Hannibal Volunteers Welcome World War I Heroes Parade
A large crowd in Hannibal, Missouri greeted Company E and other units returning from France after St Mihiel and the Argonne. Special trains carried 35th division troops to Union Station, then a parade to the city park followed by reunion with families before heading to Camp Funston.
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France
St. Mihiel
Argonne
St Mihiel
Company E
George H. Klinkerfuss
Hannibal Company
Union Station
Hannibal
Germany
Forst Sil
Atlantic
Granny
George
Lefty
E Company
Granny” Griggs
George O'Hern
Lefty” Sims
Charles Webb
Snyder
Medical Corps
Louisiana
Burlieter
John K. Mills
Red Cross
Camp Funston
Kan
St. Joesph
Topeka
St. Joseph
Sherman Opposes Partisan League Of Nations Caucus
Washington May 3 Senator Sherman of Illinois joined Republican progressives to oppose any party caucus on the League of Nations attitude. He called the issue too big for partisan disposal. McCormick condemned the covenant as a guarantee of empire, praising Lloyd George instead.
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Washington
Sherman
Ilinois
League of Nations
Johnson
California
Jones
McNary
Oregon
Borah
Idaho
Lodge
Curtis
McCormick
Illinois
Lloyd George
India
Africa
China
Korea
Makes Daring Descent In Small Parachute At Pan American Meet
Jeans Ors, a French air expert, leaped from 1 000 feet and landed safely in a parachute judged a perfect 1 000 foot elevation at the Pan American Aeronautical congress. The event featured the 500 Bennett prize and a white silk parachute described as chair sized. Three American soldiers died and eight were seriously injured when an army motor truck was hit by a railroad train at a grade crossing near Lakere St Aubin, southeast of Orleans.
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Atlantic Vity
No J
Jeans Ors
Pan- American Aeronautical Congress
Orleans
France
Lakere-St. Aubin
Markers Proposed to Honor Adams CountyHistorical Sites in Quincy
A campaign to place 12 artillery markers and 200 cannon balls at sites tied to Adams county history requests congressional action to mark Camp Wood in Quincy hospitals from 1861 to 1865 and Camp Parker. The effort names C F Hubert and George R Miller and lists signatures from local leaders and organizations. A proposed statue for Gen Henry F Hill would stand at the courthouse yard with names of 63 local soldiers on the base.
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Adams County
Quincy
Camp Wood
Camp Parker
C. F. Hubert
Fowler
George R. Miller
Edward J. King
Chamber of Commmrce
War and Navy Departments
Hubert
Henry F. Hill
Court House Yard
Congressman King
Quincey
Weems
Excelsior Store
Wirth
Delaware
Woodland Cemetery
Camp Woods
Camp
John A. Thompson
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Edward Fawcett
Truman T. Pierson
I. W. Bingaman
Adams County A. R. C
Edith Akers
Historical Society of Quincy
J. W. Emery
Civic League
H. E. Becker
Elmer Lummis
J. ST. Best
Illinois State Bank of Quincy
Illinois Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
W. A. Schwindeler
E. J. Parker
Quincy Boulevard and Park Association
T. E. Musselman
Gem City Business College
Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank
J. H. Sieckmann
Ricker National Bank
St Louis Delegation Votes Against Bone Dry Bill
In Jefferson City on May 3 the St Louis delegation opposed the bone dry bill as the house passed a modified substitute. The senate adopted the substitute but the house refused to concur in its minimum penalty provision.
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Jefferson City
St. Louis
House
Senate
United Cigar Stores Corp Increases Capital Stock
The United Cigar Stores company of America filed with the New Jersey secretary of state on May 4 to raise its capital stock from 39 million to 65 million dollars.
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Trenton
N. J
United Cigar Stores Company of America
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Herrick
Herricks
Missouri
Norman
Castle
New York
Irene Castle
Vernon Castle
Robert S. Treman
Ithaca
N. Y
Federal Reserve Bank
Cadillac
Morris-Adier Moller Co
Peeles
Potter & Vaughn Co
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