Riots Force Big Packing Plants in East St Louis
East St Louis ILL June 4 rioting drives Negro labor from Morris Swift and Armour plants. Over 550 workers quit with 700 at Swift. Armour reports 100 plus left. Morris notes 150 leaving. Managers warn further losses threaten war contract work and plant operations.
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ST. Louis
Ill
East St. Louis
Morris
Swift and
Armour
Frank A. Hunter
Swift
Robert
Conway
Armour Plant
United States Army
Navy
Foo
John W. Paton
Morrigs
Paton
Skull May Solve Mystery In Bowery Brook Find
Newcastle Indiana June 4 mystery surrounds a skull found in the Bowery Book stream in the heart of the city. Workmen clearing the stream say it may be a woman past middle age or a child and theories tie it to Catherine Winters who vanished in March 1913. A guard is posted as investigators plan a systematic search for the rest of the remains.
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Newcastle
Ind
Bowery Book
Catherine Winters
Austrian losses and Trieste autonomy predicted
Rome reports Austrian casualties between May 14 and 29 total 85 000 dead wounded and missing with five generals and forty high officers among the losses A hundred cannon have been captured or destroyed The Giornale d Italia claims Emperor Charles will soon declare Trieste autonomous as a free city like Hamburg and Bremen and grant numerous amnesties
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Rome
Giornale d'Italia
Charles
Trieste
Hamburg
Bremen
Barley Seed Vitality Guidelines By National Crop Improvement Service
All seed barley should be tested for vitality before sowing as seed is often injured by heating in the stack or bin. If seed vitality tests below 90 percent it is inferior and new seed should be purchased.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Spring plowing and weed control guidance for crops
The National Crop Improvement Service notes spring plowing or dishing soon after weed seed germination is profitable. For small grains sowing follows plowing. for corn potatoes or sorghums there may be weeks between germination and planting. Use this window to destroy weeds, saving labor later in the crop’s growth.
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National Crop Improvement Service
B. C. Chilcott
Agriculturist
Washington, D. C
Kentucky Private Sacrifices Self to Save Kin in Train Crash
Lexington June 4 John Novalk private in the second Kentucky regiment on duty near the Kentucky Tennessee border threw himself in front of a locomotive to save relatives fighting for Germany killed instantly. No valk was of German parentage and several relatives are in the German army.
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Lexington
John Novalk
Kentucky
Novalk
Fairfield Men Host Fort Madison Visitors from Baraca Class
Thirteen cars carried seventy two members of the Baraca class from the English Lutheran church of Fairfield to Fort Madison for a day of activities. They toured the state penitentiary then attended 8:30 church services, later joined the town’s morning worship, and planned a return visit. Attorney J. A. Huglin led the Fairfield delegation with C. C. Martin and C. C. Krosch gen introducing the visitors and praising the warm reception.
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Fort Madison
Young Men's Society
English Lutheran Church of
Fairfield
C. C. Martin
C. C. Korschegen
State Penitentiary
English Lutheran Church
Keokuk
J. A. Huglin
Lutheran Church
C. C. Kroschgen
Anspach
Clarance Hyde
Attorney Huglin
Goodmonson
Wabash Increases Passenger Rates in Illinois
The Wabash railroad raised its passenger rate from 2 to 2.4 cents per mile to all Illinois points. Attorney General Brundage announced plans to challenge the move and contacted Chicago office officials to decide on possible action to check the railroad.
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Springfield
Ill
Wabash Railroad
Illinois
Brundage
Wilkerson
Chicago
Morrison Sues to Quiet Title in Libertyville Lot
B W Morrison files a petition in Jefferson County Iowa to quiet title to Lot Three Block One Old Plat Libertyville Town alleging adverse claims by multiple defendants and unknown claimants. If defendants fail to appear by Sept 10 1917 a default and decree will be entered.
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Martha A. Weir
Jamess. Weir
John L. Prather
Prather
Adam H. Weir
Weir
Conable & Smyth
Conable
Smyth
Smith
Libertyville
Jefferson County
Towa
State of Iowa
District Court
B. W. Morrison
County of
Jefferson
Lown
Fairfield
Iowa
Food Shortages Loom Across Warring Nations
Reports warn mortality rising as epidemics spread amid declining resistance. Russia calls a Petrograd conference to tackle food shortage while England coordinates fats and oil control. France must economize or replace wheat with other cereals. allies’ and neutrals’ needs exceed available overseas surplus. Briand emphasizes the army is fully provided and ready to face the enemy.
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London
Europe
Germany
France
Russia
England
Amsterdam
Herr Hofer
Petrograd
Ministry of Munitions
Lbcret
Agricultural Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Indian Finds Mineral on Pyramid Reservation
Jack Samuels, an Indian from the Pyramid reservation, brought several mineralized rock samples to the Mackay School of Mines after showing them to Indian Agent C. H. Ashbury. The samples are promising and could mark a potential discovery enabling him to gain wealth like white miners.
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Jack
Amputated Arm Replaced in Pioneering Surgery
The son in law of James O Grady M P underwent a bold operation after a front line injury. Surgeons amputated the damaged bone part and reattached the limb, sewing it together. The patient can lift a cup to his mouth, with the injured arm marginally shorter.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
James O'Grady
Labor Hall recruitment meeting announced
A notice invites working men with families to attend a Labor Hall gathering at the Fairfield Theater location on Tuesday June 6 at 2 30 p m to learn how to improve their family's welfare.
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Labor Hall
Labor
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J. M. Hunter
North B Street
6Th and
Burlington
Gangmer Bros
Louis White
Orpheum
Square
C. C. Conner
Ottumwn
Thoma & Thoma
Ae C. G. Taylor
Erbograph Company
Anna Nilsson
Walter Hitchcock
Jesse L Lasky
Wallace Reed and
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BY Rolfe
Lionel Barrymore
Irene Howley
William Fox
William Nigh and
Violet Palmer
Daniel Froham
Jack Peaford
Daniel Frohman
Pauline Frederick
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