Poland seeks US moral support against Bolsheviks
The state department in Washington was asked to announce that Poland has the moral backing of the United States in its fight with the Russian bolsheviks. Railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 20 percent fare hike and a 50 percent rise in Pullman charges to cover part of a 600 million dollar wage award. Conciliator W. H. Ury was assigned by Labor to a maritime engineers dispute with San Francisco launch companies. American ambassador John S. Davis will sail home August 18 on leave. The car service commission ordered 25,000 empty box cars diverted from eastern routes to western lines for 30 days to move grain.
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Tada
Yesneew
Poland
State Department
Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. H. Ury
Department of Labor
San Francisco
John S. Davis
Great Britain
Car Service Commission
Eastern
Territory
Western Lines
Joe Camadu
Danville
House of Representatives
Freeport
Bureau of Census
McDonough
Tazewell County
Panama
Mackinaw
Rock River
Prophetstown
Bank of St. Marie
Liberty
Casey
Kane County
Kaneville
Board of Review
Clinton
Thellinois Central Railroad Company
Illinois
L. L. Emmerson
Mount Vernon
Fred Bailey
Pontiac Reformatory
James Bayne
James Dodson
Amanda E. Poorman
Abraham Lincoln
William F. Huge
Chicago
Charleston
Lincoln
C. P. Cummings
Decatur
Earl B. Searcy
Springfield
Ilinois Department
The
American Legion
Milton J
Joliet
Edward Murphy
John L Whitman
Chicago City
Hah
National Republican Party of
Ilinois
Sporting Resolute Captures Second Cup Race at Sandy Hook
Sporting Resolute won her second cup race in the international series at Sandy Hook New Jersey by seizing the lead at the start and maintaining it. Vanderbilt Dies in Paris. financier William K. Vanderbilt succumbs after a gradual decline from heart disease amid complications. Mrs Cornwallis West Dies at Arnewood England after long illness. she was mother to the princess of Pless and the duchess of Westminster.
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Resolute
Sandy Hook
N. J
William KK. Vanderbilt
Paris
Cornwallis-West
Col
William Cornwallis-West
Princess of
Pless
Duchess of Westminster
Arnewood
Milford
England
Merger plans Loom Over Great Lakes Steamers
Chicago reports a $10,000,000 merger to control fifteen large lake steamers under one flag and dominate lake trade. Arrests span Abyssinian plot leader in Chicago, a New York capture, and a rural whisky seizure, with labor strikes, fires, and a ship launching record noted among varied items.
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Chicago
Lake Steamship Companies
Cox Notification Set For August in Ohio
Montgomery county fair grounds in Dayton Ohio chosen for the official notification ceremony of Gov James M Cox as the Democratic presidential candidate. Ohio also receives its third 1920 campaign mandate via the Lincoln Neb Prohibition convention nominating Rev Aaron S Watkins of Germantown. Republican leaders in Wisconsin and Milwaukee back Col Gilbert E Seaman for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Montgomery County Fair
Dayton, CO
James M. Cox
Democratic Party
Ohio
Lincoln
Neb
Aaron S. Watkins
Germantown
William J. Bryan
George White
Columbus, O
Cox
Gilbert E. Seaman
Milwaukee
Republican Party
Peace Conference Sought as Bolshevik Armies Advance
London reports the Soviet government offers to meet the Allies in London for a peace conference after demanding Gen Wrangle’s surrender with personal safety guarantees. Armistice is said to have been reached between Russian and Polish commanders. French troops reportedly seized Damascus and routed sherifian regulars. Grodno evacuated by Bolsheviks after forts fell. Irregular Albanians attacked Italians but were repulsed. The Soviet force strength is claimed near 8 million. Berlin cites Soviet detachments near the German border and future Trotsky cavalry at East Prussian frontier. One death and one new bubonic plague case in Vera Cruz. Two new yellow fever cases. Villa advances toward Conhury with deserter reports from Chihuahua.
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Great Britain
London
Wrangle
London Daily Mail
Vera Cruz
Illinois News Nuggets Report Urban Catholic Hospital Planned
A 200 room Catholic hospital is planned for Urbana. other notes include Dixon gifting an island for a public park, Lincoln debate on returning to a prior government form, and local efforts to close Mount Morris hall to an American Legion post dances.
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Urbana
Samuel W. Watson
Dixon
Rock River
Lincoln End
Mount Morris
American Legion Post
Mary Blount
Chicago
Byron
Blount
Miss Blount
Kane County
Charles Henline
Cooksville
Legionnaires of
Illinois
William R. McCauley
Olney
American Legion
Ilinois
Milton J. Foreman
William Fenimore Cooper
Superior Court
Frank O. Lowden
Cooper
W. P. Flint
University of Tinois
Archie L. Bowen
State Charities
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Trusted Pain Remedy
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe, urged for head, tooth, ear, neuralgia, rheumatism, colds and pain. It claims physician prescription use for over twenty years and offers small 12 tablet tins at low cost and larger packages from druggists.
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Bayer
Milk Sterilization by Low Temperature Electric Treatment
Professor Beattie and Lewis of Liverpool University report milk can be freed from disease germs without heating above 145 to 147 degrees Fahrenheit. At this low heat the milk’s state remains unchanged and its properties are unimpaired while electrical treatment markedly extends shelf life. Tests used two apparatus types various current levels and several milk qualities.
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Beattie and Lewis
Liverpool University
Hot weather remede diet aid Eatonic urged for stomach and bowels
Advertorial note advises taking one Eatonic tablet before meals and after eating to reduce excess acids and gases during hot weather. It claims to curb feverish thirst and improve appetite, presenting Eatonic as a safe remedy for stomach discomfort from overeating and cold drinks.
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Chicago
Eatonic
Man sings to animal protection officer
The caller asks a society member if he belongs to the SPCA. The officer confirms, then the caller says he will sing a song dedicated to the society. The man at home asks him to wait while he puts the cat out of the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Society For Prevention of Cruelty To
To Have a Clear Sweet Skin Advertisement
A vintage skin care ad promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness or itching followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse dry gently then dust with Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. Goods advertised at 25c each. Ad.
Do Away With the Cause
A Bacon quote argues the surest way to prevent seditions is to remove the fuel for them and the spark that starts a fire. The idea is that without material for unrest, unrest cannot take hold.
Women readers urged to check kidney health with Swamp Root
The notice explains that many women suffer kidney and bladder trouble with vague symptoms like back pain and fatigue. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy restoring kidney function, offering a sample bottle for ten cents and urging purchases at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Hard Advice Stirs Less Sympathy Than Complaints
A reader notes that advice clashing with one’s inclinations is hard to take, and complaints often provoke temptation rather than empathy. The remark contrasts reaction to guidance with response to grievance.
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Joseph Holt
Robert Lawson Rose
New York
W. 8. Ireland
St. Louis
Crestview
Fin
Robert Blackwell
Charles Ayers
J. C. Nichols Investment Company
Kansas City
Middle Fork Wine
Renton
J. TE. Herndon
Reed
Helly Springs
Miss
Lang, O
Warren A. Seaver
Law
University of Indiana
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
John Roesch
Copeland
Bonner's Ferry
Idaho
A S
Hog Island
Philadelphia
Moving Picture
New York and
Vicinity
Robert M. la Yotlette
Madison
Wis
Republian Party
Wisconsin
Anti-Saloon League of America
Berlbel
Damascus
Bekka Ridge
Grodno
Warsaw
Ciakocinert
Canina
Berlin
Trotzky
East Prussian
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