Protest Fans Over Uniform Seizure At Camp Logan
A War Department order to collect about 30,000 new woolen uniforms from soldiers at Camp Logan Houston is likely to trigger protests. The Houston Chamber of Commerce plans action, warning of health risks and a higher pneumonia death rate, potentially branding the town unsafe for an army camp.
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War Department
Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
Quinegans
Chamber of Commerce
Tkely
Chamber of Commerce of
Texas
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Uniform reallocation moves gear from Camp Logan
Uniforms taken from Illinois National Guardsmen at Camp Logan Houston will be distributed to soldiers in other national guard camps still supplied with summer khaki. The quartermaster explains the order requires men at Camp Logan to turn in all but one uniform to address winter clothing shortages in southern camps linked to pneumonia epidemics.
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Illinois National
Pittsfield Man Pleads Guilty to Larceny in Circuit Court
James Kra mer of Barry pleaded guilty to larceny in Pike County Circuit Court after being indicted by a grand jury. He cited needy family circumstances and was admitted to probation with reporting requirements. The Pike County Bar offered cooperation with the exemption board, with rotating lawyers assisting registrants. Other local items include marriage license to Rupert Foiles and Lola Clowers, a Methodist church address by State Supt. Francis G. Blair, and continued winter evening services with wood fuel.
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Pittsfield
James Kramer
Barry
Sle
Charles E. Hesley
Pike County Bar Association
Circuit Court Room
Mark Bradburn
Ben Matthews
Grote
Alc. Williams
R. N. Anderson
Tee Capps
Richard Walmsley
Baylis
W.S. Binns
Rupert Foiles
Lola Clowers
FL N. Wells
Methodist Church
State
Francis G. Blair
Parent-Teacher Association
Vigh School
William
Barry Mumford
Kansas City
The
City Engineer to Draw Sewer and paving Estimates
At a Home Improvement board meeting City Engineer E R Chatten was asked to prepare plans and cost estimates for new sewers and paving likely to be built next spring. The sewer projects include Vermont from Eighteenth to Twenty-fourth Twelfth from Spruce to Elm Eleventh from Spruce to Chestnut Chestnut 225 feet west from Twelfth Cedar 300 feet west from Twelfth Cedar 236 feet west from Eleventh Cherry 447 feet west from Twelfth. The paving estimates cover resurfacing Oak from Second to Fifth and Third from Oak to Broadway with concrete curb and gutter and five inch concrete bases on Broadway Front to Third Third to Fifth and on Third between Broadway and Vermont.
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Home Improvement Board
E. R. Chatten
Vermont
Twelfth
Oak
Broadway
Mud slows drill as Camp Dodge troops train
Des Moines Des Moines December mud slows outdoor drills at Camp Dodge for graduates facing rough terrain. Weather eases after thaw, clayey patches persist. Officers study gas attack tactics with visiting English and French instructors. Initial muster set for December 31 to establish permanent war records. New officers receive regimental overcoat rules, many in festive leaves but required to prove emergencies or travel by steam-free means.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
Flanders
National Army
Regular Army
National Guard
Army
St. James Hotel Changes Hands in Summer Sale
Al W. Kohler who came from Hannibal sold the St. James Hotel at Sixth and Hampshire Maine to Charles McMullen of Frankford Mo. The deal closed Tuesday afternoon and McMullen has taken charge. The Kohlers will move to Chicago. Kohler previously ran the Mark Twain hotel in Hannibal for seven years and had hotel ties in Kansas.
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al. W. Kohler
Hannibal
St. James
Sixth
Hampshire and
Maine Streets
Charles McMullen
Frankford
McMullen
Kohler
Chicago
Mark Twain
Kansas
Auto Repair Cash Basis Implemented in Quincy
Quincy auto repair men adopt a cash basis starting January with debt collection by holding cars as security if needed. Owners will be informed via newspaper advertisements as shops require payment within ten days, aligning with manufacturer terms. Leonard Scored Knockdown in New Haven Bout.
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Quincy
Leonard
New Haven
Conn
Benny Leonard
New York
Chic Brown
Quincy Battery B Seeks Victrola for Camp Dodge Units
Quincy men in Battery B of the 339th field artillery at Camp Dodge Des Moines request a Victrola as a Christmas gift. Mayor J A Thompson will receive fund subscriptions. a Victrola costs about $69. Thirty of 125 men from Quincy live there. Other units have gifts from home, Battery B has neither.
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Quincy
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
J. A. Thompson
Thompson
Needham
339Th Field Artillery
Quincy auto show postponed to February
The Quincy automobile show scheduled for December 26 to 29 was postponed to the first or second week in February. Local auto trades association members declined to enter cars, citing unavailable 1919 models and price list changes. A committee met promoter L. B. Bartlett to set new dates and await new models and prices.
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Quincy
Auto Trades Association
L. B. Bartlett
Christmas Victrola Deal with Easy Terms Offer No 1 2 3 4
Vintage advertisement promotes Victrola gift with low down payments and long easy installments. It lists four offers with model numbers in oak or mahogany finishes, including selections of 10 inch Red Seal Records and double face records and total prices from forty nine to one hundred sixty five dollars.
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Harry M. Brown
130Th Infantry
George Bell, Jr
Washington
William M. Simpson
John M. Lucas
Fort Sill
Simpson
Jack Foster
66Th Infantry
H. D. Todd
58Th Artillery
Peter J. Brady
108Th
Lewis Shoe Store
Maine St
Barry Man
Pike County
Edison
Quincy Phonograph & Art Co
ST. James Hotel
Quincy Boys
Camp Logan Battery
Want Victrola
Giles Bros
Illinois State Bank
Everbody
Home For Savings
Illinois State Bank of
Sixth and
Hampshire
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