Death of Earl Lambert in Service Shocks Carthage
Carthage mourns Earl Logan Lambert, a Carthage College faculty member and telegrapher in Co C of the 5th Field Battery Signal Corps, who died of pneumonia while overseas. Lambert held BS and MS from Carthage College, was popular on campus, and the first gold star for the college faculty flag and Trinity Lutheran church. The article notes demobilization of the Student Army Training Corps, a tuition offer for S. A. I. C. men who stay, future military training for commissions, and plans for a nurses training corps starting Dec 30, along with several local notices about residents’ activities.
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Carthage
Earl Logan Lambert
Co. C
5Th F. B. Signal Corps
Lambert
Carthage College
Teh Army
Trinity Lutheran Church
Army Training Corps
Hoover
War Department
Fred Salm, Jr
Springfield
Fred Terrill
State Highway Department
Will Burgner
Ernest Thompson
A. H. Davison
Shelbyville
Drennon Johnson
John Johnson
Will Lawless
Chicago
Howard Lienbaugh
Dorothy of
Mendon
S. M. Parr
Well Known Ursa Woman Is Summoned
Mrs. Clara B. Baldwin of Ursa died at her home on December 7 after several days illness. Born to John Allen and wife in Meyer TfL, she married Edward I. Baldwin on December 22, 1903 at Meyer, producing five children, three of whom preceded her.
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Clara B. Baldwin
Ursa
Farwell to a Faithful Church Member and Mother
A woman who joined the Christian church at eighteen died leaving a husband and two children, Daisy Marie nine and infant William Leroy at birth. She lived in Meyer until ten years ago and near the area since. Her father Thomas E. Allen of Ursa and other relatives mourn with a large circle of friends.
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Christian Church
Daisy Marie
William Leroy
Thomas E. Allen
Ursa
Meyer
Railroad managers oppose it proposal tied to Wilson address
McAdoo presented a personal opinion of strong weight but not binding on Congress. President Wilson had submitted the question to Congress after disavowing responsibility for securing five year extension. Senator Kellogg pressed how the President’s approval had been obtained despite the address to Congress denying such claims.
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McAdoo
Congress
Weson
Kellogg
Wilson
Conference on railroad question seeks common policy
Industrial, commercial, financial and labor leaders and transportation students met at a United States Chamber of Commerce conference to form a unified policy on railroads. The discussions, held in secrecy, aimed to publish a shared basis for public discussion, with many conflicting views reportedly present.
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Senate
United States Chamber of Commerce
Swiss Shower Gifts On Released Yanks
The last contingent of 560 American prisoners from Germany departed Geneva for Vichy for rest before homeward flight. The group, mainly from Georgia and Indiana, received a warm Swiss welcome with gifts and flowers, with special care for stretcher cases among the men.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Germany
Vichy
Georgia
Indiana
Americans Fix Schedule With 140 Game Limit
Chicago December 13 Adoption of a 110 game schedule opening the season around May 1 is the American league plan for resumption of baseball in 1919. A 140 game schedule is to be voted on with the National league. Club owners also cut the roster limit from 25 to 21, with a 30 day exception for sailors and soldiers. The National Baseball Commission is retained and August Herrmann is backed. The 1918 pennant goes to Boston.
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Chicago
National Baseball Commission
August Herrmann
National League
Charles A. Comiskey
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Brest and Par s Await President Wilson Landing
Brest brims with excitement as officials will debark first, then President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrive for a formal welcome by Foreign Minister Pichon and Mayor Goude. He will ride to the station for departure to Paris at four. The city anticipates a tumultuous welcome and patriotic events tonight.
Mother Jones Takes Up Mooney Case in San Francisco
In San Francisco on December 18, Mother Jones met with labor officials after arriving from Illinois. The talks covered malfeasance in Mooney case prosecutions and the appointment of George Stanleigh Arnold as special grand jury prosecutor. Jones plans to urge Governor Stephens to grant Mooney a new trial, per a request from the Illinois Federation of Labor. A separate note mentions European chemists producing synthetic milk from peanuts.
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San Francisco
Jones
George Stanleigh Arnold
Thomas J. Mooney
Gov. Stephens
Mooney
Alinoig Federation of Labor
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