United States Warns Germany Over Rintelen Exchange
The State Department warned Germany that retaliatory actions against Americans would follow if Rintelen’s exchange for Siegfried Paul London proceeded. Secretary Lansing rejected the exchange while noting potential American reprisals would affect German interests in the United States.
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Washington
Franz Rintelen
United States
Germany
State Department
Berlin
Rintelen
Siegfried Paul London
War Department
Nationwide move to cut food costs and standardize prices
Washington reports a country wide move by Food Administrator Hoover to reduce consumer food costs and standardize fair price lists. Listings will appear in every county and city and merchants must align prices, protecting honest merchants and the average buyer from profiteers.
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Washington
Hoover
Food Administration
Women Survivors of the Steamer Carolina Portraits
Women survivors of the Porto Rican line steamer Carolina were photographed in men's shirts as they reached shore by lifeboat. The U boat commander spared them time to dress, and they wore shirts found among wreckage. Christian Nelson led the motor launch crew. sixteen were lost in a storm. Edward W. Vogel remained at his wireless post until all others departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Christian Nelson
Edward W. Vogel
Ing
Quincy
West Point
Ford Michel
Beulah
Camp Point
George Cate
George
Frances DeHaven
Mt. Sterling
Eva Bailey
Emma Vollbracht
John Schieferdecker
Denver
Masonic Lodge of
Clayton
Louis Hubner
Columbus
Guthrie
Laura Kirtley
Vy’. F. Kirtley
Texas
Rollo Castle
Galesburg
Rankin Castle
Melva Miller
Everett Miller
Social Union of the Christian Church
Frank Miller
C. F. Stecher
William Stecher
Ralph Terry
William Cutter
Jefferson Terry
Ralph
Zona Beckett
Florence Beckett
Shelbina
Frank Mensendike
Edith
Judith Booth
Macomb
Macomb Normal
David Allen
Henry Gross
Chicago
Pauline Gross
L. O. Sutton
Simacoe
Canada
Harry
Harry Purcell
Bernice Sutton
Martha Banton
Reva
William Sussong
Daniel Hunsaker
Margaret Gay
Daisy Booth
E. J. Kline
Ida DeMoss
Ruby Rainier
Sudson Rainier
Kaiser
Beast of
Berlin
The
Bailey
Box of meat found in alley tests honesty
Four Black residents found a box containing four long strips of meat near Fifth to Hampshire streets and turned it over to police. The meat is stored at a local saloon and the owner can claim it with proof. it likely fell from a wagon from a local packing plant.
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Fifth
Sixth
Vermont
Hampshire Street
Airmen destroy German planes and attack railway targets
British statement says in good weather on the front the air force conducted reconnaissance and photography, ranged guns on batteries with observation balloons, destroyed fourteen German machines and drove eight down. Balloons and one hostile plane were shot down, 28 tons of bombs dropped during the day and 11 tons that night on Valenciennes La Cateau Busigny and St Quentin railway stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Valencianes
la Cateau
Busigny
St. Quentin
Duel
Minor Patrol Raids Along Italian Front
Rome reports Italian assault parties broke into enemy trenches at Mont Di Val Bella capturing over 50 prisoners six machine guns and material. French detachments took 21 prisoners in a surprise attack in the Sisemol lines. Enemy patrols were driven back in the Vallarsa and Posina valleys and on Col Caprile slopes and Spin onia Caposile. Five tons of bombs were dropped on aviation camps at the Venetian plain Meza Corona railway station and the Querefeline road. Asiago saw two enemy advances fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italian War Department
Mont di Val Bella
Sisemol
Vallarsa
Posina
Col Caprile
Spinonia Caposile
Meza Corona
Querefeline
Asiago
Fearful Break in Levee Threatens Iowa Farmland
Louisa county reports from the Hawkeye state that the Iowa River is rising rapidly and a large force of workers is unable to save the levee. Hundreds of acres of valuable farmland may be inundated as livestock are moved to higher ground. Observers record 14 feet on the Iowa River at 7 p.m. and the Mississippi at Burlington rising to 10 feet 2144 inches above low water mark, up 1 1/2 inches in two days.
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Burlington
Louisa County
Hawkeye
Iowa
Mississippi
Purlington
Arrest of Federal Veterinary in East St. Louis
EAST ST LOUIS June: Dr. Ernest Schultz a federal veterinary surgeon at the National Steak Yards has been arrested on a charge of violating the confiance act alleged he refused to subscribe to the Red Cross fund.
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East ST. Louis
Ernest Schultz
National Steak Yards
Red Cross Fund
Quincy Bankers Meet in Maywood Lewis County Session
About 100 bankers attended the Lewis county bankers meeting in Maywood with Quincy guests supplying talks on banking. After the afternoon session the group toured the Maywood Packing plant and a Red Cross supper filled the crowded hall.
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Quincy
Lewis County
Maywood
F. W. Crane
Harvey G. Riggs
J. R. Pearce
Joseph J. Fischer
Leach & Guinan
Red Cross
F. C. Misspaugh
Canton
Lewis County Bankers’ Association
Afonticello
Newton
Lewistown
Smith
la Belle
Loudermilk
H. F. J. Ricker
Ricker Naional Bank
Herman N. Brown
State Savings, Loan and Trust Co
Harvey
New Farm Directory Distribution Planned in Adams County
Prairie Farmer superintendent T W Fuller in Quincy prepares a crew to distribute a 300 page directory to over 2500 farm homes in Adams County. It lists each farmer and family details, farm size, wife’s maiden name, telephone, auto ownership, livestock breeders, poultry breeders and county business firms.
