Sikeston to Have a Cigar Factory Soon
The Charleston Courier notes capital and talent back of Sikeston's plan for a cigar factory in the near future. Local anecdotes recount large watermelons, a Dexter case awarding $1,500 in damages, and other Missouri news from Charleston.
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Sikeston
Morehouse Hustler
Sprinkles
Missouri Public Utilities Company
St. Louis
Dexter
Charleston Courier
E L. Purcell
Purcell
Fredericktown-Democrat News
Texas
Missouri
The
Courier
Bis
Missouri Woman Suffrage Debate and City power concerns
The piece argues for equal suffrage in Missouri, noting sister states grant ballots and opposing views claim suffrage would upend family unity and overburden election machinery. It warns city dominance by St Louis and unequal poll access for rural voters.
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Missouri
St. Louis
St Louis
Secret diplomacy blamed for European menace
The Philadelphia Record quotes the London Daily News condemning secret diplomacy as autocratic and unfit for a democratic world. It argues that U S practice should model civilized diplomacy if Europe is to remain free from future danger, warning that diplomacy may be erased by this war.
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United States
Europe
London Daily News
Philadelphia Record
Missouri Farm Statistics and Political Commentary
Missouri reports 277244 farms with 194286 owned and managed and 82958 tenant farms. Owners operate 18001000 acres and tenants 6490000. land value totals 1246383000 for owners and 469822000 for tenants. Mr Hensley criticizes past lobbies and waste, praises Wilson era policies, and forecasts a Democratic victory in November.
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Missouri
Census bulletin on Bollinger county home ownership
The Census Bureau reports 3009 homes in Bollinger with 2414 rural farms, 1271 owner occupied free of mortgage, 664 mortgaged farm homes, 470 rented farm homes, 855 urban homes, 260 urban owners including 40 mortgaged and 208 free of encumbrance, and 315 rented urban homes. Enumerators lacked data for a small percentage of homes. Walter L. Hensley, U.S. representative, returned from St. Louis after surgery and spoke optimistically on November election prospects and government management.
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Bollinger
Walter L. Hensley
Congress
St. Louis
Times Office
Charles P. Wilkson
St. Francois County
Hensley
Fragmented citation of historic policy critique from Farmington Times
A brief excerpt criticizes administrative neglect and a return to alleged wastful and erratic Cannonism era policies. It laments former years when American representatives were mere puppets limiting freedom of legislation.
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Farmington
Missouri crops see reduced wheat area for 1915
The Missouri Board of Agriculture reports a five percent cut in wheat acreage for 1915. War pressure boosts wheat prices and farmer optimism, with expectations of larger wheat plantings. Health warnings set October 1 in north Missouri and October 15 in south Missouri for Hessian fly danger as fly maggots infest volunteer wheat. sowing earlier invites trouble and turning under volunteer wheat is advised.
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Europe
Missouri
Board of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Columbia
Grain weevil damage prompts fumigation guidance
Complaints to Missouri state board of agriculture in Columbia report grain weevils injuring wheat in granaries and elevators. Professor Boutchison recommends fumigating with carbon disulfide in a tight bin or box at ten pounds per thousand cubic feet, pouring liquid in a shallow dish on grain, sealing for one to two days, and avoiding any flame or sparks due to the gas’s danger and explosiveness.
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State Board of Agriculture
Columbia
Missouri
C. Boutchison
Pile of peach pits hauled for German use and fuel
A 400 ton pile of peach pits sits west of the California Fruit Canners' association packing house with hundreds more to be shipped in. Los Angeles experts will crack and ship the meats to Germany for use in prussic acid and bitter almond production, while shells will be sold as fuel.
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California Fruit Canners’ Association Packing House
Los Angeles
Germany
Hanford
Cal) Sentinel
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Kentucky
Harry Deane
Texas Bend
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Sheriff King
Cornelius Roach
National Educational Association
Sesson
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Thinking Women of America
Opera House
Harry Green
FORD
Detroit
United States of America
Ford Motor Company
Perry Johnson
Alliance, MO
Mr. Hensley
Rock Road
Hetsiey
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Mexico
Orient
the Times
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Bollinger County Homes
United States Census Department
Washington
Bollinger County
Joe Cannon
New York World
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