East St Louis Affair Sparks Senate Fire Over Saloons
In East St Louis a deadly race riot prompts Senator Sherman of Illinois to denounce saloons as the root of disorder. He cites police failures and guards disarmed, condemns liquor profits, and warns that lawless conditions breed violence across states.
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East ST. Louis
East St. Louia
Tmigny
Sherman
Illinois
Congress
United States
Illinois National Guard
Colorado
Bouedry
Bounedry
Anheuser-Busch Co
American Ideals vs Internal Radicals Unite to Save Freedom
The speaker warns that the I. W. W. embodies a dangerous radical wing inside the United States. They claim radicals range from poor to rich and pro German to pro Britain, while most Americans lack a voice. They argue plutocratic government merged with radical plutocrats threatens liberty and urge a return to American ideals and consent of the governed.
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U.S
Britain
Earth
War propaganda scrutiny grows as public calm returns
It is a source of sincere satisfaction to every real American to note the first hysteria is subsiding some, and the war situation has become more a subject for calm deliberation. Promoters of propaganda have not met the hoped for response, and reports are being scrutinized by common people with discernment. Many Americans come from Missouri in view of this scrutiny.
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Missouri
Boy 15 Drowns After Reservoir Swim
Ronald Pollock son of Mr and Mrs Ed Pollock drowned last Tuesday while swimming near a neighbor’s reservoir. He wandered into the water after being relieved of sheep watching and fell from a cut bank. Neighbors and an elderly diver recovered his body. He leaves a large family and was mourned at home with services by Father Nicholson.
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Ronald Pollock
Ed Pollock
Sol Ingram
Mr. Dawson
Father Nicholson
Newcastle
Camstog
Letter From Lee Kesler Describes Army Camp Life
From One of the Boys reports Lee Kesler writing home about his current camp near San Francisco, noting weight gain, recent typhoid vaccines, and intense training. He describes a large, modern barracks with many windows, a 250-seat mess hall, 600 kitchen helpers, and electrified cooking. He mentions upcoming travel to the Philippines and potential silence for a month.
Ed Seig Family Returns to Crook County
Ed Seig and family return after two years in Oklahoma Kansas and Montana. They settle on the John Allender place they bought earlier. James and G W Harper set August 18 1917 for a sale offering items from a pitch fork to a work horse. The Hulett post office gets steel mail boxes with locks and a steel ornament atop. J J Marking sale drew a large crowd with cows selling well. Read it in the Globe Heat.
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Ed Seig
Crook County
Oklahoma
Kansas
Montana
John Allender
James
G. W. Harper
Hulett
J. J
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Aiva, Wyoming
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Wyoming
Rocky Ford
The
Wyoming Press Association
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Ft. McDowell
Angle Island
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Kerer
New Haven
J. J. Hauber
Ooror
Secretary of War
National Guards of
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