Bootlegging Raid Seizes Liquor At Pitts Home
Officers Fleming and Polson raided Pitts of 100 North Ault street early Sunday. Three Black youths and two white teens fled. Pitts was arrested and charged with gambling. A search uncovered gin, prune juice, homemade whisky, and corn whiskey. Pitts offered bond and was held for trial. police indicated further charges may follow.
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RE. Pitts
North Ault Steel
Fleming
Polson
Pitts
Bonda Gor
Darkey
Fitts
Pleming
Agiinst Pitts
Twenty Nations Begin In Great Anti Alcohol Pageant
Nearly twenty nations will send speakers to the fifteenth international congress against alcohol in Washington starting September 21. The tentative program, issued by the American executive committee, features Dazyurke of Poland and Lena Bjorkman of Sweden among others. Governors Allen of Kansas Dorsey of Georgia and Millikin of Maine are listed among notable participants. Related groups like the World League Against Alcoholism and the Anti-Saloon League will hold meetings in conjunction with the congress.
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Washington
Slayington
Permanent International
Brorenbrotck
Netherlands
United Sestes
Dazyurke
Poland
Fueone
Lena Bjorkmen
International Order of Goat Templars
The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Catholic ‘Total Abstinence Union
Interreflegiate Prohibition Association
Anti-Saloon League of America
Cupid and Janitors in Sewer Conflict at Hartford
In Hartford Connecticut a humorous local item notes a feud between Cupid and janitors over colored confetti. Insurance firms employ many clerks and stenographers who have abandoned typewriters amid a wasteful spill of confetti, leading to notices prohibiting further celebratory tossing during building repairs.
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Hartford
Conn
Mach
Tanul Contetti
Local Socials Mixed With Village News
Miss Lydia Hatton of Laddonia visits Miss Rose Richardson east of town. Today the young Indiex spent the day with Sesh at Centria.
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Lydia Hatton
Laddonia
Rose Richardson
Indiex
Sesh
Centralia
Water improvement meeting to organize election effort
Important notice calls all citizens to a mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at the corner of White and West Reed streets. The gathering aims to mobilize support for the election on the 26th to secure more and better water for Moberly. All committees are urged to be ready.
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Chamber of Commerce
Witta
West Reed
Americans Lead By Two to One in Olympian Games
At Antwerp the 1920 Olympian track and field events concluded with the United States leading 2 to 1 in medals. England won the 7600 meter relay as the American team finished fourth in the final. Finland took the 10,000 meter cross country race with England second and Sweden third.
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Antwerp
Ganes
Amcerion
Pitland Fe
Swisden
Napland St
France
Italy
South Africa
Canada
Norway
Esthenia
Belgium
Denmark
New Zealand
Australia
Luxenberg
England
Finland
Saveden
America Court
Many Changes In Hig 40 Coaching In Midwest Colleges
Chicago Aug 24 College athletics in the middle west will be considerably rejiggered beginning with the football season as high mid western schools announce coaching changes to strengthen teams. Northwestern hires Elmer McDeavitt to direct the Purple eleven. Minnesota and Notre Dame faces new staff shifts. Wisconsin brings back former coach W. Meanwell to lead basketball. Illinois loses Ralph Jones to Lake Forest and Chicago plans changes in athletic directing across sports.
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Yon de Chamberlain
Chicago
College
Middle West
Hetve
Dack Wiles
Chick Vartoy
Marley
Ohio
Hairley
Hese Punehers
Mont Enities Torin
Lie Atm U
Northwestern University
Getanl
Elmer McDeavitt
Yale
Purple Eleven
Menowvitt
Pred Murphy
Lateer
Northwest
Minnesota
Gridiran Stars
Atletic
Abinols
Ralph Jones
Ilinois
Jones
Lake Forest
Wisconsin
W. E. Meanwell
Badger
Menanwel
Wisconsin Fire
Meanwell
Rich Geishy Girl Mourned in Tokio
The Ivery see in Tokio mourn the death of Mrs. Some Hrima owner of a famed geisha house. The event highlights wealth gained after the war as geisha staff totaled around eighty and funeral turnout included hundreds in ornate costumes.
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Tokio
Mall
Ivery
Some Hrima
Tns
Har
Deaths reported in Missouri area obituary notices
Multiple brief notices recount the deaths of Narcissa McClure and several relatives near Moberly and Clinton, listing survivors and funeral arrangements. Services are scheduled at homes and churches with burials planned in Clinton and Oakland.
Belfast inspector shot after Lisburn homeward church walk
A police inspector named Swainy was killed by three gunmen while returning home from Christchurch in Lisburn. The attack occurred as Protestants left their church leaflet gatherings. Witnesses described three armed assailants firing on Swainy and his family, then fleeing toward Belfast. The inquest verdict named several officials as murder suspects amid tensions over local governance.
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Belfast
Swanay
Withi Merder
Mayer MacCurtain
Lisburn
Swinay
Christchurch
Railway Itrear
Hare
Swangy
Fred
Swang
Buck
Diasagsins
Ceatle Street
Cathe Dave
Jasot
Woods
Ulster Volunteers
Gsr
Potter
Swat
Fallowe
Swity
Wer Saveenes
Cort
Breuschs Mourn Loss in Trinidad and Fire Report
Mr and Mrs Ll F Breusch of 125 South Sixth Street learned of the death of Mrs Breuschs brother in Trinidad. The body will be interred at Cushing Oklahoma. A shed fire at 401 Rage Burkhart Street caused minor damages and was likely started by a match from children.
