Challenge to Good Citizenship in Local Police Dismissal
A public critique of a former police chief Lou Melton and Mayor Thompson argues the old order of law enforcement persists in Quincy. The piece contends Melton bungled with detectives but enforced laws strictly, while supporters fear a repeat of unprincipled governance without reform from voters and better civic leaders.
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Lou Melton
William J. Burns
Pinkerton
Melton Suys
Quincy
Melton
Grey Wolves
Thompson
Lke
Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson by Dr Crane
A 1919 open letter from Dr Frank Crane to Woodrow Wilson. The author admires some acts but warns against egotism and urges humility. He suggests Wilson could be chairman of the Society of Nations and cautions against seeking reelection while urging the American people to lead.
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Woodrow Wilson
Frank Crane
Bill Cantrell
Huetin
Iecause
Miny
Mr. Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Witham HY
Taft
Lincoln
Society of Nations
Europe
Asia
Wilson
Troop Transports Return From Overseas Duty
New York March 14 steamship Espagne arrives with 534 troops many casuals. Honolulu bears 4 troops including advance school detachment of 10th Field Artillery to Camp Funston. Athenas from Bordeaux brings 104 troops mostly casuals or nurses. Comfort hospital ship arrives with 3490 sick or wounded. 262 bedridden. 52nd Field Artillery Brigade of 27th Division returns from Brest on America with 191 officers and 4,489 men, assigned to Camps Mills, Custer, Sherman, Grant. Also aboard America are aero squadrons and mobile hospital No. 105. 570 sick or injured. Generals Kreger and Winpate travel as casuals. Influenza and pneumonia cases noted. one death, Private Harry W. Hughes. Newport News transfers 5,867 soldiers aboard Aldus, Zeelandia, and Ohio. Aeolus lands 3,029 from 131st Field Artillery Texas National Guard. Zeelandia carries 1,000 and 43 officers of 48th Coast Artillery to Camp Grant. 360 casuals, 416 anti aircraft troops aboard Ohio.
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New York
Espagne
Havre
Honolulu
Bordeaux
10Th Field Artiery Brigade
Camp Funston
Athenas
Comfort
52Nd Field Artillery Brigade
Brest
America
Camp Mills
Custer
Sherman
Grant
Edward A. Kreger
Judge Advocate General's Department
George A. Winpate
52Nd Field Artilery Brigade
Harry W. Hughes
Jacksonville
Newport News
Aldus
Zeelandia
Ohio
France
Aeolus
131St Field Artillery
Texas National Guard
48Th Coast Artillery
Wisconsin
Middle Western
Camp Grant
European inventor offers third hand for sun compass use
A European inventor presents a third hand for watches to function as a sun compass by aligning the hour hand with the sun. The device enables quick orientation by using the sun’s position to indicate direction.
Waterway Bill in House Targets Eight Foot Depth
SpringfieldIll March 14 Appropriation plans to fund the Lockport La Salle link of the Lakes to the Gulf Waterway total 20 million dollars via bonds. Bills naming the route and construction details were introduced in both houses. Critics warn piecemeal funding may hinder large contracts before the next assembly. Democratic backing for Gregory and Barr bills is noted while Igoe says supporters will not obstruct. A House letter from Judge John L Cooper withdraws a contest for a Senate seat. A proposed revitation urges backing a League of Nations per Wilson. The House adjourns until tomorrow for bill advancement and the Senate ends for the week.
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Springfield
Ill
Lockport-La- Salle
Gulf Waterway
Fifty Second General Assembly
Gregory
Barr
House
Senate
Igoe
John L. Cooper
Fairfield
Fiftieth General Assembly
Shurtleff
Samuel E. Weinshenker
Chicago
General Assembly
League of Nations
Wilson
St Jacobs Liniment Promises Fast Rheumatic Relief
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment to relieve rheumatic pain and sciatica. It claims most cases need only external treatment with immediate relief, warns against drugs, and urges a small trial from the druggist. It lists use for neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and swelling and notes decades of proven relief.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Liniment
Adv
Allies Retire From Vistavka In Siberia
By Associated Press ARCHANGEL March 11 allied Vaga column withdrew north from Vistavka to a new position. The withdrawal was complete with most war materiel taken out and the village ruins destroyed. Bolsheviki losses about 400 killed. allied losses small. An allied airplane hit an enemy column near Kerchla with a bomb.
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Associated
Presa
Archangel
Vaga
Vistavka
Kerchla
Ammunition Permitted to Cross into Mexico for Villa Campaign
On a U S government permit 160000 rounds of ammunition bought in the United States were allowed to cross the border at El Paso to the Mexican federal army in the southern campaign against Villa.
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Mexico
el Paso
Texas
United States
Villa
Why Chilly Weather Brings Rheumatism
An ad warns rheumatism harms all ages and advises eating less meat and drinking plenty of pure water. It explains uric acid buildup in damp cold and urges using four ounces of Rad Salts each morning for a week to stimulate kidneys and purge impurities. Jad Salts is promote d as inexpensive and harmless.
Peter Wishes He Were Home In The Green Forest
Peter Rabbit fears Buster Bear and the vigilant Hooty the Owl near a brush pile in the Green Forest. He longs to return to the safety of the Old Brier Patch and vows never to leave again if he escapes. Next tale previews another startling discovery by Peter.
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Peter
Brier
Peter Rabbit
Green Forest
Buster Bear
Buster
Hooty the Owl
Mrs. Peter
Brier Patch
French Artillery Budget in War Spending
Paris reports France spent twenty six billion francs on shells and projectiles during the war. Senate army commission heard Lucian Hubert say one and a half billion francs were used for extra material for artillery use.
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Paris
France
Lucian Hubert
Senate Army Commission
Missouri Judge John F. Phillips Dies in Hot Springs
Missouri jurist John F. Phillips former judge of the United States district court for the western district of Missouri died Thursday in Hot Springs Arkansas. He was 65 years old.
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Missouri
Hot Springs
Ark
John F. Phillips
United States Court For
Western District of Missouri
March 14 marks notable historic events and deaths
On March 14, 1765 Eli Whitney won patent rights for the cotton gin. March 14 recalls Henry IV’s Protestant victory at Ivry in 1590. It also marks Admiral John Byng’s execution in 1751 after his Minorca relief mission, with his birth in 1704 and naval rise aided by his father Lord Torrington.
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Eli Whitney
Henry IV
John Byng
Minorca
Mediterranean
Byng
Fort St. Philip
Gibraltar
England
Portland
Confessions Tie Harper County Poison Murder
Benjamin Romanine aged 48 and Mrs. Fred Highback aged 30 confessed in writing to Harper County attorney that Friday night she poisoned her husband. Both are jailed in Anthony Kansas.
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Harper
Benjamin Romanine
Fred Highback
Harper County
Hnighbac
Anthony, Kan
Queen Marie Arrives in London for Three Week Visit
Queen Marie of Romania and her daughters arrived in London from Paris. They were met at the station by the British royal family. The party will stay at Buckingham Palace for three weeks.
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Queen Marie
London
Romania
Paris
TPR
Thg George
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Miller’s Antiseptic Oil Snake Oil Cure All
Miller’s Antiseptic Oil is advertised as a universal remedy for rheumatic neuralgia back and joint pain and many illnesses including coughs colds and diphtheria. The claim states rapid pain relief within a minute and internal external use with a gold leather test, with bottles sold at 305 60 and 1.00 and a guarantee from leading druggists.
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Miller's
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