Italian Forces in Fiume Spark International Tension
Rome reports say Gabrielle D Annunzio's forces have entered Fiume causing serious conditions as Premier Nitti vows punishment for offenders. The Paris correspondent notes Italy’s Adriatic claims may be harmed despite efforts. Also reports a boy named Wayne Williams was killed crossing a railroad in Hardin and veteran worker J McGuire returns to duty after France.
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Fiume
Gabrielle D'Annuzio
Nitti
Chamber of Deputies
Nittl
Xerlition
Trajan
Italy
Paris
Thea Nagionale
Nittoai
Adriatic
Sara
Zerbenteo
Wayne Williams
Hardin
Conifieyer McCrabb
Sabere
Government pressed to curb influenza spread in Congress
Washington report says health service officials will urge Congress this week to act to prevent a general outbreak of influenza. Representative Foss of Chile introduces a bill for government action and to seek a cure for the plague, warning against congressional inactivity.
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Washington, D. C
United States Public, Health Service
Elvorta
Congresa
Foss
Chile
Death toll climbs to eighteen in Murray grain elevator blast
In Kansas City on September 15 the Murray grain elevator explosion and fire claimed four more workers, raising the death toll to 18. Two bodies remained buried, twelve were hospitalized, and deputy grain inspector Joseph A. Thompson was among the dead. Officials estimate about 4 million bushels of grain stored there. A coroner's jury will convene to probe the disaster and its cause.
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Kansas City
Joseph A. Thompson
The Great Conqueror
A motivational excerpt declares a force behind achievement, optimism through weather, and resilience. It claims sun behind clouds, triumph after defeats, and that most troubles are borrowed while urging cooperation to overcome adversity and achieve greater success.
Wilson Expands Treaty Fight Into Oregon
President Wilson's train reached Portland with a light schedule for ratification speeches and sight seeing. He aims to conserve strength for California events while Senator Johnson tours in opposition, planning stops in Sioux Falls Sioux City and Duluth.
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Ore
Wilson
Hugh’ Pallite
California
Johnson
Columbia
SdroEe
Dea Maines
Sept
Hiramt
Kansas City
Senator Borah
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Sioux City
Duluth
Thrill in Chis Matrimonial Venture in Matrimonial Lottery
Story reports a giddy couple James Py Liles and Lizzie Ford of Cape Girardeau in a second matrimonial lottery venture. Each has six children from prior marriages and the piece humorously imagines their honeymoon with twelve children amid daily tasks. The article also notes mule prices in Jefferson City, with a Shelby county buyer paying $275 for a suckling colt from Lou and Harry McCabe as the highest price in Randolph County.
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Novone
James Py Liles
Lizzie Ford
Cape Girareau
Jim
Thazia
Defferson City
Democrat
Lou
Harry McCabe
Bruner
Shelby County
Randolph
Ten of Our Teachers Seek Room and Board
The Meverly school faced funding challenges during vacation and ten teachers now seek housing and meals. Residents anywhere in Moberly are asked to call 212 with offers. Central Church reopened with a bright auditorium after repairs costing nearly 1500 dollars and a public fund drive is concluded. Next Sunday marks Home Coming Day at Central Sunday School and Church.
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Meverly
Moberly
Central Church
Central Christian Church
Central Sunday School
Leading Americans Urge Senators to Hurry the Treaty
A broad group including former President Taft and notable officials calls for immediate ratification of the peace treaty. Signers warn delay risks imminent new wars as the upper chamber is urged to act without amendment. The roster spans governors, judges, labor leaders, and business figures across multiple states.
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BSO- Leading
Sagupar
San
le Upper Chamhar
Therheague
Taft
George Wickersham
Lowell
Harvard
Judee Gray
Delaware
Gompers
American’ Federation of Labor
Luther Burbank
Lyman
Abbott
John Burroughs
Alton Parker
Oscar
Straus
Jacob Henry P. Davidson
Gardner
J. Limberger Davis
Chas. Hay
Wiliam’. Kemper
Kassay City
Mra
Philip North Moore
Andrew Steel
United Mine Workers
Bign
Daniel S. Tuttle
Willard D. Vandiver
United States
Festus J. Wade
Rolla
Wells
Late wire flashes seize banks spies veterans and quake news
A Washington report notes the comptroller of currency announces bank conditions as of Friday. Salt Lake City reports ten to seventeen Gorans escaped Port Douglass compound. four captured by noon after a guard spotted a hole in the wire. Missouri to attend the Atlanta Confederate veterans reunion Oct 7 with a special rail rate. W Bronaugh organizing Missouri delegation. Barnstable crew fatalities reported near Georgia, with most rescued. Supposed earthquake activity hits Sureka and quake series continues. Obituary notes Col. Tunce Coates dying in Oklahoma City at about ninety. Harry Robertson of Chicago visits Moberly relatives. he is district manager for Buller Bros. Chicago.
