Battle between oil field vigilantes and outlaws erupts in Smackover
Ouachita and Union counties in the Smackover oil field report a new clash between vigilantes and underworld elements. Meager reports say two thousand bootleggers and gamblers faced the vigilantes in a pitched battle that left several dead or wounded and parts of the settlement afire.
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OU City
Smackover
Arkansas
Varly Tos Flay
Natehex
Mississippi
Ildorade
Ark
Underworld
Chareter
Ouachita
Unpton
Three Men Killed in Kansas Booze Raid Incident
In Harlan Kansas police say a booze raid at the home of Harlan Ball led to at least three men dying. Police chief Janes Pope entered the residence to find a confrontation. Ball reportedly opened fire, wounding Pope’s son Sidney and Ball himself before a gun battle led to fatalities.
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Kansas
Harlan, dX
Harlan Ball
Janes Pope
Harlan
Mqnor
Ball
Pope
James Ball
Sidney Fall
Huntsville Protest Groups Rally Over Highway Route
Citizens of Huntsville plan a mass meeting on December 1 to protest a proposed hard surfaced highway route. They seek a route through the business district and toward the Clifton Huntsville road, arguing the current plan bypasses Huntsville and hampers growth. The highway commission agreed to meet the Huntsville committee on December 6 to discuss changes.
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Huntsville
Sohe Courlhouse
Sfferson City
Towse
Wabash Railroad
Thuntsville
Clftton-Huntsville
Highway Commission
Real Estate Trade Closed By Ray Galbreath
Ray Galbreath buying A H E Schulte property at 719 Fisk Avenue with part payment of a new bungalow at 635 Fisk Avenue He will occupy one apartment and rent the other A garage for two or more autos will be built and improvements made to the premises The Galbreath bungalow will be available for rent or sale and will be occupied promptly
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Ray Galbreath
Heed
Tifth
A. HE. Schulte
Fisk Avenue
Galbreath
Millions VOR OLN Santa Claus Special Post Plans
The government builds a massive Christmas mail program with millions in funding. Plans include $1,000,000 for extra train space and $1,000,000 for additional clerks. Vehicle service costs rise to about $800,000, with $950,000 for extra carriers. Additional expenditures cover stamps, twine, money order blanks, and warehouse space as revenue is expected to top several million dollars.
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Washington
Nostat
Department
Vitagraph Sues Famous Players Lasky for 6 Million
Vitagraph files a 6 million dollar antitrust suit in U S district court alleging a 1919 conspiracy among Famous Players Lasky and others to monopolize first run theatres and restrain trade. Vitagraph president Albert T. Smith calls it a fight for all independents.
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New York
United States District Court
Vitagraph Company of America
Pidgers-Lasky Corporation
Mamous Players
Ion
Federal Trade Commission
William Marston Seabury
Vitagraph
Adolph Ztkor
Jesse Jas Lasky
Jules EH. Drulatour
Frank A. Carbuth
Ceed & de Mille
Pdunter
American Army to Remain on Rhine
Washington announces the American army of occupation on the Rhine will not be returned to the United States for the present due to an important foreign affairs reason. Officials say the decision rests on avoiding a crisis over Ruhr Valley responsibility amid ongoing foreign policy considerations.
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Washington, D.D. C
the Rhine
United States
United Press
Bhck
Rhine
Wtrance
Ruhr
Diphtheria Fatal Claims Miss Hazel Dilla Olds Mazel
Miss Hazel Dilla Olds Mazel died at 7 45 last night at the family home 459 East Burkhart Street after a brief illness with diphtheria She would have been 16 on Sunday She is survived by her father Guy Olds and mother My Olds two brothers Misery Olds of Moberly and Clifton Olds of Holabird
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Hazel Dilla Olds Mazel
Dilla Olds
East Burkhart Street
Guy Olds
Misery Olds
Moberly
Clifton Olds
Holabird
Infant Son of Kilgore Family Dies at Home
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kilgore died at 8 o'clock this morning at their home two and one half miles northwest of Calvo. The body was interred this afternoon in Grand Prairie cemetery. Mrs. Kilgore, formerly Miss Gladys Sears, and her husband are former Moberly residents.
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A. M. Kilgore
Calvo
Grand Prairie Cemetery
Fayette Citizens File Complaint Against Road
Fayette and Howard county residents filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission through Sam C. Major and David Bagby Jr. a complaint against the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Company. They allege passenger service from New Franklin Junction to Hannibal is inadequate for Fayette’s needs and has ignored pleas for better service. The commission will require the railroad to appear December 5 to show cause why an order for more service should not be issued.
