Farm Bureau funding battle in county court
Judge Dix defended the County Court’s right to appropriate funds for the county Farm Bureau’s maintenance and extension work saying the law allows it despite Judge Bode opposing such warrants. Dix cited benefits to farmers including soil improvement dairy cattle profits hog feeds poultry extension and youth programs with clubs and community activities aimed at farm life.
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Bode
Judge Dix
Farm Bureau
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Robert W Montgomery dies at 93 in Skidmore
Robert W Montgomery, 93, oldest resident of Skidmore, and former president of the defunct Farmers Bank of Skidmore, died at his son's home. He led the bank from its founding 33 years ago and organized Holt County's first bank. An Ireland native, he arrived in the U.S. at age 19.
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Skidmore
Robert W. Montgomery
Farmers Bank of
Eight Men Severely Burned In Omaha Transformer Blast
Eight men were badly burned when an electric transformer exploded in a basement in Omaha Nebraska. Two of the injured were believed fatally burned. Some clothing was torn from the men's bodies during the blast.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri Weather Forecast With Possible Showers Tonight
Missouri forecast calls for increasing cloudiness tonight with possibly showers in the northwest. Cooler conditions expected in the northwest on Wednesday and scattered showers possible in extreme north portions. Roads reported as list and conditions generally clear in other areas.
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Missouri Tires Law Upheld Against Serial Number Removal
Missouri Supreme Court division one upheld the 1921 statute making it illegal to sell or offer for sale tires from which the manufacturer's serial number had been removed. The ruling affirmed the law as a reasonable exercise of police power, reversing a circuit court injunction granted to Star Square Auto Supply Co which sought to challenge the measure after 58 tires were seized in St Louis in 1926.
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Missouri
State Supreme’ Court
High Court
St. Louis
Star Square Auta Supply Company
Automobile Supply Company
Supreme Court
St. Loui
Chamber luncheon to feature North American Light and Power officials
About a hundred reservations have been made for a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Missouri Hotel Thursday noon. Chicago and Kansas City executives from North American Light and Power Company and Missouri Power and Light Company will address guests led by Geo T Buckingham. The visit aims to foster relations with Jefferson City as the firms review Osage River power project property and tour the city.
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Misssouri Hotel
North American Light and Power Company
Missouri Power and Light Company
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North American Light and Power Go
Chicago
Clement Studebaker
A. B. Fischer
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Osage River
Bagnell
Equities in St Louis brokerage hotels sold at public auction
In Kansas City four apartment hotels held the sale of equities of the defunct W. H. Young & Company. Harry A. Bergh conducted the sale at the Federal Building. An equity in the Thomas Carlyle Hotel brought $1,000, The James Russell Lowell $1,000, The Mark Twain $1,500, and The Belleclaire $1,800.
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Kansas City
W. H. Young & Company
St. Louis
Federal Building
Harry A. Bergh
Federal Referee In
Thomas Carlyle
James Russell Lowell
Mark Twain
Two More Michigan Bandits Captured in Bank Robbery
In Mandelo mna Michigan on June 3, Leonard and Fred Eliott brothers of Sylvester Elliott were captured after a gun battle in a wooded area north of town. The gang had robbed the Antrim County State Savings Bank of 900 dollars yesterday. Sylvester Elliott had been captured the night before in a swamp north of here and confessed involvement.
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Mandelomna
Mich
Antrim County State Savings Bank
Here
Leonard
Fred Eliott
Sylvester Elliott
Crest of Red River flood nears Alexandria
The Red River flood crest advanced toward Alexandria as water rose to 40.8 feet, up 0.4 foot in 24 hours, heightening alarm among residents along the river’s lower basin.
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Red River
Alexandria
Alexandrian
Primary Filing Nears for Jefferson County Officials
Varying activity marks the clos ing days before the August primary. Democrats announce seven for constable and four for justice of the peace in Jefferson township, with only one Republican filing for constable. Colt County Court nominees include John W. Hogg Democrat and C. A. Dix Republican for presiding judge. Several candidates, including incumbents, file or announce for roles such as justice of the peace and constable.
