Illinois Governor Indicted Over Misuse of State Funds
Illinois Governor Misuse of 10 million dollars alleged by Bangamon County Grand Jury. Indictments name Governor SmallLt. Governor Sterling and La Verne Curtis of Grant Park Bank amid claims deposits were diverted to Swift and Armour packing firms at 8 percent, with state receipts only 2 percent. Investigation led by Attorney General Brundage and political faction tensions noted.
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Pringfeld
Ian Small
Timoter
Fred Sterling
Bangamon County
Himala
Piper Bank
Small
la Verne Curtis
Grant Park Bank
la Verné Curtis
Hia
Howard Curtis
Stoall
Sterling
Tlinois
Swift and Armour
Wan
Governor Small
Politial
Edward Brundage
Brundage
London
White Smail
Will
Am Hale Thompson
Chicago
Rockefeller Drops Most of Original Standard Oil Holdings
John D Rockefeller has disposed of nearly all his holdings in Standard Oil of New Jersey, keeping 1000 common shares valued at 106 875 dollars. Rockefeller Jr now owns 452 080 common and 88 970 preferred shares. Families and foundations receive substantial holdings across multiple entities, with totals listed for the Rockefeller general education board, foundation and Laura Spellman Rockefeller memorial fund. No data on remaining transfers is provided.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
New York World
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial Fund
Rockefeller
British Proposal to Cancel Interallied War Debts Reported
A August 8 1920 letter from Premier Lloyd George to President Wilson on cancelling interallied debts was entered into Senate Finance Committee records during hearings on allied loan refunding. A British Treasury cable to R C Lindsay relayed the matter to Treasury Assistant Secretary Set. Cnogwell.
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Washington
Llyod George
Wilson
Senate Finance
Treasury
R. C. Lindsay
Cnogwell
Treasury Department
Fire ruins two oil tanks at Casper tank farm
Lightning struck the Mid West Ow company tank farm near Casper wiping out two oil tanks after 26 000 barrels of crude had been pumped out. Company officials estimated the loss at about 100 000 dollars.
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Casper, Wye
Mid West OW Company
Here
Casper
Wyo
Bank Robbery Suspects Sought After Idaho Leader Break‑in
Police issued warnings for four men after a Leaders bank in eastern Idaho was robbed of about 3000 dollars. The incident, part of a string of recent eastern Idaho thefts, occurred near Leadore in a mining region north of herv.
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Idaho Valls
Idaho
Herv
French Court Martial Executes Moroccan Gunner on Rhine
Mohammed Ben Ahmed, a Moroccan gunner in the French forces on the Rhine, was executed by firing squad after a court martial for killing and robbing a German. The execution occurred near a garrison in a Vieilleville area as Moroccan troops watched.
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Maynvoe
Mohammed Ben Ahmed
Rhine
Mere
Wee
Nere
Vieirelle
Uuing Witsesaes
Doughboy of Idaho Chosen As State World War Memorial
The Idaho War memorial commission selected Ayard Fairbanks of Portland and Salt Lake City to sculpt the Doughboy of Idaho. The statue is praised as the most lifelike Infantry study by American artists. The commission plans county memorials with Fairbanks’s design as the main feature and the American Legion Idaho branch lauds the statue.
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State
War Memorial Commission
America
Idaho
Fairbanks
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bocie
Amer
Ican
Idaho Commission
American Legion of Idaho
Ita
American Legion
Legion
Legion Man Union Officer Bebergall of San Francisco
Fred Bebergall, a two term California American Legion depart ment adjutant, is a leading Legion officer and active labor union figure. His life shows work from youth after his father’s death to education in night schools and the “college of hard knocks.” He served in the Typographical Union and as secretary of the California Federation of Labor, twice failed to enter service due to vision, then joined the U S Army after a waiver. He served with Mesa Hospital Company 67, was discharged 1941, and soon helped organize the Oak for a department presidency in the Legion.
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Fred ¥. Bebergall
San Franciso
Secont
American Legion
California
Legion
Bebergall
Good Old College of Hard
Hhe Man Vreaglecco Typographical Union
No Sl
Californicate Federation of Labor
Mae
Nualty
Secretary of War
United States Army
Lip
Mesa Hospital Company
Bon Francises
Te Oaks
Overbrook Post to Rename for Hero Grom in Post War Plan
American Legion posts honor war hero C Grom of Philadelphia by naming a new community house after him and renaming the Overbrook Penn post to Runsell C Grams. Deserter lists and public fear fuel Legion stand on publishing names, with other posts funding memorials and welfare bills for veterans.
