Joint session of major club owners in Chicago
December 13 meeting of National and American League owners in Chicago to align policy for wartime, chaired by August Herrmann after talks with American League President Johnson. Annual league meetings follow. topics include 18-man rosters, federal tax collection, training season limits, and possible schedule shortening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National and American Leages
August Herrmann
Cincinnati Nationals
National Basel MT Comminrsion
Johnson
American Kague
Herrmann
National Leaguers
New York
Camp Dodge to bar transfers of regular army NCOs
Regular army non commissioned officers at Camp Dodge Des Moines will not be allowed to retransfer to the regular army. After three months of drill with rookies the camp shows regulars performed better. About 200 men previously returned to the regular army. the remaining 080 men stay, with more transfers expected. Training plans include artillery practice and early spring outfitting, with potential reassignments for Southern camps.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Towa
Fort Snetling
National Army
War Department
Dodge
Canops
Interstate committee denies rail rate increases for iron and steel
In Washington on Tuesday the interstate commerce committee denied western railroads' request to raise commodity rates on iron and steel. The panel held rates steady and rejected plans for higher charges from western territories and western points, despite carriers urging higher figures.
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Washington
Western
Territore
Quebec Bridge Opens in Traffic Across Quebec
The new Quebec bridge was formally opened in traffic Tuesday. The first train crossed the bridge Monday carrying 1295 tons. A Canadian government railway official rode on the first train.
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Quebec Bridge
Ouebec
Des
Quebec
Tse
Ouchee Vic Ust
Mrs Harrisson L Smith Keeps Blooming Rose Bush in Frosts
Mrs Harrisson L Smith of Saco Maine tends a Whillarney rose bush that keeps blooming despite repeated frosts defining her garden routine and steady plant vigor amid cold snaps.
Cat Tales and Nut Roaster Playful Crook Nickname
A humorous item catalogs quirky pet nicknames and a playful jab at a local character known for odd treats. Needing a laugh, readers share witty monikers like Nut Roaster and Poor Nut. The column preserves a light tone and hometown charm.
Funeral of George Steiner Draws Adams County Crowd
Large gathering at Loraine in Adams County for the funeral of George Steiner. Services held at St. Catholic church with Rev. W A Taylor assisted by Revs Louis Baldwin and others. Burial in Loraine cemetery. Steiner left six sons and two daughters, with a life of service to family, community, and county.
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Adams County
George Steiner
Loraine
W. A. Taylor
Baw Tn
Louis Baldwin
Loraine Methodist Church
Loraine Cemetery
J. H
Loraine Bank
J. G. Stuart
Broadway Bank
Ouiney
Joab Greene Carthage National Bank
Adams County Board of Supervisors
Tr Striner
Louraine Bank
Board of Supervisors
Tie
Newman
Stemner
Elizabeth Wumphrey
Concrete pile size rule from Far osedern notes
The text states that piles with a cross section under four by four inches or equivalent area must not be used if they are longer than thirty feet, reflecting an engineering safeguard in the cited notes.
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Osedern
Engineer operations cost of the expeditionary force
Washington reports Major General William Black in his annual engineer corps estimate states that engineer operations for the expeditionary force in France will cost about a billion dollars in 1919. The plan covers roughly 1.5 million men with equipment costs and notes deficiencies in outfitting railway regiments while urging a continuing annual harbor and anti-air defense program.
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Washington
France
William Black
Cogingers
Coe
Congress
Cambrai
Repert
Jack
Hersefter
Six Men Enter Pleas in Race Riot Cases
Six men implicated in the East St. Louis race riots pleaded guilty in the circuit court Tuesday. Named are Pete Mai Palmer Toseah Smruichke Poulix mrecek Emmett Weisnik and Henry Rehwedder Jr. Also charged were Ter man Rohwedder and Ralph Hood Jr. Joseph Erdmnagel, 17, was bound for trial on oath charges tied to the mob that fired the "black valley" during the riots.
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Belleville
Dee
East St. Louis
Cailty
Pete Mai
Palmer
Toseah Smruichke
Poulix Mrecek
Emmett Weisnik
Henry Rehwedder
Terman Rohwedder
Ralph Hood Jr
Joseph Erdmnagel
Oath
Black Valley
Aurora Elgin and Chicago Rail approves fare hike
The state utilities commission approved increased passenger fares between Aurora and Chicago. About 40 cents in the rate schedule are affected by the proposed change. A note mentions a mountain near Pachuca Mexico with spiked appearance and mysterious rock formations.
