Macomb Wins Big as Local Schools Compete in Tourney
In a strenuous morning doubleheader at the Western State Normal tourney, Macomb High School defeated La Harpe 35 to 13 while Peoria high beat Bushnell 53 to 6. Avon Industry and Farmington dominated later games with wide margins, and Peoria edged Lewistown 28 to 9.
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Macomb
LaHarpe
Peoria
Lewistown
Camp Point
Spava
Golden
Academy
Roseville
Elvaston
Astoria
Avon
Industry
Hamilton
Plymouth
Kirkwood
Bushnell
Oneida
3Ardolph
Rushville
Farmington
Table Grove
Cuba
Bowen
Vermont
Hardolph
Uuilton
Elyaston
Iowen
Iushnell
Ipava
Bardolph
Hushville
Macomb High School
Peoria High School
Depen
Bie
Mur- Mi
Karsten
Murphy
T He High School
Sala
Durr
Revich
Peek
Trew
Formineton
Guba
Caha
Towistown
Polton County
Troy
Ny ‘Murter
Poerchman
Abby
Mann
Serber
Smith
McCan
Bishop
Naught
Lawler
Tomlinson
Firsball
Rotnita
Angelesca
Zinger
Verner
Brewer
Tyler
Furgeser
Silberer
Puckett
Hummel
Walters
Distillery City
la Harpe
Mail car hold up nets bandits hundreds of thousands
Authorities search for a bandit who held up three clerks on an eastbound North Coast Limited mail car. The robber shot and possibly fatally wounded a man and escaped with registered mail worth several hundred thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Limited
Northern Pacific
Three Paid Claims on Total Disability
Ed Sherbine of this city, agent for the Illinois Bankers Life of Monmouth, today paid three sums of £1000 each to policy holders for total disability. The insured were S. Duffy, Fennis Green, George Little, Smithfield, and Mrs. Kathryn Shafer, Warsaw.
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Ed Sherbine
Tlinois Bankers Life of
Monmouth
S. Duffy
Fennis Green
George Little
Smithfiewd
Kathryn
Shafer
Warsaw
Lloyd George Sustained In Cardigan Election
Cardigan Wales February 19 Captain Ernst Evans coalition liberal backed by Prime Minister Lloyd George defeated independent liberal Llewelyn Williams in Cardigan. The nationwide result was awaited as a test of the premier's strength and campaign intensity. Mrs Lloyd George participated in the campaign.
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Useoclated
Cardigan
Wales
Ernst Evans
Lloyd George
House of, Commons
Lleyllyn Williams
United Kingdom
Lloyd’ George
Railway Executives oppose national wage conferences
The Association of Railway Executives in Chicago on February 18 adopted the labor committee's report and rejected proposals for national conferences with employees to settle wage and working conditions. They argued such talks would nationalize railroads and consolidate unions, saying efficiency requires limiting union consolidation led by B. M. Jewell and associates.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Association of Railway Executives
Labor Committee
B. M. Jewell
Bandit Robs State Bank in Stockholm Morning Heist
A masked robber entered the Stockholm state bank at 9:30 AM and demanded cash, escaping with 4800 dollars. Cashier H R Anderson and a patron were present. the patron resisted, alerted others, and a posse pursues the bandit who fled in a car driven by an accomplice.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Wis
H. R. Anderson
Caruso Improves Says Doctors After Heart Attack
New York February 19 doctors announce Enrico Caruso’s struggle for life, which began last Tuesday with a heart attack, appears to be won as his physicians report improving condition.
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Associated Press
New York
Enrico Caruso
Hughes Named Secretary of State by Harding
Augustine Florida February 19 Selection of Charles Evans Hughes to be secretary of state was definitively announced by President elect Harding Hughes has accepted the post and will take office after his confirmation by the Senate
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Augustine
Fla
Charles Evans Hughes
Harding
Hughes
Harding Declines Chance of Golf Match for Office Post
Augustine Florida February 19 The president elect refuses a Greenville South Carolina masters golf challenge to win reappointment as postmaster on the odds. He notes his cabinet planning takes priority and that he would accept the match if the conditions were altered.
