Escaped prisoner tale unfolds in Clarence hospital
A dramatic confession by Robert Bumster Lankford, alternately called Bird Adair, claims he killed Emil Licht for revenge and describes a train shooting and heist near Clarence Missouri. Investigators doubt parts of the tale while confirming the Licht killing details. Wells remains at large as a nationwide search continues.
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Robert Bumster
Licht
Bird Adair
Lankford
Emil R. Licht
George Koch
Shelby County
Clarence
Adair
Simmons
Jesse James
Koch
Bamster
Kansas
Missouri
Quincy
Oueiey
Terriory
Portland
Ore
Quincey Five Cave
Wichita Bil
Fred South
Piercy
Meise
Scharnhorst
Bumster
Hampshire Street
City Hall
Saletskye raid captures Boltsheviki officer
British officials say allied troops captured twenty Bolshevik soldiers including one officer in a Saletskye raid on the Kadish front southeast of Archangel on April 13. Many of the enemy were killed.
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London
Twaentys-ceisht Boltsheviki
Saletskye
Archangel
Stronger Men Take the Lead
Vital force is the material from which leaders in all walks of life are made. The health and nerve of the athlete is what Nature intended every man and woman to have. A doctor endorses Phosphated Iron as a blood and nerve builder and urges exercise fresh air nourishing food and Nature's prescription. A notice warns buyers to avoid fake capsules and buy Genuine Phosphates only from legitimate druggists.
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Soetara
OWL Drug Storde
United States Army Units Sail For War Convoys
Washington reports early convoys assigned for the 79th division and 2nd field army elements. The 42nd Rainbow division ships sail from Brest with Maj. Gen. Read and Brig. Gen. MacArthur aboard. Additional transports bring units from the 28th, 7th, and 11th divisions. Detroit claims victory loan quota exceeded at $57.0 million, surpassing its $54.2 million goal.
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Washington
79Th Division
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pershing
War Department
2Nd Field Army
6Th Army Corps
505Th Engineers Service Battalion
301St
42Nd
Rainbow
Brest
Leviathan
New York
George W. Read
Douglas MacArthur
84Th Infantry
149Th
150Th Field Artillery
166Th Infantry
42Nd Division
Samuel Sturgis
305Th Infantry
Kroonland
St. Nazaire
Newport News
28Th Division
11Th Infantry
1Ith Infantry
Ortzabsu
Wanawha
Alloway
151St Field Artillery
Minnesota
Tluntington
Boston
Santa Rosa
Bordeaux
Charleston
Fiist
Marine
Air Service
Arkansas
I Hliness
Colorado
Iowa
North Carolina
Detroit
Derolv
Mich
Detroitc
One Man Shot on Train During Clarence Incident
Eyewitnesses describe a shooting aboard a Clarence bound train where Frank Vacha was fatally wounded in the smoker car. Mrs Vacha recalled a man in a light suit rushing past, while conductor J L Ryan reported not witnessing the shot but seeing the aftermath and broken windows. Sheriff Simmons and others assisted, and autopsy confirmed the bullet entered the right shoulder area and lung, with Wells later identified as a prisoner involved in the incident.
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Wells
Licht
Tle
Cameron Junction
Macon
Clarence
Mamma
Wilford Lankford
John Connery
Adair
Lankford
Simmons
Quincy
Bumster
Liberty
George Koch
Tim Fooh
Chirence
Adar T Lankford
Wells Cankford
Jack Connery
Otto Bergman
Joe Kosvan
Terry Rundle
Quiney
Missouri
Burlington
Chillicothe
Sneda Anderson
Frederica Seltzer
Anna Anderson
EL. W. Withrow, Jr
R.S. Martin
Frank Vacha
Bamster
Sheriff Simmons
Ryan
Vacha
McKenzie
Theresa Colton
H. O. Collins
Mr. Vacha
Two More Recruits Sign Up for Army Service
Orville N. Harman of LaBelle Missouri and Corwin L. McGuffin of Clayton Missouri, both infantry recruits after Illinois reserve militia service, left Quincy for service. They enlisted with Sergeant John Lunsford at 12614 North Firth Street. Harman heads to Peoria while McGuffin goes to Jefferson Barracks. Lunsford urged men 18 to 40 to join special branches such as air service, tank corps, and motor transport with potential rapid promotion.
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Orville N. Harman
LaBelle
Corwin L. McGuffin
Clayton
Infantry
Ilinoig
Quincy
John Lunsford
North Firth Street
Harmon
Peoria
McGuffin
Jefferson Barracks
Lunsford
Air Service
Tank Corps
Fred Haskins Daily Quiz Questions and Answers
A collage of quiz Q and A items covering Anglo Phobiac dog days blueing clothes by soda bluing, US loan to Czecho Slovakia fourty one million three hundred thirty thousand, France prohibition, chewing gum from chicle tree juice, and related trivia with names and initials attached.
Knowledge Notes and Inquiries From The Quincy Whig
A compendium of reader questions and answers covers gum chewing origins by Thomas Adams, casual soldier terminology, the Almanci de Gotha publication, ore assays via the US Geological Survey, private assay offices, and a brief notice for sending questions to The Quincy Whig Information Bureau in Washington with return postage. The piece lists assay locations in multiple cities and invites confidential inquiries.
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Almanci de Gotha
Europe
United States Geological Survey
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Carson City
Nevada
New York
N. Y
Boise, Idaho
Helena
Montana
Deadwywood
Seattle
Wash
Salt Lake City
Utah
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Buckeye Pottery Plant Burns in Macomb Loss Estimated
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Buckeye Pottery plant in Macomb Illinois causing about 39000 dollars in losses. The company plans rebuilding the plant.
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Macomb
Buckeye Pottery Company
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