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Springfield
Til
State Utilities Commission
Aurora
Chiesea
Aurora, Elvin and Chicago Railroad Company
Pachuuca
Mexico
Hamburg's churches crowded as war dysentery spreads
A German American witness reports severe losses at the front and a city-wide toll from a dysentery epidemic. Funeral services were limited to ten minutes by military order as Hamburg, a busy seafaring hospital town, suffered higher civilian losses and crowded churches. Other German cities reportedly faced similar suffering.
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Hamburg
Germany
Bavaria
Saxony
Block Streets Off To Prevent Spread
A report describes cities closing streets to halt contagion, with whole towns quarantined. It notes alleged German burial restrictions forbidding wood or wool, using pasteboard coffins and paper shrouds, and a scarce pantry as food reserves dwindle.
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Germany
Recruiting for Army Takes Sport Monday
Washington reports recruiting for the regular army surged as 2,934 men accepted Monday, boosting total war volunteers to 271,562 since the war began. Daily averages had fallen below 1,000 for weeks, with Pennsylvania leading Monday’s states at 477, followed by Massachusetts 487 and New York 318.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York
The Countess Charming and Other 1910s Films on Screen
The program lists Princess Jul ian Eltinge in The Countess Charming at Paramount plus Star presents The Whip nine acts. Family showcases Winifred Allen in The Man Hater. Their Husband. Paddie McQuarrie in Caught in the End. Tours Around the World. Quincy offers Fighting Trails The Trap with Pilla Duncan, Carol Holloway, Earle Williams in The Lost Girl. Big V comedy. Belasco features William Parnum in When a Man Sees Rel seven acts. Savoy screens Mary Pickford in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Colonial shows The Painted World and Model Janitor.
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Julian Eltinge
Paramount
Winifred Allen
Triangle
Gem
Paddie McQuarrie
Vogue
Scenic
Quincy
Pilla Duncan
Carol Holloway
Earle Williams
Belasco
William Parnum
Savoy
Mary Pickford
Rebecca
Sunny Brook Farm
Deer Ridge Community Notes and Visits
Deer Ridge and nearby towns see a flurry of visits and family events. Ernest Hilbert and family visit aged parents Mr and Mrs Wilbert. Hawkins family hosts Reece Felker and others. Mrs Brandg welcomed by Hawkins. Wilbert and Bereman families take trips to Emerson for a noted wedding. Elizabeth Allen and Ella McClain visit relatives in Williamstown and La Belle. a Thanksgiving stock sale at English farm draws a crowd as the English plan Colorado move. Melix Scott visits Rutledge. Wired Clapp recovers from illness. stork welcomed a son to Differdoffer family. Rudolph Snyder visits with her mother Funkenbush.
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Deer Ridge
Ernest Hilbert
Canton
Ll. Wilbert
Milton Hawkins
Reece Felker
Bunker Hill
Albert
Levengood
Orval Myers Thomas Francis
la Belle
Our Village
Hawkin
James Brandg
Hawkins
Corbin
Miss Bereman
Lioyd Bereman
Emerson
Robert Briscoe
May Wawkins
la’ Belle
Lee English
Willametown
Colorado
Sterling McReynolds
Melix Scott
Rutledge
Sherman Roberts
Edward Spidle
Wired Clapp
Elizabeth Alien
North of Willamstown
Artie McDonald
Familly
Ella McClain
Annie MaClain
Williamstown
Ella
William
Lawrence
Charles Differdoffer
Mra
Rudolph Snyder
Funkenbush
Canton Visit With Afclain Family
Canton woman returned to her home near this place Saturday and on Sunday accompanied by her daughter Miss Mabel visited with Henry McClain and family.
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Canton
Bine
Mabel
Henry AfcClain
Fails to Register Draws Fine in Draft Case
Detroit December 5 Morris Sugar attorney and socialist pleaded guilty in U S district court to failing to register and to attempting to obstruct the selective draft, the record shows. He faced penalties for evading registration and obstructing the draft process.
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Detroit
Morris
Sugar
United States
Detroit Court Fines Man for False Registration Offense
A man was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to serve time in the Detroit house of correction for failing to register. He faced additional restriction on practicing in the federal court and phonographs as applicable to the offense.
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Liw
Detroit
House of Correctic
Federal
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