University job bureau to aid education for hundreds
The Missouri University Y M C A has organized a student employment bureau to open with the new term offering work at six and a half cents per hour, higher than prior years. The project, backed by a $5,000 two year allotment and a $2,500 annual grant, aims to help students earn money for tuition and expenses, with work slated at the university farm and horticultural fields and other campus improvements driving demand for workers. In Warrenton, Missouri, evidence mounting against William E. Church in the Yeater murder case includes bloodstained clothing and a note to a rural mail carrier, with Church believed to have fled toward Cane, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Young Men's Christian Association of Missouri University
Sehool
Clita
University
Warrenton
William E. Church
H.W. Yeater
Church
Yeater
Case
Mixcourt
Kaneas and Texas
Cane
Returns After Forty Years in Boone County
Columbia Missouri reports Columbus Wickam returns to his old Boone County home after a 40 year absence to claim a share of a $10,000 estate slated fifteen votes ago. Once thought dead after a Texas sandstorm, he has traveled widely and now resides with his uncle near Rantivepoceet, feeble but welcomed by former companions. The estate was previously handed to his sister Mrs Safe Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbus Wickam
Boone County
Wan
Tim
Texas
Mra
Thut Hiekam
Seventh annual reunion of Confederate veterans in Missouri
Columbia Meo announces the seventh annual Confederate veterans reunion in Missouri to be held in Culbnghin September 24. The program includes opening sessions, a grand parade and review at 10 o'clock, a dinner at the fale munis, and an evening address by Senator M Cockretl at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Meo
Confederate Veterans of Missiouri
Culbnghin
Sn Tinsteen
Heri
Thee University
Senator
M. Cnckretl
MB. Fenton Wilapeak
Sedalia Man Sues for 5250 Damages Over State Fair Stand
A Sedalia resident sues Thomia W Phase in Perth County claiming 5250 in damages after a stand at the State Fair was taken. The suit alleges Phase paid 25 for fairground access and that the plaintiff was forcibly removed from the grounds without provocation as the stand operated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Moo
Swannen
Thyron
Perth
Thomia
Prin Toron
Felder
Fale Wook
Clon
Missouri jeweler inherits vast German fortune
Frank Meraman of Webb City received word from Germany that his uncle, a German jeweler who died eighteen months ago in Bremen, left him an estate valued at 1,000,000 marks. Meraman plans to travel September 12 to Garfiany to claim his fortune, a surprise he learned of only recently after his uncle had lived in Germany for about ten years.
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Joplin
Frank Meraman
Webb City
Germany
Elghteen
Hremen
bin En Tire
Mera
Garfiany
Hilm
Mme
Do, O, C Chapter Organized in Columbia Mo
A local chapter of MPaughters of the Confederacy was formed in Columbia Saturday with about thirty members. Officers elected include President Antle Hubbel Johnson First Vice President Prigellin A. Allen Second Vice President Annie Stephens Smith Recording Secretary Be Tolle Watson Corresponding Secretary Lisseie Hedfront Morris Treasurer Kilmatveth Packer Bradford Historian Annie Patton Rent Clara Want Willen Kanene Chy director of the Peeks Memorial Association, assisting in the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colimbia
Mpaughters of the Confederacy
Omeora
Antle Hubbel Johnson
Prigellin A. Allen
Aceon
Annie Stephens Smith
Be Tolle Watwon
Lisseie Hedfornt Morris
Kilmatveth Packer Bradford
Annie Patton
Clara Want Willen
Kanene Chy
Peeks Meenorlat Association
Asatsiod
Organisaion
Body pulled from Missouri River near Floyd
Richmond Missouri reports Saturday night recovery of a male body from the Midcowrl river near Floyd. The tall, mustached man wore a police uniform under a special coat and bore a left arm scar. Indications suggest death by crushing injuries. Investigators say pocket documents locating his residence were removed. Remains buried about a hundred feet from the river.
