National committee funds debate prompts probes and denials
A verbose lettered dispute over campaign finance outlines claims that the national committee planned to raise large sums through influential local men. Denials say the "by-stander" letters misstate plans and question the integrity of donors and treasurers amid Senate testimony.
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Rmites
National Committee
McLean
Willis G. Wilt
New Salem Township
Wilt
Senate Committee
Tuberculosis Conference a Success
Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Hartman returned from a ten day visit to St Paul and Duluth Minn where he attended the Mississippi Valley Tuberculosis conference with 600 delegates. He notes cooperation between medical professionals and sanitariums drives results and cites visits to Shell Lake Thenopem ming and Eau Claire sanitariums in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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W. M. Hartman
St. Paul
Duluth Minn
McDonoug County
South Dakota
Ohio
Minneapolis
Hartman
Shell Lake Sanitarium
Hennepin County
Thenopemming
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Local Moose Lodge to be Founded in Macomb
Dr. Martin B. Weiss district deputy supervisor of the Loyal Order of Moose expects to institute the Macomb lodge about October 1 with a charter listing 300 members. He has completed work at Plymouth and is now active in Macomb and elsewhere. A Plymouth meeting will be held tonight to arrange a club room amid a dispute over the previously engaged space.
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Martin B. Weiss
Loyal Order of Moose
Macomb
Weiss
Plymouth
Fialesburg
Welch Daughters to Attend University in Colorado
The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Welch of Blandinsville will attend the university in Colorado this fall while Mrs. Welch stays with them. The father plans to return home in October.
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C. L. Welch
Blandinsville
Colorado
Miss Beth Welch Leaves Blandinsville for Highland Park
At Highland Park Miss Beth Welch of Blandinsville leaves Monday to teach at Highland Park near Chicago for the upcoming school year.
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Beth Welch
Blandinsville
Highland Park
Chicago
Macomb Country Club 1920 golf qualifiers under way
The Macomb Country Club hosts 1920 championship qualifying rounds with sixteen lowest scores advancing to the final match. Pairings are listed and players urged to complete play by September 15, with new Western Golf Association rules on lost balls and out of bounds explained.
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Macomb Country Club
Western Golf Association
Grigsby
Fluegel
Knight
McGuire
Neece
Lawyer
Pennington
Booth
Hickman
Downing
Bailey
L. Dunsworth
Thompson
Welch
Faires
R. Brockway
K. Hainline
Gladys Downing
D. Bacon
W. S. James
L. Stinson
Vera Graham
Maud Randolph
Jesse Fisher
Knappenberger
Garnet Horton
Worrell
W. B. Martin
Flo Stevens
Applegate
Normal School Seniors to Join Class for Coming Term
Miss Kathryn Ferguson and Miss Helen Martin of Blandinsville will be members of the Normal school senior class during the coming term. The note confirms their enrollment as part of the regular student body.
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Kathryn Ferguson
Helen Martin
Blandinsville
Normal School
Jolly's Hall to Open With Expanded Dance Floor
J. Jolly will reopen his dance hall next Monday night September 15 after summer closure. The venue has been papered and painted with a larger orchestra platform and added check room to accommodate dance groups and patrons.
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Jolly
Latform
Free Methodist Conference Opens Third Setting
The Free Methodist conference in session opens its third setting at 8 o'clock with Bishop David Warner presiding. Morning reports from ministers fill the time. Afternoon services feature Rev. J. J. Yeck of Tower Hill at 2:30. Evening programs include Rev. E. P. Boyd of Greenville at 7:30. Weekend schedule lists Würner, Mayhew, and other Greenville speakers with Sunday 11:00 and 7:00 p.m. sessions.
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Free Methodist Conference
David Warner
J. J. Yeck
Tower Hill
E. P Boyd
Greenville
W II
Lawson
W. D. Cochran
Bishop Warner
Aoe Mayhew
Volcano crater opens near Scezia in quake zone
A volcanic crater erupts at Pizzo d Ucello nine miles northeast of Scezia as the region, recently struck by a Tuesday earthquake, reports smoke and sulfur fumes. The quake has killed hundreds in the district.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pizzo d’Ucello
Scezia
Circus Draws Large Macomb Group to Galesburg event
More than fifty residents from Macomb and nearby areas attended the Big Double Circus in Galesburg yesterday. A mix of train and car travelers joined in, with many local families and individuals listed among the attendees.
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Macomb and
Galesburg
Flo Stevens
Claire Henderson
C. J. Neece
Frank McMillan
Willard Watson
W. N. Conelly
Frank Logan
Lawrence Wiscoup
R. D. Manson Lanbert Hillyer
Dec Leander
Harold Stevens
Tom Adcock
Harve Conelly
Frank Helms Jr
Ben Barnes
Alma Walters
Cleve Minner
Fred Minner
Gee, Mustain
Ralph Livingston
Salvation Army Aids Illinois Budget Effort
Springfield on September 10 is the site where the Salvation Army, via the state convention advisory board and Lieut. Commander Thos Estill, plans to help Illinois save eight million dollars spent annually on twenty seven thousand needy residents in state institutions. Chairman Francis F. Peabody of Chicago opened the convention to set the budget.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Salvation Army
State of Ilinois
Thos. Estill
Illinois
Francis F. Peabody
Chicago
Moving Here Herbert Locke Moves to Macomb
Herbert Locke formerly of Blandinsville neighborhood who sold his farm south of there last year and moved to Memphis Missouri is relocating to Macomb.
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Herbert Locke
Blandinsville
Memphis
Macomb
Upham Proposes Raise of Campaign Contribution Limit
Democratic Committeeman notes no fund raising group for his party in Illinois as campaign finance hearings reveal Upham pushed raising the limit from 1 million to 10 million. He testified he sought the higher cap, was voted down in New York, and urged Chicago not to issue 101 forms.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Senate
Cox
Fred Wy Upham
Republican National
New York
Upham
Wim
Hays
Col. Wim
Bovee Thompson
Blair
Thompson
Washington
Harding
Republican National Committee
Chas. Boeschstein
Illinois
Pittsburg cruiser aground in Baltic no immediate danger
Washington September 10 the armed cruiser Pittsburg is three miles off Courtland port of Leiban in the Baltic and in no immediate danger though several sections of her double bottom are flooded the navy department was advised today in a message from the Pittsburg Elmer Livermore has moved to Quincy from Blandinsville and will work for Altman Taylor Co where he has long sold farm machinery
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Associated Press
Washington
Pittsburg
Baltic
Courtland
Leiban
Navy Department
Quincy
Elmer Livermore
Blandinsville
Altman Taylor Co
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