Palmyra Fire After Pipe Ignites Auto Crash
In Palmyra Aug 7 Eugene Mitchell Robin Whitaker and three others escaped serious injury when a pipe sparked a vehicle fire. The car swerved and struck a telephone pole. Frank Hutchison assisted with a fire extinguisher. No one was hurt. Wheat prices and local arrests are also reported.
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Palmyra
Eugene Mitchell
Robin Whitaker
Hannibal
Mitchell
Whitaker
Mr. Mitchell
Frank Hutchison
Ocn
W. A. Rinehart
St. Louis
Mefford
Harvey
War tax bill comparison table reveals Senate and House items
Official summary contrasts senate and house war tax measures listing items from incomes to consumption taxes. It shows large figures for categories like incomes, excess profits, spirits, tobacco, transportation, insurance, autos, and publishing profits, with many line items and values.
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HOUSE
Senate
Houses
Easure Boats
Cigarets
Freight Transportation Express and Parcel Post
Ecae
Virgin Island
Criticism and Patriotism in Wartime Unity
A wartime call stresses absolute loyalty and unity to defeat Germany. Citizens must support allies and avoid aiding the enemy, while German descent Americans face a painful but noble duty to back the war effort and suppress disloyalty. Papers should promote victory with restrained criticism.
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Marryat
Davy Jones
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Russia
Genman
Hell
German Empire
German Republic
Baron Steuben
Exemption Board Odd List Of Marion County Names
A long first day list for the Marion County Exemption board in Palmyra Hannibal names 62 applicants with many residents of Hannibal Palmyra and Withers Mill. The schedule notes examinations continue Wednesday Thursday and Friday with 62 names noted for the first day.
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Zion’s
Palmyra
Martin Luther
Charles Rehahn
West Ely
Theo. Walt
Hannibal
Chadwell
Dick Williams
Gus Smith
Alonzo Baird
Ike Hainline
Wil
W. C. Jacobs
Palmyra Board Health
Lester Minor
Tames C. Rowland
Olive Street
Walter John Smith
R. FP. D
Dennis John Badgley
Center Street
Alphonse B. Walterman
Sycamore Street
Harry Lathrop Morris
Broadway
Allen Frederick Schmidt
Market Street
Carl Alta Roberts
S. Arch Street
Emmett Yager
Thomas C. Roland
Withers’ Mill
George Mitchell Boehl
Arthur Harman Plamminger
Arch Dorsey
Gordon Street
Charles Thomas
Elmer Edward Gardhouse Ewing
Clyde Marion Fenton
Clarence Dyke
A. Market
Carl Gottlieb Neth
Lloyd Lee Long
Ely
Charley Buckner
Warren J. Williams
Ira Meeke Widebrook
Hialmer Peterson
Virgil Christian Cherman
Arthur Sowley
Colfax
Gerald Adlai Burgdorf
Alons Louis Keller
Women Who Fade Early and the Pinkham Remedy
An advertisement-style piece notes how women fade with age and cites Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long advertised cure. It claims the product restores women to health and happiness after a female derangement.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Adv
French Camp Des Etats Unis Named After Elkus Visit
A war front encampment behind French lines near La Fere and Saint Quentin is named Camp des Etats Unis in honor of Abram I. Elkus. The camp features a Brooklyn Suspension Bridge style over the Saint Quentin canal and preserves signs of American influence through roads, bridges, and huts named during the visit.
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Brooklyn
East’ River
jJussy
Oise
Bis
Somme
Verdum
Turkey
Parliament Secretary Warns of Ship Losses and Labor Dilution
Mr Kellaway, parliamentary secretary of the minister of munitions, told munition workers in Birmingham that Britain lost over 500 ships in six months and only by increasing ship output can the country avoid starvation into a shameful peace.
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Spurs Ship Builders
Birmingham
England
Kellaway
America’s Reason for War Speech in Senate
In Chicago on August 7 1917 Senator James D Phelan argued the war aimed to defend democracy liberty and human rights as Germany threatened to break international law and conquer the western hemisphere He warned against staying out of the conflict noting that choosing to stand fast would invite defeat and erode national spirit urging support for the allies to counter German autocracy.
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Chicago
United States
Germany
United States Senate
James D. Phelan
California
Europe
France
England
Italy
Russia
Australian flyer wins Victoria Cross in Egypt rescue
Lieutenant F. H. McNamara of the Australian flying corps, 23, earned the Victoria Cross after rescuing a fellow airman amid Turkish fire near Beersheba. His plane took shrapnel, a bomb exploded prematurely wounding him, yet he descended twice to save the wounded pilot, aided by a second crewman, and they returned safely.
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Sydney
Australia
F. H. McNamara
Australian Flying Corps
Egypt
McNamara
Victorian
War) Wheat Commission
Victoria
Caulfield
MacDonald
Beershula
Fragmentary Egypt Reference Hints At Military Title
A partial quotation mentions Egypt and possible titles like Vv. G. or V. C. followed by a favorable descriptor. The context suggests a military or governmental ranking discussed in a historical piece.
Dutch Shippers Use Vessels of England
Amsterdam reports that the Holland Steamboat company will use British ships for its routes to UK ports under an arrangement with British authorities. The move follows Dutch ships being sunk by submarines and relies on the convoy system under destroyer escort for safer passage across the North Sea.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Holland Steamboat Company
United Kingdom
Holland
Germany
North Sea
Dutch Inventors Perfect New Fuel Recovery Method
Dutch inventors develop a combined chemical and mechanical process to recover all unconsumed fuel from furnace ashes, claiming a perfected system that salvages energy and reduces waste.
French Invents Waterway Clearing Mowing Machine
A French inventor creates a mowing device mounted on the stern of a launch to clear waterways of vegetation. The new method aims to improve dredging efficiency and keep channels open for navigation.
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