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Salt Lake City
Port Douglass
Kansas City
United Confederate Veterans
Atlanta
Bronaugh
Missouri
Hay Robertson
Harry Robertson
Chicago
F. J.‘Robertson
Harry
Buller Bros
Texas Coast Swept By Gulf Storm Strikes Texas Coast
One man drowned and property damage could reach hundreds of thousands of dollars as a Gulf storm battered the Texas coast from Galveston to Brownsville. Heavy rains and disrupted rail and wire traffic halted shipments while workers mobilized to repair lines. Galveston remained largely isolated in communications as the storm moved inland from Corpus Christi to Brownsville. Wind lessened by noon but rains persisted in Houston Galveston and along the coast.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Ag &Veault
Galveston
Brownsville
Oss
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Tehan Noonan Nuptials At St John’s Church
John St Tehan married Miss Genevieve Noonan in a nuptial mass at St John’s Catholic Church with Father Carney officiating. The groom, a longtime Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. employee, is district deputy of the Knights of Columbus and aids a Columbia student home project. The couple left for St Louis before returning to Columbia to reside.
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John St. Tehan
Genevieve Noonan
St. John’s Catholic
Father Carney
Fadié Keating
Marie Dessert
Moberly
Eugene F. Reuther
Boone County Bank
Columbia
Hamilton- Brown Shoe Company
Knights of Colmbus
Knights of Caluubus
Death of Wm. Franklin Overstreet
William Franklin Overstreet the three year old son of A. C. Overstreet and wife of Stoutsville died at Woodland hospital after a four week typhoid illness. He was born March 12 and was a bright child. The funeral will be held at Stoutsville tomorrow afternoon.
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Wm. Franklin Overstreet
William Franklin Overstreet
A. C. Overstreet
Stoutsville
Woodland Hospital
W. T. Griffith
Funeral for Mrs. Mary Ann Butler in St Louis
The funeral service for Mrs Mary Ann Butler who died in St Louis September 12 was held yesterday at 1 30 in St Johns Catholic church conducted by Rev Carney. The 80 year old former local resident was interred at St Marys Cemetery.
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Mary Ann Butler
Mary
Ann Butler
St. Louis
Carney
St. John’s Catholic Church
Arthur ‘Butler
Butler
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Gompers Takes Hand in Boston Police Strike
Boston reports indicate Samuel Gompers will personally oversee the Boston police strike as labor leaders meet with Police Commissioner Curtiss. Gompers returns to Washington to confer with federation officials while the steel strike remains unsettled and union heads debate next moves in Pittsburgh.
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Boston
Phere Today
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank H. McCarthy
New York
Washington
D.C
American, Federation of Labor
Federation
Federation of Labor
Aiennis
Gampers
Pittsburgh
Curtiss
Curtis Iitker Wise
Curtis
Ieniy Fandi
Garis
Thieves Rob Fulton Store of $1200 in Goods
In Fulton Missouri on September 15 automobile thieves robbed the Henderson Department store of merchandise worth about $1200. Police officers Gooly and James squareside chased the robbers, shots fired at them, four in the auto with a possible woman accomplice in the rear. A posse led by merchant Harry Reid attempted to stop the gang at Williamsburg but they sped away toward St. Louis.
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Fulton
Henderson
Gooly
James
Williamsburg
Here
Harry Reid
Missouri
St. Louis
Marriage of Laura Jean Baur to Roy Michel in Kansas City
Miss Laura Jean Baur and Roy Michel will marry in a church ceremony at 7 o clock Wednesday morning in Kansas City. Miss Gertrude Roth and Wil Am Dumont will attend. Both couples formerly lived in Moberly and the groom formerly worked as an accountant for the Wabash and is now employed at Union Station in St. Louis.
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Misa Gertrude Roth
Kansas City
Laura Jean Baur
Roy Michel
Miss Roth
Wilam Dumont
Moberly
Michel
Wabash
Union Station
St. Louis
Weather Update Foretelling Cloudiness and Cooler Temps
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness tonight with cooler temperatures. Tomorrow, expect more cloud cover in the south and central portions with continued cooler conditions. Extreme south portions may see the warmest conditions despite overall cooling.
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Tomor
Senate Opens Open Peace Treaty Debate in Open Session
Washington September 3 open discussion in the Senate on the peace treaty with Germany as reported by the Foreign Relations Committee. For the first time in history the great treaty was considered in open session. Debate is expected to take four to six weeks before ratification vote. Lodge reads Austria pact and signals future amendment to equalize votes in the League of Nations.
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Germany
Senate
Sen
Galteries
Anguall
Tones
New Mexico
Lodge
Austria
Nore
Jones
United States
Great Britain
League of Chance
Office of Nations
McCumber Republicans clash over league amendments
In a fraught session Senator McCumber led criticism of a Republican majority report. He condemned amendments that would keep the United States out of any role in postwar settlement, arguing they erode allied ties and harm Poland Czecho Slovakia Italy and China. Mary Anne Davis opened remarks at Sturgeon.
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McCumber
United States
Noland
McCumbe
Poland
Italy
Serena
China
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