Watch Repairer of Prison Lived on Wall Street
A prison watch repairer known as Simmie at No 1 Wall Street lives in a story house on the penitentiary lot. GL Simpson, serving a life term from Holden Missouri, runs a watch repair and cabinet shop with $5,000 in tools. He works about 18 hours daily, executes woodwork, stores groceries, and even keeps three cats while attracting steady Jefferson City customers and state-wide orders.
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Missouri State Prison
No. 1
Wall Street
GL. Simpson
Holden
Simmie
Jefferson City
State
58Th General Assembly
Christy
Bids Open for Missouri River Channel Work in Nebraska
Nebraska City June 17 Associated Press government ready to spend 10 million dollars on Missouri river channel improvement bids to build dikes and revetment at Brownville and Aspinwall Bend to be opened July 3 in Kansas City Missouri three projects in the area listed for setting this year delays due to uncertainties over NB and other agencies following supreme court decisions also Maryse Hilst sets new world altitude record for women flying 38704 feet in a monoplane lifting her previous mark of 32014 feet in Paris on June 17 UP
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Nebraska City
Neb
Missouri River
Brownville
Aspinwall Bend
U. S. Army Engineers
Kansas City
Supreme Court
C. ©. Cook
Paris
Maryse Hilst
Miss Hirst
Lost Fat Because She Heded Doctor's Advice
Mrs H H Long of Clarinda Iowa writes that Kruschen was recommended by her doctor. Starting weight 226 pounds, weight 208 after three jars. Doctor says she is doing fine. The ad claims reputable physicians prescribe Kruschen to safely reduce fat and improve health, urging readers to try four weeks for a small cost with a money back guarantee if 12 pounds are not lost.
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H. H. Long
Clarinda
Towa
Woman Takes Man's Wallet After Car Crash
A Boston woman asked to see a driver's license after rear ending Alex Truskolsky's car. He handed over his wallet containing $30 and credentials, then she sped away with the wallet. In Oakland a man mourned losing a hat worth $10 after diving for it from a pier.
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Associated Press
Boston
Alex Truskolsky
Kruskolsky
Oakland
Calif
Manuel Teixeira
Teixeira
Robert Miller
Miller
College Campus Shooting Case Reaches Court
Tahlequah Oklahoma June 17 A college campus shooting case with extortion and publicity accusations goes to trial as Lois Thompson faces assault with intent to kill charges. Chinese student Daniel Shaw key witness, with defense claiming self defense and Shaw threats.
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Lois Thompson
Tahlequah
Oklo
Daniel Shaw
Miss Fhompson
W. W. Miller
Miss Thompson
Shaw
Northeastern State Teachers College
Owen J. Watts
E. A. Appel, Jr
Washington Department of Justice
Lelia Thompson
Lois
George Siew
King Chen
Houston
Tex
Four Men Charged After Egg Throwing Incident
Belle, Missouri on June 17 authorities juggled the law books as four men on $250 bonds faced charges for throwing rotten eggs at Ea Mitchell, a farm woman. She alleges two accused men threw eggs at her while the other two struck her back and crushed the eggs with their hands.
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Belle, Mo
Maries County
Ea Mitchell
Bell bird spotted with bell on its neck in Missouri
In Howell County Missouri a buzzard was seen with a bell tied around its neck while John H. McDaniel and his son plowed corn. Farmers, familiar with the bell cow, note this is a new wrinkle and mystery surrounds how the bell got on the bird.
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West Plains
Howell County
John H. McDaniel
Flood Threat Hits Southeast Missouri Again
Torrents poured from the eastern Ozarks into the southeast Missouri basin after 3.90 inches of rain fell since Saturday. The Black and St. Francis rivers rose, prompting residents in lower basins to move livestock to higher ground in anticipation of renewed flooding. Fisk on the St. Francis reported 4.65 inches in 24 hours.
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Poplar Bluff
Ozarks
Missouri
Black
St. Francis
Fisk
St. Francis River
General store hit by fire and burglars
Mountain View Missouri June 17 AP The stock and building of the T B Padgett general store were a total loss after burglars and a fire. Investigators have not reported whether the fire was intentional. The blaze damaged adjoining drug store farmers' exchange hardware store and a grocery.
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Mountain View
T. EB. Padgett General
Farmers’ Exchange
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Wizard of State Penitentiary
Financial Center
BIOS
Yankee
Gerard Lambert
T. O. M. Sopwith
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Man
Thayer
Chicago
Westward Ho Gels’ Club
Roosevelt
Washington
New London
Conn
Charleston
W. Va
Magistarte H. G
Harvard
Schmidt
E. Dunklin Street
John J
George Rackers
Schmidt’s Shoe Store
E. Dunklin St
Heisinger Motor Co. Phone
Life Insurance
J. M. Bennett
Weatherby Bldg
Edward D. Dufield
Evarrk
Jersey
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