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Tofferson
City
Novamber
Ffayettie
Howard County
State Public Service Commission
Sam C. Major
David Bagby, Jr
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Fayette
Porter’s Dodge Car Recovered in Louisville
Earl Porter’s Dodge, stolen from the church front on November 19, was traced to Louisville Kentucky. Chief Forrest Braden report three men—Harold Riker W J Johnson and Wot Brown—arrested. car to be returned to Moberly after repairs and adjustments.
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Deayt Porter
Central Christian
Porter
Louisville
Gehief-Of-Poice
Uha Ghiel
Chile
Harold Riker
W. J. Johnson
Wot
Brown
Braden
Maserly
Wels
Mrs Martha Broaddus Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Martha Ann Broaddus died at 6 10 am after a long illness. She was 77 and survived by son Murray Broaddus daughter Mrs J H Harris nephew Tarry Jymery of St Louis three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A longtime Moberly resident she belonged to Fourth Street Methodist Church. The body remains at her home on South Ault street and will be taken tomorrow to the Harris residence for Friday funeral conducted by Rev Hulberstadt.
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Martha Broaddus
Martha Ann Broaddus
Hfe
Murray Broaddus
J.H. Harris
Tarry Jymery
St. Louis
Moberly
Fourth Street
South Ault Street
J. H. Harris
Wriday
Hulberstadt
Cairo Man Hurt When Mule Team Runs Away
Charles Manning a farmer east of Cairo was seriously injured when his mule team bolted while he was unloading fodder from a wagon. The wagon rolled onto him breaking a collar bone and causing severe bruises. He is resting easier today.
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Charles Manning
Galro
Maniing
Harrisburg Couple Wed by Rev B V Lamb
Miss Marjorie Gertrude Purcell and Sterling Price were married at 11:45 this morning in the First Baptist Church study by Rev. B. V. Lamb. The bride is the daughter of Everett Purcell. the groom, Sterling Price Sr., is of Harrisburg. They depart for Kansas City this afternoon and plan to reside on the groom’s farm near Harrisburg after their return.
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Marjorie Gertrude . Purcell
Sterlings
Price
Cloolk
B. V. Lamb
First “Baptist Ehurch
Everett Purcell
Harrisburg
Sterling Price
Mary Price
Harris
Detroit Millionaire Mayor Couzens Named U S Senator
The Detroit mayor Charles Couzens was named United States senator from Michigan to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Teuman EH Newberry. Governor A. Graesbeck announced the appointment saying Couzens will go to Washington unembarrassed by political patronage pledges and can represent the state freely. The senator will take office at the start of the next congressional session in December.
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Harding
Senate
Leinsing
Atela Novemer
Janes , Cousens
Detroit
United
Michigan
Teuman EH
Newbenry
Couzens
Washington
House Passes Ship Subsidy Bill Amid Tight Vote
Washington report says the ship subsidy bill, urged by President Harding to save the American merchant marine, passed the House 208 to 125 after lengthy debate. The measure provides direct treasury aid up to 80 million dollars yearly with indirect subsidies, facing strong opposition in the Senate.
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Washington
Navy
Harding
Congress
House
Ary Walding
Treasury
Jokers Report Wedding Hoax Warns Readers
A wedding notice for Raymond Brown and Geneva Walker printed as a joke proved false when the supposed couple and Rev Henson denied officiating. An apologetic note laments the prank and urges readers to beware, noting the event had no truth and was likely a prank by a student.
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Raymond Brown
Geneva Walker
Henson
Hengen
Ordentime
Wis ‘Duide
Kansas University Football Team Heads to Missouri Game
The Kansas University football team travels to Columbia to face the Missouri Tigers tomorrow. The squad of 80 players, coached by Patsy Clark with Dr C Allen as athletics director, worked out on Lions Field and will lodge at the Merchants Hotel tonight.
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Kansas U
Missouri Tigers
Columbia
Moberly
Lions
Merchants Hotel
George
Patsy"’ Clark
Dr. C. Allen
Bebermeyer Family Leaves City in Quiet Farewell
SV Wes Bebermeyer and his wife with their sons departed last night toward an unidentified destination. The message mentions Mrs Bebermeyer’s sister, Mrs Naylor, a former resident of Morberly, leaving unclear final stop and fuller details.
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Wes Bebermeyer
Tehiadelphiau
Sheriff to Appoint Fifteen Deputies in Randolph County
Sheriff John Milam plans to appoint fifteen deputies soon in Randolph County to enforce the law amid a strike. The deputies will be Randolph County citizens, commissioned by the sheriff and approved by the circuit judge, with costs shared equally by the city, county, and Wabash railroad. Officers will be selected from Milam’s own picks, not by union influence, and state troops are due to depart December 1.