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Associated Press
It. Augustine
Fla
Hard
Greenville
8. C
Inelinajas
Haiten
Oklahoma bandit Starr fights for life after jail shooting
Henry Starr, Oklahoma's reforming bandit turned robber again, lies on a jail cot near death after a bank robbery attempt left him wounded just below the heart. Posse search continues for three alleged accomplices as Starr refuses to name them.
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Associated Press
Harrison
Ark
Henry Starr
Oklahoma
Starr
People’s State Bank
Bids On Hard Roads Near Illinois Estimate
Springfield February 19 bids on 125 miles of hard roads in Illinois mostly fell near the departments estimates. Some contractors bid below the estimate. The total cost is about 89000 dollars with cement supplied by the state at about eight thousand dollars per mile.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ilinois
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Lieutenant Kendall Shot by Germans as Spy Near Cantigny
Official records and Red Cross reports tell of Lieutenant Oliver J. Kendall being executed by German troops for refusing to reveal American troop details. He was in full uniform when captured, and two days later the Americans retook the ground where his body lay behind German lines.
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Red Cross
Kendall
Chicago
Associated Press
Frank Kendall
Oliver J. Kendall
Cantigny
Teo
Mystery Soldier Kendall Believed Lost in French Front
Report recounts that Lieutenant Kendall, identified at Bon Billiers American Cemetery, left Allied trenches to scout German lines and vanished, with no further sighting or confirmation of his fate.
Tariff Conference Vote and Other Washington Briefs
The House sent the emergency tariff bill to conference by a 119 to 132 vote. Representative Treadway of Massachusetts opposed the duty on wheat, saying it would raise flour costs and harm the East. A speaking motion notes the woolen tariff could threaten New England mills. Also reported: Landis impeachment charges to be heard Monday in Washington. Kansas passes soldier bonus referendum plan for a $25 million bond issue.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate Amenaiaut
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
New England
Landis
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
House of Representatives
Bolling Cleared of Bribery Charges in Shipping Board case
Washington reports the house select committee on Shipping Board operations exonerated R W Bolling brother in law of President Wilson from any wrongdoing as treasurer. The panel stated Bolling did not solicit or accept bribes or gifts related to the Downey Ship Building Corporation contract.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Committee
Shipping Board
R. W. Bolling
Wilson
Walsh
Select Committee On
United States Shipping Board
T. K. Sands
Downey Ship Building Corporation
It Is Me and He Dont Approved for Cook County Schools
Chicago February 19. An opinion by Tobin County Schools Superintendent says the expressions it is me and he dont are permissible for both teachers and pupils in Cook County public schools. He notes it sounds stilted to say it is I and that teaching old forms is not required though not reprimanding deviations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cook County
Tobin
Change Meeting Place for Bethel Township Session
The Bethel township community meeting next week moves from the hall to West Bethel church. Farm Advisor Donoghue and Assistant W B Bunn attend the Blandinsville meeting today.
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Bethel Township
West Bethel Church
Donoghue
W. B. Bunn
Blandinsville
Woman Dies After Short Illness From Bowel Hemorrhage
Mrs. J. F. Putt died at 10 30 PM at 210 West Carroll after a brief illness with heart trouble and bowel hemorrhage. Coroner’s jury found angina pectoris caused death with bowel hemorrhage contributory. Survivors include husband Frank Putt and daughter Winifred. obituary for Maggie Lavina Gardner. Funeral at M E Church with Rev J E Connor.
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J. F. Putt
West Carroll Street
Winifred Putt
Harrison Gardner
Maggie Lavina
Edwin R
Mary A. Gardner
Adair
McDonough County
Ill
M. E
J. E. Connor
Pennington Point
Frank Putt
la Harpe
Empey
Winifred
Arthur Gardner
Macomb
Jesse Gardner
Bessie Whitelock
Franklin
Til
Jane Gardner Johnson
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