Wilson Urges Senate to Shape a World Peace League
President Wilson in a Senate speech pressed for outlining principles of a world league to end the war. He called for a Monroe doctrine for all nations and treaties that win mankind’s approval, including free seas and limitations on armaments as foundations of lasting peace. He argued America must join in forming guarantees for universal peace and stressed the need to end the war with binding commitments.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations
United States Senate
Wilson
Senate
New World
the Senate
League For Peace
America
Friends of Humanity
Kidnapped Mother Reunited After Forty Years In Illinois
Lillian Dunlap, age forty eight and a Springfield native, was found living at 3409 North Ninth street in St. Louis after being abducted forty years ago by gypsies. She recalls wagon rides through southern Illinois and being adopted there, learning her father was Dunlop and her mother Ellen Dunlap, both now deceased. Governor Lowden ordered a special primary to fill a Senate vacancy in the Thirteenth district, with no date set. if it’s February 27, candidates may face ballot access issues.
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Springfield
Lillian Dunlap
North Ninth Street
St. Louis
Bauman
Dunlop
Ellen Dunlap
Miss Dunilap
Illinois
Iinois
Lowden
Sweitzer
Senate
John A. Swanson
Industrial Board Boosts Settlement of Illinois Disputes
Governor Lowden says a conference with labor leaders should enlarge the industrial board, making it a department of the new bureau of labor. The board would sit daily to arbitrate strikes or threatened strikes but would lack compulsory arbitration power.
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Springfield
Illinois
Lowden
Industrial Board
Bureau of Labor
Smallpox Reported in East St. Louis Ten Cases Linked to Mount Vernon
East St. Louis reports ten smallpox cases scattered in the city with authorities taking precautions to check the malady. Henry A. Alston, assistant health commissioner, said most cases originated from Mount Vernon and that there is little prospect of widespread outbreak.
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East St. Louis
Mount Vernon
Henry A. Alston
Chicago Alderman Surrenders in Graft Indictment
Chicago Alderman Oscar DePriest of the Second ward and Capt. Stephen Healy of the State on avenue police station were indicted on gambling and vice graft charges. DePriest surrendered to Chief Deputy Sheriff John Ryan and was released on bond.
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Chicago
Oscar DePriest
Stephen Healy
Station Avenue
John Ryan
Man Killed After Dispute In Waukegan
Lon Smith of North Chi is held on a murder charge for shooting William Paul in Waukegan after Paul allegedly persisted in pursuing Smiths sister-in-law who had come from Chicago at Pauls request. Smith occupies a cell once used by Will Orpet after Orpet was acquitted in a separate case involving Marion Lambert.
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Flirt
Waukegan
William Paul
Lon Smith
North Chiago
Paul
Smith
Chicago
Will Orpet
Marion Lambert
Windsor Youth Missing From Home
William G. Rice asks police to find his seventeen year old nephew and ward Gwin Wircher who left January 3 to resume studies at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico Missouri but has not reported at the school.
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Windsor
William G. Rice
Gwin Wircher
Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
King Goes on Trial for Slaying Beloved Patrolman
Peoria reports Harrison King, who escaped the gallows via a supreme court intervention, will be tried here on charges of killing Patrolman Norman Grady. He asked for a change of venue citing local prejudice.
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King
Peoria
Harrison King
Supreme Court
Tle
Norman Grady
Prize Too Small for Union Wedding Challenge
Before the holidays the Retail Clerks union offered a prize of 100 dollars to any union member who would wed before January 1, 1917. The contest had no takers.
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Edwardsville
Richest regional lead ore strike by Bartell and Soddewig
Thomas Bartell and William Soddewig recently found the richest lead ore strike in years in the region though the ore was reportedly of poor quality. Bartell continues to work in the mine.
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Galena
Thomas Bartell
William Soddewig
Mr. Bartell
Illinois House weighs private banks reform and teacher wage bills
Springfield officials report the private banks bill will receive a clear hearing before the house committee on banks and banking and a bill may be reported. Illinois Teachers association seeks a minimum wage for teachers, higher school funding, and tenure security to ease teacher distress from rising living costs.
