Prices and rural work face changing American needs
The piece argues that labor costs will not fall as large employers plan for new standards. It notes aging bridges cannot bear motor traffic, trees require care after planting, rural schools use hot lunches, and states consider rural credit via acts like the Farm Loan Act to empower farmers, urging local community finance for a sound agricultural economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Kansas
South Dakota
North Dakota
Washington
Ban on Lights Shocks Pullman Conductors
The Rock Island issues a bulletin prohibiting conductors in charge of sleeping cars from carrying flashlights. The rule aims to avoid disturbing sleepers as they patrol night berths, ending a long held perk of nightly peeks for conductors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Blue Island Sun-Standard
Bar Pedaling by Yanks on Rock Island Trains
Train conductors must enforce a war department order banning men in United States uniform from selling on trains. The Rock Island line received instructions to stop peddling hawkers immediately.
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Rock Island
United States
War Department
Retired Officer Shot During Street Robbery Attempt
Joseph LaBelle, a retired police officer and crossing watchman for the Illinois Central at 121st street, was accosted by a colored hold up man Tuesday night. LaBelle fought back and was wounded in the left hip. the assailant escaped. LaBelle formerly served at Kensington police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph LaBelle
121St Street
LaBelle
Kensington
Air travel near future meets auto cautionary care
Some observers who expect regular ocean flights soon also urge caution for motorists at twenty miles per hour.
Easy to Run a Newspaper Says Editor
A Shannon Reporter clipping mocks how effortless running a newspaper seems claiming editors just print then wait for bills to drop money from a bush. It jokes about editors relaxing on a divan smoking cigars while subscribers fight to pay in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara de Lima
Shannon
Riverdale Park District Appropriation Ordinance 1919
Riverdale Park District passes an appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year May 1 1919 to April 30 1920. It lists sums for legal expenses secretary and treasurer election expenses stationary fuel lights printing incumbental costs maintenance improvements bond premiums and total levy 855.00. signed June 9 1919 and published June 20 1919. Also a small classified line advertises washing services by Mrs. Frank Berndt at 428 Washington Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale, II
Riverdale Park District
Treas
Taz Levy
H. J. McGrain
Community Library Receives New Books
The Community Library announces receipt of a large list of new titles from publishers including Adams, Batcheller, Doyle, Ford, Grey, Lippman, Porter, Roe, and Wister among others. A separate shipment of fifty books from the State Library Commission expands shelves for patrons to enjoy during leisure moments.
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Boks
Adams
Miss Grouch
Batcheller
Biggers
Baldpate
Bueck
Call of the Cumberlands
Burnett
Calhoun
Miss Minerva
William Gren Hill
Canfield
Hillsboro
Churchill
Cobb
Mr. Trimm
Connor
Glengarry
Daviess
Molly
Doyle
Sign of the Four
Hound of the Baskervilles
Ford
Shorty McCabe
Shorty
Fox
Kingdom Come
Grey
Border Legion
Great Scouts
Lone Star Ranger
Harrison
V. V
Angela’s Business
King—The Wild Olive
Kyne
Cappy Ricks
Lippman
Martha
Cupid
MacFarlane
MacGrath
Goose Girl
Maniates—Amarilly
Clothesline Alley
Nicholson
Rosalind
Redgate
Red Rock
Porter
Eleanor H
Billy
David
Gene Stratton
Michael O’halloran
Laddie
Reeve
Arthur B
Rice
Alice Hegan
Mr. Opp
Rinehart
Mary R
Sampson
E. S
Billy and
the Major
Dogs Shute
Henry
Tarkington
Booth
Thomas
Vance
L. J
Joan Thursday
Webster
Henry K
Wiggin
Kate
Waitstill Baxter
Wilson
Harry L
Ruggles
Red Gap
Wister
Owen
State Library Commission
Albert the tracker who found a stolen horse
The Sydney Bulletin notes a half caste named Albert from 1885 in Mill's tank-sinking party between Warrega and Paroo rivers who could read hoof prints. He claimed to have tracked a stolen horse Blossom for a year, showing the mare and foal were nearby and later recovered.
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Mookingah
Wbo
Sydney Bulletin
Albert
Mill
Warrega
Paroo Rivers
Mills
Blossom
Millis
Klein-Quade Pretty Home Wedding At 352 Greenwood Ave
A quiet Saturday afternoon wedding joined Miss Charlotte Klein and Mr. George Quade at 352 Greenwood Ave the Klein family home. Rev M P F Doermann officiated with only two attendants Miss Henrietta Cordt and Henry Quade brother of the groom. After a reception the couple left for Chicago then a short trip and will reside on Prairie Street.
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Henry ¥. Klein
Greenwood Ave
Charlotte Klein
George Quade
M. P. F. Doermann
German Lutheran Church
Henrietta Cordt
Henry Quade
Chicago
Prairie St
Blue Island Sun-Standard
No Accident Week Campaign Urges Rail Safety Efforts
Railroad officials from Chicago & Eastern Illinois and Indiana Harbor Belt promote No Accident Week June 22 to 28 citing national safety gains, reduced injuries, and the need for every worker and citizen to observe cautious behavior around crossings and tracks.
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
United States Railroad Administration
B. G. Steinick
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Pioneer of
Indiana Harbor Belt
United States
Riverdale
Dalton
South Holland
Stock promoters target buyers with questionable securities
Farmers clubs press warning about stock promoters selling worthless securities. If buyers sought advice from local bank men, money lost on dubious stock could be saved.
Theory of odd numbers in superstition and lore
A Tit-Bitsa writer muses on why odd numbers appear in rituals and why even numbers are avoided. He cites warship salutes, Virgilian rites, and divine notions, noting three as sacred, while two is deemed unlucky due to the second day of hell's creation.
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Hetch
Virgil
Falstaff
Hell
Old Man Moody Recalls Rubber Boat Prank
In a tavern tale a group of guides recount Old Man Moody’s river mishap. He and Ed Greene raced a collapsible rubber boat, which suddenly snapped back as Moody forgot to untie it, leaving them to finish the run with no boat.
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Leon Dean
Man Moody
New York
Ed Greene
Uneasy Payments Refuted by Car Seller Ad Claim
A dialogue snippet contrasts an agent promising easy payments for a car with a prospect calling the phrase a false marketing parallel to painless dentistry, as cited by the New York Globe. The exchange highlights skepticism toward enticing credit terms.
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New York Globe
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Thos. F. Kinney
Dolton
Riverdals
Postoffice
Illinois
Col. Lincoln Ave
138Th Street
Dolton, Illinois
Office of Publication
Wea
Pres
Yanks
O. W. Huntley
Board of Commissioners
Frank Berndt
Washington Avenue
Doltos, All
Community Library
Klein-Quade
Old Man
Moody
Isley
Inois Central 10
Riverd
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