Illinois News Nuggets On Rationing and Local Events
Several Illinois towns report wartime style coal and fuel controls in Chicago as well as local accidents, elections, and developments. Notable items include Naperville plane crash deaths of Edward Schillo and LeRoy Keller, Dekalb gravel pits for road building, and statewide plans for autos plates in olive green.
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Leroy Keller
Naperville
Ill
Chicago
Sycamore
Dekalbois
Springfield
Louis L. Emmerson
Sangamon County
New Berlin
Illiopolis
Chatham
Pawnee
Williamsville
Illinois
Knox
Warren
Kane
Cook County
Tlinois
Thomas Nicholson
Wesleyan
Hedding
Illinois Women's College
Chaddock School For Boys
Supreme Court
Jacksonville
Morgan County
Oak Lawn Sanitarium
Oak Lawn
Finois
R. O. Clarida
Clarida
Freeport
Beardstown
Ilinois
Maslin
Rail Strike Ends? Executives and Unions Reject Harding Plan
Washington August 15. After 44 days of mediation both sides refuse to arbitrate seniority and vow a fight to finish. Railroads and unions reject President Harding third settlement proposal and say government should test strength with labor. Executives fly to New York to report failure and maintain they can run railroads for a year without shopmen.
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Warren T. McCray
Terre Haute
Ind
New York
Harding
Labor Board
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
United States
T. DeWitt Cuyler
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Arthur Griffith Dies in Dublin
Belfast reports Arthur Griffith president of Dail Eireann died in Dublin from influenza. The death was learned locally and confirms the prominent Irish political figure is dead.
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Charles A. Babcock
Oll City
Peter Madara
Pennsylvania
Reading
United States
Arthur Griffith
Irish Free State
Belfast
Dail Eireann
Dublin
Russiane Turn on British
Constantinople reports retaliation for British support at The Hague conference. Bolsheviks seize three British steamers and arrest three Britons at Batoum, amid rising tensions between allied nations and Soviet authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Batum
Tadla
Constantinople
Hague
Fountain seeks $1 million in breach suit against Whitney
Evan Burrows Fontaine, dancer, sues Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney for breach of promise in Saratoga Springs seeking damages of one million dollars. Whitney is the son of Harry Whitney. The case details are filed in New York.
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Miss Fontaine
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Evan Burrows Fontaine
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sonny) Whitney
Harry Jaine Whitney
Always Tired No Ambition In Larwill Indiana Testimonial
Mrs Herbert Lona of Larwill Indiana reports severe fatigue nervousness and dizziness for four years. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her energy enabling her to manage farm work and care for three children. She recommends it to friends and notes others with similar fatigue should seek prompt attention.
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Rockford
Camp Grant
Aurora
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Canada
Springfield
Highway Department
Beardstown
Bradfordton
Farmingdale
Cairo
Ohio River
St. Louis
Richardson
West Kentucky Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Pate
Lewis P. Fisher
Christian Church
Cantrall
Little Family
Mrs. Fish
State Game and Fish Department
W. J. Stratton
Game and Fish
East St. Louis
Oakan Lakes
Stratton
State Department of Public Health
Mason County
I. D. Rawlings
Cook County
Chicago
Kane County
la Salle County
Macon County
Madison County
Henry County
Marion County
Will County
Winnebago County
Tazewell
Jefferson County
Morgan County
Union County
Boone County
Clay County
F. A. Laird
Larwill
Lydia E. Winkham
Herbert Lona
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Long
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Belgica
Geneva
Berlin
German Republic
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Deutschland
Alsace- Lorraine
Strasburg
Alsace-Lorraine
King George
London
Cork
Queenstown
Harold F. McCormick
Madama Ganna Walska
Paris
Clonmel
Ireland
Free State Forces
Swatow
Hongkong
Peking
Lisbon
J. L. Magning
Santo Domingo
The
International Banking Corporation
Ozama River
Haiti
Foreign Office
India
South Africa
Dub In
Portugal
Joseph O'Sullivan
Seginald Dunn
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson
Home Secretary
Short
Tenth Federal Reserve District
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Desert Points
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Soo Line
Northwestern
Far West
Middle West
Ganna Walska
John Ross
Manchester
Illinois Mine Operators’ Association
State Board of Pardons
Indianapolis
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Great Britain
American Bar Association
San Francisco
Louisville & Nashville Engineers
Henderson-St. Louis
Evansville
Key West
Fla
War Department
Big Tim” Murphy
Terrence Lyons
Chiefs of Engineers
Navy
San Diego
Cal
John Leveen
Rock Island
C. L. Smith
Clinton
Monterey
Oakland
Sauk City
Wis
Julius Balzer
Mary
St. Michaels
Democratic State Committee
Tennessee
Nell Wright
Huntingdon
Penn State Bank
Minneapolis
Minn
Department of Commerce
Congress
Bloomington
Melida Stalters
McLean County
Sterling
Royal
Marsh
McCarthy
St. Joseph
Julia Dobson
Elburn
Rhode
Streator
C. G. Reno
Streatour
Morris
Heat and Light Committee
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Belleans
Holland
al Ray
Hessig-Ellis
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