Umbrella tale and huge wartime meat order spark claims
In Peoria a Delavan attorney and a Lacon professor recount how a lab umbrella traveled from university to office to home, proving ownership after a long mix up. Meanwhile the U S Army overseas order for bacon and canned meats set records, with Louis F Swift noting 99,560,000 pounds of bacon and 134,000,000 pounds of canned meat to be produced.
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J. O. Jones
Delavan
RE. F. Nichols
Lacon
Edgar F. Nichols
Marshall County
Peoria
Langely
R. Nichols
Cuba
Ill
University of Illinois
Chamue
University Laboratory
Nichols
Jones
Mr. Jones
Mr. Nichols
Champaign
University
Quartermaster’s Department
Louis F. Swift
Chicago
Swift
Federal Officials To Inspect Illinois Birth and Death Records
Federal officials will audit Illinois birth and death records in September, reviewing 1918 months April to June, then 1917 data. The effort compares state files with federal lists to gauge reporting completeness. doctors, undertakers, and parents must file missing certificates and ensure reports are accurate.
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Samuel
Illinois
United States Bureau of the Census
State Department of Public Health
Sam
German efficiency a myth or mere copying claims
The piece, reviewing a 1911 book by General von Bernhardt, argues German efficiency is a myth and Germany simply copies American innovations. It cites numerous American inventions across industry, medicine, and technology, asserting Americans led global progress and that Germans rely on copied progress rather than originals.
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G. W. Hootman
Germany
Friederich von Bernhardt
Deutschland
H. A. Pershing
South Bend
Goodyear
Linotype
Monotype
America
Weather Bureau
Trudeau
Murphy
Lazear
Abbott
Carel
Dakin
Jenner
Lister
George Washington
Newspapers Must Economize Under Paper Shortage
War industries board orders economy measures effective July 15 including halting free copies and samples, limiting advertiser copies, stopping dealer pressuring, halting free exchanges, and restricting returns. Red Cross sale at Hennepin reported eggs selling high. estimated receipts around $2,000. Funeral director G. B. Fenwick notes dated entries.
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War Industries Board
Red Cross
Hennepin
The
Echo
John Dore
State Fair to Open with Auto and Motorcycle Races
Six days of racing at the state fair begin Monday August 12 with motorcycle and automobile events. Noted entrants include Barney Oldfield Chevrolet Lewis Tom Alley and Wild Bill Endicott among others vying for 7500 in premiums. Auto polo returns for first week with daily afternoon and evening play amid renewed excitement.
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Barney Oldfield
Chevrolet
Lewis
Tom Alley
Wild Bill Endicott
Horey
Doyle
Gotoff
Hoffman
Kline
Callahan
B. M. Davidson
Threshers Meet to Boost Grain Savings in Lee County
A July 6 1918 Amboy gathering of over 100 threshermen adopted food administration guidance to save 3 percent of grain. The plan emphasized engine prep, proper machine setup, canvas use, rack care, loading, shade for loads, threshing hours, and seed grain preservation with a county committee to enforce rules. Posters will be distributed and each thresherman urged to act as a U S food administration member to prevent waste. The meeting also notes the origin of the term doughboy used for American soldiers by Stars and Stripes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee County
Amboy
Food Administration
U. S. Food Administration
U.S. Food
Stars and Stripes
A. EB. F
Medical Department
Signal Corps
General Pershing
Working a Scheme by Picture Agents in Lee County
County Adviser Griffith warns of a telegraphy scam by “agents” terrorizing county women to order enlarged pictures. They claim government backing, pressure wives to sign husbands’ names, and threaten with White House or other lies. Another scheme sells a government-ordered medical book. agents lack authority. The notice urges caution and investigation into the company.
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Lee County
Griffith
White House
Origin of the German Empire in 1871
After Napoleons downfall in 1815 the German states formed a loose confederation lacking a central government. Prussia and Austria dominated, wars in 1866 dissolved it into a North German federation led by Prussia. The Franco-Prussian War united southern states, ending with William I crowned German emperor at Versailles on January 18, 1871.
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Prussia
Austria
William I
Versailles
France
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