New York Day by Day highlights in vaudeville and police bets
George Rosener sketches a civil war veteran at Norfolk Soldiers Home, while New York Police fight a shifting gambling scene at headquarters. The column mocks prohibition era oddities, from soda water refusals to siphon seltzer, and features Mayor Ole Hanson on immigration and a critique of lap dog patriotism by Colonel Bill Donovan of the 165th Regiment.
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New York
George Rosener
Norfolk
Rosener
George
Police Department
New York City
Manhattan
North
David Bispham
Mr. Bispham
Bispham
Ellis Island
Hanson
Thomas A. Rahilly
Presentation Order
Father Rahilly
England
Ireland
United Kingdom
Bill Donovan
165Th Regiment
Fighting
Donovan
Bill
Ohio Campaign Begun Against Food Prices
In Columbus on July 27 Governor Cox announced a statewide drive to combat allegedly artificial inflation of food prices. He urged Attorney General Price to launch investigations in every county and to start grand jury probes where appropriate to uncover causes of high costs amid expected abundance.
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Columbus, CO
Price
James M. Cox
High Alcohol Toilet Water Banned in State Order
Huntington July 27 an official order from state prohibition commissioner W S Hailanan bans sale of toilet waters with high alcohol content. Police Chief John Coon reported a prisoner claimed intoxication after drinking toilet water containing 76 percent alcohol in police court.
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Huntington
W. Va
W. S. Hailanan
John Coon
Side Talks On Wage Fairness And Labor Values
A columnist argues that everyone is an implicit employer and employee, urging fair wages and collective bargaining. The piece contrasts shoppers’ demand for low prices with clerks’ pay, recounts a town story of a fair store versus a cut-price rival, and defends wages that reflect labor value while promoting balanced negotiation between workers and employers.
Bolsheviks Stronger Than Ever Says Chicherin
Russian foreign minister George T. Chicherin tells a Vienna newspaper that the Bolshevik revolution is advancing. He claims the Hohenzollerns have fallen, the Entente is weakening, and Soviet power grows despite opposition from Kolchak and Denikin. He asserts imperialism is discredited and oppressed peoples will imitate the Soviet model.
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Associated Press
Vienna
George T. Chicherin
Kolchak
Denikine
Postoffice Clerks Urge Minimum Scale
Illinois members of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks urge a minimum wage scale. The group pushes for standardized pay and benefits across offices as part of ongoing labor advocacy.
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Deqatur
United National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Post Office Employees union clash cements federation ties
A Chicago Heights leader Emil Schredder chaired as officers were elected for the group with J E Scott Urbana as vice president and Paul T Robertson Kankakee as secretary. The convention adopted a resolution for a minimum entrance grade of to 2000 dollars, with a graduated increase from to 2 dollars. It also backed amalgamation with the National Federation of Post Office Employes, leaving the original group to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor.
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Tion
Emil Schredder
Chicago Heights
J.E. Scott
Urbana
Paul T. Robertson
Kankakee
Travis . Brown
Decatur
National Federaion of Post Office
American Federaton of Labor
Quincy Man Member of Jewish Relief Board
CHAMPAIGN IL July 27 The state headquarters of the Jewish Relief society was opened here today. Isaac Kuhn of Champaign is the state chairman and the vice chairmen are Nathan Brock of Kankakee Joseph Israel of Aurora Albert Myers of Springfield Charles Rosenheim of Quincy Max Sklovsky of Moline and W F Wolfner of Peoria J M Kaufman of Champaign is the state secretary.
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Champaign
Re-lief Society
Isaac Kuhn
Nathan Brock
Kankakee
Joseph Israel
Aurora
Albert Myers
Springfield
Charles Rosenheim
Quincy
Max Sklovsky
Moline
W. F. Wolfner
Peoria
J. M. Kaufman
Plane Meets Mishap at Start of Flight
An Army bombing plane on a Chicago to Cleveland round trip veered off route after leaving Augusta Maine. It landed damaged at Upper Jay New York near Lake Placid. Crew shaken but not seriously injured. Colonel Hartz said repairs would take at least two weeks.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Army
Augusta
Cleveland
Upper Jay
R. F. Hartz
New York
Col. Hartz
Lake Champlain
Forest Fires In West Reach Serious Alarm
SPOKANE July 27 Forestation officials report new fires across western Montana and northern Idaho intensifying the forest fire threat. Three blazes in Lolo national forest, twelve in Clearwater, plus ongoing fires in Missoula and elsewhere strain labor and push the danger to alarming levels. Soldiers are being requested as high winds worsen fire control challenges.
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Spokane
Wash
Montana
Idaho
Federal Forest Service
Lolo National Forest
Missoula Forest
Clear Water Forest
Montana State Council of Defense
Council of Defense
Aldo Germann Passes Doctor's Examination
Dispatches from Springfield report Dr. Aldo Knapheide Germann son of Henry Germann and Dr M K Germann 1231 Maine street passed his state board of health examination Saturday with little difficulty He ranked among the three highest grades at Northwestern Medical College in 1919 and plans a year as interne at Michael Reese Hospital Chicago then a post graduate course in surgery at Peter Ben Brigham Hospital Boston
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Springfield
Aldo Knapheide- Germann
Henry Germann
M. K. Germann
Maine Street
State Board of Health
Germann
Northwestern Medical College
Michael Reese
Chicago
Public utilities extend Quincy rates to end of 1919
The Public Utilities Commission announced in Springfield on Saturday that the increased electric rates of the Quincy Gas Electric and Heating Company, set to expire in July 1919, will continue in effect until December 31, 1919, per the Public Information Bureau.
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Public’ Utilities Commission
Springfield
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Company
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Ohio
Cameron
Herat
Jewish Relief Board
Adirondack Mountains
Aldo Germann
The
Public Information Bureaus
Whig Want Ad Department
Essene
Men’s & Boys
Gaberdine
Kayser
Serge and Tricotine
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