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Show MISSOURI CELEBRATES ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. July 1 ; Missouri today celebrated her 100th birthday, having become a de facto State with full comvl'-'inent of officers and adopted a constitution Julv 19, 1 1820 Officially the centennial anniversary anniver-sary Is nearly thirteen months distant i.s the state was not admitted into tho union until August 10, 1621. Admission Admis-sion was delayed until the Missouri I Constitution provision denying, to negroes ne-groes and muluttoe residence In the state. |