Illinois groups back war mobilization and honors noted leaders
The Great Council of Illinois Improved Order of Red Men endorsed President Wilson's note to Germany and offered 20 000 volunteers for a U S Army in case of war with Germany. Other items cover local honors appointments, a suicide by Harry McAdams, marriage licenses, a child assault case, a golden wedding, Dundee church bequests, and the Southern Illinois Methodist conference plans.
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United States Army
Germany
Mattoon
Wilson
Great Council of Illinois
Council of Order
John A. Sweet
Marehall
Springfield
Danville
Richard W. Sharp
Attica
Ind
Wabash
Sharp
P. Howard
South Danville
C. C. Jones
Girard
Jones
Aurora
Illneis Catholic Union
St. Nicholas Hall
America
August Selzer
Edwardsville
Ludwig Shuerman
Decatur
Peter Weiland
George N. Kramp
Fred Gilson
Chicago
Michael Walsdorf
Paul Kosner
George Lehner
Bloomington
Fred Troost
Peru
Quincy
McAdams
Illinois
Marion
Albert Drury
Mandy J. Owen
Carterville
Drury
Alice Bolen
Carbondale
Murphysboro
W. J. Coppaway
J. W. Gibson
J. D. Reeder
Herman Cox
Coppaway
Virginia
Charles Troster
Troster
Illinois Company A
Fourteenth Regiment
Dundee
Duncan Forbes
Forbes
Duquoin
Southern Ilinois Methodist Episcopal Cehhurches
Mount Vernon
James W. Bashford
Illinois Brevities Highlights From Across the State
Springfield signs a one million dollar boof and mouth disease bill. Carlinville soils and waters are being cleaned at Beaver dam for buffalo fish spawn. Rochelle prepares for Memorial Day with Bishop Fallow and Carmeling’s Old Colonial band. Windsor reports train crash fatalities. Grayville, Modoc, Carmi, Bloomington, Eureka, Champaign, Lincoln, and other towns note deaths, trials, church plans, commencements, bank meetings, and state bar events.
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Springfield
Carlinville
Beaver Dam
Illinois
Rochelle
Bishop Fallows
Chicago
Carmeling
Windsor
J. Renner
Bulkeda Automobilia
Hannah Turner
Emma Turner
Grayville
A. F. Lindsay
Sikeston
New Presbyterian Church
Champaign
Romulo
Naon
United States
University of Illinois
Bloomington
Treasury of Illinoise
J. H. Dickerson
Taylorville
Christian County
Eureka
Woodford County
Roanoke
Minoak
el Paso
Charleston
Willis Clark
Oakland
Clark
Modoc
Albert Enzenauer
G. W. Osborn
Enzenauer
Osborn
A. Ludwig
Carmi—Group 10
Ilinois Bankers’ Association
R. L. Crampton
Crampton
Lincoln
Das Hurley, Jr
Katherine Roger
Hurley
Harry Snell
Thomas Snell
Young Snell
Elkhart
Ind
Snell
Clinton
Lawrence Y. Sherman
James Hamilton Lewis
Frederic W. Lehmann
J. Louis
Champ Clark
E. C Kramer
The
State Bar Association
Italy Declares War as Austrian Forces Clash on Adriatic
Italy strikes first in the war with Austria across land sea and air. Austrian forces bombard Ancona and Barletta while Italian fleet and aeroplanes defend the Adriatic coast. Verona and Venice reports indicate bombings with several ships sunk.
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Vienna
Berlin
Amsterdam
Italy
Austria
Strass
Austrian
Tyrol
War Office
Adriatic
Rome
Duke of Abruzzi
Ancona
Venice
Porto Corsini
Barletta
Cesi
Ravenna
Pitti
Florence
Point de Legno
Pejo
Varenna
Lake Como
Vatican
Luigi Cardona
D’aosta
Victor Emmanuel
Boulogne
Basel
Wolff Bureau
Germany
Opal Ring Tales Spur Luck and Loss Across Three Stories
A husband gives an opal ring to his wife and tragedy follows. Their children die and illness strikes the wife, who bequeaths the ring to a sister who pawned it and burned the ticket. A second tale shows fortune rising for a man when his ring is worn, and a shopkeeper reveals a fake opal to a purchaser who then gifts it to a door attendant hoping to share luck.
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Jones
Maiden Lane
World’s Largest Lighthouse at Helgoland
The Helgoland lighthouse near the war zone is described as the most important currently in operation. It is German, electric, and proclaimed the strongest light in existence with a cluster of three revolving lights totaling 40,000,000 candles. A single fast light can replace the cluster if needed, powered by two steam engines and belt-driven generators.
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Helgoland
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
East Africa
Forestry School Planned at University of Nanking
The Scientific American notes a new School of Forestry to be established at the University of Nanking in China. It reports cooperation from the director of forestry in Manila and plans to send two Manila experts to assist in setting up the program.
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School of Forestry
China
University of Nanking
Manila
Scientific American
An Invitation Note In A Daybook Ledger
A local practitioner notes in his daybook that Old Smith hasn't called about indigestion lately. He tells his wife to invite Smith to dinner.
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Old Smith
Bar-le-Duc Post Helps Red Cross via Belgian Village
The Transcripts notes Bar-le-Duc in Antwerp’s north borders Belgium and Holland, with a vital post office linking to French and Dutch systems. Red Cross stamps are sold at mixed values, with half proceeds aiding relief. The Belgian Monaco postal agency also gains fame for these stamps.
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Bar-le-Duc
Antwerp
Holland
Britain
Flushing
Tilbourg
Red Cross Society
Monaco
Red Cross
Vinegar Shows Germ Kill for Typhoid, Paris Doctors Say
Paris doctors Loir and Legagneux report vinegar kills typhoid germs in water. 20 grams per liter of vinegar kills the typhoid bacillus in about one hour five minutes. They suggest salading vegetables be washed and soaked in dilute vinegar for a little over an hour to remove typhoid danger.
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Loir
Legagneux
Paris
Lancet
Complexions Cost More in War Time
In New York reports warn complexion costs will rise this spring due to war price increases on imported powders and brews. A small town from over thirty years ago faced a powder famine during a harsh winter, yet social events continued as residents raided flour barrels to improvise cosmetics.
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New York
Not So Easy War of Cleaning in My Home
A tongue in cheek account details a household cleaning battle as a war correspondent would report. The narrator chronicles the first cleaning assault and the chaotic aftermath, highlighting cluttered rooms, flying dust, and the stubborn resistance of stubborn belongings.
Awakening Story of Rankin-Beanbrough Marriage Troubles
Rankin-Beanbrough separation tension arises after he discovers he cannot feed his wife with birdseed as he once joked. The remark underscores marital strain dating from before their marriage and reflects evolving personal dynamics.
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Rankin—Beanbrough
Phyle
The True Critic on Limits and Vision
A reflective aphorism by Oscar Wilde noting that inability to perform a task gives insight to judge it, contrasting creation as limit and contemplation as widening vision.
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Oscar Wilde
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Duke D’abruzzi
Francis Joseph
Boston Transcript
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