Milk ordinance debated to ensure pure city milk supply
Jefferson City officials consider a milk ordinance to inspect all local milk, aiming for a guaranteed pure supply. Advocates urge honesty and low inspection costs, while opposing politics-driven inspections. The piece also notes Lady Nancy Astor’s critique of sentimental motherhood and a Boston Tea Party anniversary linkage.
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Jefferson City
Nancy Astor
England
United States
Congress
Henry Ford
Lady Astor
The Forgotten Man by William Graham Sumner
Views and comments describe the Forgotten Man as the steady self supporting worker who pays taxes, supports his family, saves a little, and never benefits from charity or police and welfare. He is counted in the census yet often overlooked by social surveys and aid programs.
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William Graham Sumner
Springfield
CHANGE AFFECTS THE FARMERS
The Kansas City Times notes how science and shifting tastes disrupt farming markets. It cites cotton and wheat declines, likens silk worm effects to fabric needs, and highlights whale oil’s shift to margarine in Europe, reducing demand for traditional fats. Factors include scientific advances and variable consumer preferences.
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Yesteryear
Europe
Kansas City Times
Tax Installment Move For Property Taxes Considered
The Board of Aldermen may enact quarterly property tax payments to ease taxpayers and reduce timing of revenue. City Collector Koeln backs the plan and it could spread tax receipts through the year. The resolution also asks lowering delinquency penalties from 1 percent monthly to avoid crushing debts.
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Board of Aldermen
Koeln
St. Louis Star-Times
Hunger Marcher Described as Militant Radical in Washington
A Washington examination portrays hunger marchers as unemployed militants allied with radical unions and the Communist movement. They endure privations, travel by truck, and rely on small donations from unions and councils, with some support from a few wealthy backers. The marchers seek unemployment insurance and aid while promoting a workers state and mass action theory.
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Washington
Dec
American Labor Movement
Communist Party
Trade Union Unity League
Workers’ International Relief
International Labor Defense
Iunger
Russia
St. Jamies Infirmary
Solidarity
LASHES ot a Life spoofed by midnight surgery tale
From Dubois Pennsylvania two Pittsburgh surgeons performed a crude midnight operation on J J Smith using a straight razor and whiskey as antiseptic the improvised procedure bound with sugar sack bandages and reportedly left the patient improving though details remain unclear in the wild fragment from a news page.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Dubois
J. J. Smith
Paul B. Steel
Lloyd W. Johnson
Smith
Debts and Armament Link Highlight British Note
Washington reacts to a British note urging debt postponement and tariff fears. Congress resists reduction, fearing higher taxes, while some leaders seek a debt settlement tied to arms reductions to ease burdens on American taxpayers.
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Germany
Britain
United States
Congress
England
Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Europe
America
Treasury
Out of Congress
United Kingdom
Bronze Casket and Girl's Ashes Stolen
New York reports a thief robbed the home of Louis Birk finding a miniature bronze casket containing the ashes of his 10-year-old daughter Marguerite who died in a 1926 car crash. Birk offers a $100 reward for return of the casket and its contents.
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New York
Louis Birk
Birk
Marguerite
Dismissal of Two Moberly Police Officers Ordered
The Moberly City Council approved Mayor Nickell's recommendation to dismiss A. W. Campbell and Bernard Seliers for the good of the service. Police Chief Sparkman charged E. M. Cleeton and Harley Patrick with misconduct and negligence and seeks their dismissal. Cleeton and Patrick threaten damage suits and impeachment proceedings.
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Moberly
L. O. Nickell
A. W. Campbell
Bernard Seliers
Sam Sparkman
Sparkman
E. M. Cleeton
Harley Patrick
Cleeton
Patrick
Sparksman
Coroner Rules Man Died From Teeth Choke
In Warrensburg Missouri on December 7 a coroner determined W. T. Belcher choked to death on a dislodged upper plate of his false teeth. His body was found near Bowen Missouri and the coroner’s report states the plate slipped and lodged in his throat.
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Warrensburg
Dee
W. T. Belcher
Bowen
Belcher
Senate committee backs recognition of Soviet Russia
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes nine to five for diplomatic recognition of Soviet Russia. Eight members weighed in with qualifiers or noncommittal notes, while Chairman Borah pushes a resolution for unqualified recognition.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
United Press
Rec
Borah
Johnson
LaFollette
Cutting
Robinson
Ark
Walsh
Mont
Wagner
Black
Shipstead
Moses
Reed
Fess
Glenn
Ind
Capper
Swanson
Pittman
United States
Victor Agbe Aims Across Mississippi In Rubber Boat
Victor J. Agbe, a mechanical consulting engineer from Webster Groves, Missouri, left Hannibal on Friday in a 50 pound collapsible rubber and canvas boat and arrived in Aston, Illinois, yesterday completing his journey.
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Aston, Ill
Victor J. Agbe
Webster Groves
Hannibal
Stan Ball Faces Swergin in Folly Mountain Conflict
STAN BALL accuses ASPER DELP of hiring men to monitor his activities. Delp vows personal retribution. Dona, Delp’s daughter, is involved as Ball plots to confront Swergin and gain leverage. Ball returns to Folly Mountain amid a tense showdown with Delp and Swergin using daring maneuvers and danger.
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Stan Ball
Asper Delo
Timber King
Gall
Delp
Dona
Delos
Tia
Stanley Black
Silps Aras
Budley Winters
Gorn
Rivera
Ball Pudley
Ball
Ranger
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Woondins Ocin
Ambunh
Donn
Sivergin
Delo
Sim
Strersgin
Dena
Malloy
Dela
Hennya
Bela
Amber
Mike Hall
Stan
Fire in the Timber Camp Sparks a Bold Rescue
Stan Montgomer y tracks a forest blaze at Swergin s cabin and dives into the burning room to rescue Asper. The pair work to curb the fire as Swergin s threats loom, with Donn and Jax awaiting aid and a dangerous showdown to come.
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Blind River
Ball
Tenderfoot
Fie
Pass Creek
Swergin
Asper
Jax
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