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Richmond
Floyd
Police ii
Nia
Governor grants pardons to Sanders Campbell in Missouri
Jefferson City reports Governor Trekry issued pardons for Oliver Sanders from Callaway County and James Campbell from Howell County. Sanders, sentenced for attempted jail breaking, is to serve two seats from August 14, 100 percent. Campbell, a telegram entop for thirteen years, was convicted of second degree murder. Both pardons were recommended by the prison physician.
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Jefferson City
Trekory
Dok
Oliver Sanders
Callaway County
James Campbell
Howell County
Con Simon
Change of Venue Case Reported in State Court
A venue change decision was noted in a state case involving Clarence AL Homes, who is represented by Rhodes. The defendant faces a second degree murder charge and was remanded to Judge Nat M. Shelton in Macon for trial. The case was transferred to Troy Lingeln County and a trial date was set for Monday October 14.
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Meno
Clarence AL Homes
Rhodes
Lms
Mevolvera
Iinefty
Murer
Nat M. Shelton
Macon
Troy
Lingeln County
Resignation Letter Prompts Judge Ferriss Note
A garbled OCR note claims Circuit Judge Franklin Ferriss of St Lala Te id meat Cottey sent a resignation letter to the Governor about a week or two weeks earlier. The letter allegedly requests action and hints at Ferriss stepping down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Ferriss
St. Lala Te Id
Overnor
Aidae Ferrie
Missouri Governor Honors Cutormnia Requisition
Jefferson City reports the governor honored a requisition from Cutormnia for the return of ALT Agee wanted on a charge in Montrite Colorado. A border fight occurred as Colorado authorities sought to seize papers and secure the custody.
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Jefferson City
Moo
Dock Ory
Cutormnia
Alt Agee
Montrite
Colo
Kansas
Colorado
Hk Nenen
Dixon Mo Eutixena Lottie von Gremp Dies at Home
Lottie von Gremp, one of Maris county's oldest and most respected eutixena, died at his home near Vienna Saturday night. He was the father of Doctor Hoagot Gremp of No VT Old Manohogtwer fond St. Look and Doctor W. A. von Gremp of Jhervia Ma.
Wyeth Tinware Manager Injured Plunge Near Wyeth Factory
Edward Spatebury manager of the tinware department at Wyeth Manufacturing Company fell down an elevator shaft last week and died a few hours later. The incident occurred at the WHA CHRD HK plant with authorities investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bt Joseph Mo
Edward Spatebury
Wyeth Manufacturing Company
Fire destroys $20,000 in property in Bowling Green
Mrs Marshall suffered a Saturday morning fire that wiped out about $20,000 in property. The blaze, likely caused by velhating, started in O Bannon and Smiths livery stable in Bowling Green Missouri. Dr J Z Kin caidé, a physician from this city, married Saturday to Miss Rosalie Russell Tate daughter of President Tate of the North Missouri College at Sallabury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
J. Z. Kincaidé
Rosalie Russell Tate
Tate
North Missouri College
Sallabury
Reelected Officers At Nevada Asylum No.3
In Nevada Missouri at asylum No 3 the old officers were reelected The first assistant physician is Dr C F Simcoe The second assistant physician is Dr J N Angle The steward is Joseph Mar por
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Nevada
C. F. Simcoe
J. N. Angle
Joseph Marpor
Death of Rt Rev Thomas Marsh Clark oldest Episcopal bishop
Rt Rev Thomas Marsh Clark, bishop of Rhodesland and presiding bishop by seniority, died suddenly at his Middletown home. A long episcopate of nearly fifty years, he was famed as a powerful preacher and a leading figure in the church and Civil War sanitary work. His lineage traces to Rev John Wheelwright. he was Yale educated with degrees from Union, Brown, and Cambridge.
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Thomas Marsh Clark
Rhodesland
Episcopal Church
Middletown
Ros Bieboplark
Ney
Washburn
Cavaley Church
New York
Sexton
Clark
Summer blackmail scare on Jersey pier row end
A North Bergen dispatch describes a dark scheme by a forged officer to extort money from couples by threatening exposure of romance. John Ring and others accosted John Carney outside Hudson riverfront, then two accomplices joined to beat him nearly to death before authorities intervened.
