Illinois Press Association Holds Annual Meeting
The Illinois Press Association met at the Hotel in Chicago with wide attendance. H. A. Bailey was elected president. officers include S Pern, L R Murray, J R Cowley, H L Willamesen, and H R Marshall. The group discussed print paper costs, proposed direct relations with mills, and urged Congress to empower price fixing. Financial and policy notes followed, plus local notices and county developments.
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Tlinois Press Association
Chicago
Congress
H. A. Balley
Bureau County Republican
Princeton
J. E. McClure
Balley
Republican
L. R.murray
Mercantile
Mazon
J. R. Cowley
Journal-Standard
Freeport
Secr
H. L. Willamesen
Anois
Springfield
H. R. Marshall
Record
Yorkville
J. M. Sheets
Oracle
Charles B. Meade
Geneva
A. D. Baird
Times
David Shanahan
House of Representatives
Walter I. Manny
Illinois
James R Rathburn
Hamilton Club
Nathan A. Huge
American Press Association
Manny
Board of Supervisors
Thomas Rees
Llinois State Register
J. M. Page
Jerseyville Democrat
Col
W. G. Dustin
Dwight Star Herald
J E McClure
Carlinville Democrat
H A Bailey
New York
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Rees
Bailey
Mr. Bailey
International Paper
Largent
United Statesc
Illinois Press Association
Association
Wilson
Condéi
Thompson
Billy ‘Mason
Ottawa
Auctioneers McColl and Smith Advertise Reliable Sales
McColl and Smith Auctioneers promote themselves as reliable and experienced sale agents. The ad lists Br. K. McColl of Princeton and Lisle Smith of Manlius with a contact phone 486 and a date 9-17. The copy stresses avoiding poor sales or money loss by hiring their services.
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BR. K. McColl
Princeton
Lisle Smith
Manlius
Censorship as Fiction Originator and Myth in Reports
A reflection on European censorship shaping news, noting officials filter dispatches, sometimes creating false impressions. A recent U S submarine story passed by an American official proved a myth, illustrating both wise and foolish censorship.
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America
Funnels and Neutral Ports Aid German War Effort
The war’s early neutrality allowed Britain’s blockade to be evaded via Dutch Danish Norwegian Swiss routes. American exports to these neutrals rose sharply through 1913–1918, supplying Germany with food, brass, leather, and chemicals. The piece argues neutrals acted as indirect German purchasing agents, increasing imports to near prewar levels despite wartime cutoffs. Includes a testimonial ad for Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy.
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America
England
France
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Germany
War Fragments and Tales From a Turbulent Front
A compilation of sensational World War I claims and anecdotes from various fronts and home front lore. It cites Italian front length, submarine shelling, Venice bombings, mass mobilizations, a 62 centimeter French gun, 7,000 French airplanes, tear gas versus asphyxiants, trenches six feet apart, drowned soldiers, aerial infantry leaders, a Salvage Corps, traffic on the road behind the British front, scene painters for air deception, weapons wear in bombardments, facial reconstruction by American surgeons, Russian troops in France, women singing in Belgian trenches, shell production at Arras and Verdun, plus a montage of faded advertising copy and humorous fables.
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Venice
Fifth Avenue
Tso
France
Arras
Verdun
Paper costs drive total collapse in local papers
In Streator the Free Press and Independent Times raise subscriptions while The New Dispatch delays. print paper has jumped from 39 to 140 dollars a ton. Publishers face scarce supply as mills refuse orders, with Cairo daily lacking paper for weeks and several mills halting or restricting manufacture. Minonk News-Dispatch.
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Newges
Free Press
Independent Times
New Dispatch
Smort
Cairo
J .W. Butler Paper Co
International Paper Co
Canada Mill
Graham Paper Co
Tidewater Mills
New Jersey
Rhinelander Mills
Wisconsin
Minonk
Tribute to the Hog and Its Market Power
A satirical portrayal extols the pig as essential to American life and industry, praising its economic contributions from food to manufacturing goods. The piece frames the hog as virtuous, thrifty, and central to commerce, contrasting it with the eagle and outlining its broad range of products and practical value.
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Chicago
Kansan
Andy Om
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