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Ll. F. Breusch
South Sixth Street
Cushing
Orla
Alol Copper
Breusch
Trinidad
Golo
Cooper
Ren
Okla
Tre
Perkins Bound Over To Circuit Court For Assault
E W Perkins, a Wabash car inspector, was bound over to the circuit court after a preliminary hearing before Justice Warwick McCunra. The charge stems from an August 14 conflict with Dan Schamma where a hammer struck Schamma above the eye. testimony varied but showed no imminent danger to Perkins. The bond set at 4000, with Col T C Grimes of St Louis representing the defense.
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H. Perkins
Wabash
Justine Warwick ‘McCunra
Dan Schamma
A. ‘R. Hammed
A. G B. Chamier
M. J. Lilly
Thay
Beham
Switchman
Perkins
Shamma
Kotelewie Court
Isn
Polish drive nets 35 thousand Bolshevik prisoners in counterattack
Warsaw reports say Polish forces captured about 35,000 Bolshevik prisoners in a counterattack along the Warsaw front near the Vistula and Prusia corridors. Allied observers note Polish gains but warn the Red Army could still threaten communications as they retreat toward the corridor.
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Warsaw
Praliah
Mhowsa
Elaimed
Visiwia
Prubia
Kalik
Tichbolsheviki
Danzig
Camp Grappe
Graudens
Craudenz
Thorn Reglan
Vistula
Posen
Dempsey and Carpentier to Fight in November
George Carpentier and world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey are slated to meet in New York in November or December. Announcement came from Dempsey manager Jake Kerns. The report places the bout as a major clash shaping boxing history.
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Dempsey
Carpentier
Chicago
George Carpentier
French Boxe
Jack Dempsey
Will Ghe
New York
Jake Kerns
Mays Set to Pitch for Yankees Against Tigers at Polo Grounds
Carl Mays was announced as the pitcher for the New York Yankees in an upcoming game against the Detroit Tigers at the Polo Grounds. Mays, famed for his spitball, will take the mound in this interleague matchup.
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Mays
Tigers
Polo Grounds
New York
Carl Mays
Ray Chapman
Detroit Tigers
Nuptial Plans Amid War Ties Highlight Moberly Gossip
Miss Constance Cuppaidge and Dr VT Axine plan a quiet morning wedding at a Moberly home with aunt and sister attendants. They met in France during the war while aiding wounded soldiers. Dr Cuppaidge is a physician from St. Louis. Miss Cuppaidge trained as a nurse in Gillingham and now works in a St. Joseph hospital. The groom resides in Nech, St. Louis, with an apartment ready for the bride.
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Constance
Cuppaidge
VT. Axine
Helen Cuppaidge
France
Gilling
St. Joseph
Br. G. Dv Cuppaidge
Elizabeth Street
Deniz
Ward
Nech St. Louis
Old Cumberland Church Near Paris Sells After Forty Years
The Cumberland church southeast of Paris, built in 1881 by a local congregation formed in 1841, was sold last week to Rev. W. Baker of Moberly after years of idle use and storage of grain. Charter members included Lampton, Sproul, Vaughn, Moore, Sproul, Noonan, and Williams. several early members were admitted as the church’s history closed.
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Paris
Blum Springs Cumberland
W. Baker
Moberly
Cumberland and
Presbyterian
Baker
W. TE. Sproul
Thomps Sproul
Wharton 5. Lampton
Deanah D. Lampton
Jas. Vaughn
Jane McGee
Robert Moore
Lucinda M. Lampton
Mary Sproul
Nancy L. Lampton
Lucretia’ Williams
Eliza F. Sproul
Lucilla Moore
Samuel M. Sproul
Eliza Vaughn
Pally Ann Vaughn
Harriet Vaughn
Joseph %.Sproul
Elisabeth’ .J. Sproul
Campaign finance talk sparks senate inquiry and demand for quotas
Washington reports in late August that Governor Cox calls for full disclosure of Republican fundraising details, including district quotas and sub divisions. The scene shifts to California where three men die in a Varney Aviation Field crash, and Kansas City population is listed at 24,410 with a 7,629 rise.
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Chicago
Natt
Senate Campaig Penditures Committee
Zarntel Jatmenallee
Posen Fund
Cox
Kenyon
Desroer
Ater Reagan
Leiter
Spenner
Missouri
Senate
Penditures Committee
Cok
George “White Chet Mai
Mattel Mirrée
Daytar
Ohio
Will H. Hays
Republican National
Columbus
Hays
Regan
Haye
Peor
Budi
Yimit ' Ke
Reed
Senate Committee
Redwood City
Calif
Varney Aviation Field
Cf Pradger
Bristol
England
Jonas C. Nelson
Gus. Jamieson
Eeeaf
Varney
Prodger
T Washington
The
Cenens
Burely
Kansas City
Indiana Miners Still Queued Amid Turmoil
Terre Haute Indiana August report notes Sudring miners in the union struggle and ongoing delays affecting mining work. The fragment references Indiana mining conditions and labor tensions without full details.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sudring
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William Ernest Newman
Ernest Newman
Diptheria
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Fannie Newman
Hurley Avenue
Revs, Cutler and Mooyer
Oakland
Hume Frum Church
Wis Maller
Tanel
Oklahoma
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Wer
R. J. Shaner
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E. W. Perkins
Col
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Atrey & Gin
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Ed Champers
Wabash Rillroad
Columbia
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Columbia ‘Tribune
Wile
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Axine Wire
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T. W. Bator
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