Emancipation Debate and Missouri Investigation
A Missouri political critique targets Elmer Jones as an investigator de luxe, alleging his probe is a partisan stunt. It contrasts Jones’ failure with Governor Caulfield’s steady leadership and notes waste in the last House, including six hundred clerks and dubious claims. The column then questions broader emancipation trends across society and the pull back to normalcy.
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Elmer Jones
DE Luxe
House of Representatives
House
Mr. Jones
Jones
Senate
Democrats
Nelson
Caulfield
Caulleld
Macon County
Missouri
Cole County
Governor Caulfield Urges Tax Reduction Drive in Missouri
Governor Caulfield called for a thorough review of state government to cut costs and lower taxes before his term ends. He cited Missouri’s 150 boards and argued some agencies are unnecessary. He hinted at possible special sessions, payroll pruning, and reduced salaries, noting tax measures will shape next year’s campaign. The St. Joseph News- Gazette notes taxpayers may support pruning, while tax eaters will oppose it.
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Caulfield
Missouri
St. Joseph
Turning on the Light in Omaha Editorial Stance
The Omaha World-Herald exposed police court failure to punish traffic violators and urged reform for fair play. The editorial praises a recent shift by magistrates toward eliminating favoritism, suggesting Omaha residents will view law enforcement more favorably as a result. Silver prices are noted as a metaphor for clearer days ahead.
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Omaha World-Herald
Omaha
Nebraska City News- Press
Healing Through Suggestion and Dangers of Deafness Remedies
Dr Morris Fishbein warns against quack cures for hearing loss and the promotional tactics of miracle healers. He notes that suggestion can create temporary improvements while real cures remain scarce, and condemns radio and farm papers pushing unsafe devices and sensational methods such as misused radium and X rays. Airplane therapy has caused child deaths, exposing inherited and congenital deafness that cannot be cured by suggestion.
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Morris Fishbeem
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hyda
Metropoliian
Week End in Missouri News Roundup
Missouri items report a range of events from a senator’s relative’s death in Nevada to a candidate filing for congress, church training schools in Columbia, the Bank of Andrew County seizure at Savannah, and Missouri officials in Cape Girardeau and St Louis.
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Savannah
Bank of
Andrew County
State Finance Department
A.B Todd
A. W. Craig
Still on the job in Greenville refuses to quit
Greenville citizen known for helping his wife with supper dishes refused to quit his work last week saying it was not a man's job. His wife produced the family Bible with Kings 2b:83 and read I will wipe Jerusalem as a dish. The man continues his daily stunt.
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Greenvile
Jerusalem
Highland
Hoover Secretary Portrait Marks Start of New Duties
George Hastings, one of President Hoover's secretaries, poses on his first day in the White House after succeeding French Strother, who resigned from the post. The image captures Hastings beginning his duties under the Hoover administration.
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White House
George Hastings
Hoover
French Strother
Taken at His Word Judge Warns Interrupter in Court
The judge sternly warns that the next person who interrupts court proceedings will be sent home. The prisoner shouts Hoeray, echoing the moment in the courtroom.
Enduring Love Housewife and Tramp Exchange Witty Line
A playful exchange plays on love and labor as a housewife asks for work and a tramp replies that love is blind, delivering a witty wartime era jest about striving and perception.
Too Busy Astronomer and Humorous Exchange
A brief cartoonish exchange notes a four hour light travel time from a star to Earth. A Madrid joke panel adds a punchline about an automobile horn triggering memories of a chauffeur who eloped with the speaker’s wife.
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Buen Humor
Madrid
Pathfinder
The Comeback Swain and Sign Painting Banter
A witty dialogue fragment shows Horace debating family duties and romance, with Archie joking about a Pathfinder car and a line about studying sign painting at college. The exchange hints at workplace and relationship tensions in a playful tone.
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Tillie
Archie
Carnival starts tonight at Nentwig Show
A dramatist discusses his work and aims with a critic noting imitators, especially beforehand. The carnival opens tonight at Highway 54 and Monroe Street.
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Highway 54
Monroe St. Nentwig
Adv
Love Triangle Ends With a Car Crash in Park
Irene, facing social scandal, contemplates marriage to Prentiss Gaylord while Derry Meade reveals a oil strike links with him. A park confrontation leads to a fight interrupted by an officer gunfire, Irene fleeing, and a hospital-bound Irene with Derry at her side as Gaylord takes the blame.
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Topaz Beryl Borden
Tommy Wilson
Irene
Prentiss Gaylord Bnt
Beryl
Gaylords Western
Tommy
Jobos
Woolleering
Nerst Tna
Prenti
Derry Meade
Derry
Rou
Quidate
Pheix Reces
Prentiss
Berry
Gaylord
Sou
Hushand
Jerry
Irena
Leing
Reycle
Rene
Oakdale
Oiher
Meade
Iréne
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Mei
Mefl
Advence
New Spanish Republic
Yale University
Stamwood Menken
New York
Daily Health Service
Springfield
Neal Patterson
U.S
Roscoe Co. Patterson
Nevada
Bllsberry
Clarence Cannon
Columbia, Mo
Missouri and
Western Missouri
Episcopal Church
Christian College
Sedalia
Commercial Secretaries’ Association of Missouri
Cape Girardean
Louis
August Hammer
Evangelical Church
Phil A. Bennett
Bennett
ST. Louis
el- Mer
Mecon County
Gov. Caulfield
NEW Wheat
Langenberg Bros. Grain Co
Missouri Wheat
Tom. Chambers
Jefferson St
Lewis Investment CO
Automobile Bankers
Kansas City
Swain
Horace
Rafher
Cole County Bank
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