Knox College President to Retire After Forty Years
Knox College of Galesburg Illinois announces the resignation of President Thomas Mc Clelland effective June after forty years in college work. Since 1900 he led the school endowment from 180000 to 1000000 with the latest 500000 raised this year. He was a charter Carnegie foundation member.
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Galesburg
Ill
Thomas McClelland
Knox College
McClelland
Carnegie Foundation Board
Con man lured to jail in job scam case
South Bend reporter: Anthony Kollar, accused of selling nonexisting jobs for 3 to 5 dollars, is jailed in St. Joseph county. Victim John Mentes pretended to seek a partnership, then alerted police and handed Kollar to authorities.
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South Bend
Ind
Anthony Kollar
St. Joseph County
John Mentes
Kollar
Mentes
L W Stanton Jailed Under Antilobbying Law
Des Moines Iowa March 16 L W Stanton of Davenport said to be with Automatic Telephone company was arrested and jailed for violating state ant lobbying statutes The arrest marks the first under the law from the recent legislative session Charlie Chaplin reportedly seeks raise with a million dollar annual salary offer from a rival firm per Wicks committee report
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Davenport
Des Moines
L. W. Stanton
Automatic Telephone Company
Stanton
General Assembly
Charlie Chaplin
Albany
Mar
Wicks Moving Picture Legislative Investigating Committee
Held as Wife Slayer in Denver Murder Case
John Whitson a farm hand on Jesse F. Welborn's Jefferson county estate is under arrest in Denver after his wife Allie was killed, her skull crushed with a hammer. The case ties to Welborn who leads Colorado Fuel and Iron.
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Denver
Mar
John Whitson
Jefferson County
Jesse F. Welborn
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Allie
Preacher Given 30 Days for Flag Desecration
Bouck White pastor of the Church of Social Revolution received thirty days in jail and a $100 fine for burning the American flag in a melting pot in his church yard. August H Henkel and Edward Ames, convicted with him, also drew thirty days each after the jury recommended clemency.
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New York
Bouck White
Church of Social Revolution
August H. Henkel
Edward Ames
White
Lacaze Named War Minister in Provisional French Cabinet
London March 16 Admiral Lacaze minister of marine in the French cabinet was appointed minister of war pro tem. He succeeds General Louis Lyautey who resigned to Premier Briand in a Paris dispatch to Exchange Telegraph.
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Lacaze
Lyautey
London
Admiral Lacaze
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Company
Louis Lyautey
Briand
Shooting Victim Dies in Virginia Home
Roanoke Virginia March 16 Stockton Heth Jr died after gunshot wounds suffered at the home of Professor Charles BR Vawter at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg He died in a hospital. Also Cleveland March 15 two bandits killed paymaster Cuyler Mowrey of N J Rien Co knit goods seized 5406 and fled in a car.
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Roanoke
Stockton Heth Jr
Charles BR. Vawter
Virginia Polytechnical Institute Tacins
Blacksburg
Cleveland
Cuyler Mowrey
N. J. Rien & Co
Whisky Floods Streets In Quincy Following Seizure
March 15. Several hundred barrels of whisky were spilled across Quincy Alabama after sheriff seizure. A city water wagon aided the operation spreading the liquor on streets.
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Mobile
Ala
Quincy
Mla
Taxes Due January Ist Delinquent March Ist Penalty April Ist
Tax notices urge immediate payment of taxes with penalties for April 1. R. H. Spence, county treasurer, warns receipts cannot be written in the last two days of March.
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R. H. Spence
Fairfield Ladies Banquet Highlights City Beautification Efforts
The Ladies' Improvement Association banquet at the Fairfield Methodist Church drew about 150 attendees. Speakers outlined progress on Franklin Park shrubs, light standards, and the Clean City Club, with plans for a Rest Room in Carmichael property and a countywide beautification contest with prizes.
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Ladies’ Improvement Association
Methodist Church
J. Fred Clack
Fairfield
New England
K. B. Louden
Franklin Park
Fairfield Beautiful Clean
Beautful Clean City Club
Daily Journal
Improvement Association
C. W. Wade
Newport
Keokuk Debating Team Arrives For City Match Tonight
The Keokuk debate squad including John McManus Thomas Pond and Woolson Huiskamp arrives to face Fairfield High School at eight in the city high school auditorium. Fairfield counters with John Bartlett Carroll Bradshaw Otto Eckey on the affirmative and Harold Randall Charles Fulton Raymond Stewart travel to Burlington for the other side. Miss Cora BE Porter assists and Willard Daggett presides as timekeeper as weeks of practice promise honors for Fairfield High School.
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Keokuk
John McManus
Thomas Pond
Woolson Huiskamp
United States
Philippine Islands
Fairfield
John Bartlett
Carroll Bradshaw
Otto Eckey
Harold Randall
Charles Fulton
Raymond Stewart
Burlington
Burlington High School
Cora BE
Porter
Willard Daggett
Fairfield High School
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Burlington Street
Mary Stever
W. R. Keesey
Harry Lovell
Bruce Gobble
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Baker
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Farmers’ Institute
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If. M. Dyatt
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Fairfield Nat'l Bank
S. W. Corner Square
Roth & CO
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Roth @ Co
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Daniel Frohman
Little Star
Marguerite Clark
Snow
Snow White
Winthrop Ames’ Little Theater
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tOc
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