Federal Trade Body Aims to End Meat Monopolies
The Federal Trade Commission urges President Wilson to declare refrigerator car operations and related facilities a government monopoly. It calls for government acquisition of cars icing stations and yards, with railroads licensed to own and operate them. The five large packers allegedly control 60 percent of transport equipment and use rebates and favorable railroad arrangements to maintain dominance, harming smaller packers.
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Washington
Federated Trade Commission
Wilson
Meat Packers Car Traffic and Profit Study Draws Reform Plan
A federal commission report on private car ownership by meat packers shows the big five and their subsidiaries averaged 808 miles per car per day in 1917, vs 543 miles for independents. It argues car accounts reveal profits, not losses, and urges reforms to ensure equal service and curb monopolistic advantages.
Saloon crackdown in Chicago wide open under Brundage
Chicago reports a federal state crackdown on saloons with 29 arrests since Monday. Fifteen breweries are under district attorney investigation for war time prohibition violations. Attorney General Brundage says nearly all Chicago saloons flout the law as three men shot, two fatally, in recent fights.
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Chicago
Brundage of Minds
No Smuggled Arms On Steamer For Mexico
VAVANA Aug 26 The steamer Morro Castle arrived with ten trunks of arms and ammunition on board bound from New York to Mexico. The manifest lists ten cases of cartridges shipped legally from New York, four to a Havana firm and six to Mexico. Officers report no trunks of smuggled ammunition found so far.
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Vavana
Morro Castle
New York
Mexico
Havana
Quincy Editorial Urges Initiative and Referendum Push
The Chicago Herald- Examiner argues downstate cities, led by Quincy, are embracing initiative and referendum and public ownership. It notes that people’s desires conflict with corporate interests and urges voters to sign petitions to place the questions on the November ballot.
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Quincy
Chicago Herald- Examiner
Chicago
General Assembly
League of Illinois
Home Rule League
Herald- Examiner
Grown Up Babies to Open The Empire Theatre
The Empire theatre opens the season Sunday and Labor Day with Grown Up Babies to reintroduce the redecorated theater to Quincy. Critics elsewhere call it a derby winner, with fast action and just enough spice. Leading the cast are Atta Boy Horace Bobby Wilson and Jack Callahan. others include Henry Guertin George Broadhurst Harry Mandell Helen Gibson Emma Wilson Vera Henniey and a 20 member chorus of 1919 model choristers.
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Empire Theater
Quincy
Atta Boy Horace
Bobby Wilson
Jack Callahan
Henry Guertin
George Broadhurst
Harry Mandell
Helen Gibson
Emma Wilson
Vera Henniey
Two Favorites Lose In Women's Tourney
In Detroit on August 27 two top players Mrs. Melvin Jones of Chicago and Miss Elizabeth Klotz of Chicago fell in first round matches of the western women's golf tournament. Frances Hadfield of Milwaukee defeated Jones 3 and 1, and Doroth Higbie of Chicago eliminated Klotz. Mrs. H Arnold Jackson advanced by beating Mrs. K Duffield. Mrs. Gaut defeated Mrs. Ellis to reach the south’s final contenders. Detroit’s Mrs. W G McGivernor and Mrs. L P Jones also reached the second round. Shah to Visit America. (Associated Press)
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Detroit
Melvin Jones
Chicago
Elizabeth Klotz
Jones
Frances Hadfield
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Miss Klotz
Doroth
Higbie
H. Arnold Jackson
Local notes and personals from Quincy area
Mac Irwin attends Regional Directors of the American Legion meeting in Chicago Friday night with the event held Saturday. W P Randall of War Camp Community Service meets Victor Dillon in Quincy. College of Music opens September 1 at 903 Broadway with catalogues available by phone. Numerous residents visit relatives in Missouri and Hannibal. several locals travel or host guests, while others resume work or attend events such as a Moose dance at O’Farrell’s Pavilion.
