Liberty Fund speech urges subscriptions and warns on trade
McAdoo with Gov. Harding travels through Iowa urging liberal subscriptions to the second liberty loan. He warns that bowing to German demands would ruin markets for surplus wheat and force prices downward, risking rot on war farms. A 5,000 strong crowd hears the message about maintaining exports and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J City
McAdoo
the Treasury
Liberty
Lewis and
Iowa
Gov. Harding
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Haly
America
Chicago
Cuticura Heals Severe Forehead Rash and Itching
A patient describes intense itching and sore eruptions on the forehead lasting two months. After using one cake of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment, symptoms cleared in two weeks. Miss Reva Berlin of Columbus, Ohio, dated January 14, 1917, endorses the treatment and offers free samples by post card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reva Berlin
S. Parsons Avenue
Umbus
Ohio
War Tax Sparks Beer Price Hike in Quincy Saloons
Patrons in Quincy drink emporiums faced higher prices Thursday after a new revenue tax took effect. Can beer rose to ten cents a can, while gin and whiskey moved into higher tiers. Saloons worked through inventories as owners explained the third hike since tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
German Kaiser Threats to Farms and Prices
The speaker warns that failure to act would demoralize prices causing wheat to collapse to about fifty cents per bushel, far below current levels. He asserts the Kaiser could cause widespread destruction to farms, factories, and mines with one decision, surpassing years of war by German armies.
Chicago Campaign for Bonds Pushed
Chicago reports two million dollars in subscriptions to Liberty Loan second issue. Morris & Co. packers and Inland Steel each subscribed one million. The Eighth Illinois Infantry Negro regiment added forty five thousand and aims for one hundred thousand. Enlisted men may buy on time. The Board of Trade added one hundred seven thousand to its Wednesday subscription. Horace L. Brand subscribed twenty thousand.
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Chicago
Liberty Loan
Morris & Co. Packers
Inland Steel Co
Illinois Infantry
Board of Trade
Horace L. Brand
Pike's Third Quota Off to Louisville
Pike county's third contingent leaves for Camp Taylor Louisville Ky after farewell exercises with fife and drum music. City sent nearly all residents to the station. total expected at Camp Taylor reaches 114 men. Personal notes mention residents visiting relatives, church events, and upcoming sermons and medical updates.
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Pittsfield
Pike County
Camp Taylor
Louisville
County Will
Barton Daniels
Carlyle, Til
Charles D. Sanderson
D. P. Hollis
John N. Clark
Hollis
Elmore Mayo
Champaign
J. K. Mayo
Louis W. Nordsick
Lutheran Church
Bluffs
W. C. Bush
Society
Congregational Church
Women’s Relief Corps
A. B. Carey, Jr
Chicago
Willing. Graham
Wichita
Kansas
Isaac Duffield
Ida Hall
Jacksonville
George Beard
Hannibal
Edward Doocy
Elmer
Fort Sheridan
The
Christian Church
Henry Linderman
British Break Passchendaele Ridge Front at Ypres
Associated Press reports British forces renewed attacks along the Passchendaele Gheluvelt ridge east and northeast of Ypres. Within hours progress was noted with penetrations up to a mile in some sectors, and advances near Poelkapelle Gravenstafel, Zonnebeke and Broodseide in the blood drenched frontline area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Belgium
Passchendaele-Gheluvelt
Ypres
Poelcapelle
Gravenstafel Ridge
Passchendatle Ridge
Zonnebeke-Broodseide
Separate Peace Offer Attributed To Pasha Envoy
New York October 5 A New York inquiry into Bolo Pasha indicts him as a German spy and peace propagandist who visited America in early 1916 with talks of a separate peace favorable to France Testimony from Adolph Pavenstedt linked Pasha to Germany’s peace ideas including ceding Alsace Lorraine French colonies and evacuating northern France The evidence will be sent to Paris via the French ambassador in Washington for use in Pasha’s prosecution
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New York
Bolo Pasha
Paris
Germany
America
France
Merton E. Lewis
New York State
Adolph Pavenstedt
Count von Bernstorff
Belo Pasha
Alsace
Lorraine
Lewis
Washington
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Hettie Ann Bryson
Funeral for Mrs Hettie Ann Bryson at 2 PM at Bethel A M E Church with friends invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hettie Ann Bryson
Bethel A. M. E
Red Cross Lunch Aids Lewis County Young Enlistees
Canton Missouri October 5 Forty three men were numbered for the Lewis County quota enlisting for Fort Riley. A public procession and speeches preceded the train departure while a free lunch provided by the local Red Cross and leftover pies and coffee raised funds for relief work. The last quota group departs October 17 with a long list of named towns and individuals among the enlistees. A separate note reports a college music recital and social club meetings with student and community participation.
