Farris Indicted Denies Charge in Police Pay Case
Rolla lawyer and Democratic house leader Frank H. Farris and ex police relief secretary Ray Cummins were indicted by a St. Louis grand jury over a fund to aid passage of a Police Pay Bill raising St. Louis officers pay. Farris denied the charge by telephone from Rolla, urging suspension of judgment until he can prove the accusation false.
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Frank H. Farris
Rolla
Democratic House
Ray Cummins
Police Relief Association
St. Louis
Farris
John H. Moroney
Cummins
James Mackay
Grand
Molla
Athletes Join the Colors at Springfield Normal School
The Springfield Normal School surrendered four star athletes to naval service led by Coach A. W. Briggs. Recruits include Horace Robbins Ralph Sheets Chester Cartwright and Finis Engleman. Many other Normal athletes have joined the colors crippling sports next fall.
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Springfield Normal School
A. W. Briggs
Naval
Horace Robbins
Ralph Sheets
Chester Cartwright
Finis Engleman
Centralia Plans Patriotic Day
An enthusiastic citizens meeting at Centralia City Hall formed an organization to stage a patriotic demonstration on June 5.
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Centralia
Widow of Ex Justice Valliant Dies in Greenville
News from St Louis reports the death in Greenville Mississippi of Mrs Theodosia W Valliant widow of Chief Justice Valliant of the Missouri supreme court and a great granddaughter of President Zachary Taylor. She died June 6.
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St. Louis
Greenville
Miss
Theodosia W. Valliant
Valliant
Missouri Supreme Court
Zachary Taylor
Comrade of McKinley Dead in Ohio Company
John McGregor, linking to the same Ohio Civil War company as President McKinley, died at Hannibal at 83 years old. Three farmers John Dowling Edward Carroll and James Nyan were killed instantly four miles north of Hannibal when struck by Darlington Train No. 16 while crossing in a wagon. Dr L A Todd of St Joseph died on an interurban car en route home from Kansas City after seeking treatment for car illness. he was 45. Elizabeth Rider, 75, obtained divorce from William Rider, 78, of Aurora in Springfield. she said they had married two years ago, were happy for nine months, then he pressured her to sell property and they separated.
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McKinley
John McGregor
Ohio Company
Hannibal
John Dowling
Edward Carroll
James Nyan
Darlington
St. Louis
Minneapolis
L. A. Todd
St. Joseph
Elizabeth Rider
Springfield
William Rider
Aurora
Clay County OKs 1.14 Billion Rock Road Bond Plan
The state supreme court upheld a 1.144 million bond issue for a rock road network linking Liberty Excelsior Springs and nearby towns with Kansas City. Voted by two thirds on June 24 1916, the plan faces immediate start as county court proceeds to register bonds. Excelsior Springs Commercial Club celebrated the ruling and federal Hawes Law talks begin.
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Clay County
Rock Road
State Supreme Court
J. 8
Simrall
Liberty
Excelsior Springs
Smithville
Holt
Kearney
Missouri City
Kansas City
Twothird
George Hackmann
Commercial Club
Supreme Court
Clay County Court
Missouri to furnish a brigade of field artillery
Missouri plans to provide one brigade of field artillery in the national guard with two regiments totaling about 2,500 enlisted men. Eight new batteries were authorized, three in Kansas City and five in St. Louis, to be ready for a Southern training camp August 5. Existing batteries will serve as nuclei for expansion. Battery A in St. Louis, Battery B in Kansas City, and Battery C in Independence include men trained on the Mexican border. Battery D in Kansas City was organized recently, so personnel will be redistributed among the new units. Kansas City gains a full regiment’s worth of artillery for national defense, while St. Louis must recruit five more batteries. In addition to the three new batteries, KC must provide headquarters, supply companies, and a band for the regiment. Fulton minister's wife dies, Mrs Lara Lee Scarborough, 45, wife of Rev. W. L. Scarborough, dies in Fulton.
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Missouri
National Guard
Kansas City
St. Louis
State Military Council
Knsas City
Independence
Military Council
Middle West
Simpson Joins Missouri Ambulance Service Unit for France
Robert Simpson the world champion hurdler and record holder has joined the University of Missouri unit of the American Field Ambulance service for duty in France. William K. Gardner son of Governor Gardner is also a member of this unit.
Missouri journalists push for bonds and food drive
At Columbia the Missouri Press Association discussed boosting sentiment for liberty bonds and stronger armed forces to aid food production and conservation. In Moberly a 12 year old boy, Wesley Whitten, drowned at Forest Park Lake as his mother Mrs. W F Whitten, a local writer, had just finished a column advocating a swimming pool for the city.
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Missouri Editora Te Ald
Liberty
Missouri
Missouri Press Association
Columbia
Moberly
Wesley Whitten
Forest Park Lake
W. F. Whitten
Lesson on the Garden of Gethsemane and Peter's Denial
A study of John 18 1 11 and Isaiah 63 3 focusing on Jesus withdrawal to prayer in Gethsemane, Judas betrayal, and Peter's denial. It contrasts the disciples sleeping during Jesus distress with modern neglect of Christ and traces Peter’s gradual withdrawal from Jesus through sleep afar off standing and finally sitting during the trial.
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Garden
Gethsemane
Peter
Christ
Goethsemane
Judas
Jesus
John
Father
Mary
Mark
Jesus of Nazareth
Augustine
Judgment Hall
Annas
Tammany Hall
New York
Robert E. Speer
Caiaphas
Farming yields skyrocket as Canada wheat boom blooms
A national call for more economy and production runs alongside glowing reports of Western Canada wheat profits. Personal accounts from Iowa, Des Moines and Vulcan claim high returns on large acreages, with affidavits attesting to record yields in 1916.
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America
United States
Canada
C. A. Wright
Milo
Iowa
Who Would Be Rich And Brainy Woman’s Husband
A witty exchange notes that a wealthy and intelligent woman would attract many suitors though a penniless man might seek to wed her. The judge tempers the quip with a reminder that fit matches vary by character and circumstance.
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Bess
Jack
Freezone promises painless corn removal discovery
A Cincinnati man claims a compound named freezone lifts corns and calluses with a few drops, without pain or skin irritation. It allegedly shrivels the growth instantly and peels away, suitable for hard or soft corns, between toes, or painful calluses, with no pre or post treatment pain.
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Cincinnati
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Aska
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Fulton
Lara Lee Scarborough
W. L. Scarborough
Methodist Church
International Sunday School
O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Y. Joseph and Sons
Des Moines
Champion
Alberta
Hewtt
Western Canada
Newell J. Noble
Nobleford
Nancy Coe
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