Missouri Commercial clubs hear Governor Gardner on suffrage and finances
At the Missouri Federation of Commercial clubs opening session in Jefferson City Governor Gardner reviewed his administration. He urged ratification of the suffrage amendment and noted debts liquidated with revenue measures like income tax and liquor licenses. He highlighted education funding for 1919-1920 and a state guard appropriation.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Federation of Missouri Commercial Clubs
House of Representatives
Gov. Gardner
Gardner
St. Louis
Baker
H. J. Waters
Kansas City
Midcourt
Gilbert Fox
F. H. Littlefield
Federation of Women's Clubs
Missouri Federation of Commercial Clubs
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Business Men's League
Chamber of Commerce
A. Lyman Donlin
Federation
I. R. Kelso
Chamber
Kelso
James Houchin
Donlin
Federation meeting names governing body members
Executive committee members were appointed and the Chamber of Commerce was authorized to name as many governing body members as it sees fit. Only 60 towns were represented at the meeting though nearly 300 are listed as members of the Federation.
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Ral
Chamber of Commerce
Federation
Burglar Dream Triggers City Police Call
A nine year old girl in Jefferson Street caused a police response after dreaming a burglar with a revolver prowling her home. Officers initially went to 517 Jefferson Street by mistake, then learned it was 417 Jefferson Street. The girl had nappped and awoke to call the police in error, and the matter was cleared up with no danger to residents.
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Jefferson City
Jefferson Street
Pioneer Brotherhood Founder J Teach Dies in Denver
J Teach 78 of Sedalia Missouri founder in 1872 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen died Thursday night in a Denver hotel while attending the union’s triennial convention. The note adds historical arithmetic on Congress terms and a puzzle about calculating congress expiration.
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Veneran Ffireuan
Denver
Colo
J. Teach
Sedalia
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Teach
Brotherhood
Fletcher Opposes Sale Of U S Ships In Senate Address
In a Senate speech Senator Fletcher of Florida opposed selling government merchant ships to private interests and urged preserving the government’s shipyards and fleets. He warned against canceling shipbuilding contracts, noting the vast costs and profits already achieved and the risk to future rates.
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Washington
Congress
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Fletcher
Florida
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
United States
Fear Paris Treaty May Be Like Brest
Paris June 26 Associated Press reports disappointment over the apparent weakness of the German government in peace conference circles. The signing of this treaty may mean little more than the...
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Paris
Brest
Associated Presa
Spencer Proposes Equal Guard Officers Pensions
Senator Spencer of Missouri offers an amendment to the army appropriation bill to retirement two thirds pay for disabled National Guard and National Army officers, matching regular army officer benefits. He argues current law creates inequality for officers disabled in service and cites Walter Reed hospital as evidence of the disparity.
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Washington
Spencer
Missouri
Army
National Guard
National Army
Regular Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Scraps On Upholstery and Mining Across the Ages
Brief notes touch on substitute materials for upholstery using Ba hamas sisal fibre waste, a Cuban copper mine operated since 1520, Miss Amanda Byrd converting a 160 acre ranch in the far west, and Mrs Minnie M Talbott elected sheriff in Lexington county Missouri after her husband’s death. Also quoted are human life duration estimates, with one third dying before six, half before sixteen, and about one in 106 living to sixty five.
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Cuba
Amanda Byrd
Wall Street
Far West
Minnie M. Talbott
Lexington County
Missouri
Government to fight anarchists with $2 million push
Washington reports officials intend an active campaign against anarchists and law breakers. Francis P. Garvan of the Justice Bureau of Investigation told Congress the department seeks $2,000,000, citing Bolshevik money and a plan to deport alien anarchists to curb agitation nationwide. He warned of a coordinated effort to undermine the federal government and urged funds for deportations to subside unrest.
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Washington
Francis P. Garvan
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Department
Garvan
Crown Prince Escape Recalled in Berlin Dispatches
Paris items reflect unnamed but well placed commentators predicting shocks as German fleet sinks and French battle flags burn. Crown Prince and Franco Max of Baden believed en route to East Prussia amid strong military reactionary sentiment. Old junker officers may use him as the man on horseback as peace treaty fate nears. The presence of the crown prince in Germany unsettles observers. Pasteur play in Paris has run over 100 performances. Whig Want Ads offer quick rental and sale results.
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Paris
Berlin
Franco Max
Baden
East Prussia
Junker
Germany
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Brest- Litovsk
Department, of Justice
Pasteur
Sach Guitry
Parta
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Struthers
Struthers Manufacturing Co
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