Old Whaling Captain Hall Dies at Sea Career Spans Globe
Captain William Henry Hall, a veteran New Bedford whaler born in Oyster Bay L I, died at 72. He rose from sailor to whaling voyage commander, venturing Arctic waters and circumnavigating the globe. His crew endured shipwreck and a forty day desert row to New Zealand before salvaging a return voyage.
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William Henry Hall
New Hedford
Hall
Oyster Bay
L. 1
New Bedford
Arctic
South Pacific
Ida” Ogee
New Zealand
Chief Justice Sullivan’s Humorous Nomination Note
The Nebraska Supreme Court chief justice jokes about his nomination in a playful secretary of state filing. A handwritten line from his note asks an authorized local committee to call on him for 25 dollars to help defray convention expenses, though none has called yet.
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Sullivan
Nebraska Supreme Court
Mike
Hann
Chicago
Sad End of Family in Kings Park Insane Asylum
In Hempstead L. L. Wednesday a sad end unfolds for Susan Schenk who died in the Kings Park asylum. Her brother Selah, once a prosperous lawyer, is aged 84 and living in St Johnland home for aged men in a destitute state. Neither had been married. once wealthy, sudden misfortunes in investment swept away their fortune.
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Susan Schenk
Kings Park
Hempsteal
L. L
Selah
Odoc
St Johnland
Quis Slater
Good Effect of Laughter Study by Dr Sully
Dr James Sully a prominent Wash Seton psychologist claims long observation and experiments show society’s ban on hearty laughter in bad form yields a mirthless race. People in the smart set say they do not laugh as forefathers did, fearing vulgarity.
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James Sully
Sully
Wanted the Real Thing From Matilda and Crawfoot
A fragment shows Matilda shouting at Crawfoot to stop pounding on the piano. The girl in gingham cites a paper claiming music will kill mosquitoes, and the exchange ends with instruction to play the music.
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Matilda
Old Crawfoot
Comic Exchange Between Two Young Wives
A lighthearted dialogue has two young wives sharing remarks about the photographers praise for their babies. The first claims the photographer said her baby was the prettiest, and the second notes the photographer said the same about hers. They joke that the photographer may have seen one baby before the other.
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Tie
Neat Scheme of a Clubable Wife
In the Chicago Post a humorous note describes a wife boasting she controls her husband’s social life by trading clubs. She says he has two clubs while she belongs to eight, and she offers to drop one of hers for every his he relinquishes, claiming she has the better of the arrangement.
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Chicago Post
Rival chauffeurs spar over Puffer in column quarrel
In a Kauneosity Journal excerpt, two chauffeurs clash over Puffer. One calls him unfit for the auto world, the other defends him, noting Puffer’s alleged aggression toward people and lack of horn signals, labeling him a regular pot hunter.
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Puffer
Kanene farmers seek value from new thunderbolt rods
A Chicago News report notes a hat salesman questions Kanene farmers about returns on a Uehtulog rod. The lightning test claim follows a boast by a Nehtning rod agent, suggesting buyers expect rapid thunderstorm response after purchase.
Bread Gift Sparks Odd Encounter Report
A puzzled note describes a woman giving a loaf of homemade bread to a man yesterday, prompting a curious remark about feeling better afterward. The exchange is noted as odd with no further details on identities or location.
Worn Words Clash Over Steady Workmanship
Dialog echoes a newspaper wit clash where a thinker notes steady labor avoids worry, while a self described hard worker retorts that constant toil invites strain, hinting at a comic debate on diligence and fatigue.
Noted Exchange on Proposals and Rejections in Romance
Fragmentary dialogue explores playful deceit in dating. A woman suggests prompting a man to propose, then rejecting him, while he acknowledges the game and his own awkwardness. The exchange hints at mutual flirtation and social dynamics around commitment.