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Hsing
Constable
Justice
of the Peace of
Jefferson Township
Colt County Gourt
John W. Hogg
C. A. Dix
J. W. Bruner
Virgil C. Amos
William Bryan Linville
George Laux
Andrew H. Lutz
Joe C. Schulte
James Kierns
C. G. McNew
Office of Justice of the Peace
William P. Smith
John G. Leslie
New Prison to be Built of Concrete and by Convicts
The intermediate penitentiary at Algoa will be built largely by convicts from Missouri Penitentiary. Most structures use concrete rather than stone, with crushed stone from a prison rock crusher mixed into concrete. The plan echoes a New Jersey Cottage system with barrack-like cottages and separated buildings including administration, dining, hospital, and factories.
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Algoa
Missouri Penitentiary
Intermediate Reformatory ii
New Jersey
State teachers colleges audit shows healthy balances
State Auditor B D Thompson announced the 1928-1929 biennial audits of Missouri five state teachers colleges. Cape Girardeau earned 7704, Springfield 61531, Maryville 9757, Kirksville 65795, Warrensburg 72016 in their earnings funds. Audits note laxity in expense accounts and improper items passed.
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Northeast College
Kirksville
Central College
Warrensburg
Glover arraigned on statutory charge in Kansas City
Slyde L. Glover, 23, was arraigned on a statutory charge and jailed in default of fifteen thousand dollars bond after a woman and her sister from Webb City Missouri accused him and another man of attacking them May 21 in a car and taking them to the northeast industrial district police traced the car by its license number and continue the investigation with Miss Augusta Dodson and Miss Ethel Dodson as the principal witnesses.
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Kansas City
Slyde L. Glover
Augusta Dodson
Webb City
Dodson
Glover
Ethel Dodson
Te City
Miss Dodson
Winnwood Beach
Schroer Gets Clark's Fork Bridge Contract
The County Court awarded the Sprinkley Glover Bridge project across Clark's Fork to William A. Schroer with a bid of 648.54, the lowest of six. Other bids: W T Thompson and Son 1185.64 Bethel Building Co 1085 Ed Lindhardt 955 G O Jones 750 Louis Bruner 799.13.
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Sprinkley-Glover
Clark’s Fork
William A. Schroer
W. T. Thompson
Kidnapped man Amys he killed one of wis captors
Lawrence J. Miller a 35 year old Naperville builder missing since May 21 staggered into Sikeston Missouri with a knife wound and a tale of escaping from two captors after killing one with a jack handle fifty miles south of the city He said the abduction began three months earlier when gangster Jim Minero of Chicago recruited him to work on a large Chicago project Miller claimed his ride ended in St Louis where he was held in a wooden casting bed and later moved through southern Illinois with stops at roadhouses He recounted crossing the river at Cairo finding a jack handle and striking the driver in the temple as he attempted to flee A second gangster stabbed him and dumped the driver from the car before fleeing
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Sikeston
Lawrence J. Miller
Naperville
Here
Miller
Jim Minero
Chicago
St. Louis
Southern
Ilinois
Cairo
Muller
Funeral set for James C. Humphreys Callaway Schools Head
James C. Humphreys longtime Callaway County superintendent dies at 63 after a heart attack. Funeral at First Baptist Fulton with Rev. Abbott officiating. Survived by wife Mary and two sons James Carrell and Joe Boyd, plus brother E. R. Humphreys and other relatives.
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Callaway County
Fulton
First Baptist Church
F. Abbott
Presbyterian Church
Kirksville
Teachers’ College
Mary McCarroll Humphreys
James Carrell
Joe Boyd
E. R. Humphreys
Two Minor Collisions Reported In City Streets
Yesterday two minor crashes occurred. H Hoose driving a Ford sedan at Monroe and McCarty Streets said Henry Roothere traveling east on McCarty struck his car, knocking off a hub cap. A Nash coach driven by Hen Stewart was hit by an unknown driver who exited from a cart near the post office as Stewart went west on High Street.
