Constitutional Convention Delegates for 36th District
News notes a lack of interest in filing petitions for delegates to Illinois constitutional convention. The 36th district must send two capable representatives to shape a new basic law. The nomination contest will be partisan. Republicans should nominate the strongest candidates available. General Pershing travels to London for victory celebrations with the American expeditionary force.
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Illinois
Pershing
London
Ford's Peace Propaganda and a Man in Five Minutes
Henry Ford defends hiring brains yet falters in peace advocacy as Theodore Delavigne writings backfire exposing intellectual dishonesty. The piece asserts Ford misled many due to reliance on a press agent and notes his self-deception. Also noted is the first Chicago manslaughter conviction in years, that of a 61 year old woman whose looks might have spared her fate.
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Mr. Ford
Theodore Delavigne
Ford
Delavigne
Chicago
Free Bridge Negotiation Urged by Chamber and City
The community seeks urgent action on a free bridge between Quincy and Missouri neighbors. Officials have offered no fresh reply, leaving the matter in statu quo and prompting calls for deliberation and renewed negotiation by President Fawcett and Chamber of Commerce directors.
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Chamber of Commerce Committee
Quincy
Missouri
Fawcett c
Chamber of Commerce
Ford Attorney Says He's Being Treated Brutal
Mt Clemens Mich July 19 Henry Ford finished a week on the witness stand in his libel suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune as Elliott G Stevenson pressed questions on the June 23 1916 editorial head Ford is an Anarchist. Ford denied brutality claims and defended hiring expert Delavigne while noting he asked him to get the facts.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Elliott G. Stevenson
Tnbune
Ford
Alfred Lucking
Mr. Ford
Mr. Stevenson
Weymouth Kirtland
Tri Lune
Gen. Weaver
Military Affairs Committee of Congress
Tribune
Weaver
John Reed
New York
Reed
The
Trbune
Stevenson
the Tribune
Theodore Delavigne
Delavigne
Mr. Lucking
Tucker
Lucking
Army
Navy
National Guard
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Adverts
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming it builds the system to resist catarrh and reduces head congestion. It asserts internal action through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces and offers testimonials with a $100 reward for proof.
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Perwong
Hall
E. F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Demonstration Strike Briefly Planned in France
Paris reports a 24 hour demonstrative strike set for July 20 to 31 may not be general. Protests from the chamber of commerce and several independent labor groups appear, with notable resistance within the federation of labor itself.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Commerce
Federation of Labor
Two Funny Birds Whiskers Nest and Cousins Tale
In a playful exchange, Peter Rabbit and Jenny Wren compare Whip-poor-will to Boomer the Nighthawk and Chuck-will's-widow, debating whiskers, nests, and cousins. Jenny claims whiskers on the whip-poor-will aid catching prey, while Peter humbly concedes the bird can have whiskers. Jenny explains nest habits and two eggs, noting regional habits and travel.
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Whip- A Poor-Will
Boomer the
Nighthawk
Peter Rabbit
Sooty the
Chimney Swift
Jenny Wren
Boomer
Whip
Peter
Jenny
Whip-poor-will
Chuck-will
July 19 marks Petrarch death and key historical events
On July 19 historical figures and milestones are noted. Petrarch, father of modern Italian poetry, died at 70 and was buried near Padua. Other July 19 events include Quebec’s early English surrender in 1629, the 1814 Sandy Hook clash off the US War of 1812, Iturbide’s 1824 execution in Mexico, and the 1848 Seneca Falls Women’s Rights convention led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Francesco Petrarch
Arqua
Padua
Petrarch
Arreto
Italy
France
Quebec
Thomas and
Louis Jerth
Wolfe
Henrietta
Chesapeake Bay
Augustin Iturbide
Mexico
Iturbide
United States
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Army officer seeks civilian dress on furlough
Major General Clarence R. Edwards of the Northeastern Department requests the War Department allow soldiers stationed at coast defenses to wear civilian clothes on pass or furlough. He cites pre war prejudice against army uniforms as justification and notes ongoing investigations.
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Boston
Clarence R. Edwards
Northeastern Department
26Th
War Department
Coast Defenses
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Princeton
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Samuel J. Walker
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Champaign
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