Five survivors attend Milwaukee reunion for Lady Klein wreck
At a Milwaukee reunion, five survivors of the 1861 Lady Klein steamer disaster were present: Jon J.rit Jey, William Dever, Charles Heverling Albert Dovtert and John HM. Murray. Over 500 lives were lost, nearly all Milwaukee residents.
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Lowto Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Jon J.rit Jey
William Dever
Charles Heverling
Albert Dovtert
John HM. Murray
Diamond Dick Evangelist William Parker Aims at Souls
William Menary Parker, known as Diamond Dick, a Philadelphia long ashoreman, dedicates all his leisure time to evangelistic work among men of his race. He is described as singularly eloquent and effective as an exhorter, achieving notable good through his efforts.
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William Menary Parker
Philadelphia
Diamond Dick
Confident of Long Pastorate at Tremont Temple
Rev. Dr. P. 3. Henson, once a major Chicago clergyman, appears to accept Tremont Temple Hoxton pastorate by signaling a long stay. He notes two decades in Philadelphia and Chicago and vows twenty years in Brooklyn.
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P. 3. Henson
Chicago
Tremont Temple
Hoxton
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Death of Cuban Patriot Jose Urivates y Teres
Cuban patriot Jose Urivates y Teres, who played a prominent role in the ten year war in Cuba, died Thursday night of cancer in a New York hospital at age 58 after four weeks of illness. He had given up his position in Havana to the city troops due to illness.
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Jose Urivates Y Teres
Cuba
New York
Havana
Aged Author Keeps Writing History of Mount Vernon
Charles J Smith of Mount Vernon New Hampshire at age eight continues work on a town history slated for publication within a year. He is known as an intimate friend of President Franklin Pierce and is said to have written the President's Inaugural message.
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Charles J Smith
Mount Vernon
N. H
Smith
Franklin Pierce
St Louis Club Names Champion as Gym Director
The Missouri Athletic Club of St Louis has secured Alexander Moffert, noted as the champion amateur swimmer of New York City, as director of the new $600 gymnasium.
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Bt. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club of
St. Louis
Alexander Moffert
New York City
Painting Rockefeller Portraits by Flungarion Artist Komoleky
John D Rockefeller commissions two portraits, created by Komoleky, a noted Flungarion artist. The ambitious project highlights Rockefeller's desire to capture his image in distinct styles, reflecting his prominence in industry and society.
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Rockefeller
John D. Rockefellers
Komoleky
Cat ownership sparks nautical banter at harbor
In a light exchange between Subbulse and Racklots, Bubbubs questions the idea of keeping a cat, while Hacklota asserts reluctance, noting the cat is not welcome aboard. The dialogue suggests harbor tensions over pets and order.
What He Deserved Did He Marry for Cash and Comfort
An exchange suggests a marriage driven by money with a woman giving a weekly cash allowance. The dialogue hints at expectations of financial support and affection influencing the arrangement. The fragmentary text records a claim about motives and allowances.
Worth All He Earned He Married Her for Her Money
A brief exchange reveals a sharp contrast in motives as a husband defends his marriage. The scornful wife doubting his intentions prompts the husband to assert his justified gains from the union.
Editor Graves Advocates Segregation Of Negroes
Georgia editor John Temple Graves of the Atlanta News told a University of Chicago audience that segregation is the only solution to the race question in the United States. He urged absolute separation and proposed transporting Black people to distant regions to work out their destinies apart from whites.
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University of Chicago
John Temple Graves
The
Atlanta News
United States
Graves
Elected To Die Member Ends Life In Connecticut
Bernard Hernabuce of Derby Connecticut a member of a whom he called a pullie club said I have been elected to die He discussed fate with his roommate then walked to the Naugatuck line and threw himself before a fast train dying instantly The 40 year old man appeared healthy and employed with no clear motive for suicide in the account.
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Suicide Club
Connecticut
Bernard Hernabuce
Derby
Conn
Joseph Esposito
Catharine Street
New York
Esposito
Naugatuck
Faithful shepherd saves Fairview farmer in land slide
John Hoff of Fairview Pennsylvania was buried when a sand bank collapsed on his farm. His dog began to dig and bark frantically. A tractor operator nearby arrived and lifted turf to uncover Hoff. Hoff was unconscious but revived later and expected to recover.
