readers volley letters pro and con about the soul’s experiences after death, while Mr Chamberlain fears for Britain’s commercial edge amid the debate.
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England
It Sometimes Happens Stretching the Truth in a Shoe Deal
A shop dealer explains the need to stretch the truth at times while a head salesman recalls a customer with a No 6 foot asking for a shoe stretcher to lift the instep, illustrating a humorous exaggeration in retail banter.
Three Years AftcarDean's Kidney Pills End Back Pain
Eugene EB Larie a Denver ticket seller reports lasting relief from back ache after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy stopped the pain and claims no further twinges since summer 1909. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo markets the pills at 60 cents a box through druggists.
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Eugene EB. Larie
Twentieth Avenue
Union Station
Denver
Col
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Nature and temperance themes in a cryptic 19th century piece
The fragment references natural wasp behavior and temptation, compares alcohol to a cursed drink, mentions Lady Henry Somerset and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and notes speaking tours in North American cities. It preserves a period tone with scattered OCR gaps.
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Henry Somerset
Henry
Picture Postcards Popular Across German Mania
The article notes a surge in picture postcards popular in Germany at the turn of the century. It records a massive volume of postcards sent through the mail, estimating around 600,000 items in circulation by 1900, highlighting the fast growth of this craze.
Farm seed samples catalog and return order
The note references two cne folder plants on earth and green fodder yields, mentioning Victoria Hage and a John A. Salver Reed in la Cross Whe. It notes a return and receipt of a catalog and tote of farm seed samples, with attention to shop and swine fool per pore and 108T HEN.
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Victoria
John A. Salver Reed
la Cross
World’s Largest Balloon Battle Description
A fragment describes the largest balloon ever built by a German named Ganswendt about twenty years ago. It reportedly held 20 000 cubic yards, weighed 21 and a half tons, and could lift three and a half tons into the air.
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Ganswendt
Patent Cure Ad Pitches Universal Relief
An old advertisement offers One Hundred Dollars for any tee of Vaterel cure and claims a blood and mucous system cure. It hails F.Cd Cheney & Co of Toteto and touts various remedies and prices, citing coughs and catarrh cures with supposed scent free formulas and claimed health benefits.
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F.cd. Cheney & CO
Toteto
Wabutwo
Kiswan de Manwim
Wholesmia Drugetare
Tuiede
Hie Plea for Mercy in a Colonial Trial
An Atlanta Constitution snippet presents a court scene with a thief admitting stealing goods and pleading for mercy. The derisive addled dialogue contrasts the judge’s stern questions as the accused stammers about his actions and claimed hunger.
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Atlanta Constitution
Pasteur Institutes in India Highlight Rabies Treatment Growth
Pasteur Institutes in Calcutta expand in popularity for treating people bitten by rabid animals. In the eight months ended May 1 last, several persons were treated and the mortality rate stood at 5 percent.
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Pasteur Institutes
India
Pasteur Institute For
Calcutta
Welcome for Everybody at Norfolk Nonconformist Service
An invitation to a Norfolk Nonconformist church service welcomes all with festive attire and ample bicycle storage. The note emphasizes inclusive access and holiday spirit for visitors and locals alike.
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Norfolk
Eng
Free Medical Advice to Woman from Lydia E. Pinkham
A woman recounts stomach troubles and miscarriage risks ending after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved health and a healthy baby girl, urging readers to write for free advice to Mrs Pinkham at Lyon Mac. Merion Connecticut access.
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Tran Mas
Pormmas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tom
Mrs. Pnaxx Brien
S. Second St. Merion
Conn
Etter
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