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T. W. Fuller
Prairie Farmer
Quincey
Adams County
Allies Hold Upper Hand in Picardy Engagement
Reuters reports the American force northwest of Chateau-Thierry fought three days of heavy combat with Germans. Prisoners say a single American unit pushed three German divisions to action, seized ground from the third in a bitter night struggle, and the Americans remained favored as the correspondent departed the field.
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London
Reuter
Picardy
Chateau-Thierry
Beer prices rise forcing smaller servings, jitney glass ban
Anheuser Busch raises beer to 13.20 per barrel for light beer and 16 per barrel for dark, effective Monday. Saloonkeepers anticipate higher costs and possible changes to glass size or pricing. bartenders warn five cent pours may end and growlers not used. Authors note low profits and government alcohol limits.
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Anheuser- Busch
Julius Busch
Quincy
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
St. Louis
Fire Hit Will Prunk House In Early Tuesday
Excitement rose Tuesday as smoke from a pantry fire at Will Prunk’s home prompted urgent checks by Mrs. Brunk and Miss Mary Drunk. The blaze caused minor damage, quickly contained by family and neighbor response. Local residents paid visits, travels to Quincy for care, and a Missionary society meeting occurred with talks on the local option question and farmer addresses.
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Teesday
Will Prunk
Charley Hickman
Hamlin
Wil Scott
al Johnson
Taylor
Palmyra High School
Thurston Banks
Jeff McPike
Miss Ora
la Belle
Sterling Vailey
Raines Bolton
Quincy
Boyd
John Hosman
Union
N Emerson
Barney Shellenberg
Stanley Phillips
Emerson
Emily Shellenberg
Sid Parker
Otis Hutcherson
J. R. Boldridge
Nelsonville
Joe Bowles
Chico
Calif
Bowles
Percy Panks
Hannibal
Lee Banks
Dr. Banks
Lynn
Carpenter
Markabury
Dick Bowles
Buchanan
St. Bailey
O. R. McPike
S. S. McPike
Miss Erline
Maywood
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Richmond
Eva McPike
John Belle McFike
Camp Point
Harrison Nelson
Galveston
Tex
Miss Lillie Beiporte
St. Louis
Miss Beiporte
Texas
Excalibur Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Fraternal Temple
Dailey C. Lewis
C. C
John W. Hoke
V. G
W. T. S. Little
John Craver
M. W
Roy M. Reed
M. A
William A. Cutter
I. G
William T. Todd
William E. Stecher
Excelsior Stove and Manufacturing Company
Siimons Hardware Company
Iowa
Illinois
Neva Nations
Camp Points
Allegro
Caroline Pittman
Reva Coleman
Marjorie Graves
Reta I[hunter
Myra Belle Omer
Frances Miller
Anna Thielen
Robert Garrett
Charles Welsh
Arnold Points
Wiliam
Neponset
Faye
Kewanee
D. W. Crippen
Humboldt
S. D
Willie
France
Frank
Kelly Field
Crippen
Johnson
Jacksonville
Lola
Anna Omer
Center
W. ST. Omer
Susie Farel
Clarence Ripple
Kenneth and
Donald
White Bear Lake
Minn
Fernet J. Ripple
W. Somer
James Downing
Paul Curry
Guy Nations
William Little
Gus Hausman
Harry Folckemer
Eleanor
Gertrude of
Bowen
Munday
Ellen Polckemer
Fred Omer
Fred
Charles Lewis
Chicago
Clyde Booth
Dorothy
Marjorie
Decatur
Rollo Booth
Georg
Rhez
Carthage
Alice Aaron
Parmelia Bailey
Neil Hennick
Grace Boger
Marian Warren
la Harpe
Emma Warren
Ralph Warren
Carlyle
Irene Folckemer
University of Wisconsin
New York City
W. L. Honnold
Young Packer Moved from Camp Grant to Washington
Nelson Morris a rich young Chicago meat packer is transferred from Camp Grant to Washington to serve the government as a refrigeration expert.
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Young Packer
Capital
Rockford
Nelson Morris
Rich
Young
Chicago
Camp Grant
Washington
Illinois Girls Guests of Kings in Washington Camp Point
Congress man Edward J. King and wife hosted Camp Point Illinois girls and twelve companions in Washington DC. The event followed a pleasant visit for Cecil Gruny Margaret Thompson and Grace Working with the group enjoying hospitality and a memorable evening.
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Illinois
Washington
Camp Point
Congressman
Edward J. King
Washington, D. C
Cecil Gruny
Margaret Thompson
Grace
For Rent Two Furnished Rooms at Thompson's Dairy Lunch
Two neatly furnished rooms for light housekeeping with gas water and sink for rent at 308 Kentucky. Call 3830. J.
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Thompson's Dairy Lunch
Kentucky
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Lansing
New York
Lendon
Leipsig
Court of Common Pleas
Warsaw
Fort McPherson
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Douglas
Utah
Hot Springs
N. C
Department of Labor
Iwo
Camp Devens
Camp Sevier
Wadsworth
Shennan
TE Ear
Vogel
Qristian Nelson
Reuters
Chateau
Emerson, MO
Pergon
A. E. Prince
Newcomb Hotel
Opera House
William Adams
Corporal Ray Adams
Bell-Ans
Henry T
Onyver
Hampshire
Boston Shoe Repairing Company
PCM Sen de Eet
Ao Ogy
NIE
SMMC
War Finance Corporation
Quincy Railway Company
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