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Mac Irwin
Chicago
American Legion
W. P. Randall
War Camp Community Service
Quincy
Victor Dillon
Quincy College of Music Opers
Edward Schneider
Palmyra
J. J. Finch
Elm Street
Missouri
Irwin Paper Co
David Jackson
Rushville
H. F. Baymiller
North Eleventh Street
Rosa
Paul
Baymiller
Irwin
Grace Bees
Elsa Boes
Hannibal
Ora Everhart
Jack Connell
Maine Street
Mildred Heiderich
Boyce
Iowa
Agnes Hill
Jersey Street
J. L. Swartz
Wells
A. R. Moller
Holden, Mo
Rose Graham
Broadway
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
Glen Sprague
Michigan
Arthur Heideman
Juliana
Camp Point
Chautauqua
Quincy College of Music
Nerman Rossmiller
Ohio Street
Wabash
Denver
Colo
H. H. Rossmillec
John Fries
St. Louis
O’farrel
G. E. Marston
George Wilson
Reid Wherriss
George Musick
Mabel
la Prairie
Frank Odell
Royal couple to visit United States in September
The Lotter reports King Albert and Queen Elizabeth plan a September 22 departure for the United States with a month’s stay. The American embassy says the exact date was not confirmed. Cardinal Mercier is expected to depart for the United States on September 2. Major T. Y. Hayes, Civil War veteran, dies at 83 in Decatur, Mississippi.
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Brusels
the Lotter
Albert
Elizabeth
United States
America
Cardinal Mercier
Scouts Having Big Time At Scoutville
Quincy Boy Scouts revel at Scoutville camp opened on Columbus road six miles from Washington Park. Reveille at 5 45 a.m. marks the first day. A new road is being built to improve access, with visitors invited Thursday via Columbus road from Thirty sixth and Broadway to Franklin school and signs at Scoutville.
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Quincy
Columbus Road
Washington Park
Ben Ruebbelke
Scoutville
Columbus
Thirtysixth
Broadway
Franklin School
Menke Stone And Lime Employees On Strike
Workers at Menke Stone and Lime quarry on Twelfth Street quit Monday evening seeking higher pay. They demand daily wages rising from 3.15 to 3.50 for laborers and 3.38 to 3.60 for quarrymen. Eleven quarrymen, three teamsters, five laborers, and five shedmen formed a union. Company says a raise has been offered and some strikers may return today. Current pay ranged from 35 to 40 cents per hour.
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Menke Stone and Lime Company
Twelfth Street
Threat to Destroy Captive Beer Trucks in Zion City
An injunction request was filed in federal court to stop Zion City authorities from destroying 19 motor trucks accused of carrying beer from Wisconsin brewers to Chicago saloonkeepers. Attorney George Remus sought to have Judge Joseph Sanborn hear the petition, naming William Glenn Volivia, overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church in Zion, as a defendant.
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Chicago
Zion City
Wisconsin
Federal District Court
George Remus
Madison
Wis
Joseph Sanborn
William Glenn Volivia
Christian Catholi Apostolic Church
Zion
British Deny Bremen Capture Report
London report says there is no truth to claims that the crew of the German submarine Bremen was captured during the war, rejecting the rumor as unfounded.
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Bremen
Associated Press
London
Breman
Bremen crew return report unsettled by Berlin paper
The text notes that the Bremen crew had recently returned to Germany according to an official source, while the British Admiralty had no knowledge of the Bremen's fate. It is assumed the submarine foundered while crossing the Atlantic, and the Aug. 11 report by Vossische Zeitung claimed the men reached Bremen.
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Germany
Bremen
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
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Federal Trade Body
Brundage
Weilers
Ee Piano
Pease
Oliver Piano
Chickering
Carlisa Piano
LW Bins & Co
Low Buincy
North Fifth
Herald-Examiner
Shah
Constantinople
Shah of Persia
Paris
Decatut
T. Y. Hayes
Highland Park
Fick Coal CO
Menke Stone
Rawnanu
United
Plymouth
Stetson, Borsalino Knox and
GUYER
Quincy’s Live Store
J. E. Spears
J. W. Daniels
Maine ST
Hirsh-Wickwire Clothes
C. H. Weiss
G. H. Liesen
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