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Canton
Ft. Riley
F. C. Millspaugh
Jere T. Muir
la Grange
H. D. Thompson
la Belle
Order of Red Cross
Lewis County
Submarine Sinkings Outpace Any Previous Quarter
A high official of the Admiralty stated that more German submarine boats were sunk in the last three months than in any similar prior period, marking a significant naval success for Britain.
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London
Admiralty
Eye Ear Nose and Throat Practice Notes in Quincy
Local brief lists Dr Stannus offices at 601 1 2 Hampshire and 603 1 2 Hampshire. Mrs Amos Conger departs for Windsor Canada residence. Mr and Mrs J D Golden and three children of Pomona Cal tour Quincy on return from Tuloka Ill. Mrs J J Fitsimmons and son Jack visit in Quincy. Mrs Sarah Young hosts 100 guests for Mrs George Dabner of Indianapolis. G K Hartman family arrive to reside in Quincy. Mrs Elmer Lampe undergoes Friday operation at Blessing hospital. Contact Snyder's Taxi 101 or 201. Dr Stannus office now entrance 003 12 Hampshire. W G Stone of Birmingham attends to Quincy business.
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Stannus
Hampshire Street
Amos Conger
Windsor
Canada
J. D. Golden
Pomona
Cal
Quincy
United States
Tuloka
Ill
Charles Gill
St. Louis
Sarah Young
George Dabner
Indianapolis
Snyder’s
G. K. Hartman
Sarah
H. W. Trueflood
Topeka
Kansas
Elmer Lampe
Washington
Blessing Hospital
Ted Waring
Independence
Albert Meilbeck
Arthur Jansen
Jefferson Street
Chicago
Jansen
Carl
Albert
Lamebert Lodge
Masonic Temple
W. G. Stone
Birmingham
Don McCarl Student Teacher in Lombard Football Guard
Donald McCarl son of Judge Lyman McCarl serves as physics instructor at Lombard College Galesburg while still a student. He was elected class president and named Lombard football guard after returning in September. Professor Farrer was drafted, and the faculty asked McCarl to lead the physics class. During summer he worked with a surveying party in the West to sharpen practical problems he now teaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McCarl
Lyman McCarl
Lombard College
Galesburg
Lombard
Farrer
McCarl
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Chicago Campaign For Bonds
Pike
Fifth St
N. Fifth St
Flanders
National Army
Red Cross
Perry Wm. Clark
William Schiver
Emery Deland Day
Ewing
Lester Patee
Augustus Raleigh
Benjamin
Roy Roscoe Veach
Lewistown
Ernest £. Frenka
Otto Bruner
Harry Slater
Leon H
Lindstrom
Maywood
Lyman K. Yancy
Lewis Wm. Campen
Lester Irving DeDiemar
Clifton H. Haldeman
Columbus Thompson
Monticello
Bernard J. Wiss
Eldridge R. Boyer
Noel M. Cecil
Williamstown
Earl D. Lupton
Lee Cochran
Argel B. Chapman
L. C. E. Peterson
Britton A. Million
J. Washburn
Jacob M. Duvall
John F. Dowling
H. H. Hawkins
Stoney
Blair
Elmer J. Fleming
Riley Vice
Cecil BE. Guilfoll
Claud Cecil Job
Roy Adal Howard
Clarence HB. Boyles
Tolona
Russell Langiot
Howard Earl Lamb
Fred William Lange
Harry G. Hilea
Clyde M. Thompson
Edwin B. Balthrope
Roy Lee Hiles
Thomas 1
Meshon
Frederick L. Speed
Breffenville
School of Music and Expression
Miss Cason
Joseph Suk
Liszt
Miss Tipton
Schumann
Hayden
Dell
Villanells
Etude Club
C. C. Clark
the Christian Church
Ella Patterson
College
Fred Birk
Charles Zenge
Camp Admiral Togo
H. F. Lafler
Illinois State Bank
J. J. Fitsimmons
Jack
Kansas City, Mo
Henry Breuer
Chestnut Street
Don M’carl
Central
Linois
Walker
All Goa
Ctan
Starond
Ner
Equal Service
Walker Dry Goods
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