Road Engineers Draw Laws and Meetings in Missouri News
Road engineers form a committee led by Buffum Harding and Allen to promote new bills on county highway work. Jefferson City officers of the Highway Engineers Association of Missouri were elected after the annual convention, including president F. F. Buffum and treasurer H C Allen. The Missouri Supreme Court case involving a former minister was noted, alongside railroad rate discussions before the public service commission and plans for a state industrial home for rural girls in Tipton with March readiness.
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HM. Buffum
EF C Harding
H.C. Allen
Jefferson City
Highsay Engineers Association of
Miescar
M B. Murray
Sikeston
Leo Preident
Vannibal
Cecretary
Inten
Hanolba
Frank W. Woffum
Leietalien
Highway One Renn
Parvird
Irewe Kev Aeron
S| Lowis
Minioe
James H
Lowe
Supreme Court
Lowne
Missouri Sapreme
Jaffersen
Peritentiars
Misa Jeanette McConachie
Board of Managers
Tipton
Primary Law Attacked by Missouri Supreme Court Judge
Judge John Brown of the Missouri Supreme Court attacks a primary election fee law as unconstitutional. He cites a schedule taxing candidates for various offices from $8 to $100, challenging its legality amid fusion politics in St Louis County. The piece also notes labor bureau recommendations and a Jefferson City postmaster race with a proposed party primary.
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John Patrick
Missouri
Commonwealth
John Irown
Missouri Supreme Court
Louis
Brown
Kaliet
Congress
Fitch
CLL Werre Tower Agniiet
Cll Werre Tower Agniiet WiPiat Seibel
St Louis County
A. Ik. L. Gartner
Bethenade
Bia
Corey W Bhacklefornd
Stee Jefferson Cue
Shackleford
Bond Issue Filed by Chicago Alton Hallway Co
Application with the public service commission seeks authority to lend bonds totaling 663000 under the general mortgage dated July 1 1919 trustees United States Mortgage Trust Co New York and F Swinney of Kansas City proceeds to reimburse the company for money used to pay for property and general bettlements made Grand Jury to be convened to probe charges of corruption betting and other graft Governor issues commissions and invitations for military ball concrete work suspended at the Missouri statehouse due to cold weather
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Chicago @ Alton
United States Mortgage Trust Company of
New York
and & F Swinney of
Kansasity
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Liograpen
Chiawa
G. A. Cook
West 9Th Street
Kansas City
Missouri
C. J. Broughton
West Adams Street
Chicago
Bil
Amudime
Confidence man Nat Pierce swindles told in Waldorf tale
Edgar Lewis, a moving picture director, narrates a story of a con man with new ideas. In a Waldorf hotel scene he repeats Nat Pierce’s name to a group of rich westerners who recognize Card, then chase to find the promoter. They view Senator Elihu Root and Mousserand the French ambassador on the cards and flee in pursuit.
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Edgar Lewis
Moving Picture
Nat Pierce
Lewis
The
Waldorf
Elihu Root
Senator Root
Polenant
Mousserand
Nez Pierce
Goovernor Elect
Whitman
President Pain
Republic of France
New York Sun
Cutieura advert and a tale of a dinner controversy
An old advertisement promotes Cutieura Ointment and Soap for hair loss with a free sample offer. The text then shifts to a humorous anecdote about a youth employed in a home meals setting who clashes with the employer over dinner costs and a theatrical lecture, ending with a teasing exchange about age and propriety.
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Adv
It Made a Difference Johnnie at the Front
A humorous overheard exchange at lunch contrasts how to pronounce names and words with wartime talk. A Western Union office girl reads a letter about a new dress described as fin de sickle, provoking playful mishearing. The piece includes quips about a chauffeur enlisting, gasoline defense, and a joke about a wife being a revenue cutter, reflecting home front wartime humor.
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Johnnie
Arctic
Mr. Mill
Western Union Office
New York Sun
Coming Time of Ease and Everyday Oddities in Briefs
A lumber buyer rests by a Georgia farmhouse fire as neighbors joke of long tenures and idle summers. Wives’ money changes roles in Glasgow pay and a London Chronicle vignette notes maids invited to rifle practice. A cheerful Chicago man and his serious wife debate social tongues, while a humorous tale mocks Bragg’s boast about “the Limit.”
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Georgia
Dev
Chicago
Henry
Calera
Fragmented OCR: custodian dialogue and ad copy mix
An incoherent OCR fragment shows a cashier scene with improvised dialogue about money and references to a patent medicine ad for Fletcher's Castoria. It also includes stray lines about a Sunday school lesson, a teacher named Miss Paull, and a boy answering a question with terse replies.
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Miss Paull
Mission
Mises Paull Thewan
Httie
Adelbert Dugan
Adelbert
Quarrels and candid chatter in a village parlor
A bystander style jumble shows Little arguing with her mistress about staying on with a new maid. Lizzie Sharp speaks of a planned marriage as characters like Umbramble and Urimbels discuss youth, vows, and social fixes. A rector and villagers comment on habit and reform.
Industrious Spiders Disrupt South American Telegraphs
A New York Evening Post item describes spiders hauntingly efficient in Argentina and elsewhere, their moisture driven webs blocking telegraph lines and halting government communication, while a school board chairman vents in frustration about over-serious officials, quoting a blithe reply: they were made for fun.
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Board of Education
Board of
Board of Superintendents
New York Evening Post
Curious Shopper Whims Provoke Midnight Remark
A butcher in a refined district recalls a peculiar customer who rusticated in his shop at closing about a request for a special English drink and a postponed order. The exchange ended with the patron urging the butcher to keep the story private.
Appreciation Translated Note From A Polish Court Fragment
A fragmentary OCR style line references praise for poterings and mentions "Reideet" and "Tosthund" with unclear context. The garbled text hints at a formal setting or galliria heading, mentioning a person or office and a date or event, but specifics are unreadable.
Fragmented OCR query on private site ethics and votes
A garbled text fragment questions why access to a private site was forced and references a council or election context. It mentions another man receiving more votes, but the readable content is incomplete and unclear.
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Uber
John T Pitepatrick
Gow
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ube
Estate Civil Service
Leeve Borte
Continuens Grand Jury
John G Slate
Forts
Eighth Geeners Assembly
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Jene Ko Kebtneon
Si. Louke
G. M
Major
National Guard
Governors Persons
New
Missouri Statehouse
NEW 'N Confidence Games
Antent
Dostan
Pather
Diggers
Frei
Reime
Georgia Farmer
Glasgow
London Chronicle
Enelieh
Kotsemaida
Endleas
Diva
Ridget
Kidget
Fletcher
Lizzie
Hrumbelle
Abe
Hountiful
Jones
Fatima
Ats
Reideet
Els
Lee
Eoetay Welle Medicine CO
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Absorkbine JK
Jeakers Oy
Tutt
Oden Phos
Panett
Otenan V& T
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Veo
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