Koepping Treason Case May Be Retried in Federal Courts
Local coverage notes future action on the Koepping flag desecration case. Sheriff Wiley says authorities will pursue federal prosecution where disloyal utterances arise, with county defense council monitoring similar incidents to avoid unwarranted local trials. The article discusses shifting cases to federal courts when warranted and narrowing prosecutions to truly prosecutable acts of treason.
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Wiley
Nellis Koepping
Pennant Button Factory
Chum
Muscatine
United States
County Defense Council
Will Allen
J. L. Gloster
Mascating County Council of Defense
Glesler
Victim of Hun Worked in City
Roy Murphy of the Journal learned of a World War I casualty from Muscatine, Iowa. The article notes Tromulus Meahan of Lint Salle, TH, listed among the dead, and recalls Meahan’s arrival in 1911 to Muscatine where he worked seven months as a telegrapher for Western Union.
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Roy Murphy
Presa
Ollie
Hal
Muscoating
Tromulus Mechan
Lint Salle
Wee
Meahan
Muscatine
Western Union
Mecahan
Murphy
Kaiser Loyalist Behind Bars Now
Virginia Minnesota June 14. Charles Ritter allegedly proclaimed he would fight for the Kaiser and that if President Wilson had not interfered the war would be over. Ritter was jailed awaiting bail and to be tried next week under the espionage act. A notice said Gerald Brown’s husband arrived overseas.
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Casancated Presa
Virginia
Minn
Wilson
Charles Ritter
Kaiser
Local Produce Prices Notice From a Seventies Market
A scanned advertisement lists various fruits and groceries with unit prices including currants 20 cents per box and pineapples 20 cents each. Other items include gooseberries bulk peanut butter and pickles priced by the dozen. The fragmentary OCR shows multiple misspellings and inconsistent punctuation.
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Wessoa
Hershey Ave Grocers Advertises Delivery Service
Herwig and Co. at 721 phones for delivery from The Hershey Ave grocers. We deliver the goods.
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Hershey Ave Grocers
Win the War Labor Slogan Dominates Socialist Meeting
Anti-Americanism on the American labor front suffered defeats at a June meeting in Le Paul Minn where pacifism yielded to militancy and a bid to politicize labor during wartime was rejected. Ben Schlessinger of the Ladies Garment Workers faced pressure over observing Labor Day with a patriotic slogan. The resolution to adopt "Win the War for Democracy" was approved unanimously. Telegraphers’ labor tensions centered on government takeover of lines if companies refused war board rulings, with James Duncan denouncing a Seattle member’s strike-linked proposal.
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Executive Council
Schlessinger
War Labor Board
J. A. Duncan
Seattle
Actton
Chicago
James Duncan
Federation
Duncan
Mooney
California
Government to salary wage veteran volunteers during war
The government plans to put its dollar a year volunteers on substantial pay. Secretary McAdoo has shifted most treasury war assistants from nominal compensation to salary rolls, aiming to avoid allegiance conflicts with private interests.
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Washington, D. Cy
McAdoo
Service Flag usage urged as symbol of war sacrifice
The article explains the service flag not officially official, credits designer A I Queisser of Cleveland, and notes its rise in public favor. It covers adoption by city officials, patent issues, and guidance on who may be represented on the flag when displayed in homes. Also mentions Mrs L M Letts visiting in Leetta, Iowa.
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Washington Bulletin
United States
A. I Queissar
Gloveland
Ohio
Germany
Army
Preas
Congress
Queisser
Young People to Take Sacrament at St Marys Church
Nineteen children will receive first communion at St Marys Catholic Church next Sunday with a 9:30 a.m. Mass and a 2:30 p.m. service to renew baptismal vows and enroll in the scapular. The list of nine names appears among the church members, with plans for a service flag honoring local young men who have joined the nation’s armed forces. Details of the dedication will follow with the roll of honor.
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St Mary's Catholic Church
Servica
Dlisa
Ralph Warper
Ralph State
Rayemond Blate
William Adler
Fred Gartmeter
William Sewazyk
Kenneth HL Albert
Godamann
Clarence ‘Kurlger
Clarence’ King
Bertha Cherinua
Iron Stark
Agnes Rymars
Mildred Moots
Magdalena Healey
Mario Harper
Leon Pleper
Catherine Helland
Ruth Bean
Vinn
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Nebraska Atreot
Herwig & Co
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Jaebor
Cleveland
JL. M. Letts
Leétta
Iowa
H. Trvuren
Iowa Avenues
St. Mary's
Nour
Palm Beach
Grocer
Aekne
Yeport
Rees
Mark Reaistence
Naprix
Yankees
Associated Press
Paris
Exceptic Millinery
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