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H. Hoose
Monroe and
McCarty
Henry Roothere
Hoose
Nash
Hen Stewart
Stewart
High Street
Wide search for Masong Mexico pair missing from Missouri
Relatives received no word on the disappearance of Melvin Ima fourteen year old Homer Powell from Mexico Missouri since Thursday. Authorities and radio stations are broadcasting descriptions to locate the two youths who vanished last week with no clues to their destination or motive.
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Mexico
Melvin Ima
Homer Powell
Fined for Disturbing Peace at a Dance
Walter Hoskins and Al Harris were each fined one dollar and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace at a private Elms Street dance Saturday night. Chester Puckett also faced a one dollar fine and costs in the same case.
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Walter Hoskins
al Harris
Elms Street
Chester Puckett
Army Engineers to Probe River Situation at Glasgow
Major General Lytle Brown ordered Colonel George Spaulding to study erosion on the Missouri River right bank above Glasgow Missouri. A Glasgow Cham bers of Commerce delegation led by Congressman Palmer appealed for aid to prevent isolation of the town and its bridges. railroads and state would contribute funds.
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Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
George R. Spaulding
St. Louis
Missouri River
Glasgow
Ction
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Marshall
Slater
Palmer
Sedalia
Ellis
Kansas City
Brown
Spaulding
Missouri
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Bishop Cannon Refuses Senate Question On 1928 Campaign
Bishop James Cannon Jr defies the Senate Rowley Committee by refusing to answer questions about his 1928 presidential campaign. Senator Walsh calls it persecution as the room reacts with laughter and applause. Cannon insists the inquiry targets him unfairly while noting his protest against Catholic and dry interests.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Senate Rowley Committee
Walsh
Montana
Cannon
Blaine
Wisconsin
Gannon
Senate
Waynesville Postmaster Robbed in Roaring House
Joe Davis, postmaster at Waynesville Missouri, reported to police this morning that $30 was stolen from his pockets while he slept at a local hotel last night. The thief rifled his trousers pockets hung on a chair and left his knife. Davis had stayed in the room despite no lock and difficulty securing a room.
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Joe Davis
Waynesville
Missouri
Davis
Chicago Gun Toll Rises With Ninth Fatal Shooting
In Chicago a Sicilian man Joseph Ferrari, 26, dies from a gunshot wound at North Clark and Locust Streets as part of a weekend wave of violence that has claimed nine lives in the region. Fellow victim Samuel Monistero died earlier, Tony Tornatore was wounded, and police pursued leads after reports of additional slayings.
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Chicago
Pa—Gang Fusiliers
Joseph Ferrari
North Clark
Locust Streets
Asan
Ferrari
Samuel Monistero
Tony Tornatore
Ruth Hits 17th Home Run Leads Majors
Ruth hit his seventeenth home run of the season this afternoon in Chicago. In the fourth inning of the Yankees versus White Sox game, Ted Lyons pitched for Chicago with the bases empty, breaking his tie with Hack Wilson of the Cubs for Major League home run leadership.
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Chicago
Leman Ruth
Ted Lyons
Ruth
Hack Wilson
Cubs
Supreme Court Upholds Damages in Three Missouri Train Crash Suits
The Missouri Supreme Court division one affirms $20,000 to Elmer J. Gorman of St Louis from St Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway for injuries after a November 1 1925 crash. Blanche Irwin of Clarkton is awarded $10,000 from St Louis San Francisco Railway for January 25 1926 injuries at a Clarkton crossing. The court reverses Lula B Martin’s case for new trial after a March 4 1925 Hannibal yard crash. Mrs Martin had won $16,000 in Ralls County.