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John Hoff
Fairview
Dowb
Mr Hoff
Hoff
St Louisan Claims Honor For Long-Term Native Roots
Mrs Margaret C Galon now residing in St Louis at an advanced age asserts she is the citys oldest native-born resident. She traces French ancestry, has a long family history of longevity, twelve children and twenty seven grandchildren are living today.
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St. Louisan
Margaret C. Galon
St. Louis
Galen
To Honor Mrs Cady Stanton Birthday Celebration
The birthday of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who with Susan B Anthony advanced women’s rights, is set to be celebrated by suffrage associations and women’s clubs on November 2. The event honors Stanton as a pioneer in legal rights advances for women and recognizes Anthony’s partnership.
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Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan 4
Anthony
Woman's Clube
Dangerous Occupation in Turkey's Secretaries
A gullan of Turkey hires fifteen secretaries to translate foreign books for royal amusement. If a secretary errs and translates a book displeasing to the sultan, he is pitched into the Bosporus.
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Gullan
Turkey
Bosporus
New York Woman Injured in Bed Fire Might Have Been Artist Model
A New York woman who smoked in bed and suffered severe facial burns in a fire may have been an artist model, though she was not a pattern for others. The report notes she was known in art circles but details remain sparse about her identity or the exact circumstances of the blaze.
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New York
Work Twelve Hours All Mills to Japan Run Day and Night
The schedule states mills serving Japan will operate around the clock with a change of bandes at noon and midnight. The item notes a continuous two shifts system to meet shipping demands and maintain steady production.
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Japan
Sultan's extravagant costs alarm European peers
The Turkish sultan Abul Hamid reportedly spends over thirty million dollars yearly on personal expenses. Clothing for the harem costs about seven and a half million, with four hundred thousand for his own wardrobe. Roughly seven and a half million goes to presents, five million to pocket money, and a substantial sum to table spending. About 1100 palace residents live in lavish style, highlighting the vast scale of expenditures.
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Abul Hamid
Turkey
Europe
Hin Harem
Mammoth Alive Claim Shocks Arctic Skeptics
A San Francisco government employee with Arctic years alleges a living mammoth may roam near the American Arctic coast. He cites relatively fresh rocks on Volak Island about four miles from Lat laaned as possible evidence, noting his earlier stance hurt his scientific credibility.
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J Pkrizzele
San Francisco
Arctic
Volak
Strange Effect of Poison on Enri Dest’s Mind
Enri Dest a Peonaville graduate who visited Mexico five years ago was bitten on the thumb by an insect. The poison affected his mind causing a gradual decline to imbecility, though biophysical powers remain unaffected.
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Mexico
Enri Dest
Peon
Ylvania
Princess Plans Quiet Life Abroad After Debt Work
Princess Serge Heloselsky of Russia, daughter of General Wuhtner of the U S Army, says she will accompany her husband to Berlin to live quietly and work to earn money until debts are repaid. She holds high standing at the Russian court.
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Serge Heloselsky
Russia
Gen Wuhtner
United States Army
BF Berla
New Memoir of Andrew Jackson in Preparation
A memoir of Andrew Jackson is in preparation by Rev. Dr. J. Hassett of Trinity Methodist College in Durham DC. Hassett spent several months in Washington gathering data for the work.
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Andrew Jackson
J. 5. Hassett
Trinity Methodist College
Durham, D. C
Washington
Franklin Farrell Jr Enters Derby Foundry to Learn Trade
Franklin Farrell Jr the son of a Connecticut millionaire begins work at his father’s Derby foundry to study the foundryman’s craft in full detail.
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Franklin Farrell, Jr
Connecticut
Harvard
Derby
Deserves Well of Stenographers
Minole Eloi Kehoe of Pensacola secures enactment of a law appointing official stenographers in Florida circuit courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minole Eloi Kehoe
Penoyacola
Florida
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