Railroad Men Hungry After Bread Mixup At Flood Refugees
Bread meant for Wabash refugees in Nameoki and Nameoki area flood camps was diverted to laborers along the American Bottoms. Rail workers at Mitchell, Namogo and Pong faced hunger as a provision car ran dry after bar rels of bread were shipped without orders. Locals crowded the trackside as two loaves per person were handed out, exhausting supplies before reaching Nameoki.
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Wabash
Mitchell
Namoogo
Pong
St Louis
J. T. Welch
Litchfeld
Nameoki
Mink confesses motives in Pike County jail escape tale
Mink, who killed his stepmother and another man in a 2000 mile pursuit, sits in Pike County jail awaiting trial. He claims the deaths were justified and says he surrendered to avoid more bloodshed, denying lynching and accepting legal punishment.
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Pittsfield
Dune
Mink
Tinrris
Pike County
Venganneco
van Tracy
Sheriffs Posse
Jerry Mink
Hey
Ming
Harria
Flo
Flis
Floanys
Glass Blowers Entertaining Carnival Crowd
The Reed and Fourth Street show by Backman’s Glass Blowers has drawn large crowds since Monday. The act features scientific glass blowing, education, and clean moral entertainment with glass dresses and a constant engine display. A souvenir is given to attendees, and a correction notes Hd Turner of Macon did not work this week.
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Reed
Fourth
Atlienda
Hd Turner
Macon
Turner
Debtor Thomas Anspaugh abandons Macon farm in night trek
Neighbors found no signs of life at the Anspaugh home after he and his wife and 6 year old twins fled on foot through woods. A deputy forced entry. a note apologized for signing without understanding. The family walked 30 miles to his parents. The farm shows $1,500 value with livestock, corn, and stock feed intact.
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Thomas Anspaugh
Atook
Macon
Mr. Matthews
T. O. Anspaugh
Anspaugh
Matthews
Ans—paugh
Morris of Mexico TS Wanted in Dallas
George Morris Jr a prominent young society man in St Louis is under arrest in Dallas on felony charges. Authorities say he misappropriated diamonds from a jewelry house. His attorney has filed habeas corpus for release amid public interest due to his prominence.
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Mexico
George ‘Morris, Jr
St. Euis
Flo
fSherill
Dallas
Vox
Atrios Requisidion
Joan
Omis
Sharif
Ela
Yau
Moarria
Elis
Tas
Habeas Corpra
Three Men Plead Guilty in Pocket-Picking Case at Montgomery City
The three men jailed since April 20 on pocket-picking charges against Mayor A. G. Dingle and others on Wabasha train No 20 pleaded guilty in county court before Judge Hughes. They were fined 800 and costs, with the school district paying state judgments. Elenmah Blanks of Koock, Iowa, is expected to visit relatives in the area, while Joittle Harold Hanna plans a longer stay with his uncle and aunt in Mookuk.
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Montgomery City
A. G. Dingle
W. 2
Jeffries
Brok Williamson
Wabuaeh
Hughes
Ofrcurt
Warrentonhia
R. Bah
Miss Elonmah Blanks
Kookk
Towa
Mira
Wannak
Joittle
Harold Hanna
Mookuk
Mre
Fluwke
Linen Shower Honoring Miss Gertrude Rice at Cumberland Place
Miss Bessie Robertson hosted a Connecticut style linen shower in Cumberland Place Yesterday afternoon inviting many young ladies of Miss Gertrude Rice. Attendees enjoyed a bower decorated with flowers and Japanese fans a ceiling umbrella shower of linens a guessing contest with a china plate prize won by Miss Christine Lewis Punch brick cream cake and bonbons were served with carnations on keepsakes Miss Robertson acted as gracious hostess and the event drew favorable notices.
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Gertrude Rice
Will Bowers
St Louis
Bessie Robertson
Cumberland Place
Robertson Home
Christine Lewis
Vira
Vesta Curran
Neta Burnham
Robertson
A Colored Elevator Conductor Praises Singers
Col Prentiss Ingraham, famed novelist and veteran, is humorously described as being lifted by a colored elevator conductor who quotes lines about a singer. The exchange shows playful banter as the conductor praises the performance with elaborate language and a pun on assassination and fluency.
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Col. Prentiss Ingraham
Darky
James
Smoking in Ladies Presence Provokes Public Dismissal
An anecdote notes that a smoker who forces tobacco into ladies faces should be dismissed. It recalls a Virginia lady who answered a gentleman asking if it offends her to smoke, saying she cannot think a gentleman would try it. The piece argues home allowance may allow exceptions.
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Virginia
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Gan Ont Glasa
Young Rae Jeweler
Reed St
Robinson’s Book Store
Blume
Jas. O. Blume
Feta LZ Worth Ath ST
Gare
McCaine
Nmccanne’s Pharmacy
99 Cent
Baker & Robertson
Baker & Ragsdale
Tracy
Oliivia
Frederick Mink
MIM Tia
Morris
Miss Bessie
Ger
Trude Rice
Thorne’s
Moberly
W.S. Thorne
Bowers
Reed Street
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