Change in road law denounced as false step
Louis J. Brooks, president of the Missouri Hard Roads Association, denounced a proposed Hawes road law amendment in an address before the Chamber of Commerce in St. Louis. He argued the plan would undermine the Hawes law, block federal road funds, and force Missouri to rely on costly earth roads funded by a state and federal mix.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
McCullough
Knox County
Morgan
Putnam County
Louis J. Brooks
Missour Hard Roads Association
Chamber of Commerce
Brooks
Jefferson City
Gardner
James C. Wenders
General Assembly
U. S
McCullough-Morgan
Hawes
German Indemnity Reduced To Forty Billion Dollars
Paris reports a high level meeting among President Wilson Premier Clemenceau and Lloyd George on reparations and frontiers. Commissions have trimmed claims to about forty billion dollars with estimates of what Germany can pay. The talks aim to align American, British and French views on liquidation of war losses and the balance of trade.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
Mr. Lloyd George
League of Nations
Germany
M. Clemencent
Alsace Lorraine
Sarre Valley
Commission
France
Commissions
Great Britain
United States
Personal notices and social items from Quincy
Local society notes describe gatherings hosted by Mrs. Bert Boles for her brother Elza Ham, charitable and religious events at the church of the Good Shepherd, and a variety of visits and travels among residents. Includes remarks on job moves, hospital updates, and upcoming social events such as a dance and masquerade party.
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Wiskirchen
Bert Boles
Elza Ham
Meredosia
C. H. Appleton
Ruth Appleton
Gulfport
Miss
Garretts
Fred G. Wolfe
Carthage
Dr. Miller
Stern
Church of the Good Shepherd
Dr. Harrison
Quincy
Wells Building
L. E. Wike
R. J. Schmidt
G. W. Glasgow
Prudential Insurance Company
Hannibal
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
Mildred Plowman
Gy C. B.C
Electric Wheel Works
Stern Bidy
Mary Bryant
Mt. Sterling
Quincey
Alena Hubbard
North Fifth Street
Ethel Kelloge
North Third Street
Highland
Ralph
Sanger Cal
Poy Nickhefel
Louie Nebe
Rickhofel
Camp Point
Alice O'Farrell
Walter White
World At Home Carnival Company
Fred Scharnhorst
Refuse Liquor Referendum Petition in Olympia
In Olympia on March 21 John F Murphy of Seattle tried to file a referendum petition against the legislature ratifying the national Prohibition amendment. The assistant secretary of state refused to accept the petition and court action to force acceptance will follow.
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Olympia
Wash
John F. Murphy
Seattle
Ascisant
Missouri Starts Fight to Compel State Referendum
At City Hall a mass meeting launched a petition drive to force a referendum on ratification of the national prohibition amendment. Speakers denounced Missouri lawmakers as betrayers and robbers of liberties while civic groups and wet interests organized to collect more than 100 petitions and plan to secure 39,500 signatures within days.
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Penns
Goldlers to Meet in April for German Workmen Council
German newspapers report that Marek Pica’s second national conference of goldlers will be held in early April in Bemnes. The meeting aims to discuss reconstruction of Germany and the council’s relation to it plus the socialization of the German economy.
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Bemnes
Marek Pica
Goldlers Ap
Workmen's Council of
Germany
Cusa
Rout Mexican Rebel Band Lopez Is Slain
Juarez Mexico March 21 Colonel J Augustn Mora commands the federal garrison and reports from Gen Zuazua on a battle with Villa rebels about 45 miles south of the border. Fifty three Villa followers were killed and three leaders captured or identified as Mateo Lopez Ramon Vega and Epifanio Huiquin. Rebels fought from houses behind adobe walls but lacked ammunition and were mowed down by a single machine gun.
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Juarez
Mexico
J Augustn Mora
Zuazua
Villa
Ascensina
Chihuahua
Mateo Lopez
Villas
Ramon Vega
Epifanio Huiquin
Zuazuas
Red Cross to ship warm clothing to Siberia relief effort
Washington March 21 The American Red Cross arranged shipments to the Siberian commission to relieve suffering from an acute clothing shortage. 399000 yards of bathrobe fabric and 30100 tankers were sent at an estimated cost of more than 3.45 million dollars.
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Washington
Gibera
Red Croga
Piberian Commission
Germany ends Posen talks as terms rejected
March 19 report from Havas states Germany refused to argue over terms virtually agreed upon and the negotiations are considered broken off. The correspondent adds German forces are quitting Posen immediately.
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Tnder Ua
Posen
Havas
Cure Cold in One Day With Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertisement claims fast relief from cold symptoms using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It says the product stops coughing and headache and speeds recovery, with W. Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 30 cents.
