World News Roundup From 1910s Era Global Events
A sweeping digest notes shipping board actions in Washington to tie up 56 wooden vessels near Norfolk as part of a sale push and reports the Von Steuben sale to Fred Eggena of New York for 1.5 million dollars. It covers Oregon population at 765 285 and Pilgrim tercentenary proclamation, plus Roosevelt nominated at Hyde Park. It lists taxes vs Vanderbilt, Indy flood, Denver street car strike toll rising to five, troops deployed, canal fire at Lockport, 2000 auto plant layoffs, bank robbery, fatal car crash near Logan Illinois, and other wartime era incidents and statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
Washington
Norfolk
von Steuben
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Fred Eggena
New York
Benson
West Frankfort
Mount Vernon
Cairo
Salem
McLeansboro
Amiel Calcaterra
Tony Hempel
Hempel
Ilinois
Illinois
Illinois, According To the Bulletin of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Bulletin
the American Legion
Abel Davis
Chicago
Medinah Temple
W. N. Kelly
Shelbyville
Colonel Davis
C. M. Burgess
Geneva
Sherwood Dixon
Dixon
R. Homer Gleason
Peoria
State Industrial Commission
A. T. Smith
Camp Grant
Order of the Crown
Europe
Sutherland
Oregon
Rock River
Hugh Scott
Taylorville
Scott
State Public Utilities Commission
Rockford Electric Company
Senate Chamber
Statehouse
House of Representatives
Edith Belfield
Joliet
David Lonemier
Livingston County
Tilinois Central
Griswold
Notable deaths and world events mingle in brief notes
Obituaries note the death of personal D. C. Shepard at 92 in St Paul after a long illness, and J. Frank Hanly leaves a 46 000 estate. Other items report Mondell injured, Wisconsin lawyer Kennan dead at 93, Galli Curci aboard a liner, and noted arrivals in New York. Bolshevik Poland truce talks stall, Warsaw bombarded, and Armenia issues ultimatums. Trade, tech and railway news span Kobe freight talks, Port Coquitlam blaze, and electric trains through St Gothard. Lloyd George, Millerand, Lenine and Krassin feature in dispatches.
U of I Trail Added to State Motoring Network
Illinois briefly notes the new U I Trail organized at Villa Grove linking to Indiana universities via a route from Charleston to Urbana then northeast to Hoopeston with later extensions south to Toledo Greenup and Newton. road signs and university colors announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. of I
Villa Grove
University of Illinois
Charleston
Toledo
Greenup
Newton
Divernon
Virden Concern
American Legion
Woman’s Relief Corps
Boy Scouts
Campfire Girls
F. A. Stutsman
William R. McCauley
American Legion of Ilinois
John H. Walker
State Federation of Labor
Earl B. Searcy
American Legion of Illinois
Iinois
Omar H.A. Wright
Illinois
Springfield
Samuel M. Hastings
Chicago
Edward N. Woodruff
Peoria
Hastings
Computing Seales Company of America
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Charles Peters
Cook County
Illinois State Sheriffs’ Association
Rock Island
Ralph Spafford
McLean County
R. J. Stewart
Woodstock
Edward P. Petrit
Belleville
Juliet L. Bane
Home Economic Extension Service
University of Ilinois
The
State University
Central West
D. K. Dodge
Johannes Magnussen
Ernest E. Cooley
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Bensenville
Washington Boulevard Hospital
Joseph C. Burtchi
Vandalia
Vandala
Tilnois
Scott Field
Martin Tiollingsworth
Carlinville
Arthur L. French
Farmers’ State Bank and Trust Company
Jacksonville
Chapin
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted
Knoxville reader Mrs Pearl Hill credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending years of back and female trouble. The letter touts relief from pain and regained appetite after using the compound, liver pills and restorative wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pearl Hill
Jacksboro St
Tennessee
Lydia E. Pinkam
Dinner Invitation Reveals Old Tin Cutlery Tale
A dinner with light housekeeping friends ends with a humorous misread about tin knives and forks. The guest recalls camping gear while the hostess had the best utensils for the meal, then notes a relief when conversation resumed. The piece also cautions that always letting a child have its way leads to future unhappiness.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ero
Kenneth
Wilson
United States
Plymouth Rock
Parley P. Christensen
Farmer-Labor Party
Industrial Workers of the World
Caffey
Frederick W
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Indianapolis
Denver
Colo
Northwestern
Sioux City
East Side
Camp Funston
Kan
Hlinois and Michigan Canal
Lockport
Ill
Ralph Williams
Wilson & Co
Kansas City
Louis Farden
Eugene Nichols
Logan
Detroit
Great Britain
Earl Waig
Franklin D'Olier
Board of Assessors
Miller County
Arkansas
Texarkana
Ark
Little Rock
William Crutcher
R. J. Hellawell
A. G. Spalding Sporting Goods Company
Newberry
Binghamton, N. Y
Wiehorny
Benjamin Segal
South State Street
D. C. Shepard
James J. Hill
St. Paul, Minn
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Dennison
Owoom
Mondell
Newcastle
Wyo
Thomas L. Kennan
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Kennan
Galli-Curci
Imperator
Vincent Astor
William K. Vanderbilt
Prime
Poland
David Lloyd George
M. Millerand
Hythe
England
Warsaw
Berlin
United States Shipping Board
Kobe
Constantinople
Armenia
Azerbaidjan
Karabagh
Zangevor
Moscow
Lloyd George
House of Commons
London
Port Coquitlam
B. C
Fire Department
Mustapha Kemal
Kutain
Simay
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Bucharest
Berne
St. Gothard Tunnel
Soviet
M. Krassin
London Daily Express
Illinois News
Canada
Western Canada
Mapa
Dept. of Immigration
Ottawa
Can
SzSe
Bellans
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