Grace Leathe adopts grandson John Sima in Missouri
Mrs. Grace E. Leathe of St. Louis, famed as Missouri's wealthiest woman, adopts her seven year old grandson John M. Sima of Collinsville as heir to about four million dollars upon her death. A commercial agency cites cost of living at a three year low while moral notes from Youth's Companion report fraud findings against a contractor and three state officers over Pennsylvania State Capitol bills.
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Grace E. Leathe
St. Louis
Missouri
John M. Sima
Collinsville
Commercia
Pennsylvania
Moralistic thought on giving and selfishness
A moralist quotes that the Dead Sea is dead because it only receives and never gives. The point extends to people who are heartless and selfish, implying true life comes from generosity and blessings to others rather than mere accumulation.
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Dead Sea
Local wine sales ruled by prosecutor Barbee
Prosecuting Attorney Barbee states that local wine sales are not allowed for wine growers in New Frankfort and nearby areas. He notes grape growing can still be profitable, proposing grape juice turned into non intoxicating wine as a bottled beverage with a good market potential.
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New Frankfort
Barbee
Hadley May Seek Missouri Governorship Says Warner
United States Senator William Warner believes Attorney General Herbert Hadley may be the Republican nominee for Missouri governor. Warner told friends in St Louis last week that he met Hadley in Kansas City and Hadley planned a West trip for business, not health, and would return within ten days. Assistant Attorney General John Keanish says Hadley’s health condition has been exaggerated.
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Herbert
Hadley
Missouri
United States
William Warner
St. Louis
Warner
Kansas City
West
Gen
John Keanish
Gen. Hadley
The Success That Does Not Come From Industry Is Not Morta
The fragment hints at a reflection on success not arising from industry and implies a critical view of nonindustrial sources. The text is incomplete, offering no clear names, places, dates, or events to anchor a fuller summary.
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Morta
Men Who Get There Use Brains To Succeed in Business
The Maryville Republican urges workers to study themselves and their rivals to improve efficiency. It argues that effort alone isn’t enough and that salesmen and others must analyze weaknesses, adopt better methods, and keep working to advance continually.
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Maryville Republican
Marshall Full of Anarchists? The Citizen
The Citizen criticizes Democrats who backed Mr. Van Dyke saying they refuse to be bound by organization rules and follow red finger principles. It argues Republicans can vote for the best person without becoming anarchists or harming their conscience when voting convictions.
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van Dyke
Pattersop
New Jersey
Eight Missouri constitutional amendments proposed for November ballot
Eight amendments to Missouri’s constitution were proposed for the general election next November. Provisions include initiative and referendum, city indebtedness limits, third class city water works funding, supreme Court judges increased to nine, state and county tax separation, and new road funds. The text notes a pay raise for legislators and county funding mechanisms for roads and bridges.
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State of
Missouri
Supreme Court
Inez LeHew 9 Describes trip to her new home in Kansas
Nine year old Inez LeHew recounts leaving Stanhope Missouri on Thursday April 2 with friends, traveling by Red Flyer to Kansas City and on to Atchison Concordia and finally Norway Kansas. She notes towns along the route, spring orchards in bloom, coal mining in Alma and Higginsville, and meeting her father in Norway to begin life in a new home.
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Inez LeHew
Republican
Stanhope
Marshall
Kansas City
Alma
Higginsville
Independence
Mt. Leonard
Corder
Odessa
Kansas City Union Depot
Kaw
Missouri
Atchison Kansas
Atchison
Yuma
Concordia
Kansas
Norway
Papa
Ice Cream Ingredient Rules Extend Through 1908
The department answers inquiries on ice cream composition for the rest of 1908 and beyond. It allows condensed milk and gelatin in ice creams if clean and clearly labeled. Standard fat content remains 14 percent for plain ice cream and 12 percent for fruit and nut varieties, with verification by the retailer upon request.
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R. M. Washburo
Sianry & Food Com
Closing Exercises Honor Miami Teacher Trio
DeWitt Herald lauds Prof J A Burnside and assistants Miss Lewis Barret and Miss Elizbeth Campbell for a highly successful term. The paper commends their instructional skill and student progress and hopes they return to lead the district school next term.
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DeWitt Herald
J. A. Burnside
Miami
Lewis Barret
Elizabeth Campbell
Herald
Cannibal Exhibit Divides Church Debate On Missions
A debate at Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church compared foreign and home missions using living figures. The foreign mission side showed a cannibal and child widow of India, while the home mission side presented an American Indian, an anarchist, a street waif, a drunkard, and a despised negro. Judges and the crowd favored foreign missions. the event drew a packed crowd and may recur in other churches.
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Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church
Foreign Missions
August J. Kruse
Trueman Reynolds
Eugene Dougherty
Second Christian Church
Foreign Mission
Clark Sanford
W. T. Byron
L. V. Stone
Hammett Place
India
C. M. Rauch
Cote Brilliante
St. Louis
Candidates Consent Rule for August Primary Nominations
Candidates must sign written consent to accept nomination and qualify for office. General primary law requires a declaration with nomination papers that the candidate will qualify if nominated and elected, due by June 1, to appear on the official ballot. If a party lacks a candidate, the party committee may name one for the county district or state.
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Congress
Righ
Nominating Procedures for State Offices Described
The Central Missouri Republican notes a primary law provision allowing the State committee to nominate a candidate if a nominated state officeholder declines to declare. It discusses the possibility of citizens being nominated without consent and the absence of public commentary on this rule.
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State Committee
Missouri
Good Roads Speech Claims Mudfree Missouri Roads
Troy mis souri April 9 D Ward King opening talk on Good Roads. He says Missouri has hundreds of miles of muddy roads with no mudholes, crediting the King road drag for mudhole free stretches. He notes recent rainfall yet many earth roads remain mudhole free along his Mexico to Troy route.
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Troy
Missouri
D. Ward King
Mexico
Missouri road progress praised by state official
Mr. King, invited by County Engineer T A Halley, represented the State Highway Commission and stated Missouri had made greater progress in solving the problem of better roads than any state in the Union, with stretches near Mar tinsburg and Weville and along New Floren and Wentzville showing the road drag evidence.
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Martinsburg
Weville
New Floren
Wentzville
Mr. King
T. A. Halley
State Highway Commission
Missouri
Union
Eggs for Hatching from Rhode Island Reds
Best chickens on earth Rhode Island Reds eggs for hatching at one dollar per setting. Stedem's Stock Farm located in Marshall Missouri offers these hatching eggs.
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Rhode Island
Stedem’s
Marshall, Mo
Lost Five Dollar Bill Near Rea Implement Co
Chas Pittman and Wm Hill of the upper Miami bottom report losing a five dollar bill on the square or near Rea Implement Co during the runaway excitement. Finder may claim a reward by leaving it at the Republican office.
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Chas. Pittman
Wm. Hill
Upper
Miami
Rea Implement Co
Finder
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Marshall Republican
J.J. Witt
Elmer Nicely
C. & A. Railroad
van Dyke& Co
Norway, Kansas
Wright
Hunter's Pharmacy
Derson
Hen Gil
Sig Walm
Pete Coe
Fisher, Gaunt & Co
South Side Square
Chicago & Alton
O. E. Hawthorne
Maraball, Mo
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