Republicans push for full slate in Missouri races
The Republican state committee met in Jefferson City to insist on candidates for every county office, aiming to avoid blank ballot spaces. Efforts will seek volunteers to file for unfilled posts, with talk of candidates for attorney general, lieutenant governor, auditor, railroad and warehouse commissioner, and other roles as ten days of recruiting unfold.
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Republican State Committee
Jefferson City
N. T. Gentry
St. Louis
Ohn
John H. Bothwell
Sedalia
Bothwell
Jacob F. Gmelich
Walter S. Dickey
Gmelich
W. W. Wilder
Wilder
Jesse A. Tollerton
Tollerton
Taney County
Dickey
Efferson City
Nilder
Tallerton
Legislative
Congress
Senate
Oklahoma grain inspector faces probe over illegal fees
Gov Haskell appointee James A. Smith and deputies rode in wagons to inspect public scales and charged $2 per inspection, claiming authority under a territorial law. The practice drew attorney general notice to stop, with thousands of scales potentially affected and funds uncertain. Also noted is a long-running English chancery heirs list encouraging lost heirs to claim inherited estates across multiple countries.
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Gurariz
Haskell
James A. Smith
Kingfisher
Smith
Oklahoma
United States
Canada
High Court of Chancery
Forei
Lostairs
London
Edinburgh
Anneka Jantzes
Haarlem
England
Germany
France
Ireland
Scotland
Cowing
Shrubs in Full Bloom Brighten Parks and Yards
The choicest flowering shrubs are at peak, including chegelias with red pink and white festoons spireas white and pink blossoms mock orange syringias bridal wreath deutzias fringes and snowballs. Notable wiegeling and snowball specimens brighten Holmes square and nearby grounds.
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Holmes Square
Jerome Evidence All In Hearing Set for May 26
New York May 9 testimony on charges against District Attorney Jerome closed today. Closing arguments are scheduled for May 26. Assistant district attorney Smyth testified he handled cases for William H Tillinghast and the American Ice Co, and that Jerome influenced the dismissal of Julian the ex investigator. Smyth said Tillinghast claimed court clerks allowed his jury service for fees, though he was paid by Stanley Begg. Smyth also reported Jerome instructed him to meet with American Ice Company President Oler to learn the business, but he found no contracts proving a monopoly or price control.
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New York
Jerome
Smyth
Tillinghast
Stanley Begg
American Lee Company
Oler
Plan for the Boys in St. Louis Aids Juvenile Work
Judge H L McCune spoke in St. Louis on youth work and urged Kansas City to open school spaces for a boys club. The Patrick Henry school basement will host a weekly youth club with music, games, storytelling, lectures, concerts, and lantern slides, 7 to 9:80 p m. Over 100 lantern slides feature founders of the nation.
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H. L. McCune
St. Louis
Kansas City
Board of Education of
Social Service Conference
Patrick Henry School
Han Whicudge McCune
Meyer
Board of Education
McCune
Gavel Made From Independence Building Presented to Presbyterian Moderator
A gavel carved from a walnut window sill of Independence’s 1835 building will be given to the Presbyterian general assembly moderator in this city. Mrs. Welch, Mrs. Ott, and Miss Buchanan secured the wood, once part of a Wes ton area woodworking site linked to the Santa Fe era. The old structure now houses a feed store, and the gavel’s maker notes its solid condition since installation. In Armourdale, Greek laborer Christ Sukoulis shot himself, dying at 34 after months of unemployment. He originated from Corinthe Greece, with parents still there.
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Independence
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
James Welch
H. J. Ott
Kate Buchanan
A. M. Woodson
Weston Blacksmith Shop
Christ Sukoulis
Rock Island & Pacific
Armourdale
Sukoulis
Corinth
Greece
Sakoulis
Climate Change Is a Fallacy Says Weather Observer
Patrick Connor, local weather observer, disputes claims of long term climate shifts. He cites Loomis and decades of data showing only slight variations, noting natural yearly swings and the difficulty of proving sustained change over centuries.
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Patrick Connor
Weather Bureau
Scarritt
Loomis
CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS Oklahoma AG Questions Ledbetter Links
Oklahoma Attorney General Charles West denies any friendly ties between his office and Standard Oil and its associates. He asks A Ledbetter Ardmore constitutional convention member and special assistant state attorney general for clarification after rumors Ledbetter worked for Waters-Pierce Oil Company. West warns a reply would shield the department from criticism.
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West
Ledbetter
Department
New Argentine High Ready for Students in Native Stone
The new 827000 school in Argentine is finished. Built with native stone it houses ten rooms and an auditorium seating 600. The project cost 27000 and marks a major local education milestone in Argentine.
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Argentine
Twenty-Six Named in Mail Fraud Indictments by Grand Jury
Federal grand jury session ends with twenty indictments charging twenty-six persons with using the mail for unlawful purposes. Assistant US attorney Leslie J. Lyons calls it the largest fraud-docket at one term, noting increases in mail-based schemes and a busy office preparing cases. Mamie Hudler sues Metropolitan Street Railway in Independence for 2500 dollars. James Ryan, early Harvey County settler and Halstead township homesteader since 1871, dies. he served as sheriff for two terms.
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Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Leslie J. Lyons
United States District Attorney
Kaness
Newton
Kas
James Ryan
Harvey County
Halstead
Mr. Ryan
The Car Started Too Soon Alleged Injury at Shefheld
A notice alleges a person was injured when a car started too soon at Shefheld on April 6. The filing cites an incident and seeks redress from the responsible party.
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Shefheld
Late Premier's Brother James Campbell Dies
Death announced of Right Hon James Alexander Campbell MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1880 to 1906. Born 1825, he was brother of late premier Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Died at Lowton on May 9.
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James A. Campbell
Lowton
James Alexander Campbell
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Glasgow
Aberdeen
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