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Pace
House Committee On Banks
Wes
Springfield
House Committee On Banks and Banking
House
James M. Pace
Macomb
Ilinois
Shanahan
Springhold
Cnn
Ilinois State Teachers Association
General Assembly
Robert C. Moore
Davey Cleared by Civil Service on Joliet Guard Post
The state civil service commission reinstated Harry Davey of Chicago as guard at Joliet prison after a letter from Clyde Stratton, one of three convicts who escaped last September and accused Davey of aiding. Stratton now in Fort Leavenworth says Davey did not help and was not in the secret.
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Frison
Davey
Springfield
State Civil Service Commission
Harry Davey
Chicago
Joliet Prison
Clyde Stratton
Stratton
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Robert E. Davey
Chicago Fire Department
Second Ice Crop in Bloomington Forecast to Fill Stores
Central Illinois railroads begin second ice harvest after December setback from warm spell. About one third of the crop was cut previously. The current cold spell, if lasting another week, will provide enough ice to fill all storehouses. The second crop measures about ten inches.
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Bloomington
Tlinois
Drain Swamp Land to Boost State Wealth
One hundred square miles of swamp land will be drained and tiling begun this spring. Four thousand acres now worthless will be reclaimed for corn and other crops, adding about $1,000,000 to the state’s wealth.
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Marenge
Springfield Carbondale Railroad Chartered
Articles of incorporation issued for the Springfield Carbondale Railroad to build a line from Springfield through Thllsboro Greenville Carlyle Nashville and Pinckneyville to Carbondale.
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Springfield
Springfield-Carbondale Railroad Company
Thllsboro
Greenville
Carlyle
Nashville
Pinckneyville
Carbondale
Fatal Saloon Duel in Benton Claims Life of Saunders
In a revolver duel at a West Frankfort saloon Guy Williams shot and killed Edward Saunders aged thirty five after an argument. Williams was wounded in the arm.
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Benton
Guy Williams
Whdward Saunders
West Frankfort
Williams
Hickory Shad Killed in Granite City Lake
Dry weather and a cold spell have killed hundreds of thousands of Hickory shad in Horseshoe Lake near Granite City. The fish kill reflects harsh conditions impacting local aquatic life and fishing activity.
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Granite City
Horseshoe Lake
Chicago man with infantile paralysis strikes new case
C. W. Morris, twenty seven, an excavator, is Chicago's latest victim of poliomyelitis. He is the father of two children, doctors at the county hospital said.
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Chicago
C. W. Morris
Antisaloon Leaders Circulate Petition in Galena
Antisaloon leaders in Galena plan to circulate a petition urging that the saloon question be placed on the spring election ballot in Galena. The action aims to mobilize voters on this local issue.
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Galena
Arion Town Marshal Olaf Lundin Dies in Doctor's Office
Olaf Lundin, seventy four, town marshal of Arion, collapsed and died in a doctor's office while awaiting medical consultation. Death attributed to heart disease.
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Motine
Olaf Lundin
Arion
New oil well brought in at Joseph Kneler farm near Carlyle
An oil well was completed on the Joseph Kneler farm located six miles north of Carlyle, enhancing local energy production and adding to the regional oil activity.
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Carlyle
Joseph Kneler
Cascarets Claim Cleanse for Liver and Bowels
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a nightly bowel and liver cleanse that relieves headaches biliousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach and constipation. It promises a 10 cent box that works while you sleep without gripe or inconvenience.
Lost in Thought a Man Reminded Eight Times to Pay Bill
A witty remark depicts a man of lofty intellect so far above ordinary life that he must be reminded eight or ten times before paying a bill. The exchange highlights humor about cleverness versus practical duties.
Kidney remedy testimonial and public notices in 1914
A 1914 testimonial claims Swamp Root improved a man’s kidney and liver troubles after quitting work in 1906. The notice includes notary verification and a request to publish consent for use of the statement. It mentions sample bottles and drugstore availability, with a Seattle payroll half-holiday note and North Dakota farm labor costs in 1915.
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Dr. Kilmer
W. T. Graves
Anderson
Indiana
Robert E. Bragdon
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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