Petrograd Falls and Kronstadt Surrender Reported
Reports from Helsingfors claim Petrograd has fallen to General Yudenitch’s northwestern army and Kronstadt has capitulated to the British fleet after a day of bombardment. Official confirmation pending. Tsarskoye Selo wireless still active and no details released by U S authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Petrograd
Yudenitch
Helsingfors
Kronstadt
Patro
Tr Wis
War Office
Tsarkoe, Selo
Surprise Pounding Welcomes Pastor Sparks Home
Rev and Mrs Sparks were surprised at the First Methodist Episcopal church with a large gathering of members and friends. They enjoyed songs, speeches, and a social hour with ice cream, cakes, coffee, and tacoa, expressing joy for another year of pastoral service.
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Sparks
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Flying Parson Heads East In Continental Air Race
Transcontinental air race updates from Omaha to Wahoo Das McMines Cur tis and Chicago show Lieut Maynard and Maj Carl Spatz making progress, with engine swaps and overnight work. a pipe fitter on a train rides atop a coach in Montgomery, while President Wilson suffers a gland swelling and consults Dr. Hugh Young as his recovery lags.
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Omaha
B. W. Maynird
Wahoo
Nebraska
Das McMines
New York
Kiel
San Francisco
Bank Visitors Tour Elks Home In This City
Fred J. Paro of the National Bank of Commerce St Louis and F H Heddo n of the Farmers and Merchants Bank Hannibal with twenty seven visiting bankers last night toured the new Elkshome. G C Perry president of the Moberly Trust Company led the group through the building and they praised the institution and the visible progress in the city.
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Elks’ Lodge
Fred J. Paro
National Bank of Commerce
St. Louis
F. ‘. Hededon
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Hannibal
G. C.perry
Moberly Trust Company
Elkshome
Merchants Hotel
F. T. Hodgdon
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Col E M House Ready to Testify on Paris Peace Talks
Washington dispatch reports Col E M House via a personal representative informed Senate Foreign Relations Chair John Lodge of willingness to testify before the committee on Paris peace negotiations. Lodge said it is up to the committee to decide if House will be called. The day included bankers en route to Hannibal for a group meeting and local social visits by F T Hodgdon and others.
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Washington
Col. E. Mhouse
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Col. House
Will Bell
Kentucky backs thrift education for five year plan
Kentucky officials endorse a five year thrift education program for public schools. Superintendent V C Gilbert sends guidance to about twelve thousand teachers stressing the study of thrift from lower grades onward to curb waste and foster savings through thrift stamps and eventual war savings instruments. The plan views pupils now as future business and social leaders, with long term benefits to the economy. Farrel of Clark named administrator of the estate of Wes Farrell who died Tuesday in Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Treasury Department
United States
Blue Grass
V. C. Gilbert
America
Fla
G Farrel
Clark
Wes Farrell
Five Minutes In Jad Sparked Quick Jail Turnaround
A well known young man from the city was summoned before the grand jury to testify about gambling. He refused a direct question, was taken to Judge Walker, and committed to the city jail for five minutes before agreeing to testify and being released to continue before the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand
Circouit
Walker
Missouri Women Demand Delegates at National Convention
In St Louis on October 17 the Missouri League of Women Voters prepared a resolution demanding that national and state party committees authorize female participation in delegate selection for the coming national convention. Additional resolutions call for investigating women's status in civil service, a state convention, a new state constitution, tax reforms, and placing women on school boards. Dr Isador Loeb spoke on Presidential Suffrage and Mrs Katherine Waugh McCullough would address unification of civil law for women.
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St. Louis
Missouri League of Women
Missouri Nonsen
Selestion
Resolutighe
Isador Loeb
University ‘of Missouri
Katherine Waugh McCullough
Directors Chamber Hung Up On Right To Trade Bargaining
A fragmented report details the Greater Moberly Chamber of Commerce board choosing officers and arranging secretary duties. It notes events around a Legion meeting, political stances on Americanism, and labor union debate at a Washington conference. A boxing incident in Boonville ends with a cadet’s death after a match at Kemper Military School.
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Chos
Greater Man Chamber
Hef Commerce
Broxident
O. B
Chrcident
Frank Holi
Ss. Bowers
Semper P. Iee
Interi
Alice
Weis
Ayn Ben
A. Celdister
Boonville
Kemper ‘Military School
Albert Jo Katz
George
Lewis
Hach
Kaz
Katz
Shis
Emndon Man Killed in Crossings Auto Crash Near Huntsville
A local man H W Johnston, a school teacher living near the crossing west of Huntsville, was killed yesterday afternoon when his car was struck by a train No 59. The Holmes Holiness minister Rev Sam W Johnson confirms the fatality. He leaves a widow and a son, both connected to local schools.
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H. W. Johnston
Huntsville
Wabasa
Wits
Darkville
Chafee
Labor Leader Gompers Near Exhaustion After Night Visit
Washington reports Samuel Gompers AFL president appeared “very much betor” after a night with physician Pr H Parker who urged rest before today's industrial conference. Parker said Gompers had a nervous exhaustion attack and had pressed a desire to attend events but was advised to wait.
