Hard Fight On Compensation In Missouri Legislature
Missouri lawmakers consider a substitute for the workmen compensation bill after a heated committee fight. The debate pits labor, employers, and insurance interests against a state funded option, with objections over weekly benefits and physician choice. Senate actions also address eight hours for women, stenographer pay, and a naval school proposal, plus public memorial bills and county bounties on hawks.
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Jeffersonity
House
Missouri
John C Mall
Bt Louis
Mate
Senate
Question of Public Service Commission Power Upheld
Senate committee reports favorably a Gardner bill to fix Missouri Public Service Commission authority over rates charged by United Railways and the Big Light and Power Company for Keokuk generated power. The bill would set clear standards and has prompted many petitions, leading to a suspension of rules and placement on the informal calendar. A second measure to provide land for soldiers has moved toward engrossment in the Senate and aims to help veterans secure farms.
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Senate
General Assembly
7Th Division
Missouri
Misouri and
Kaness National Guard
France
Glick
Hall
House
Raziveky
St Louis
Senate Committee On Judiciary
St. Louis
Kansas City
Tome Ewker
Germany
Casey
Metntie
Senate Committee On Private Corporations
Gardner
Missouri Public Service Commission
United Railways
Keokuk
McGruder
British Outwit German Spies Hidden in War Intel System
London editors praise British intelligence for exposing German agents and thwarting espionage with carefully crafted disinformation. The piece credits the Directorate of Special Intelligence for monitoring German plots, undermining their coordination, and yielding valuable evidence across military and war trade domains. It notes arrests followed entrances to the country and highlights the department's success in preventing leakage of vital information.
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London
Directorate of Special Intelligence
England
Intel
Gence
He von Reslet
Heura
Industriens German Agrite
Enaglieh Intelligence Department
Ottwate
Enews Apies
Mys
le Sa
Chelle
Cambrai
Dirlieh
Roosevelt Descendant Joins U S Forces In France
Lieut Ool Themtore Reosevett Jr of the late Colonel Ne Roosevelt and his wife have been on duty for YMCA work for some time. Lieutenant Roosevelt, demoted by the service, has been with American forces to France for a year.
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Themtore Reosevett, Jr
Neosevelt
Homague Meuse
Reosevelt
Reeweevelt
Pripe
France
Navy orders set for transatlantic flight project
Historical notes discuss Navy plans to charter a flight from New England to the Irish coast. Majors and officers debate route options via the Atlantic, with a potential halfway sea stop for rest. Weather constraints and timing push back hopes for a summer departure.
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Atlantic
Majordien Remeter
Mintek
Newfomelland
Irish
Mare Ciretee
Ateres
Forest loss and encroachment threaten national woodlands
The text warns of forest loss due to encroachments and harvesting. It notes trees are cut faster than they regrow and cites significant waste and reduced tree power. It references national forests and policy concerns about forest management.
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United States
Theritt
Recipe for Gray Hair Methods and Remedies
Fragmentary recipe text describes methods to color or tint gray hair using unspecified powders and plant extracts. The passage mentions Parle, mel greene, and Barbe Compeent, with notes on loosening fade and achieving a glossy appearance. The coherency is limited by garbled OCR, but the gist centers on home hair treatment ideas.
Traps Bandit Gang Leader Miss Lindsay Traveled San Francisco
San Francisco society figure Miss Lindsay daughter of a Johannesburg diamond exporter traveled from India to China and then to San Francisco after a globe trotting adventure. She reportedly discovered the Foster gang’s cave near her home in Johannesburg and later recounted elephant hunting and tiger experiences in Calcutta and the Tolai jungles.
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San Francisco
Alice Herald Lindany
Téauty
Johannesburg
South Africa
India
China
Miss Lindsay
Kensington
Coburch
Foster
Hte
Inet
Mic Linteny
Calcutta
Aley
Shy
Ned
Tolan
War souvenirs from Maine battlefield wreck a home in Port Chester
Explosives from the Maine battlefield exploded in the bedroom of Sergt. Joseph Hamilton and Fri gate Ralph Hamilton at their uncle George H. Lowden’s home in Port Chester. The returning American expeditionary force soldiers had souvenirs from France including grenades a German helmet and 40 machine gun cartridges. An explosion under a bureau blew a two foot hole in the floor and narrowly injured Mr Lowden and the nephews.
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Port Chester
Maine
Joseph Hamilton
Ralph Hamilton
George H. Lowden
Hamilton Treachers
France
Lowden
Meath
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Job of Nodaway
House Labor Committee
William Tribett
J. Leule
Gt. Louis
Wagner
Navy Department
Bortion
Duel Fish and Game License
Magey
Moxey
Carrington
Maries County
Intelligence Office
Hans Bury
Kaiser
Mindenburg
Hun Couverla
York
Irttieh
Brigtien Co OK
Cockerill
Alweter
NAVY
Piritish Naval Aviation Service
Ante
Poverly
Commander Tower
Witteman-Lewis Aircraft Company
Hage Senstedt
Northcliffe Prise
Rigerd
Mel Greene
Cba
Nees
Hon. C. FP
Gramdileid
Alrverl
U. S
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