Missouri city police commissions creation in initiative text
A proposed state amendment outlines creating municipal police commissions in cities over 300 residents. One commissioner to be from the leading party, oath requirements, salaries of about 8.0% of city funds, and duties including budget and audit functions with term limits and removal conditions.
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Constitutional Amendment on State Highway Bonds
Fragmented OCR describing a proposed Missouri constitution amendment to authorize issuing up to 50 million dollars in interest bearing bonds for building and maintaining highways and related provisions. It outlines debt limits, emergency borrowing, and tax levies to pay principal and interest, with submission to voters and a two thirds ratification requirement. Named sections reference Article IV and Section 44, and the governor's role in declaring emergencies.
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Weland Dietfict
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Missouri
State Board of Equalieation
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Owen
Department OF State
Cornelius Hoard
State of
State of Missouri
Jefferson
Germans Fail In Desperate 3 Days Attack
German forces launch three days of intense assaults along the Allied front in Northern France. Despite bayonet clashes and heavy shelling, French and British defenses hold, with reports of German losses and no decisive breakthrough near Verdun or the Meuse. Allied officials warn Germans may still press a right and center strike as Verdun remains a focal point.
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Gervane
Western Canada's Grain Crop for 1914
The 1914 wheat yield in Western Canada is estimated at 185 million bushels, lower than 1913 due to drought in parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, yet overall prospects are favorable with strong cattle and dairy sectors. The article urges Americans to consider moving to Western Canada for land, freedom, and eventual wealth, highlighting land prices, railroad access, and opportunities in alfalfa and other grains. It includes promotional notes about climate, resources, and national ambition, with a quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Canada’s promise.
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German Emperor Said to Have Left For Maabrue Elä
Petrograd dispatch reports the German emperor has reportedly travelled toward Maabrue Elä. Russian forces near Cracow push within 50 miles of the city as Cossacks raid Tarnow to Cracow, while Berlin says German forts from Verpun to Toulic are pounded by a 42 centimeter mortar. A Japanese patrol relay notes a German envoy in Tsingtau.
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Verhun
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War Office
Wishful talk and shipboard hopes in a cryptic exchange
In a brief dialogue from Lippincott's Magazine a man muses on money for marriage while a woman blushes and questions what he would do. He jokes about spending it on travels as temperatures drop. The exchange hints at wives relatives and exotic tobacco as a metaphor for burning money amid late contemplation of a harbor fate.
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Lippincott's Magazine
Fragmentary note on dance hall incident and medical aid
The readable text shows a scene about first aid to the injured, a dance hall manager, a chiropodist offering free aid, and a tense exchange about reform written in garbled form. It suggests an incident during an experiment or performance with unclear details and a temperate reaction from a father figure.
Mother buys food after phonograph sale to feed children
A distressing tale from an unnamed source describes a mother selling a family phonograph and seven opera records to obtain food for her starving children, highlighting poverty and sacrifice in hard times.
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