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Sheri
John Milam
Moberly
City
County,and Wabash Railroad Company
Alera
Randolph County
Thre
Fubure
Northeast Missouri Lumbermen's Association Meets in Banquet
The eleventh annual Northeast Missouri Lumbermen's Association meeting closed with a banquet at the Merchants hotel attended by many visiting and local lumbermen and their wives. Douglas Malloch delivered a lively after dinner talk on fellowship, with references to his poetry in the American Lumberman. The group approved using chamber rooms and applauded Mrs George Roth for her hostess duties, while noting the death of J R Morehead of Kansas City.
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Missouri Lumbermen's’ Association
Merchants Hotel
Douglas Malloch
Spoet
American Lumberman
Hatary Club
Jin Winseville
Apineli Nng
Association
Chamber of Commerce
George Roth
Sadie
J. R. Morehead
Kansas City
Eve W
Southwest Lumbermen' S Association
Tightening Up On Booze Violations In Federal Courts
Attorney General Daugherty ordered all United States attorneys to tighten enforcement of the prohibition law. In a government plan sent to federal attorneys, Daugherty directed expedited handling of liquor cases to ensure swift, heavy penalties for violators.
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Washington, D.C
Daugherty Loday
United States
Daugherty
M A Arranges For Big Homecoming On Thanksgiving
Columbia mourns the university's largest homecoming as Missouri Tigers meet Jayhawks at Rollins Field. Thousands of alumni arrive. special seats and bleachers planned. a grand band, class crushes, banquets, hops, and fraternity events highlight the celebration.
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M. A
Columbia, Ma
Coumbia
University of Missouri
The
University Athletic Committee
Lis
Rollins Field
Robbery at Stauffer Metal Works Safe
The safe at Stauffer Metal Works, 2 8 North Sturgess, was robbed last night of about $40 in cash. Checks worth several hundred dollars were left untouched. Two young workers, Jack Davis and Hale Webster, who had bought tickets to Kirksville and St Louis respectively, are suspected and police alerted in Moberly and those cities. Both have prior offenses.
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Stauffer Metal Works
North Sturgess
Jack Davis
Ney Hale Webster
Taft Town
Davis
Kirksville
Webster
St. Louis
Moberly
Nationwide strike plan by I W W activists announced
Chicago November 29 plans for a nationwide spring strike across all basic industries. The I W W vows mass meetings in major cities to oppose President Harding’s amnesty policy for jailed war protesters and to boost organizing from stockyards to campuses. Speakers urge economic power to force amnesty and accuse Harding of broken promises while listing Detroit Milwaukee Pittsburgh San Francisco Spokane Toledo New Bedford Minneapolis International Falls Tacoma and Aberdeen as meeting sites.
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Chicago
Basia
W.W
Harding
Inal Industries
WW. W
Apd
Harry Weinberg
General Defense Committee
Detroit
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Spokane
Toledo
Patterson
N. J
New Bedford
Mass
Minneapolis
International Falls
Minn
Tacoma
Aberdeen
Wash
Weather outlook with cloudiness and warming trend
A fragmented weather note reports increasing cloudiness tonight with warmer conditions in the south and central portions by Thursday. Unsettled conditions expected by afternoon or night, with a likely Thanksgiving framing and references to local names and agencies.
Great Britain Breaks Off Greek Relations
London reports Britain's suspension of diplomatic ties with Greece after the execution of Premier Coens and Greek ministers. The government sent a minister to Lausanne for talks with Lord Curzon as Athens faced military tribunal judgments and regional tensions increased.
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Great Britain
London
Great
Lausanne
Lord Curzon
Coens
Alexander
Dragia
Serbia
England
Piter
Athens
Sidh
Gounaris
Englind
Theutonic Pricy
Wedding Nuptials at St Columban's Chillicothe
Miss Margaret Schilte wed Bernard Lynch in a morning ceremony at St Columban's Church Chillicothe conducted by Rev Father Ardesberg. Sister Stella Schulte served as maid of honor and cousin Marie Markey as bridesmaid. Flowers included orchids and mums, with the bridal dress of white canton crepe and silver veil. The bride wore a satin finish cloth with a long train, and the event drew over a century of lineage with first ownership by the bride's great grandmother.
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Margaret Schilte
Bernard. Lynch
Father Ardesberg
St.’ Columban’s
Chillicothe
Stella Schulte
Marie’ Markey
Mary Margaret
Willian
Maida
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