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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
6
An editorial notes Allied advances boosted by American entry and British French resolve, while German leaders gamble on delaying defeat through propaganda. The piece condemns the Nazi regime as criminal and urges comfort purchases at Hanly & Green's for summer wear.
In Palmyra area outside Hannibal voters approved prohibition by 964 to 643 on Saturday. Three saloons will close. two expire October 1 and one ends next month. County turnout was light in most parts.
The Democrat lists candidates for nomination for August 4 1918 primaries including James P. Boyd for Congress in the 2d District W E Whitecotton for County Representative J J Browning E T Fuller for Prosecuting Attorney Frank Crow A C Deaver G King Lewis for Collector John H Crump M K Cartwright W Frank Jones J N Magruder for Circuit Clerk T W McBride and court officials J T Scobee A G Dooley for Presiding Judge E M Lipp J M Grigsby and others named as the eastern district colored contingent heading from Paris to Camp Funston plus notices of local marriages and a theater coming attraction.
Cattle receipts were liberal with steers varying as good and fair. Prime steers sold 17.00 to 17.75 while mediums and lower grades trended down, hogs up slightly, sheep and lambs generally weaker, and Sunday post office hours announced. local notes include hospital visit of Miss VanMarter and harvest gear ads.
Dispatches from a neutral correspondent recount the sinking of a German submarine near Zeebrugge after striking a mine. Of forty crewmen, only two survived, reaching the surface after an hour and a half struggle. Survivors described terrifying screams as air pressure forced crew members upward, many dying from lung rupture upon surfacing. A British trawler rescued the survivors.
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