Plans for Memorial Day observances and post upgrades
Post leaders authorize $300 for furnishings and lease club rooms as headquarters. American Legion in Macomb County coordinates Decoration Day ceremonies with G A R support and aims to foster cooperation. Bud Spahr, Bert Sturm, and others named to committees to furnish, hire a drum corps, and arrange a color guard for the local post.
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Bert Sturm
Bud Spahr
New School MP of M bondage and map imagery
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a new school MP of M bondage and a map concept. Mentions World Europe United and a rolling window house map. References County Re Martin and Chicago with unclear school district production.
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California Letter Confuses Readers With Scrambled Text
A fragmented OCR item from a California edition shows garbled phrasing about an individual and a tomorrow event. Readers face unclear names and dates as the snippet ends abruptly without identifiable facts.
Knox presents his peace resolution
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania introduced a measure to end the state of war with Germany. The proposal mirrors a bill previously passed by Congress and vetoed by President Wilson.
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Associated Press
Washington
Knox
Pennsylvania
Germany
Congress
Wilson
Harrisburg Man Is New Rotary Governor
Charles Taylor of Harrisburg was elected governor of the Twelfth Rotary District by acclamation at the opening session of the district conference in Peoria. Decatur will host the 1922 conference, with Jack Fisher noting Rotary's emphasis on boys' work and urging clubs to advance citizenship.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Charles Taylor
Harrisburg
Rotary
Decatur
Jack Fisher
Rock Island
Practice for High School Senior Class Play
Practice for the High School senior class play Springtime begins. Director Miss Garrett of John B. Rogers Producing Co arrives to arrange. Cast is large and merit noted. Dates set for April 27 and 28.
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Miss Garrett
John B. Rogers
Crawfordsville
Ind
Dances Planned at Moose Hall in West Jackson Street
A new dance hall will open at the Moose lodge rooms in the house building on West Jackson Street. The inaugural dance is set for next Tuesday with the Klein Barberley orchestra providing music. Howard M. Bussert leads the project, promising a well ventilated, top class venue after recent renovations. Curran and Curran brokered the sale of the Herbert Tocke Property on West Adams Street to A F H Bert Mullen, the depot telegraph operator, from Pro FAK.
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West Jackson Street
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West Adams Street
British Workers to Strike Friday
British labor leaders announce the Triple Alliance will halt work at 10 PM Friday the strike aims to protest wage and profit controls. The action involves miners railway and transport unions and could idle up to four million workers in England, with electrical workers set to join.
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Great Britain
National Miners’ Federation
Daily Mail
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London Times
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Morning Post
National Union of Railway Men
National Federation of Transport Workers
Alliance
England
Borah Moves to Seek Disarmament Negotiations
In Washington on April 13 Associated Press reports Senator Borah Republican Idaho introduced a resolution authorizing the president to begin talks with Britain and Japan aimed at reducing future naval and military buildup by those powers and the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Senator Jewell to become acting governor of Illinois
Senator Jewell of Lewistown will become acting governor of Illinois at o clock Friday morning as Governor Small and Lieutenant Governor Sterling depart for a road inspection tour into Wisconsin. The president pro tem of the senate then assumes the executive role.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Jewell
Lewistown
Illinois
Small
Sterling
Wisconsin
Senate
Prominent Mason Near Death After Toe Amputation
Coatsburg April 12 Isaac Cutter of Camp Point grand secretary of the Illinois Masons underwent toe amputation and his condition is grave though hopes had faded. Cutter served fifteen years with Illinois Masons and is 66 years old.
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Isaac Cutter
Camp Point
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Illinois’ Masons
Opening Day 1921 Baseball Season
The 1921 season begins with 16 major league clubs entering pennant races. National League pairings include St Louis at Chicago and Brooklyn at Boston while New York visits Philadelphia. American League games feature Chicago at Detroit and Boston at Washington among others as Judge Landis urges hard, fair play and full effort to curb misplays.
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Associated Press
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Chicago
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Brooklyn
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
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Judge Landis
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Eleven Hurt As Train Plunges Off Embankment Near Edina
An eastbound Quincy Omaha & Kansas City mixed train derailed after rails spread and plunged 20 feet down an embankment three miles west of Edina. Eleven passengers were injured, seven seriously, in the morning wreck.
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Associated Press
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Omasha
Kansas City
Edina
iQuincy
Housewives Busy Spring Cleaning
Ten weeks mark the heavy phase of spring cleaning in Macomb and beyond. Heads of families join the effort, though many grumble before pitching in, while rugs get beaten indoors and men tackle window washing when not deemed too clumsy.
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Macomb
Harding Appoints Postmaster at Towee Bill
Vernon Eiler is named the first central Illinois postmaster appointed by President Harding. He was checked in as postmaster at Towee Bill to succeed Mrs. Fannie B. Morrison, who resigned.
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Pana
Vernon Eiler
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Tie
Towee Bill
Fannie B. Morrison
Kellogg Opposes Columbia Treaty Citing Roosevelt Stain
Senator Kellogg Republican of Minnesota led the fight against the twenty five million dollar Columbia treaty arguing that ratification would stain Theodore Roosevelt's name and would acknowledge the United States wronged Colombia by violating its rights and offering reparations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate Today
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Columbia
Democrats Avoid Nomination At McDonough County Convention
Democratic leaders in McDonough county expect no nominees for circuit judge in the district. A delegates convention meets tomorrow at the Galesburg courthouse amid expectations of a partisan clash if a ticket appears. The county delegates include J. R. Linson, Charles Irish, William Murray, Lee Thompson, Alva Allison, George A. Falder, William B. Harris, John Kinkade, Harry Maxwell, and Orville Herndon.
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McDonough County
Galesburg
Court House
Illinois
J. 3. Llnston
Charles Irish
William Murray
Lee Thompson
Alva Allison
George A.falder
William B. Harris
John Kinkade
Harry Maxwell
Orville Iferndon
Postal Employes to Share in Rewards for Mail Robbers
Postmaster General Hays announced rewards for capturing mail robbers to include postal employees for the first time. Quincy postmaster Elmer Lummis said the new order lets postal workers share in rewards if they assist in arrests. Previously only civil officers earned the reward.
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United States
Hays
Elmer Lummis
Quincy
Simmons
Baby Missing in Canyon Amid Wild Beasts
Edgar Spencer, three, wandered from his mother during a picnic in Red River Canyon near Mills New Mexico. For three days 200 men with bloodhounds searched in vain as the canyon, with walls 2000 to 3000 feet high, remains dangerous and infested with wild animals.
Classified ad helps return lost glasses to owner
A By-Stander classified ad aided in returning a missing pair of glasses. A high school student found the specs and brought them to the office for advertising. The owner Sow ers recovered them by paying 25 cents for the ad, proving the publication's value again.
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Sowers
Bonus Bill Passes in the Lower House
Springfield April 13 the Myers soldier bonus bill cleared the lower house by 149 to 0 directing a referendum on a $55 million World War I veterans bond issue. It sets two months service minimum and a maximum bonus of 300 dollars, with 50 cents a day for service. The measure now goes to the senate.
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Associated Press
Springfield
House
Senate
American Legion
Jewell
State Public Utilities Commission
Alpiner
Kankakee
Public Utilities Commission Act
Committee On Public Utilities
Buck
Committee On Education
Thompson
Small
House of Representatives
Harding
Congress
Lundin
Average American Milk Consumption Highlighted by Agriculture
The average American today is a great milk drinker and consumes twice as much as former generations. The Department of Agriculture reports milk consumption last year at forty four gallons per capita not including ice cream cheese or butter.
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Department of Agriculture
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