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W. Grove
Reed Renews His Protest To Draft Of World League
US Senator James A. Reed attacked the proposed League of Nations in a St. Louis dinner address. He questioned turning vital American matters to five foreign men and warned against European involvement in American affairs, calling the covenant an instrument of English politics.
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Reed
ST. Louis
League of Nations
United States
James A. Reed
America
League
Mexico
Europe
Japan
Magdalena Bay
Palmyra Commercial club elects officers and plans centennial
In Palmyra Missouri the Commercial club elected officers for the coming year. Dr Sanford as president J M Sosey secretary Thad Smith treasurer and Ceo W Moore assistant secretary. Plans include a luncheon at each regular meeting and a centennial celebration. New members Oswald Frey and Albert Drescher. News also notes returning servicemen Glen Todd Win Rothweller and Paul Sanford with family updates and a party for Miss Audrey White engagement to Stephen Dearing. Mr and Mrs Rufus Christian host.
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Commercial Club
Dr. &. Sanford
Lewiss
John M. Soseyv
Thad RR
Smith
W. Moore
Oswald Frey
Albert Drescher
Glen Todd
Navy
Puget Sound
Wash
Glen
Ollie White
Alonzo Mackey
St. Louis
Win, Rothweller
Paul Sanford
Hame
Rufus Christian
Audrey
Englehardt to move second hand business to Sweet Springs
Local notes report Mr. Englehardt selling his Palmyra shop stock and moving to Sweet Springs to open a similar second hand business. Also covered are a banquet speech by Coonie Davis for colored soldiers in Quincy, Rev J B Frazier’s illness, birth of a baby girl to Rev Frohn and wife, furlough visit by Private Lewis Simms, the death and funeral of Mrs. Lou McCarty, multiple marriage licenses issued in the area, a birthday party hosted by Miss Hurd Proctor, and a garage lap robe theft arrest involving an unidentified man found beneath the robe in John T. White’s garage.
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Sweet Springs
Englehardt
Coonie" Davis
Palmyra
France
Quincy
Frazier
Henry Frohn
Cuba
Frohn
Bross
Rev. Frohn
Lewis Simms
Oklahoma
Baltimore
F. ‘I. Staton
Lou McCarty
John Schneider
Jacksonville
Greenwood Cemetery
Marion County
California
D. L. McCarty
Harry McCarty
W. H. Early
Ed Lear
Portland
Ore
William
John Lear
Wicks Milton
Florence Williams
Hannital
Floyd Renner
Hazel Lutz
S. S. Carr
Sioux City
Rose Conk
West Point
W. OT. Wetter
Cordelia Buttle
Milan
Tfenry M. Miller
Edith M. Walden
Hannibal
Ray BE
Mord
Lena Gray
Lon Gwartney
Isabelle Ritcher
Pike County
Herman A. Armstron
Garland I Dunnbar
John G. Hopkens
Lilly May Rhoades
Canton
Walter Bel Enpker
Hat
Salina Lambert
Guiney
Paul PL Samuelson
Sudie Street
Chicago
Rank J. Schuckrott
Margaret Watson
St. Joseph
Mon
Everett Go
Brandon
Annie BR
Settles
Marion R. Collins
Isabelle Emery
Marion City
Summers
Grace FE
Dunmyer
W. C. Johnson
Net
Ile May Wood
Paris
Thomas Hunter
Ruth Conner
Jesse Owens
Arise Mields
Warren Lee
Noma Smith
Hurd Procter
Cora Watson
Nante Saffarans
Eunice McCloud
Maurine Stout
Cornelia Menger
Dorothy
Mefford
Local visitors leave for Chicago after Hannibal meeting
R. J. Abel, a guest with relatives, returned to Chicago Tuesday night where he works as a locomotive fireman. The group including Rey, J T Bloom, Russell Fogte, Oney Co Carter and Frank Menge were in Hannibal Tuesday evening for a Mystic Lodge gathering.
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R. J. Abel
Chicago
A Rey
J.T. Bloom
Russell Fogte
Oney Co. Carter
Frank Menge
Hannibal
Mystic Lodge
I. Oo
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Frank Morgan
North Twenty-fourth Street
John McAdams
McM. Monk
Plymouth
Arence White
Ottumwa
R. OO. Cranston
Monracea
Mim
W. Gaines
Quincy Trends
Harry Lange
Edith Brockman
Crooks and Cox
Rose Kinney
North Sixth Street
St. Mary Hospital
Lopez
H. M. Harrison
Chas. H. Fletcher
OWL Drug Store
North Sixth St
Campbell
van Camp
Jersey
H Pota
Clark & Barton Pure Food Grocery
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Capps
N. Fifth ST
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