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Numet C. Grom
Philadelphia
Blacker Bergstull
France
Overbrook
Penh
American Legion
Runsell C. Grams
Oearly Soo
Army Obfciule
African Legion
Uste
The
Blue and Gray Association of Oklahoma
Bridgeport
Oklahoma
California
William D. Stephens
American Legion Department of California
Minium
Brule Park
Claris
Mongack
Duluth
Birchdale
Alben Ouking
Department of National Post
National Headquarers
Indianapolis
Ind
John J. Noll
Parsons, Kan
Metant
Nations Organization
Ee Ae
Senate
Treasury Department
House
Classic Ice Cream Creations and Dishes for Summer
A Victorian-era food column lists frozen desserts and confections. It describes lemon sherbet recipes with gelatin and fruit, chocolate melt preparations, a strawberry gateau with sponge cake and whipped cream, and rhubarb fig preserves. The piece notes frozen dishes are welcome in hot weather and hints at seasonal weather quirks.
Telegraphic Tales of Turbulent Times Across Regions
A condensed news roundup recounts Ada Lowe's Medford home burned after a forest patrol plane's exhaust sparked grass fires, a Wyoming oil tank fire at a Midwest refinery, railroad incorporation news, jail break spillover at Walla Walla, and political graft remarks by Texas Governor Neff. It also notes a drowning on the Denver & Rio Grande line, adoption of an armored car by San Francisco police, and varied international items from Clumbia River incidents to Greek and Russian affairs.
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Forest Patrol
D. M. Lowe
Medford
Oregon
Lowe
Barberfield
James Hughes
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Columbia River
White Bluffy
Hughes
Denver
Corfu, Wash
Seasonal Dishes and Pineapple Marmalade Notes
A quirky recipe collection. Pineapple juice is praised as refreshing and medicinal with canned options advised when fresh fruit is costly. Marmalade is made by sweetening pineapple with sugar, then cooking to a clear amber jelly. Cake cream and a lemon rind glaze hint at dessert ideas.
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Ali
Warde Ware well Extensive Canadian Province
Fragmented OCR note describes a Canadian province concept with an area canal and hypotheticals comparing to France and Quebec. Mentions large area and relative size, but lacks clear events, dates, or named entities for firm reporting.
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France
Quebec
Thery
Ius
Color Genene. Home fashion piece on evening frock
A fragment describes an evening frock in pale green with mink fur trim. The design contrasts heavily with the jadet, suggesting a crafted garment meant for a store display or owner’s note.
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Genene
Fragmentary notice on two characters and attire
Readable fragments describe two individuals and their clothing in a restricted setting. The text suggests they are in shirts and an allied arrangement, but details are unclear and no further actions or dates can be confirmed.
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Lave
Fragmented OCR Note on Efrat and Local Emotion
An unclear OCR fragment references Ghitdieh Efrat and a moment of tension. The text hints at a person connected to a local event with emotional weight but lacks readable context, names, places, and dates to confirm specifics.
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Illinois
TRUE
Banagamon County Grand Jury
Garne
Fifth Bank
Legion RE
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TMN
the “Doughboy OF
Legion Man Union Officer
Wiiliam G. Rockefeller
John D
Greenwich
Conn
Florida
Jacksonville
Begum
Joe Berdino
University of Georgia
Jacksonville Soldiers
South
Ephrata
Eac
F. W. Gilbraith Jr
Hopewood Post
Pittsburgh
the Legion
Anthony
Kana
Alvin York
Img
David King Summers
American Layon
Chattanooga
Tenn
York
Organization of the Legion
Paris
American Legion of
Hardin, Mont
Prenier
Ralph Altman
Melrose
Minn
Rayne
Giria
Chartes
Post
American Legit
Gree Room
Oteon
Yar
Tha Ety
Dave
Eamountain
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Walla Watts
Pat M. Neff
Texas
San Francisco
Daniel O'Brien
Julia Lindquist
Buttenen
Scandinavaan Fraternity of America
Butte Mont
Montana
Beitlan Columbia
Domestic
Stephen de Ia Noy
Chemical Warfare Division
Unitend Blutes Army
MacMillan Artic Expedition
Faa
Kirdney
Prentalla
Belung
Pharmacist
Malet
Pearl White
Pletur Actram
Wali McCutcheon
Eperior Coun
Providence
Pearl McCutchheon
Findl
United States
Aspliant
Wadsworth
Anance Committee
Department of Agrcuiture
Mellon
Gnance Committee
Civil Service
Pries
Gillette
Wye
Greybull
Laramie
Thermopolis
Moscow
Goldfield
Nev
Lovelocks
iNews
Hirobito
Japan
Vatican
Pope Benedict
Rome
Tumplee
Mexico
Eatruda
Martinez Herrerra
Mexico City
Herrerra
Esk|-Shete
Rusia
Constantine
Turkey
Kutala
Bresea
Ruhr
Germany
Amsterdam
Dieneldort
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