Lincoln Body Theft Plot Revealed by Washburn Tale
Chicago Nov 26 39 years after a secret service report detailed a plot to steal President Lincoln’s remains from Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield Illinois The plan involved four men tied to a forger and counterfeiter In the 1879 stakeout federal agents and Tribune reporter Petey English witnessed the break in four men prying open the tomb The attempt failed as one guard fired The quartet were later arrested but charged with petit larceny under Illinois law The Lincoln family opposed publication and the Tribune kept the story secret until now
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Chicago Tribune
United States Secret Service
Washburn
Shbur
Robert Lincoln
Lincoln
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield
Joliet
Canada
Ashburn
Petey English
The
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Federal
Secret Service
Col
BE. E. Wood
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago Evening Journal
How They Play Among Sheep Goats and Calves in Pasture
The article notes playful behavior of sheep and goats, calling calves ungainly yet capable of gamboing across pastures. It mentions regular dances by the animals, including a tango labeled as eccentric dancing, reflecting humorous misread text.
Yankees Abroad Give Thanks in Paris
In Paris on November 28 the Bishop of Brest will conduct a Thanksgiving service at General Pershing's headquarters with Pershing and staff in attendance. All Paris homes opened to American soldiers. Special food and entertainment provided at American hospitals.
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Paris
Brest
General Headquarters
General Pershing
Thanksgiving Observed by 2.5 Million Americans Abroad
As American forces advance toward the Rhine on November 28, about two and a half million U S troops in France Belgium Luxembourg and German Lorraine held solemn Thanksgiving. Front line units along the Moselle and Sauer celebrated with services feasts and games though many lacked turkey. Salvation Army and Red Cross women made pies and doughnuts while quartermasters provided extra rations. Villages quartering troops declared holidays with decorations and receptions for officers.
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France
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Spain
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Sauer
Prussia
Turkey
Salvation Army
Red Cross
The Highway Project in Montana Near Grass Range
L V Rockwood locating engineer reports a federal aid highway survey from Grass Range to Musselshell county line with grades of 7 percent against traffic and 5 percent with traffic. Federal approval pending but government engineers favor the plan. The project would complete an all year motor highway between Lewistown and Roundup, unlocking a large unused agricultural area.
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Helena
L. V. Rockwood
State Highway Commission
Grass Range
Lone Tree Road
Mussilshell County
Highway Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Lewistown
Gas Fatal Threat Despite Mask Protection
Cleveland November 29 government officials warned of methyl a new poisonous gas 72 times deadlier than mustard gas that could be produced in quantity after armistice. Six months earlier only three men knew of its danger. An American chemist aided the government. A single drop could prove fatal and German gas masks offered no protection. Tests claim methyl reacts with German mask chemicals to form a more deadly diazo compound.
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Cleveland
Last Letter of a Hero from Dinsmore Ely
Dinsmore Ely, an American aviator, was killed in France last year. His Paris dated letter to his parents ends with the remark that death in service should not bring moaning, but memories and honor. He likens a death for country to an investment like a Liberty Bond.
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Dinsmore Ely
France
Paris
Soldiers Ordered to Vancouver Barracks for Mustering Out
Camp Lewis Tacoma November 27 Captain Edgar R Perry Lieut tenants H E Scantlebury and 8 L Anrud and about 100 non commissioned officers and enlisted men were ordered today to Vancouver Barracks Wash to handle the mustering out of the spruce production division. The men who made up the spruce division are being recalled from the logging camps and sawmills of Oregon and Washington.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Edgar R. Perry
H. E. Scantlebury
L. Anrud
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Oregon
Washington
Garrity Declares War on Anarchists in Chicago
Chicago chief Col. John J. Garrity vows crackdown on anarchists after taking office. He says there will be no red flag parades and only the Stars and Stripes flag to be flown in the city as he serves as police chief.
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Chicago
John J. Garrity
Food Conservation Week Kept Across Montana Counties
A nationwide drive titled Conservation Week will run December 17 with the message America’s Opportunity to Serve the Cause of Humanity read in churches and public meetings. Hoover’s address will be circulated to lodges clubs and schools with seminars and lectures supervised by county Food Administrators and local merchants urged to highlight conservation in ads and window displays.
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Montana
United States
Food Administration
Hoover
U. S. Food Admnistration
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