What Women Have Done Since Suffrage in Illinois
The Illinois Equal Suffrage Association reports on women’s achievements since gaining the vote. Notable actions include women serving as school and library trustees, pushing for better schools, kinder gartens, vocational training, and penny lunches. cleaning streets, exposing bad venues, censorship of moving pictures, and improved sanitation. It notes increased female civic participation, policewomen, and towns adopting commissions, with large voter turnout in Chicago where 186,000 women registered on first day and 200,000 voted in spring elections.
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Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
Illinois
Edward L. Stewart
Bushnell
Chicago
Serbian typhus siege through Belgrade to Nish observed by Dr Hagler
Dr Frederic Hagler of St Louis details six months with an American Red Cross unit in Belgrade and Nish during the typhus outbreak. He describes overcrowded hospitals, drastic depopulation, black flags over dying homes, brutal sanitation efforts, and the collapse of Serbia as a hospital nation under war and disease.
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Belgrade
Nish
Serbia
Frederic Hagler
St. Louis
Hagler
American Red Cross
Austria
New York
Dr. Hagler
Servia
Nnion
Public inquiry on Mexican policy and 293 new Illinois laws
The piece critiques The Tribune's stance on Mexican policy disclosure and executive authority. It warns against censorship and secret diplomacy while noting public distrust in Washington. It also laments Illinois 293 new laws and the slow publication of the session laws, urging clarity and legal certainty.
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Peoria Journal
The
Tribune
Wilson
Pindell
Mexico
Vienna
Washington
Washingto
Red Cross
Chicago
Why We Came to America Says Wallace's Farmer
An essay reflects on centuries of immigration to the United States. It catalogues diverse origins including English Puritans, Germans Mennonites, Scots Irish, Jews, Italians, Irish Catholics, Hungarians, Russians and others. It argues the nation offered liberty, land, and opportunity, while noting ongoing tensions and the drive to identity in a new world.
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America
Wallace
New England
England
United States
Roger Wi Nats
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Church of God
Brethren In Christ
Austria
Russa
Men of Peace
Trish
Episcopalians
Carl Schurz
Louis Kossuth
Uis
Amer icans must guard democracy amid world war
A stern speech argues Americans should resist foreign evils and preserve democracy, urging unity as “just Americans” and warning against church or military control. It contrasts German and Russian futures and calls to uphold international law while avoiding entangling alliances. The article also notes wireless voice experiments linking Mare Island to Pacific possessions.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Lakes
Gulf
Europe
Dardanelles
Schiller
Goethe
Faust
Russia
England
Czar
King
Kaiser
Wireless Voice Spans Pacific From Arlington to Pearl Harbor
The article boasts a rapid wireless transmission covering about 4600 miles from Arlington near Washington to Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, far exceeding Puck’s boast of circling the earth in forty minutes. It notes the distance surpasses the New York to London route and credits the feat to the United States wireless communication.
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Arlington
United States Naval Station
Mare Island
San Pablo Bay
California
United States
Pacific
Philippines
Puck
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Hawaiian Group
The Chicago Clothing Strike Controversy In 1920s
An alien agitator linked to an anti AFL faction travels to Chicago to call a strike among 25 000 workers in 400 shops of the men born clothing industry. He promises eight hours pay increases and aims to sow dissension while manufacturers note conditions are solid and profits narrow. The piece defends unionist restraint and urges fairness and arbitration.
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American Federation of Labor
Chicago
New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
Open talk with fall salesmen to boost local ads
Advice for retailers on handling visiting salesmen as autumn orders roll in. Emphasize the need for advertisers in local newspapers to create consumer demand and protect shelf space from rivals. The piece notes labor tensions and unions in the clothing industry amid a harvest season.
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Retailer
How To Be Efficient
How To Be Efficient. Kidney trouble saps vitality and causes backache head ache and rheumatism. Fairy Kidney Pills strengthen kidneys and aid filtration from the system. Sold by the City Order Store.
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