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Elmer J. Gorman
St. Louis
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway Company
Missoni Supreme Court
Blanche Irwin
Clarkton
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
Pri
Hannibal
Martin
Ralls County
Construction bids for state highway project total 219
Two hundred and nineteen bids were received for 158 miles of proposed work on the state highway system across 26 counties at an estimated cost of four million dollars. Bids opened by T H Cutler, chief engineer, with awards expected by the highway commission in a few weeks. Projects include 70 miles of concrete paving, 60 miles gravel surfacing, 11 miles crushed stone and 8 miles gravel. Counties listed include Atchison, Holt, Caldwell, Clinton, Harrison, Nodaway, Marion, Monroe, Bates, Henry, Lafayette, Boone, Miller, Morgan, Osage, Gasconade, St Louis, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Phelps, Carter, Butler, Stoddard and Cape Girardeau.
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T. H. Cutler
Engine Fear
Highway Commission
Weeks
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Galdavelt
Clinton
Harrison, Nodaway
Marion
Monroe
Balls
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Dade
Dallas
Hickory
Phelps
Carter
Butler
Stoddard
Cape Girardenit
Baseball finals bring several dramatic games and homers
National finals featured Brooklyn beating Pittsburgh 6 to 6 in a nine inning tilt after early runs, while Chicago crushed Boston 15 to 2 and Cincinnati tallied 13 runs in a high scoring clash against New York. Fire crews responded to a wood shed fire at 804 East McCarty, but no damage was reported.
Where Opportunities Make Their Home
The Post-Tribune notes the appeal of opportunities in the classified section. Mrs. Joe Randazzo offered a two room furnished apartment for rent at 225 W. McCarty Street and rented it the day after her ad appeared. Call 213 or 152 to place your own ad and seize the chance.
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Post- Tribune
Joe Randazzo
W. McCarty Street
Classified
Post-Tribune
Ramdazzo
Bad Checks Keep The Man In County Jail
Eldon man now at Cole County Jail after 20 days on charges of writing bad checks to Miller and Weil Recreation Hall. Prosecutor Sevier imposes condition of staying out of Cole County. repeat offense would send him back or to another county for similar charges. White has prior pattern of bad checks and faces further charges in Jefferson City and Miller County. H W Herberger also charged with a worthless five dollar check.
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Sevier
Milley County
Gole County
White
Tim Wells
Jefferson City
R. KR. Stignil
Justice of the Pence
J. G. Leslie
H. W. Herberger
Golf tournament closes at Hough Park Club
The Hough Park Golf Club completed two tournaments over the weekend. G. G. Holmstrom won the Lloyd Cup donated by Hawoeld Lloyd. A Blind Bogey Tournament, with prizes of golf balls from Crown Drug Company, was won by Dr. S. P. Howard and W. B. Saville in a tie for first, with Howard Twente third. Qualifying rounds for the Club Championship are in progress, with plans for the Fischer Cup to go to the Class A Champion, Weatherby’s shoes for Class B, and Czarlinsky’s golf knickers for Class C.
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Hough Park Golf Club
Hawoeld Lloyd
G. G. Holmstrom
Lst
Crown Drug Company
S. P. Howard
W. B.saville
Howard Twente
Hugh Park
Fischer Drug Company
Weatherby’s Shoe Store
Czarlinsky’s
Shrubs On Highway 80 Making Good Progress
The highway beautification committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight at 7 30 to discuss activities. Mrs Ernst Simonsen reports that the shrubs and flowers planted last summer on highway 50 from the city limits to the Osage River are thriving despite dry weather. The group has completed planting over the past month at a cost of about $100. The program is described as one of the most extensive in the state.
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Chamber of Commeres
Ernst Simonsen
Highway 50
Osage
Chamber of Commerce
House Passes Law Enforcement Commission Bill in Washington
The House approved the Moore bill to waive the right to a jury trial in federal courts by a 228 to 107 vote, sending the measure to the Senate. The bill was amended to require no district attorney consent for waiving the jury trial in federal cases.
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House
Law Enforcement Commission
Moore
Senate
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