Riots Drive Black Labor From East St Louis Packing Plants
In East St Louis on June 4 amid post riot fears since May 8, Morris Swift and Armour packing plants report large black labor exodus. Managers cite 550 plus quitters, with 300 of 700 at Swift leaving, over safety and wage concerns, threatening war materiel contracts and food production.
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ST. Louis
Ill
East St. Louis
Gince
Morris
Swift and
Armour
Frank A. Hunter
Swift
Robert FE. Conway
Armour Plant
United States Army
Navy
Fairfield Men Enjoy Fort Madison Visit and Church Services
Thirteen cars carried seventy two members of the Baraca Class from Fairfield to Fort Madison. They toured the state penitentiary, attended English Lutheran church services, then joined the morning worship downtown. A twelve piece orchestra accompanied the group as they toured and spoke about Sunday School work. The delegation, headed by J. A. Huglin, left Fairfield early and planned a return visit.
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Fort Madison
Young Men’s Society
English Lutheran Church of
Fairfield
C. C. Martin
C. C. Korschegen
State Penitentiary
Keokuk
J. A. Huglin
Lutheran Church
C. C. Kroschgen
Skull Found In Newcastle Bowery Stream Mystery Deepens
Workmen cleaning the Bowery Brook in Newcastle discover a well preserved skull claimed by some to be that of a woman beyond middle age and by others a child. The skull may relate to the 1913 disappearance of Catherine Winters. A guard is set and a systematic search for remains will continue.
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Newcastle
Ind
Bowery Book
Catherine Winters
Austrian losses near 85 000 in late May clash
Rome reports from May 14 to 29 that Austrian forces suffered about 85 000 dead wounded and missing. The tally includes five generals and forty high officers. One hundred cannons were either taken or destroyed as part of the losses.
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Rome
Giornale d'Italia
Charles
Trieste
Hamburg
Bremen
Barley vitality testing urged before sowing
National Crop Improvement Service advises testing all seed barley for vitality prior to sowing. Seed with vitality below 90 percent should be deemed inferior and replaced with new seed to avoid poor germination caused by heating in storage.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Weed control advice for spring plowing and crop sowing
National Crop Improvement Service guidance advises spring plowing or dishing soon after weed seeds germinate. For small grain sowing should follow plowing, while corn potatoes and sorghums may allow weeks after germination to plant. Use this interval to destroy weeds and reduce later labor.
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National Cropmprovement Service
Chilcott
Agriculturist
Washington, D. C
Derby State Soldier Sacrifices Self to Save Kin
Lexington Kentucky June 4 John Novalk a private in the Second Kentucky regiment on duty near the Kentucky Tennessee state line ended his life by throwing himself in front of a locomotive to spare his relatives in the German army. He was killed instantly and his kinship weighed heavily in the act.
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Lexington
John Novalk
Kentucky
Novalk
Wabash Increases Illinois Passenger Rates To 2.4 Cents
The Wabash railroad raises passenger rates in Illinois from 2 to 2.4 cents per mile as a test case. Attorney General Brundage seeks action against the move and communicates with the Chicago office to decide on steps to check the railroad.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Brundage
Wilkerson
Chicago
Quieting Title Soheit for Lot in Libertyville Iowa
Notice to defendants in Jefferson County Iowa that B W Morrison has filed a petition to quiet title to Lot Three in Block One of the Old Plat of the Town of Libertyville. Defendants must appear by noon of the September term, 1917, or default and decree will follow.
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Martha A. Weir
James S. Weir
John L. Prather
Libertyville
Jefferson County
Iowa
State of Iowa
District Court
B. W. Morrison
County of
Jefferson
Fairfield
War Mortality Alarm Amid Food Shortage Across Europe
Reports from Germany France Russia and England describe rising deaths due to epidemics and declining resistance. Russian officials convene a food conference in Petrograd while Britain coordinates munitions and distribution. France faces grain shortages and must economize or substitute cereals as allies face large deficits. Premier Briand says the government has acted but some problems remain, yet the army is supplied and can face the enemy.
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London
Europe
Germany
France
Russia
England
Amsterdam
Herr Hofer
Petrograd
Ministry of Munitions
Boret
Boret of the Agricultural Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Fragmentary OCR line offers unclear topic
An unreadable OCR fragment provides few readable names or facts, making a definite news item impossible to determine from the text. The available characters do not reveal a clear event, person, organization, or location to summarize.
Labor Hall recruitment invite for workers and families
If you are a laboring man and supporting a family you are wanted at Labor Hall Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 o clock. If you are interested in your family welfare inform yourself by visiting with us at Labor Hall over the Fairfield Theater Tuesday June 5 at 2 30 pm.
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Labor Hall
Fairfield Theater
Indian Finds Mineral on Pyramid Reservation
Jack Samuels, an Indian from the Pyramid reservation, found several mineralized rock samples on the reservation. He brought them to Indian Agent C. H. Ashbury and to Mackay School of Mines for assay, hoping the ledges yield rich ore and a path to wealth like white neighbors.
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Jack
Amputated Arm Replaced in Noted Surgery
London report details a surgery on James O Grady MP’s son in law who was wounded at the front. Surgeons amputated the injured arm bone, reattached it, and sutured the limb. The operation restored use as the patient can lift tea, with the limb slightly shorter.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
James O'Grady
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