National draft bill would widen age range for universal military training
Senate military affairs chair Senator Chamberlain announced that War Department plans a draft bill with President Wilson's approval to lower the minimum age to 18 and raise the maximum to 45. The proposal aims to start universal training during the war and allow the president to call men by age classes for immediate service, potentially building a large fighting force.
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United States
Congress
War Department
Baker
Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Wilson
Chamberlan
League of nations urged to secure perpetual peace after war
In a wartime column H C Bell argues for a world league to police the globe, curb German aggression, and deliver lasting peace. He supports Allied leaders and Woodrow Wilson, warns against peace terms that merely reward invaders, and urges decisive action to crush Germany. Bell also notes pension measures for veterans and plans to rest before continuing his Herald writings.
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Europe
Asia
League of Nations
Germany
Viscount, Grey
Lloyd George
Great Britain
France
Italy
Woodrow Wilson
Thomases
Pension Bureau
Bombarding Berlin and Air War Policy Debated
A British proposal advocates centralized air defense and a unified aerial navy to bomb Berlin and target German population centers. Maj. Gen. Brancker urges coordinating air forces, consolidating equipment, and rapid, sustained raids, arguing such a change could quickly exploit German vulnerabilities and hasten public opinion shifts.
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Germany
Berlin
England
Brancker
British
Air Ministry
United States
Death of Fenton Eugene Guinnip at three months old
Fenton Eugene Guinnip, son of Arthur and Mattie Guinnip, died July 30 aged three months and 22 days. Funeral services were led by Rev. C. M. Hamand at the parents' home with burial in the city cemetery.
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Fenton Eugene
Arthur
Mattie Guinnip
Card of Thanks for Sympathy in Baby's Death
We wish to thank friends and neighbors for the sympathy and kindness shown in the sickness and death of our baby. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Guinnip.
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Kirs
Arthur
Guinnip
Illinois Centennial State Fair Opens Big Next Monday
The Illinois Centennial State Fair begins Monday August 12 with Children's Day offering free admission to all children under fifteen. Industrial week features daily bicycle motor and automobile racing with Barney Oldfield racing against Chevrolet and Wild Bill Endicott. Government and British war relic exhibits accompany Auto polo and a new aquarium display.
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B. M. Davison
Barney Oldfield
Chevrolet
Wild Bill Endicott
Berlin
Patterson
Fair Grounds
Mammoth Coliseum
United States
Army
Navy
Govermmment
Department of Agriculture
Ralph Bradford
Pontiac
How to free a mired auto with saplings and rope
A driver trapped by a deep rut used a simple rig described in Popular Mechanics. Two saplings laid across boards span the wheel, a tail board chain hooked between them, and a rope tourniquet raised the wheel out of the rut. As the wheel lifts slabs are added for support and the vehicle is driven to solid ground.
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Edwin L. Purkess
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Mr. Purkess
How Soldiers Carry Stoves and Bamboo Paper Making
Soldiers in wartime use the kwairo pocket stove to ease winter suffering, fueled by hemp stalks and plant oils with a three hour burn, packed like a cigar case. Separate article notes a Scottish publisher pursuing bamboo paper, planting 1000 acres in Trinidad, securing bamboo harvest, and refining pulp and bleaching for brighter sheets.
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Scotland
Trinidad
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Ilinois
Cal
Jd. W. Smite
Michigan ‘Ave
Kinloch
Keifer Drug CO
Marshall
Dixon
Madhlan’s
Marshall, Ill
The
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Terre Haute Daily Star
Star
the Herald
Illinois
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