Newspapers Shrink Pages to Save Paper Across U S
Newspapers nationwide trim pages free lists and exchanges as print paper remains scarce. Many journals cut pages by four to eight daily. some switch to eight columns, raise prices, or drop features. Examples include Altoona Mirror saving eight pages daily and Terre Haute Tribune cutting ten pages weekly.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
American Newspaper Publisheds’ Association
Altoona
Mirror
Bloomington
Ill
Daily Bulletin
Danville Press
Exchange
Davenport
Times
Democrat and Leader
Decatur, Ill
Review and Herald
Indianapolis Times
Joliet
Herald-News
Peoria
Journal
Springfield
State Register
Terre Haute
Ind
The
Tribune
Soldiers and Sailors Home Notes Transfers and Visits
At the Soldiers and Sailors Home, Mrs. Burnard departed for East St Louis to visit two daughters and then Newark, Ohio to see two sons, staying about ten days. Mrs. Petrie and Hazel Petrie visited Cottage 2, and Jasher Hogan took furlough to Galesburg. Friday paid out over $8,000 in aid. Mrs. Ingram from Los Angeles surprised her parents. she plans to join her husband in Chicago. Superintendent Andrew announced civil service help will replace detail work. Several residents were transferred between cottages and hospitals, with various staff moves and a G. A. R. picnic reported as a financial success.
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Burnard
Cottge 7
East St Louis
S. Raidfield
Illinois Ave
W. M. North
Missouri Ave
Newark
Ohio
James
E. C. Barnard
Petrie
Hazel Petrie
Mrs. Williams
New London
Piles
Jasher Hogan
Galesburg
Maud Ingram
Los Angeles
Cal
Mullen
Milkler
Mary Hannan
Robert Davis
Davis
Emma E. Thompson
Kate Gale
Cottage
Primary Elections Narrowed To Two Women Voters Offices
Scramble for nominations ends with a Sept. 13 primary. 66 Republicans and 47 Democrats vie for 17 offices. women voters have two choices state board of equalization and county surveyor. Election judges urged to meet. polling places listed across wards and precincts.
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Cone
State Board of Equalization
Roy D. Johnson
Smith
Cane
Fabius District Is Safe From Flood Threats
Fabius Drainage supervisors reported in the Friday meeting that flood protection is nearly complete. Engineers and foremen detailed flood safeguards along the Fabius and Mississippi rivers, with interior ditches to drain surface water. A temporary danger bridge will be removed within weeks once a permanent steel bridge is installed on solid foundations, ending the risk from the old river bed.
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Fabius
Illinois State Bank
Mississippi
Whig
Dredging crew finishes Fabius levee work at night
Johnny Brooks and his eleven man dredging gang arrived Friday night from five miles north on the river to finish the Fabius district levee. The McWilliams Dredging drag line, which docked in Quincy, will depart at six this morning and head toward Marblehead to aid a near levee project. The drag line is towed by the Sand Boy.
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Smith
Wrerk
Johnny Brooks
Fabius District
McWilliams Dredging Company
Quincy
Marblehead
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Cuticara
Dept. T. Boston
Tenk
Hdw. Co
Sycamore
North Sixth
North Fifth
Second Ward
Vermont
Jersey
Jerseyird
South Fourth
Delaware
South Seventh
Payson Avenue
South Sixth
Fourth Ward
Maine
South Twelfth
Monroe
Fifth Ward
North Tenth
Chestnut
Broadway
North Twelfth
Sixth Ward
North Eighteenth
Vine
Seventh Ward
State
South Sixteenth
South Fifteenth
Brinkman
A. L. Brinkman
Stearns & Foster
Boc
Cial
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