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Washington
Samuel, Gompers
American Federation of Labor
H. P. Parker
Parker
Gompers
V Lition
Railroad Revived at Glasgow Meeting in Keytesville
George R. Gollins of Kansas City has taken interest in the Missouri Central Railroad scheme once revived by Col. Chase. A Glasgow meeting organized a board with Senator Walter Brownlea as president and J. M. Mason and A E Price among directors. Proponents promise development funding and rapid progress despite waning enthusiasm.
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George R. Gollins
Kansas City
Missouri Central
Col. Chase
Glasgow
Walter Brownlea
Howard
Ellis
A. Southworth
J. M. Maso
A. E. Price
al Southworth
Colling
Chas
Thrash
James
Chapman
Ibert Anderson
John Mason
Keytesville
W. T. Smart Improves After Illness
Friends of W. T. Smart of the Mechanics Bank report he is improving and expects to be out again in a few days. He has been confined to home with an infected foot.
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W.T. Smart
Bank
Anda
Smart
Theast Creek
Jefferson Avenue Church Sermon and Service Invitation
Northeast Moberly residents are urged to attend Fefferson Ave Methodist Church services at Jefferson Avenue. Sunday school at 10, preaching at 11, Junior League at 2, Seniors at 7:15. Pastor H. D. Marlin invites all to worship and support the church’s ministry.
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Fefferson Ave
Methodist Church
Moberly
Tefferson Avenue
People's Church
Jefferson Avenue
H.-D. Marlin
Guest Between Trains Brings Miss Parks to Kansas City
Miss Fanni Parks of Hannibal was a guest between trains yesterday. She is a cousin of Mr Smart and was en route to Kansas City to enroll in a nurses training course at a city hospital.
Coal officials press to avert miners strike in October talks
Washington officials report a two hour session among Secretary Wilson, John L. Lewis and Thomas Brewster aimed at averting a November 1 mine shutdown by 400000 workers. No definite conclusion reached though labor department optimism grows. A second meeting is planned for later today as the coal situation remains unsettled but not hopeless.
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Theo
Bayan
Lodoye Bazan
Ear Legion
Paul Witten
Redick O'Brien
Jefferson City
American Legion
Minne
Maine
Baden
Washington, D. C
Wilson
John L. Lewis
Laited Mine-Workers of America
Thomas Brewster
Department of Labor
Washington
Wilson Thomas Brewster
Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
Senate debates Shantung amendment in treaty vote
The scene centered on the Shantung amendment as the Senate continued readings of the peace treaty. Republican resistance narrowed the adoption to 35 for and 53 against, with numerous GOP and Democratic names listed among supporters and opponents. Fireman Elmer Moore was injured while on duty near Moberly and received treatment at Wabash hospital. A Jefferson avenue church Crusade plans a cooked food sale at Globe Mercantile tomorrow.
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Shantung
Gore Can
Gi Engi
Penitin
China
Senate
Reparations Commission
League of ‘Nations, Assembly
Ball
Borah
Colt. Cum
Kellogg
Kenyon
Keres
McCimber
McNary
Nelson
Naot
Spencer
Sterling
Town
Ashurst
Heckham
Chamberlain
G Dial
Metcher
Gay
Gerryarrison
Henderson
Hitchcocky
Jones
New Mexico
Kendrick
King
Nugent
Overman
Owen
Phelan
Pittman
Pomerene
Ransdell
Robinson
Sheppard Shields
Simmons
Smith
Arizona
Georgia
Maryland
Stanley
Swanson
Thomas
Trammell
Underwood
Walsh
Montana
Williams
Wolcott
Moore
Elmer Moore
Kertesville
Moberly
Wabash Hospital
Lora
Jeferson Avenue
Globe Mercantile Co
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Li Petrograd
State Department
Yudeniteh
Re. Hee
Vin Berger
Anita
EL W. Tor
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Loreevir
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Bryn
Avention A. FB
AL Ins
Atl i
Fetkem
Aon Wagh Young, Jonnaphins
Uni
Maruniversity
Baltimore
Endale
Majgor Carl Spatz
Curtis
Chicago
B. W. Maynard
OP. Murphy
J. P. Murphy
Fulton Avenue
Montgomery
Pare
Seh Fomery
John Gilpin
White House
Cary T. ‘Grayson
Grayson
Hugh Young
John Hopkins University
Young
Col. E. M House
Robin Gould
Mra
Je. Ww. McKinney
McCradie, Mo
District Missionary Conference
The
M.E. Church, South
Jad
Greatee
Washington, D
Wheeler
Matthew
Yve
Tsville
AML
Emndon
Thomas Fitzgerald
Seattle
Janet Wilkenson
Fitegerald
Senate, Military Affairs Committee
Peyton Arch
R.L. Bullard
Hunter Liggett
Lithuania
McCorms - Illinois
Senatreaay
Palmer
Daniels
I Tech
Sevrerly Baker
Army
Navy
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