Unofficial embargo tightens freight east of Mississippi
Washington January 24 An unofficial embargo restricts freight to food fuel and munitions east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers as McAdoo enforces three eastern trunk lines. Other lines accept little eastbound freight amid winter disruption and plans for a coal distribution zone are discussed with Garfield.
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Washington
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac Rivers
McAdoo
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Reading
Railroad and Fuel Administration
Garfield
Cure a Cold in One Day Brom Quinine Tablets
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets claimed to stop cough and headache and relieve cold symptoms in one day. Each box bears E. ew GROVES signature and is marked Markham to New Post in Chicago. Charles H. Markham, president of the Sinail Central railroad, leaves Chicago for Atlanta to assume regional director duties coordinating southeastern railroads under Director General McAdoo.
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E. Ew Groves
Chicago
Charles H. Markham
Sinail Central Railroad
Atlanta
Southeastern Railroads
McAdoo
Secretary Baker dissolves labor standards board
Washington January 24 Dissolution of the board of control for labor standards created to keep army clothing contracts from sweatshop plants is announced by Secretary Baker. The primary aim has been achieved and duties will be handled by the Quartermaster General's office. Florence Kelley and Louis Kirstein were civilian members amid controversy in war inquiries over contract referrals.
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Washington
Board of Control For Labor Standards
Baker
Quartermaster General’s Office
Florence Kelley
Louis Kirstein
Department
World War Summary Signals Mixed Front Activity
Reports from the western front show resumed large scale operations with infantry limited by winter and thaw. German raids northern Belgium and renewed artillery duels from the Swiss frontier to Verdun. Italian fronts see Austro German positions challenged with Italian victories in minor actions. Public unrest in Austria Hungary remains, while Germany shows caution about peace prospects.
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Austria-Hungary
Germany
France
Belgium
North Sea
Nieuport
Flanders
Lens
Array
St Quentin
Chemin Des Dames
Verdun
Italy
Asiago Platea
Pave River
Adriatic Sea
Austria
Hungary
Newsnanere
Republicans in Caucus Vote for Munition Chief
Washington Jan 24 Republicans in conference voted 75 to 19 for creation of a department or bureau of munitions and ordnance with a director appointed by the President. The conference named members of the Republican congressional campaign committee to direct campaign activities in all districts for next November. Also notes a fifty year wedding anniversary of George M Scribner in Burlington with unchanged attire.
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Washington
House
Bureau of Munitions and Ordnance
War Council
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
California
Julius Kahn
Colorado
C. B. Timberlake
Connecticut
J. C. Tilson
Idaho
A. T. Smith
Illinois
Martin B. Madden
Indiana
W. M. R. Wood
Towa
Frank P Woods
Kansas
Philip
P. Campbell
Kentucky
Caleb Powers
Maine
John A. Peters
Maryland
Frederik N. Zihlman
Minnesota
Halvor Steeverson
Missouri
Leonidas C. Dyer
Montana
Miss Jeanette Rankin
Nebraska
Michigan
F. D. Scott
Vermont
Frank L. Green
Virginia
C. Bascom Sleep
Lindley H. Hadley
Wisconsin
J. J. Esch
Wyoming
W. Mendeil
New Mexico
A. B. Fatt
West Virginia
Howard Sutherland
Representative Woods
Iowa
Madden
Ilinois
Whist Night Promised by Quincey Council No 1577
Quincey Council No 1577 K and L I O O F to host a Wednesday afternoon whist in the Odd Fellows hall. Community notes report visits, illnesses, and local business and social happenings across Quincy including Mrs. M D McKinney from Chicago and Mrs. Benninger’s recovery, with various residents traveling or ill and local services listed.
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Quincey Council
Odd Fellows’ Hall
M. D. McKinney
Chicago
Henry Benninger
North Fourth Street
Stannus
Hampshire
J. H. Hunzinger
Davenport
Iowa
T. D. Beck
Springfield
County Income Tax Board
C. S. David
Brashear
Quincy
C. W. Dearing
Taylor
Charles Thompson
Hannibal
Minnie Thompson
South Fifth Street
St. Francis Young Men’s Society
Lizzie Zipf
Blessing Hospital
Scott
Peter Little
North Eleventh Street
John Korn
Korn
Red Cross
Lula Burlingame
H. T. Stegner
Delores
Decatur
Maida Benning
North Ninth Street
John Miller
Bluff Hall
Rodney Clark
Pinkelman- Clark Tire Company
Philp Comeda
Macon
St. Mary's Hospital
Ean
Lyman Me
Alvin Hancock
Elmer
Kentucky
Hancock
Government Arsenal
Rock Island
Charles Cain
Moline
Cain
Burlington
C. H. Merkel
North Seventh Street
Joseph J. Kosyan
St. Mary Hospital
Buckeye Club
Plotter in asylum another in grave
New York report details in the Von Rintelen trial that two missing German conspirators in a plot to destroy ships faced insanity and death. Herbert Ebeling is said to be in Bloomingdale asylum and Max Klein died in hospital weeks earlier. Charles Von Kleist reported seeing a $10,000 check in Dr. Walter Scheele’s hands as payments to a figure named Hanson linked to Von Rintelen.
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New York
Franz von Rintelen
Rarnitz
Herbert Ebeling
Bloomingdale
Asvinm
Max Klein
Tunner
Charles von Kleist
von Rintelen
Walter Scheele
Hoboken
Hanson
Car famine closes mines in Kanawha district
Charleston West Virginia January 24 coal mines in the Kanawha district again surpassed one hundred due to car shortages. One hundred fourteen mines were closed, the largest number since January 15 when 126 mines were idle.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tdle
Kanawha
West Virginia
Peace Man Riot Ends Socialist Convention In Mitchell
William C. Rempfer of Parkston SD, executive secretary of the South Dakota People's Council for democracy and peace, was forcibly ejected from Mitchell as police broke up a socialist convention. He was grabbed by six men, driven four miles away, told to walk home, and warned not to return. Police said socialists may meet but Rempfer cannot dominate them. Rempfer planned to seek governor inquiry and consider criminal action against the party.
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Mitchell
S. D
William C. Rempfer
Parkston
South Dakota
People’s Council of America For Democracy
Socialist Party
Rempfer
Wells
People’s Council
Quincy Whig
Quotable Theme on Foolishness and Ideas
A witty remark contends that if all fools were dead, universal ideas would emerge, reflecting a conservative view of social progress. The line uses irony to critique the crowd’s mindset and highlight the tension between common sense and inventive thinking.
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