Spies Shot in America Allegations Stir Debate
New York leaders of the American Defense Society claim fourteen spies have been shot by U S military authorities since war began. The group says at least two were from Detroit and cites reports of ammunition shipments to Germany and lax Justice Department actions as evidence of official negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
C S. Thompson
American Defense Society
Thompson
Detroit
Germany
Senator Chamberlain
The
Defense Society
Copenhagen
New York Evening Sun
Department of Justice
France
Cambrai
Mark Twain Lectures for Fulton Monument, Declines Fee
General Grant invited Mark Twain to lecture for the Robert Fulton Monument association at $1,000 but Twain refused pay. He joked about not resuming paid talk and offered quips about Fulton and historical details, asking Grant to confirm facts but noting he could skip them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Grant
Mark Twain
Robert Fulton Monument Association
Twain
Grant
Robert Fulton
Paul Jones
Horace Porter
Porter
Stone's Bad Break and War Talk From the Capital
Adam R. Gard of Marshall suffers a severe head injury after a fall in the Treasury Building. Doctors fear for his life as Judge Booth and others tend him at Emergency Hospital. The column then casts political forecasts for 1920, predicting Roosevelt’s likely GOP nomination and Wilson’s possible re nomination, with Homeric defense of Allied victory and a pro war stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam R. Gard
Marshall
Treasury Building
Judge Booth
Adam
Clint Bell
Clint
Court of Claims
Heath
Tom Scholfield
Adams
Roosevelt
Wilson
McAdoo
Roosevel
Wilsom
Teddy
Gottig
Hideous Death by Own Action At Karnak
An insane man at Karnak Missouri jumped in front of a Cairo Division train last Friday. He broke from his keepers and threw himself onto the rails, his body cut into many pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karnak
Cairo
Tax books for Marshall township available at Farm Bureau office
Tax books for Marshall township will be found at the Farm Bureau office of Os. Gay. Call for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Township
The
Farmes Itmerience Os. Gay
Airplane Demand Says 50 Men per Plane
Howard E. Coffin of the Aircraft Production Board notes the gap between hype and reality in military air production. He cites that 40 to 60 auxiliaries are needed per active aircraft at the front, implying would require millions of workers to meet touted targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Coffin
Aircraft Production Board
Air Service
United States
Aeronautical
Illinois to receive Smith-Hughes fund for vocational education
Illinois will obtain 93 thousand 772 dollars from the federal Smith-Hughes program for vocational education. Plans approved by national and state authorities will be announced soon. Of the funding, 41 thousand 106 dollars covers teachers salaries and trades, home economics and industrial subjects. 30 thousand 765 dollars funds teacher preparation, and 21 thousand 902 dollars pays salaries of agricultural educators and administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
United States
Crabb Family Presents Literary and Musical Program
On Monday February 4 at 7 30 p m Elsie Maria Crabb with local talent offers readings humorous and pathetic child impersonations and music at the Christian church Addison Willard Crabb lectures on The Holy City Dr Crabb has traveled on four continents Admission 15c for children 14 and under 26c for adults Pay what you can admitted free
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Maria Crabb
Christian Church
Crabb
Addison Willard Crabb
Holy City
Dr. Crabb
Lakeside Bronze Age Village Built on Piles
A correspondent describes lake dwellings from the bronze age built on riverine piles. Large trunks set in mud formed a platform, with huts of wattle and clay, hearths and hand-mills, connected to shore by a causeway and drawbridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Constance
Strange Adoptions by Cats and a Fox Terrier
A cat and a female fox terrier with litters swapped their offspring after birth. The cat raised the puppies while the dog tended the kittens. The exchange was satisfactory and both litters reached a healthy weaning stage. No explanation for the unusual conduct is known.
Our Other Selves and the Sabbath of Reflection
In The Atlantic S M Crothers argues wisdom comes from leisure even in brief Sabbaths. If full rest is unavailable, one should sanctify small breaks from work to refresh hidden selves. The piece links leisure to the right to pursue happiness and calls for world to protect all facets of the self.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Crothers
Give Cheerfulness a Chance Says The Atlantic Monthly
The essay argues cheerfulness is rarer than expected among the wealthy and even pre Browning times. It notes most men resist cheerfulness, though a good disposition is valuable, urging readers to embrace cheerfulness despite social resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
God m
Theresa
Atlanatic Monthly
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
Federal Reserve Banking System
Dulaney National Bank Member Federal Reserve System
Marshall, Illinois
Stone
Senator Borah
Idaho
Congress
Senate
Chamberlain
Penrose
J Hamilton Lewis
William Jennings Bryan
United States Senate
Ham
Bradbury
Robinson
Stanley Bradbury
Naval Preparatory School
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Foster Stanley
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
New Orleans
Cold Harbor
H. C. Bell
Vocational Education Fund
John D. Northwest Cor. Square
Parsons’ Grocery
Maple City
Lenox
Wabash Phone
the City Drug Store
North Side Square
the Herald
Marshall, Ill
Herald
Terre Haute Daily Star
Poorman Bres
West Union
Nifects
Marvel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!