Rioting in East St. Louis Leaves Dozens Injured and Fearful
The July 3 survey reports 24 wounded, including whites, with militiamen guarding evacuees. Police tried to block photo-taking of the dead and injured. Mob violence centered on alleged immigrant labor and racial tensions, with reports of assaults on a white heiress and widespread looting as National Guardsmen stabilize the city.
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East St. Louis
Fourth Street
Broadway
United States
St. Louis
Mollman
Frank S. Dickson
Missouri
Payne
J. C. Doubleman
Belleville
Boy Killed By Skidding Auto In San Antonio
Ten year old Harold Bussey died after an auto driven by George M. Padgett struck him as he rode a bicycle at Main Avenue and Euclid Street. Padgett was briefly jailed on a $1000 bond. Harold’s family had recently moved from Ottawa Illinois. An eye witness said Padgett braked hard to avoid another car, causing a skid that threw him onto the curb.
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George M. Padgett
East Crockett Street
Main Avenue
Euclid Street
Harold Bussey
Santa Rosa Infirmary
San Antonio
Padgett
John Subira
J. H. Bussey
Lexing Avenue
Ottawa
Crystal City
Harold
Reta
Padwet
Padegetti
Doans Kidney Pills End Back Pain Claims
Mrs N Kenady of Marble Falls Texas testifies that Doans Kidney Pills relieve rheumatic pains and kidney disorders. The ad promotes Doans Kidney Pills as a proven kidney remedy priced at 50 cents at dealers, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Doan
Strike Deepens in Copper Miners Dispute at Globe
Globe Arizona July 3 The strike of copper miners grows more serious as Sheriff Tom Armer swears in 4000 business men and citizens as special deputies at a council of defense meeting. He awaits Federal troops, amid bitter feuding between Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union branch of the IWW and the International Union of Mine Mill and Smeltermen following mine expulsions in the Copper Hill district.
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Globe, Ariz
Sherif Tom Armer
Council of Defense
Metal Mine Worker’s Industrial Union
Industrial Workers of the World
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smeltermen
U S Ships Fight U Boats In Atlantic Carrier Voyage
U S transports carrying Pershing troops reached a French port after repelling two submarine fleet attacks. Secretary Daniels says one submarine was sunk and others likely went down. no American lives were lost and no ships were disabled as the convoy was escorted by American patrol boats.
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Washington
Pershing
France
Atlantic
Daniels
The New Immigration Law at Work
The June 1 1917 Minneapolis Journal reprint argues the literacy test harms wartime labor needs. It notes farmers facing shortages, U.S. mobilization pressures, and a Mexico labor influx blocked by illiteracy. It calls for repeal or wartime suspension of the literacy test and related clauses.
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Texas
Mexico
Department of Labor
Congress
Minneapolis Journal
Texas Woman Aviator Killed In Marlin Wreck
Mrs. Hattie Nixon, a student at the Marlin aviation school, died when her airplane tangled with telephone wires and crashed after failing to clear the wires. The craft fell to the ground, the engine crushed her neck and back and left her body heavily lacerated. The incident occurred near Marlin on July 3.
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Marlin
Texas
Hattie Nixon
Marlin Aviation School
Nixon
Truthful West Texas Editor Lashes Out At Liars
A West Texas editor in the Dallas Pitchfork denounces critics as liars over minor typographical errors. He pledges to publish plain truth from now on, recounting several paragraphs from the next issue that allege local figures lied or misrepresented events, including a marriage and a bank cashier's death.
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Dallas
West Texas
Willie
John Bennin
Belleville
John Coyle
Baptist Church
Rev
Sty
The
Christian Church
Bob Ingersoll
Bob
William Elbert Munsey
Dave Chartier
Dock Holdernes
Dave
Spradaim
Cordie Meador
Tom
Roger Lloyd
State Bank
Willow Grove
Odd Fellows
Pleasant Mound Cemetery
Susie Scruggs
Horace Guffin
Methodist Parsonage
James
Williams
Susie
Dr Werblun to visit Fredericksburg July 7 to 15
Optician Dr Werblun will visit Fredericksburg at the Nimitz Hotel from July 7 through July 15 offering free eye examinations.
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Werblun
Fredericksburg
Dr. Werblun
Nimitz Hotel
War Revenue Bill for 1,670,000 Is Before Congress
Senator Simmons of North Carolina introduced the war revenue bill totaling 1,670,000 with a House total of 1,800,000. The Senate argues Treasury bonds can cover 1,898,000,000 when counted, amid expected fights backed by Gore Thomas and La Follette who favor a substitute relying on income tax excess profits and taxes on liquor and tobacco.
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Washington
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Senate — Finance Committee
House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Aluminum magnate chair urges price on aluminum for government
Reed of Missouri attacked Arthur V. Davis, head of Aluminum Company of America, in a food control bill debate. Navy officials reviewed aluminum pricing and found government payments near triple Davis's stated price. Secretary Daniels said the government would adopt the National Defense Council's recommended price and seek a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into aluminum costs.
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Washington, D. C
National Defense
Arthur V. Davis
Aluminum Company of America
Reed
Missouri
Navy Department
Navy
Davis
Daniels
Council of National Defense
Federal Trade Commission
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East Saint Louis
Free Bridge
U. S
IDO
Rand
Oehler Bros
Knopp& Schneider
Soutwestern No
Martin
Wm. Hoffmann
Otto Kolmeier
WM. C. Henke, Prop'r
Kolmeier & Klier
Texas Bankers’ Association
American Bankers’ Association
Citizens Bank
Capitol
Alfred Vander Stucken
Oscar Krauskopf
WM. Bierschwale
Cashler
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