Pershing Addresses British MPs On War Experience
General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, met the military members of Parliament in the House of Commons. Introduced by Winston Churchill, he credited Allied lessons for American progress, spoke of fighting alongside kin, and praised Anglo-Saxon unity and postwar cooperation. Viscount Middleton also paid tribute to Pershing and the American army.
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London
John Pershing
House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Pershing
General Headquarters
Europe
Viscount Middleton
War Office
House of Lords
General Pershing
Buttermilk Cream Promises Rapid Beauty Transformation
A vintage advertisement touts Howard's Buttermilk Cream as a magic salve that whitens arms and brightens complexions without shine or greasiness. It claims quick, secret free results, urging readers to buy at Brown and Mays Drug Co. with a money back guarantee.
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Howard
Howard's
Brown and Mays Drug Co
Gword
Adv
Chicago building stoppage looms over $50 million contracts
July 18 Chicago faces a threatened work stoppage as 16,000 carpenters on strike could halt about $50 million in projects. Building Contractors' Employers' association warns idle labor and demands return to work by 8 am. Union leaders say they will stay out, alleging a contractor war and lockout against smaller firms. The dispute recalls a similar 1899-1900 stoppage won by contractors.
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Chicago
Building Contractors’ Employers’ Association
Headquarters Nine To Practice Weekly
A meeting was held to reorganize the Headquarters baseball nine for more weekly practice. Weekly schedule includes Monday practice at Primrose park and Thursday business meetings, with Friday game vs Otis Elevator and Sunday game vs Locust Street Sluggers at Primrose park. Lineup announced with Gilmer, Sibbing, Hawkins, Reade, Bradney, Weichliene, Courtney, R. Hawkins, Hauseman, Rakers, Hunter.
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Primrose Park
North Twelfth Street
Hawkins
Bakers
Otis Elevator
Fourteenth
Jersey Streets
Gilmer
Schwindler
Sibbing
M. Hawkins
Reade
Bradney
Weichliene
Courtney
R. Hawkins
Hauseman
Sieber
Rakers
Hunter
Was Gassed After The War Was Over
Albert Middendorf of 1020 Chestnut street returned home Thursday after service in France and occupation duty in Germany. Drafted last summer from Quincy, he reached the front in October 1918 but saw no combat before the armistice. In the Third division he wore army shoes once used by a man gassed in France, causing severe burns from mustard residue after a stay in Greenhut hospital and Fort Sheridan.
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Albert Middendorf
Germany
Chestnut Street
Greenhut Hospital
New York
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Quincy
France
Army of Occupation
Miesenheim
Rhine
Middendorf
Two More Quincy Boys Return Home
NEW YORK July 18 Two more Quincy boys arrived here from overseas service. Cook John D. Molly of 901 North Twelfth Street and Private Silas N. Arnold of 510 Hampshire Street returned.
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New York
Quincy
John D. Molly
North Twelfth Street
Silas N. Arnold
Hampshire Street
BRIEF PERSONALS AND LOCAL HOSPITAL NOTES
F M Dearhake of Chicago, field secretary of the state Y association, visited Quincy Thursday. Mrs George Scheffers of Fairmount Nebraska and two children arrived Wednesday night to visit Mr and Mrs Charles W T Clark. Clark has been away on railway bridge work and is on a month’s vacation. Several residents and visitors are named including Alphonse Jochem in Tulsa, Elmer Selby Camp Point postmaster, and R C Sands of Springfield joining Kresge Ten Cent store staff. Mrs Daisy Thomas returned from Chicago buying trip. Various local residents reported visits, illnesses, and travel.
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F. M. Dearhake
Chicago
Quincy
George Scheffers
Fairmount
Nebraska
Charles W. T. Clark
South Fifth Street
Clark
Garretts
M. F. Blakey
Sycamore Street
Helton
Hannibal
St. Mary Hospital
E. A. Pauli
Clarence
St. Mary's
T. E. McVay
Alice Thompson
Esther McVay
Thomas McVay
Fitch
Barry
Ill
Alphonse Jochem
Tulsa
Oklahoma Paper Company
Elmer Selby
Camp Point
R. C. Sands
Springfield
Kresge Ten Cent
Sands
Indianapolis
Kresge
Daisy Thomas
W. T. Duker
J. C. Rieger
Evangelical Church
Freuchte
Pana
Cornelia Huechsonan
Ohio Street
Pittsfield
George Schmitt
North Fifth Street
Henry Nece
Raymond
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
St. Mary's Athletic Club
Leo
Paul Liesen
South Eighth Street
Ralph Winking
Los Angeles
Lawrence Schmitt
Fort Worth
W. A. Berry
Elizabethtown
Mendon
Kentucky
C. H. Urech
Broadway
Carl Schmiedeskamp
Blessing Hospital
University of Michigan
Ruth Luckenbill
Howard Watson
Ewing
H. E. Schmiedeskamp
Galesburg
Champaign
Sarah Bush
Detroit
Frank Bloom
Canada
Bloom
Frank Stegeman
Elm Street
Burlington Railroad
Festival in Beverly Park Hosts Social and Tributes
Beverly Illinois reports a park festival with a large crowd on Saturday evening hosted by the Pworth League. Attendees included several local families and friends. The MWA lodge plans their annual picnic for the first Saturday in August and a Sunday school convention is set at the M E church on Sunday afternoon July 27.
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Peter
Pwortheague
T. Brauffer
Tulsa
Okla
Yeas
Saturda Ben Kellumbao
Harry Hayes
Harry Test
W. C. Richardson
W. Hayes
Glenna
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Jefferson Barracks
E. L. Wulfmeyer
Witch
St. Louis
Richard Jansen
E. J. Miller
Spruce Street
Beverly, Ill
Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra. J. Worthline
North Taylor Street
Mades
Tailor’s Union
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