World events brief from Atlantic City Elks to Turkish uprising
A brisk world in review: Elks convention opens in Atlantic City with grand hopes for attendance and splendor. Paris reports Austria must pay 300 million in gold. Foch lobbies to block exile of the former German emperor. Dempsey wins heavyweight title at Toledo as Willard falters. Creco Slovak credit rises to 55.33 million. U.S. aid nears 10.0 billion. Prohibition enforcement bill advances in Washington. Geologic shocks, strikes, and Balkan clashes color the news as Italy and France face unrest.
Illinois News Nuggets Pack Long List Of Local Events
Over six months Illinois reports list includes 19 men sentenced in Chester fent tertiary from Saline county. Mount Carmel resident Timothy Kay described as six feet three inches tall. Aurora farm loss from army worms destroys 500 acres worth 2500. Auburn chosen for San gamon county Old Settlers reunion on August 6. Lincoln college appoints Tather of Usmouth as president starting July 16. Herman Mueller linked to Des Moines marriage nine years ago. Fawcett Plumb, Streator founder, dies of heart failure after 50 years there. Col James W. Jefferson buys 8200 acre farm near Baton Rouge for 120000. Chickamauga.
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Chester Fent
Saline County
Timothy Kay
T. G. Risley
Mount Carmel
William Wedemaier
Aurora
Auburn
Sangamon County Old Settlers’ Association
Aled BE. Tather
Usmouth
M.A
Lincoln College
Hastings
Neb
Herman Mueller
M. Hubinger
Peoria
Hubinger
Des Moines
Fawcett Plumb
Col
Ralph Plumb
James W. Jefferson
Springfield
Baton Rouge
Chatham Township
Daniel Cahill
Chicago
Lewis J. Powe
Menard County
George T. Cox
Freeport
Soissons
First Field Signal
Joliet
George Mears
Kane County
Benedictine Educational Association
la Salle
Middle West
William H. Axelson
Moline
France
Axelson
Ozark Mountains
Fast St. Louis
Electric Light and Power Company
Belleville
Alton
Edwardsville
Davenport
Surgery
Harry Clark
Murphysboro
Wilson Returns to Washington After Paris Peace Speech
President Wilson lands in the United States and declares the Paris peace treaty a just peace that will safeguard the world from bloodshed. In Hoboken he thanks New Jersey supporters and tells Americans to look beyond national self-interest toward shared global aims.
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United States
New York
Wilson
Paris
George Washington
Brest
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Manhattan
Smith
Hylan
Carnegie Hall
Washington
Pennsylvania Station
Jerseyman
Hoboken
America
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the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Atlantic City
Austria
Copenhagen
Fields
Marshal von Lindenburg
Foch
Jack Dempsey
Toledo
Jess Willard
Gaston Chevrolet
Sheepshead Day Speedway Bowl
Howdy” Wilcox
Crecko-Slovak Republic
Treasury
Congress
House
Americas
Georgetown University
Washington, Sd
Senate Judiciary Committee
War Department
Third Army
Germany
Coblensz
Coblenz
Florence
Rome
Faenza
Ancona
Romagna
Italy
Verti
Fiume
Trusca
Willemstad
Curacao
Switzerland
Mme, Bela Kun
Geneva
Kattowitz
Upper Silesia
Beuben
Constantinople
Paris Agence Badin
Tashkent
Russian Turkestan
Dublin Castle
Sinn Fein
Tipperary
Federal Committee
Berlin
Fort Pratiata
England
Herr Friedlander
Vienna
Frederick Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Court of Justice
Utrecht
Holland
Amsterdam
General Pershing
H. S. Knapp
Hotel de Ville
London
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Roosevelt Field
Mineola
L. I
Mast Fortune
Scotland
Milwaukee
Norway
Hungary
Balkan States
Illinois
Rock Island, Ill
John G. Miller
Jown
Senate
Ogle County
Oregon
Sangamon
Kaskaskia
la Salle Chamber of Commerce
Anna Butten
Mississippi
Fulton and
Cinton
Philip Feik
la Moille
Henry Eby
Mendota
el Pfaelzer
Consumers’ Packing Company
Federal Grand Jury
Sangamon County
E. A. Madden
William A
Billy) Sunday
Rock River
Dixon
William B. McKinley
Maj. B. M. Chiperfield
Rufus Newkirk
Wabash
Mt. Carmel
Newkirk
Simon O’donnell
Building Trades Council
Hod Carriers and Building Laborers’ Union
S. BH. O'Bannon
Litchfield
Cook County Board of Forest Preserve Commissioners
Palos Preserve
Ilinois
George Wilson
Tony Skinner
Jack Welch
Westville
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