Great Lakes men plan strong team for basketball
Great Lakes training station in NL with 25 000 men seeks a standout five under coach Olcott. Chicago forward prospects Felmey and Johnson loom, center Chandler eyed, and Western rivals like Northwestern set for Jan 9 battle. Inter regiment play and a fifteen-team schedule begin January as Kaufman pushes broader sports use.
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Great Lakes
Middle West
Jackie
Olcott
University of Kansas
University of Chicago
Felmey
University of Illinois
William Johnson
Illinois Athletic Club
Chicago
William Chandler
University of Wisconsin
Sailors
Edwin H. Fall
Oberlin College
Chicago Athletic Association
Fall
Northwestern University
Bluejackets
John B. Kaufman
Dr. Kaufman
Trainigs
Fragmentary rhyme note from Soper dinner event
A brief, fragmentary line recalls a dinner with a playful regional dialect remark about finishing all food and asking about getting folio. The text centers on a personal dining moment and a punchy exclamation directed at Soper. The readable portion preserves the informal voice and local cadence.
Central Powers Favor General Peace, Czernin Tells Delegates
Petrograd dispatch reports Count Czernin, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, informing Brest-Litovsk delegates the central powers seek immediate general peace without forcible annexations or indemnities and endorse self definition for minorities while insisting on guarantees from Russia and its allies for any peace terms.
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Czernin
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Count Czernin
Party
Ile
Swindler Elmer Dwiggins Sentenced to Three Years
Elmer Dwiggins, New York agent for Bankers' Life Insurance, pled guilty to using the mails to defraud Liberty Loan investors and was sentenced to three years in Atlanta penitentiary. Prosecutors said about 7,000 subscrip- tions lost roughly $106,000, with Dwiggins diverting $235,000 to a margin account and speculative ventures. Judge Hand noted penitence but warned others handling Liberty bonds to be honest. The case traces to prior indictments in New York and Iowa, with a post office fraud order stopping his mail.
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New York
Elmer Dwiggins
Atlanta
Dwiggins
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company of
Des Moines
Matthews
Hand
Tudge Hand
St. Lawrence County
Iowa
Arymlap club hosts dance for Dr Field and Robert Kipp
In Palmyra on December 29 the Arymlap club held a holiday dance honoring Dr. and Mrs. Field and Robert Kipp on furlough. A Quincy orchestra provided music. many members performed, including a vocal quartet. Odd Fellows lodge officials from No. 228 announced installation plans for Mystic lodge in Hannibal.
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Palmyra
Field
Robert Kipp
Quincy
Baymnard White
Doris Saffarans
Nell Heinze
Charlotte Bonn
Irene Smoot
Frances Suter
Leona Menge
Edna Drescher
Bertha Drescher
Lucille White
Evadne Best
Audrey Christian
Mildred Simpson
Louise Cummings
Donald Sosey
A. W. Mackey
Russell Harvey
Messrs
Francis Nelson
Carlstead
Earl Christian
Lloyd King
Wesley Gilkinson
Harold Todd
Glenn Todd
Freeman White
Claud Maddox
G. R. Williams
M. Smith
Frank Heinze
J. B. Lewis
R. Smoot
Harald Heinze
Mr. Smith
J. T. Bloom
Odd_ Fellows’ lodge
J. FE. Anderson
Joseph Retti
William Cox
James Reber
Hannibal
Mystic Lodge of
Jodge
Peoria Couple Die in Phoenix Tragedy
G W Nickels, a wealthy Peoria man, and his wife were found asphyxiated in Phoenix, with relatives fearing gas fumes inhalation during sleep. Two children, Thomas aged 5 and Mildred aged 3, are left orphans as the bodies are brought back for burial.
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Peoria
G. W. Nickels
Phoenix
Arizona
Thomas
Mildred
Carranza Leaves for Resort to Celebrate 57th Birthday
Mexico City Dec 29 President Carranza departed with his family and official staff for Queretaro to mark his 57th birthday. He is expected to return to the capital for a New Year reception to the diplomatic corps. A new cabinet lineup may be announced when the new ministerial law takes effect on January 1.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Queretaro
Today’s Films in Local Theaters
A rundown of current releases across cinemas including Quincy titles Stingaree In The Poisoned Cup Pokes and Jabs Grant Police Reporter Ham and Bud Love Sublime and Hobbled Hearts and The Rustler Vindication Net of Intrigue Hearts and Warpoons Are Waitresses Safe Featuring Ben Turpin and Louise Fazenda Two reel Mack Sennett comedies Belasco Presents All for a Husband Star Man Trap Bluebird Savoy with Louise Glaum The Sweetheart of the Doomed Five reel The Bookworm Turns and Triangle comedies The Unforeseen and Olive Tell in The Unforeseen at Princess venue.
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Quincy
Stingaree
Grant
Bud
Wilfred Lucas
Tom Mix
The
Ben Turpin
Louise Frazenda
Tworell
Mack Sennett
Belasco
Virginia Pearson
Star
Bluebird
Savoy
Louise Glaum
Olive Tell
Colton Held on Mail Fraud Charge at Shrewsbury Track
James B. Colton of Galesburg Illinois was arrested by postoffice inspectors in New Orleans on charges of using the mails to defraud in a horse race tipping scheme. He forged names of horse owners in letters offering tips to buyers nationwide. Colton was held on a $1,000 bond for federal trial. Shrewsbury track stewards banned him for life from racing.
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New Orleans
James B. Colton
Galesburg
Postoffice
U. S
Brown
Colton
G. C. Winfrey
J. B. Goodman
Shrewsbury Track
Shrewsbury
Hoover Explains Absence From Hearing
New York December 29 President Hoover explains he cannot appear before the senate sugar committee in Washington on Friday due to an emergency affecting foodstuff transportation that required immediate action for the day. He states the matter has been settled and he is returning to Washington and ready to meet any committee request.
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New York
Associated Press
Senate Sugar Committee
Washington
Hoover
Empire Presents The Toymaker's Dream At The Empire
A charming chorus of dancing dollies and a dazzling production headline The Toymaker's Dream at the Empire Sunday with matinee and night shows. The article notes high praise for music stage settings and dances with comedy dominant throughout the performance. It also recounts a Highlander tale of generosity and a donor who supported liberty bonds and Red Cross, tying in Grace MacGregor appearing in The Other Man's Wife at the Empire Tuesday in her second season.
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the Empire
Scotland
Donald MacGregor
MacGregor & MacDonald
Glasgow
Pittsburgh
U.S. A
Red Cross
Grace MacGregor
New Russian Republic Declared in White Russia
London dispatches report that a republic has been proclaimed in White Russia with a Rada convened at Minsk to issue a decree declaring the state independent.
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London
White Russia
Petrograd
Minsk
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