Exemption board calls 118 for exam today
One hundred and eighteen men have been called for examination today by the exemption board. The last group to face the doctors is processed as offices open at eight o'clock. Names are drawn, with some excused for illness or absence, and others proceed to reexaminations if needed. The chairman warns against false affidavits under severe penalties including perjury and imprisonment.
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Exemption Board
Jackson R. Pearce
Hies
Lawrence Tenk
Cherry
Walter J. Feld
Jersey
Robert Emery Lease
Sycamore
Alfred Hawkinson
Maine
John Z. Foontas
Hampshire
Lloyd William Fuqua
Harvey Potter
Edward F. Dorkenwald
Park Place
Evan FP. Morris
Dan White
Park Hotel
Walter J. Pusenig
State
Henry J. Bell, Jr
N. 11Th
Tribute to Judge C F Perry by Adams County group
Members of the Adams County Farm Improvement association met in County Farm Adviser Rusk s office to pass resolutions of respect for Judge C F Perry. A committee drew up a tribute praising his steadfast service, loyalty, and community work, noting his decade as secretary and announcing the Chamber of Commerce closing in tribute today.
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Adams County Farm Improvement Association
Rusk
Adams County Improvement Association
Perry
Chamber of Commerce
Electric motor ends control of garages, doom noted
A fragment notes the doom of up to date garages as an electric motor takes control. The terse line suggests a shift in power or function away from traditional systems. No further details are provided in readable text.
Federal Probe Urged Into East St. Louis Riots
Washington report details a push by Rep Rodenberg and Rep Dyer and a Negro delegation for a federal inquiry into the East St. Louis race riots. They urge a special grand jury led by Judge Landis, citing police complicity and threats to the American Aluminum plant as indicators of broad moral stakes.
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Washington
Wien
Foster
Ilinois
Illinois
Rodenberg
Landis
Department of Justice
American Aluminum Company
East St. Louis
Aluminum Company
Hallie Queen
Red Cross
Thompson
Kansas
Senate Expenditures Committee
Sherman
Congressional
Deaths and updates at Soldiers' and Sailors' Home
Charles B. Johnson 70 died August 2 at 12 55 PM after long illness. He served in Company K 58th Illinois Infantry and leaves widow Sarah J Johnson and son Milton R Johnson of Princeton. Jarred Bates 85 died August 3 at 8 05 AM from paralysis. he served in Forty first Ulingis Infantry and was from Summum Illinois, leaving wife Mary and several children. Remains shipped to Summum for burial.
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Charles B. Johnson
Home and Hospital
Fifty-eighth
Illinois Infantry
Sarah J. Johnson
Milton R. Johnson
Princeton
Jarred Bates
Summum
Company C. Forty-first Ulingis Infantry
Bates
Mary Bates
Sylvanus
Weldon Bates
Miranda Vaughn
Reliance Weese
Lorano Huff
Boon
Elliott
Lease
Samuel Camp
J. Trogden
Cottage J
Peter
Cartwright Hill
Centralia
Til
St. Louis
St Louis
Sam Camp
F. Johnson
Malden
Ill
Lea
Mr. Johnson
Mr. West
Miss Danles DeJean
Quincy
W. H. Thompson
Seaweeds Draw Nourishment From Surrounding Water
Seaweeds obtain their nourishment from the water in which they grow, not from the ground in which they may be rooted.
Philadelphia Heat Deaths Total Twelve
Thunder showers brought relief from a heat wave that has claimed 134 lives in Philadelphia since Monday. Deaths and prostrations were reported to the coroner as the morgue fills from the torrid spell. Forecasters expect returning high temperatures, with the maximum around 98 degrees and humidity remaining oppressive.
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Philadelphia
Sweet potato curing may boost Florida yield by 30 percent
The curing and drying of sweet potatoes could raise Florida crop yields by about 30 percent. The finding highlights postharvest handling as a key factor in improving efficiency and returns for growers in Florida.
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Florida
Czernowitz Falls to Teutons in Bukowina Back-and-Forth
Berlin and Vienna dispatches report Czernowitz the Bukowina capital captured by German forces after military advances and reversals. The city changed hands ten times since 1914 with Russian and Austro-Hungarian forces alternating control amid ongoing battles near the Pruth and Dniester rivers. Petrograd notes evacuations and Russian withdrawals in southern Bukowina and southeastern Galicia as fighting continues along the Dyatnitza and Zbrocz corridors.
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Berlin
London
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Vienna
Amsterdam
Pruth
Lemberg
Galicia
Petrograd
Kimpelung
War Office
Zbrocz
Dniester
Dyatnitza
Fisherman’s plea for end of war and friendly sea tale
In Aug 4 dispatch from Base American Flotillas in British Waters a port fisherman tells of a German sub crew asking for fish. He offered eggs, was paid with thanks in German, and the crew departed laughing. The fisherman notes he thought they were English until then.
Miners Demand Beer in Kansas at Franklin
Pittsburg Kansas August 4 miners at Franklin demand the right to have beer in their homes and a reduction in living costs. They attack the bone dry law and await Gov Capper's reply at a meeting. A strike threat hangs over the Franklin camp of Western Coal and Mining. Foreigner residents Austrians Italians French had beer at home before prohibition. Some say water quality in camps is so poor beer is needed.
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Willie
Collin
Collin Fraser
Tillie
Rose
Lot
Aunt Lot
Tite
Rosa
Joe
Bellayre
Tikie
Pittsburg
Kan
Capper
Franklin
Western Coal and Mining Company
Kansag
Topeka
Kansas
Heated Spell Over Ends Across Nation
Washington reports the heat spell is ended nationwide though the far northwest may see warmer conditions return in northern districts within days. The line about ice cream melting more hearts than hot words adds a playful note.
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Geo. McGuire
Washington
Weather Bureau
Far
Northwest
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