War Talks on High School Training for Victory and Service
Secretary of War Baker urges high schoolers to attend colleges and technical schools to build a large educated force for military needs. Major General Wood warns against rushing to enlist before finishing education. The piece also covers trials in Russia, Illinois Centennial events, and local church notices.
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Woodrow Wilson II
Americas
War Baker
P P Claxton
War Department
United States Army College
Leonard Wood
Guilty Verdict in I W W Espionage Trial
Jurors have found 1000 members of the Industrial Workers of the World guilty of espionage act violations. Of the originally 115 defendants, many were discharged or tried separately. most posted bail and were represented by skilled counsel.
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Landis
Russia’s War Prospects Brighten With Allied Aid Arriving
The article notes a growing sense of Russia’s return to active war effort as British forces reach Baku, American troops land in Vladivostok, and Japanese aid is expected from Harbin. It highlights Armenian support for allies, Czecho Slovak needs, and efforts to prevent armaments from reaching German hands, while praising Russian reception of outsiders as deliverers.
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Russia
Mesopotamia
Baku
Caucasus
Don Cossacks
Philippines
Vladivostok
Harbin
Lake Baikal
Stevens Railway Commission
Siberia
Local pairs and addresses listed for social notices
Everett Taubeneck Darwin to Marshall Genevieve Ralston Marshall John H Cook Martingville and Rosetta Gilbert Huntington Indiana Frank Sewell Johnson Terre Haute J W Reynolds Vera Douglas Mason Illinois
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Everett Taubeneck
Darwin
Genevieve Ralston
Marshall
John H. Cook
Martingville
Rosetta Blanche Gilbert
Huntington
Indiana
Frank “Sewell
Johnson
Ruth’ Bland
Terre’ Haute
J. W. Reynolds
Vera Douglas
Mason, Ill
Hoover Describes WWI Food Conservation Triumphs
Food Administrator Hoover reports to President Wilson that Americans donated 141 million bushels of wheat and 814 million pounds of meat for the Allies and troops in 1917 18 with voluntary conservation. He credits broad national effort including women and urban and rural groups for wartime food security.
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United States
Allies
Hoover
Wilson
Food Administration
America
Germany
Sugar Shortage Cripples Spain and Portugal Markets
Sugar prices in Spain and Portugal soared as a short beet crop and limited maritime tonnage disrupted supply. In Barcelona granulated sugar sold at 19 cents per pound while Lisbon fixed brown sugar prices ranged from 1.04 to 1.12 dollars per pound, versus 14 cents in Sweden.
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Spain
Portugal
Europe
Barcelona
Lisbon
Sweden
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Kronstadt
Illinois
Wallace Rice
Ilfnois Centennial Commission
State Fair Grounds
Theodore Roosevelt
Lowden
Roosevelt
Fair Grounds
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Centennial Commission
Virgil Wallace
West Union
Harry Drake
Evangelical Church
Congregational Church
C. R. Dierlamm
Allis
Roush’s
Gallatin Automobile
West Main Street
Sion
Homer Roush
Kirchner & Williams Lumber Co
Black & Hutchinson, Grocers
Alberta
the Herald
Liberty Loan
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