Suspect War Plot Blamed on I W W and Pro-German Agents
Federal intervention begins as 25 investigators probe rumors of I W W ties in Springfield. 30 union names turned over, 15 sticks of dynamite found on streetcar tracks cited as evidence of pro German agitation. Other items note arrests, trials, and public notices across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Statehouse
Lowden Down
Alice Taylor
Belleville
East St. Louis
Circus elephant killed in East St. Louis yards
Illinois news item reports a 9,600 pound circus elephant executed in railroad yards at East St. Louis. The piece covers various local events including letters from Urbana to Chicago, a federal sentence for John McGhee, and multiple wartime and civic notes across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
Danville
Urbana
Chicago
John McGhee
Leavenworth
Kaw
E. W. Clarke
First Presbyterian Church
Pana
Ilinois
Roy Wells
Chatham
Martin Addison
Wells
Gov
Frank QC
Lowden
Gotfried Pronquist
Galesburg
Champaign
DeKalb County
Lincoln Highway
Addison Martin
Curran
Chanute Aviation Field
Camp Kelly
San Antonio
Tex
William Blackburn
Niantic
Assembly Park
Dixon
Mississippi
Fulton
Franklin Grove
Herbert
Ralph Koltz
Harvard
Joliet
Theodore Miles
Mt. Carroll
William Anderson
Evanston
Illinois
France
Elizabeth Havely
Cerro Gordo
Leonidas L. Fatherton
Arlington
Decatur
Wednell Sebastian
Libertyville Fair
Harry A. Garfield
Whitman
Fritz Mulfinger
Julia
Mex
Virden
Ilinots Methodist Conference
Mayor Thompson
Sixth Infantry
Camp
Llouston
John Dappert
Taylorville
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Odd Legal Wins and Bizarre Lawsuit Tales Across Europe
A collection of curious legal cases spans Italy, France, England and Switzerland. An Italian officer wins a dispute over a bullet embedded in his body, while a French abbe’s dismissal leads to a successful damages suit. A stout man seeks a third class fare but must pay for a first class seat. A barber incident ends with a modest award after a man wakes clean shaved from a two foot beard. A Swiss man sues his sister for five thousand over a cured thirst drinking trick.
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Trentino
Ccase
England
Switzerland
Babies Healthier Today in Big Cities
The New York milk committee reports an 11 percent drop in infant mortality in U S cities over 100 000 population since 1910. Smaller cities fared worse with 2 percent gains in 50 000 to 100 000 and 5 percent increases under 50 000. Overall decline 9 percent across 150 major cities since 1906, beginning near 1910 with expanded infant welfare work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Spinoza Test in Scriptures of Humanity on Assistance
The passage argues that true helpers avoid speaking of human impotence and instead emphasize human virtue and how it may be perfected. By focusing on joy and reason, people are moved to live under rational rule rather than fear or aversion.
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Spinoza
Draft exemption claim linked to saloon spending
A Discoverys report questions a man’s draft exemption by noting his claimed dependents, his wife and children, rely on money he has been spending in saloons.
Pretty cousin marries actor and rises with him
A witty exchange notes a cousin who married an actor and is now living as his partner on the road to stardom. The remark contrasts her rise with the idea of marrying into the stage world. The dialogue hints that such unions propel spouses into prominence.
A Bad Combination in Town Topics
Rid-Did the expert chauffeur and the aviatrix marry happily or not. Lee-Notrvery notes he aims to drive her while she stays in the air much of the time.
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Rid
Lee—Notrvery
Prohibition Era Art Dealer Exchanges Between Customers
An oil painting on display prompts a back and forth as a customer rejects the piece saying it is unsuitable for a prohibition family artistically asked for watercolors instead. The brief exchange hints at social constraints and taste during a restricted period.
Tolerant Attitude and Reform Quest
A speaker under Aquor influence claims he was cut out for reform and that his past critique of others gave way to self awareness. He asserts he is now easy to get along with. The Birmingham Age Herald adds a wry note on marital roles and a saying about a penny and a tin suspender button.
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Aquor
Birmingham Age-Herald
Convincing Proof of This Fact in Advertisements
Mrs. O. M. Baines of Ridgway Pennsylvania credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing seven months of female trouble and backache enabling her to resume housework. Mrs. W. E. Lindsey of Tennille Georgia reports eight years of ill health relieved by the remedy and now keeps house and gardens. The publisher notes confidential response to letters from readers seeking advice. A humor line about divorce rounds out a clipped page of varied notices.
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Ridgway
Penn
Lydia E. Pinkham
O. M. Baines
W. E. Lindsey
R. R
Tennille
Freezone promised to lift corns without pain
An ad claims freezone applied to corns removes the entire corn with root and shrivels the skin. It suggests the product soothes instantly and can be bought cheaply at any drugstore, urging readers to request it if not stocked.
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Cincinnati
Two of a Kind: Spouses Quarrel Over Talkativeness
In a brief exchange, Bill complains his wife talks constantly from morning to night. His neighbor Harry counters that if she were always with her, she would not talk so much, reflecting a domestic humor bit about marital chatter.
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Bill
Harry
Missis
One Way to Be Useful in Town Topics
The piece presents a witty exchange on serving the public, with Miss Sweet proposing waitress work as a path to usefulness and a theorist offering a playful, instructive aside in a lighthearted town column voice.
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Laphead
Miss Sweet
Color Blind Navy Recruiter Turned Away
Hyrum A. Douglas of Payson could not distinguish colors and failed the color vision tests at the Marine Corps recruiting office. He mixed up reds and yellows with greens during the examination, prompting rejection with the quip about never sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyrum A. Douglas
Payson
Marine Corps
Desert News
What He Earned
A dialog contrasts expected income with actual pay as a man explains he earns 25 dollars weekly, while a suitor hopes to marry his daughter with a higher income. The exchange hints at social expectations and courtship barriers based on earnings.
Curiosity in a Boy Shielded by Two Grandmothers
A small boy’s curiosity thrives under the watchful care of two grandmothers who resist spoiling him. The piece notes how steady guidance shapes his growth and manners.
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James M. Darnell
S. A. Graham
George Marlett
Scott Aviation Field
T. C. Jones
J. Houston Maupin
Gainesville
Edward J. Jones
Chesapeake & Ohio
Jo Daviess County
National Army
Harry M. Bartlett
John Blaesser
James Hilavin
James Morrison Darnell
Peoria
Chicago Presbyterian Hospital
Mary Rose Harris
George B. Harris
Chicago, Bur Mngton & Quincy Railroad
Florence Strumpff
Minneapolis
J. T. B. Jones
United States District Court
Westside
Thompson
Joseph Holloway
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Lyons
Fred W. Mollman
Ozarks
C. B. Shilling
Troy
Sengamon River Levee
Riverton
Llinois
Rome
R. Schutfmann Co
St. Paus, Stam
W.N. U
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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