First Unit of New Paper Mill in Operation
One unit of the American Strawboard company’s new mill at the foot of Madison Street began operation Thursday. The unit houses one of the nation’s largest paper machines, producing 25 tons daily, with a second unit to be started in a few days. The plant will eventually employ about 150 workers and expand further as the full complex comes online. The power plant is partially complete, and construction on additional units continues despite steel delays.
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American Strawboard Company
Madison Street
Jordans
Buerkin
War Depletes Quincy High Faculty In Bountiful Resignations
War has drawn three top teachers from Quincy High School and caused resignations. Science teacher C H Thuermer left to join Monroe Drug Co. Principal Zeus Smith earned a captain’s commission in the officers reserve corps after Fort Sheridan training. English teacher Clarence Lineberger joined the army with a quartermaster commission. Civics teacher Roger Wells serves in a machine gun company. Jefferson junior high lost Edgar Schaefer to the aviation corps. Vacancies will be filled before school opens Sept 4. C M Gill, superintendent, will review applications with the school management committee after returning from vacation.
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Quincy High School
C. H. Thuermer
Monroe Drug Company
Zeus Smith
Fort Sheridan
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Clarence Lineberger
Army
Quartermaster’s Department
Roger Wells
Machine
Edgar Schaefer
Jefferson Junior High
Schaefer
Aviation Corps
C.M. Gill
Gill
Allies Bomb Thourout in West Flanders raid
London reports a midnight raid by naval air service on Thourcut railway station and junction in West Flanders. Fires followed and an ammunition dump is believed hit while the railway was damaged. Many tons of bombs were dropped and all aircraft returned safely.
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London
Admiralty
Naval Air Service
Thourcut
West Flanders
Bruges
Tag For Soldiers Abroad To Identify Wounded Or Dead
Every American soldier serving overseas will wear a neck tag bearing his name registration number and regiment. The measure aims to ensure identification by strangers in case of death or injury.
Miners Grey Order Returning to Work in Illinois
Miners in central and southern Illinois resumed work after President Frank Farrington issued the order. Idle periods ended as strikes among drivers and day men subsided. Hopeful officials at miners and coal operators associations expect nearly all state mines to be active by Monday.
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Springfield
Illinois
Frank Farrington
Dancer Denounced As Spy In Paris Court Case
Paris August 19 The revised court martial denied the appeal of Dutch dancer Mata Hari who was recently condemned to death as a spy. She may still petition the supreme court for a hearing on her case.
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Paris
Russia's Socialists Predict Russia Will Rally
New York August reports a Russia crisis as mutinies within the army and Petrograd traitors threaten the war effort. William English Walling argues Germany seeks Russia’s collapse but predicts Russia can rally if loyalty remains in the majority, despite civil war chaos and a looming turnout for a broader struggle.
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William English Walling
Vigilantes
Walling
Socialist Party
Germany
Russia
New York
Petrograd
Plague Spot politics mirror Petrograd vote split
In Petrograd June municipal elections anarchist socialists won 25 percent while government aligned socialists gained 50 percent. Moscow’s Kerensky socialists backed tougher policy won a large July majority. Across Russia, peasants seek immediate repression of mutineers, with many traitors seen among front line and munitions workers. Continued on Page 17.
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Russia
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Vose and Sons
Ivers and Pond
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