Capital talk on war time ban lifting prospects
Washington July 11 Congress weighed how demobilization linked to Germany's ratification of the treaty and the pace of mil itary terms. Prohibition advocates fear demobilization may not finish before next January as a constitutional dry date approaches. Some still hope repeal for light wines and beer could come with the army reduced to 325,000 by September. Senate and house moves on enforcement measures proceed, with a defining beverage standard set and a proposed prohibition commissioner under the justice department. A Michigan Republican criticized Samuel Gompers over a charge against Michigan citizens. A note adds a perfume reserve hidden in a hollow finger ring to aid infantry.
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Wilson
Germany
Rhine
War Department
House
Senate Judicial Committee
Senate
Defarrent of Justice
Representative Currie
Michigan
Samuel Gompers
Senate Judiciary Committee
Gompers
Detroit
Spurs Barred At Army Balls Ruin Silk Hose
Paris July 10 The American military police tightened controls to curb excesses by doughboys during celebrations after the treaty signing. Gen Bandholtz boosted MP ranks and ordered arrest for public drunkenness or inappropriate conduct. A young lieutenant was jailed for a drunken embrace in a taxicab, and officers were told not to wear spurs at dances to protect silk hosiery.
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Paris
Bandholtz
Resolution seeks protest on Shantung note to Wilson
Under a Borah resolution the President would be asked to send the senate a copy of a letter said to be written by Gen. Bliss for himself Lansing and Henry White protesting the peace conference decision on Shantung. It would also seek details on any Japanese attempt to intimidate Chinese delegates.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Wilson
Senate
Tasker H. Bliss
Lansing
Henry White
Shantung
Foreign Relations Committee
Opera star Caruso loses wine in Florence disorder
Enrico Caruso, the famed tenor, reported that 30 barrels of wine were taken by a work committee from his villa outskirts of Florence during recent turmoil. He said the committee left him only enough to last until the new vintage.
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Associated
Praga
Florence
Enrico Caruso
Loience
Bodies recovered after Rock River drowning tragedy
In Rockford Illinois July 11 the bodies of First Class Private Vasco W Smith Company H 644th Infantry Camp Grant and an unidentified nine year old boy were recovered after their canoe capsized in Rock River at noon. Smith has a brother W M Smith living in Spartansburg South Carolina.
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Vasco W Smith
644Th Infantry
Camp Grant
Rock River
Smith
W. M. Smith
Spartarnsburg
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Local Briefs and Notices From Quincy Area
Short items note summer closing times and sale promos. Pittsfield visitors Richard Long Mrs Sharp and Irwin Paper Co participants in Quincy shopping. Hoosier sale promotion offers weekly payments. Adams County Home Bureau directors meet Saturday at 2 PM. United Men's League set final picnic reports for Salem school hall Tuesday evening with refreshments after. Chiropractic services listed. Ill State Bank Building address given. Mrs A W Werner improving after illness. Hoosier product pitched at $1 weekly. Scovill Co and Poultry Journal happenings in Ithaca N Y and Cornel Univ. Chicago visitors Garretta Joyce Higgins Ralph Talkin referenced. Quincy visits by Shoemaker family and trips to Wisconsin. Aer sweep advert plus other local promos and travel notes. Gertrude Keppler nursing training in St Louis. Metzger Metzger trip by Auto from Buffalo Ia to Quincy. Ethel Coffmer Jennie Shank visiting Quincy.
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Irwin Paper Co
Richard Long
Sharp
Pittsfield
Quincy
Hoosier Sale
Scovills
Adams County Home Bureau
Home Bureau
United Men’s League
Salem School Hall
South Park
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
A. W. Werner
State Street
Scovill Co
H. W. Jackson
Reliable Poultry Journal
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornel University
Paint
Garretta
Joyce Higgins
Ralph Talkin
Chicago
Chapman
N. Th
W. J. Shoemaker
William and Thomas
South Third Street
Milwaukee
Racine
Wisconsin
Clem Bush
Park Place
Newark
F. W. Gieselman
Macon Mo
The
Gertrude Keppler
Keppler
Mercy Hospital
St. Louis
Joe Metzger
Buffalo
Joe Moore
Bluegrass
Fred A. Metzger
Ethel Coffmer
Jennie Shank
Clayton
Quincy News Roundup of Visits and Travels
Mrs Amelia Meecker returns to Quincy from Portland Oregon after extended visit. Miss Emma Sharp of Pittsfield visits in Quincy Thursday. Mr and Mrs R H Long and J R Long of Summer Hill in Quincy Thursday. Mrs Thomas Neehan of Bluffs former Quincy resident visits. Miss Kittie Loher leaves for St Louis after visiting mother Mary Loher. Charles Gordon returns home after months in service in France and Germany. H W Schoonover of Adams visits Quincy. W N Wallace of Golden on business in Quincy. H C Finney on business trip. Wabash agent at Bluffs. Philip Milbert returns to Chicago after visiting his mother Martha Milbert. Infant Robert Dean Poulos recovering slowly. Real Estate advertised to sell profitably by a Whig Want Ad.
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Amelia Meecker
Quincy
Portland
Oregon
Emma Sharp
Pittsfield
R. H. Long
J. R. Long
Summer Hill
Thomas Neehan
Bluffs
City
Kittie Loher
St. Louis
Mary Loher
South Twelfth Street
Charles Gordon
South Sixth Street
France
Germany
H. W. Schoonover
Adams
W. N. Wallace
Golden
H. C. Finney
Philip Milbert
Chicago
Martha Milbert
Monroe Street
Robert Dean Poulos
P. Poulos
South Ninth Street
Shelbina Social Roundup Sees Visitors From Nearby Towns
In Shel bination a flurry of visits rolls through town as residents host relatives and friends from St. Louis Chicago Quincy Hannibal Clarence Maywood and Kansas City. Tours include Lee Hunter from St Louis Wilson Dobyns from Chicago Ruth Jordan and Ruth McHenry visiting from nearby areas. Families gather for Fourth of July and local events with extended stays and travel to meet kin and attend services.
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Lee Hunter
St. Louis
Shelbina
Wilson Dobyns
Chicago
W. T. Dobyns
Kenton Brown
Hunnewell
W. C. Blackburn
Fayette
C. A. Ransford
Ruth Jordan
Maywood
J. I. Plowman
Hannibal
C. H. Myers
Earl Brownell
Fdna Strate
Quincy
B. E. Washburn
B. Huntsberry
Clarence
J. E. Bleathman
George Hentz
Chayton and
Roland
Kansas City
Burlington, Tr
F. M. Jones
German troops loot farms as they withdraw from Vistula bank
Paris dispatch reports the German delegation urged the German government to stop taking stock and furniture from farms as troops withdraw from the west bank of the Vistula under the treaty. The note came during the Versailles peace conference on July 10.
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Paris
Versailles
Vistula
Poland
Illinois Troops to Reach Chicago for Demobilization
About 200 members of the 196th engineers and 446 casuals are due in Chicago today on the way to Camp Grant for demobilization. A welcoming committee will host the contingent.
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Illinois
Chicago
196Th Engineers
Camp Grant
Howard's Buttermilk Cream Promises Quick Skin Help
An advertisement touts Howard's Buttermilk Cream as a remedy for complexion flaws from wrinkles to rough skin. It claims rapid disappearance of troubles and offers a full refund if customers are dissatisfied, urging readers to buy at Brown and Mars or local druggists.
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Hiyward
Brown and Mars
Howard
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