27 Jun 1922
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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1922
Page
1
Government seeks to bring operators and miners together promising safe conduct for wounded victims as the nation faces a coal shortage. The plan aims to avert a broader coal famine by uniting producers with labor groups.
Rail officials warn of a coal car famine next winter with 100000 carloads weekly needed to avert shortages. Movements to Chicago fell 50 to 100000 carloads versus last year. Officials expect a rebound after strikes end, while prices for coal rise and discussions with government continue.
Clementine Coats probate filing details a codicil altering support for sister Agnes Martin to receive the North McArthur residence instead of $1000 yearly care payments after 1918. Died June 21, the estate valued at $8000 with cash bequest to Agnes Martin and equal shares to nephews and nieces Ora Adams Gertrude Leftridge Gilbert Adams Glen Adams Nina Seglem and Dewey Bryant. witnesses Clara A. Russell Maud Patterson.
Kankakee Illinois June 27 funeral plans set for Mrs Ida Moore Small wife of Gov Small Services at 3 pm at home burial in Mount Grove cemetery Special train from Springfield will carry attendants Merchants to close stores Mayor Thompson and Lt Governor Sterling urge two minute nationwide pause at 8 pm in memory of Illinois first lady House of Representatives named a committee of the whole to attend funeral per Speaker Dahlberg
Rev. J. R. Vance and Rev. Spencer Baker of Biggsville held a special meeting at Oquawka during the past week. Vance returned home Saturday and will resume meetings for another week. Miss Dorthea Vance will oversee the Daily Vacation Bible School for a few weeks.
Wheat edged higher in early Chicago trade on expectations of a rally after recent declines, with foreign exchange gains spurring bullish sentiment. Corn and oats followed firmer, opening modestly lower and rebounding later. Higher hog prices lifted provisions. Monaco Prince Albert II dies at 50.
Forty American employees of the Corn Oil Company near Tampico and destructible property valued at a quarter million dollars are held by rebel general Gorozabe. He demands 15 000 pesos within 48 hours as protection efforts by Mexican authorities are urged.
Mrs Laura Kachelmacher of Fargo North Dakota is held by federal authorities in a case involving the smuggling of a $100,000 pearl necklace. Special Treasury agent Charles Salter says the necklace has traveled city to city to evade agents after being bought in France and brought into the United States.
Congress completed action on the annual army appropriation providing for an average force of 125 600 soldiers and 12 000 officers. The Senate also concurred in a House amendment authorizing 47.5 million dollars for Muscle Shoals dam works in Alabama with funds available after the president signs the act.
Local delegation from DeKalb and surrounding counties to attend the Farm Bureau ten year anniversary event in DeKalb on Friday June 30. Governor Preus of Minnesota and Dean Davenport among speakers. program includes band selections, addresses, and the pageant Forward Farm Bureau staged by sixty Illinois bureaus. Nina B. Lampkin directs the pageant.
Springfield Illinois June 27 Director Isaae D Rawlings of the State Department of Public Health today announced McDonough county fell from a good birth-record in 1920. The county registered 19.3 births per 1000 in 1920 and dropped to 17.8. The U S average was 23.7 and Illinois about 21 per 1000.
Senator Sneed assured Adjutant General Black that wounded strikebreakers and guards could leave Herrin hospital safely when able. He downplayed fears of an attack, comparing it to threats against the state house. The conference also addressed reports of 150 miners fleeing via Carbondale and affirmed safe exit for wounded outsiders.
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