Chicago fair notes and Elgin Elgin rail plans loom
Glorious public interest swirls around an upcoming Chicago exhibition as reports highlight estate allocations and a grand electric streetcar expansion. Promoted rail projects promise faster travel, with Forest Park to La Salle and Volk Street corridors set to receive a costly upgrade, while stations plan to improve service and attract riders amid political debate over contractor and route choices.
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Chisuge
Trang Wi Cin
Tyronda
Grand Gentral
la Salle
Volk Street
Dore
Electricad
Grand Central
New York
Forest Park
Grins Central
Wehcane
Old Men and Looms in a World Weave of Time
A reflective prose piece recalls aging men with weathered wisdom and stubborn humor, celebrating their endurance through dementia, storms, gardens, and poultry. It blends nostalgia with poetic musings on life, memory, and the craft of weaving humanity. John UL Hhell, noted as the nation’s oldest person, is mentioned in passing.
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Heileman
la Bunchés
Brante-Zeitung
Abandpost
John UL Hhell
Fragmentary Call to Arms Voices Lost in Turbulent Rant
Fragmented, chaotic lines evoke a wartime urge to resist invasion with scattered imagery of armies, temples, and distant fleets. The piece reads like a garbled manifesto or disrupted chant, mixing foreign phrases with broken English in a storm of defiant surge.
Fourteen Days To Quell Irish Uprising Claim
Fren State leaders, including Michael Collins as commander in chief, prepare a renewed crackdown as parliament adjourns for fourteen days to allow Free State forces to restore order. Reports say irregulars hold parts of Kerry, Wexford, Cork and Mayo with sniping near Limerick, while Galway falls to Free State troops.
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Dubliss
Michael Collins
Irish National Army
Colling
Thichard Mutenhy
Get
Owen O'Duffy
Duby
Felah
Irish Free State Army
Enlora
Pamona de Valera
Algiit
Free State
Manay
Cork
Kerry
Wexford
Mayo
County Limerick
Hayes
Connell
Galway
Belangare
Roeg and Gorey
Orders to U S Troops to Enforce Proclamation
Washington July 14 Orders to control troops in strategic posts to enforce President Hardings proclamation ensuring uninterrupted interstate commerce. Troop readiness declared for fall strike terms. Corps commanders to report untoward incidents to Washington. War Department confirms communication with nine corps areas. Senator Borah says ready to act within 24 hours on legislation backing the plan.
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Ordein
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Harding
Cristol
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Corpa Areas Commanda
United States
Hana
Washington
Tten
Carps
Officlila
Wald
War ‘Department
Iat
Corpa
Ferma
Borah
Senate Labor Comiuleter
Two Ships Ground In Fog Off Washington Coast
In fog over the Strait of Juan de Fuca the steamers Northland and Willamette ran aground near Point Part ridge Whidby island and Smith Island near Point No Point. No injuries reported and vessels were refloated with minor damage.
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Beattle
Wash
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Northland
Willamette
Nnboré
Poiit
Partridge
Whidby
Gland
Smith
Point No Point
FORCEE POST DEFEATS OLY A C
The Forfee Post American Legion team defeated Division A at Feron's ballpark last Sunday in a well-fought game. Highlights include Catalina pitching and Farber's 7th inning home run. Strikeouts by Collins and C Mann, 2-base hits by Mann and Quintin. Farber hit a home run. Next Sunday, Forfee Post vs Merry Gardens at Liberty Street. Batteries Collins and Jacobs for Forfee. Freewan and Jackson for Merry Gardens.
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Forcee Post
OLY. A. C
Forges Post
Feron
Catlina
Arid
Farber
Colling
C. Mann
Mann
Quintin
Forges
Poat Va
Merry Gardens
Iltrlem
Collins
Jacobs
Freewan
Jackson
Eight Children Dead in Shell Explosion on Dimonick Street
An explosion of a shell on a back porch in Dimonick Street, Watertown, killed eight children aged eleven to fifteen. Victims named: Morris Salabury, Lawrence Wiley, Vivian Jones, Olin Brown, Anson Workman, Eden Workman, Barab Barden, Donwid Ten. The shell, 150 millimeter, was a souvenir from Buffalo’s One Hundred Birth heavy artillery. Firefighters hunt for more shells. six already recovered from the Black river.
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Watertown
Sleven
Dimonick Street
Edward G. Workman
William L. Battesbury
Morris Salabury
Wrancea Wiley
Vivian Jones
Olin Brown
Anson Workman
Eden Workman
Ping Fiaina
Po- Nee
Aix
Black River
Six Die in Train Collision Near Kansas City
Six people killed and forty eight injured in a head on collision between the Pacific Heenle Limited bound for California and a local train near Kansas City Missouri. Many injuries reported as the wreck blocks the lines and emergency crews respond.
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Wreck of -Mineouri Pacific Beente Limited
Kansas City
Big Persona
Stepourt Pacific Heenle Limited
Ft. [Autie
California
Here
Government withdraws 41 million for debt interest
London reports that Chancellor Robert Horne announced the government has withdrawn 41,000,000 in gull to be applied as interest on the British debt to the United States. The move affects public finances and debt servicing in the current fiscal plan.
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London
Robert Horne
Uno
British Exchequer
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