World News Digest From The War Era Summary
A wide ranging summary notes government prohibitions on aerial participation, Dr. J. D. Prince named minister to Denmark, and 18 percent freight rate cuts for Pacific coast vegetables. It reports immigrant skilled workers rising to 131,774, debates on a sales tax, home brewing bans, and Uruguay’s wheat depletion. It covers wholesale price increases, government spending dips, female labor gains, and World War I veteran employment appeals. Also mentions venue changes in Illinois, strikes and arbitration, a fatal auto collision near Perry Indiana, wolf bounty in Lee County Illinois, and labor leaders resisting wage cuts. It notes a Chicago police contempt verdict, the ZR-2 disaster at sea, a Milwaukee canary killed by lightning, acorn poisoning in Illinois children, a Georgia bank closure, and the Dauntless bringing ZR-2 victims’ bodies to New York.
Notable Deaths and Geopolitical Updates Across the World
Personal John Isaac Burnham, Lincoln bodyguard, dies in San Jose at 78 after brief illness, having lived there 40 years. Miss Mille Gade to marry Clem Carson after swimming Albany to New York as life guard. Waterman Thomas Hewett, Cornell emeritus, dies in London aged 75. Mrs Marie Chaves dies in Pueblo at 105. London confirms neither Lloyd George nor Lord Curzon will attend the Washington disarmament conference. Turkish cavalry advances near Sivri-His Sar as Greeks shift lines near Eskişehir. Spanish forces report success against Moors at Tirisa in the Spanish Moroccan zone. Carl R. Tabb, U S employee of Mexican Petroleum, shot by Mexican soldiers near Tampico per consul report. Greek forces reposition to heights east of Sivri-Hissar per Athens dispatch. The German Reichstag ratifies the peace treaty with the United States. Anton Ponikowski chosen Polish premier by center party and socialists awaiting Pilsudski ratification. French cruiser Strasbourg sails from Brest to meet Harris and salute General Pershing. Berlin plans a 1.5 billion gold mark reparations mortgage after talks with industry and banks. Two women shot during riot at Belfast. violence centers in Vere Street.
Illinois News Nuggets Highlights From 1921 Bulletin
Illinois reports 16 296 for paupers in St Clair county end year. Deathsmark: ninety nine year old German immigrant from Mokena. Paris forms branch of Contractors and Builders association. Todorossky resort wells 125 feet deep flow 150 gallons per minute near St Charles. Postmaster exams set October 8 in Argo Fox Lake Kenilworth Palestine West McHenry. Illinois apple law urged for growers. Joliet penitentiary escape incident with six men. four Chicagoans earn over 1 million in 1919 income. Paris Steam Laundry destroyed by fire. Peoria post office garage cost 15000. Elgin buys Troutark for picnic use. Illinois highway bids open October 4 for record paving and bridges. Former congressman William Elza Williams dies at 64. Aurora pair accused in murder of Dominick Balchunas. Champaign hosts Anti Tuberculosis state meeting October 17 18 with university health crusade institute October 15. Over 250 miles of Illinois highways paved this year totaling 1365 miles. Cahokia mounds mystery to be explored by Warren Moorehead. Banking tax enforcement expands across 25 counties. McLean leads national Grain Growers membership. Illinois strong in four counties LaSalle McLean Douglas DeKalb. Grain grower contracts signed by many elevators statewide.
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St. Clair County
George Stork
Mokena
Will County
Germany
Contractors and Builders’ Association
Paris
Illinois
Todorossky
St. Charles
Civil Service
Argo
Fox Lake
Kenilworth
Palestine
West McHenry
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Division of Foods and Dairies
J. L. MelLaughlin
Joliet
Theodore Schiller
John Koch
George Williams
John Lyon
Edward Thorpe
Carlos Stepina
Chicago
Ilinois
United States
Iinois
Govenor Small
Smith
C. ¥. Mortimer
Small
Sangamon
Mortimer
Decatur
Springfield
Peoria
2. C. Colborn
Ottawa
Elgin
Troutark
Fox River
William Elza Williams
Illnois
John Petroska
University of Illinois
Association
Division of Highways
Chicago-St. Louis
East St. Louis
Warren K. Moorehead
Moorehead
Philips Academy
Andover
Mass
A. R. Crook
Illinois State Museum Division
State Tax Commission
Board of Review
Percy B. Coffin
Coffin
Adams
Champaign
Cook
Franklin
Henry
Jefferson
Kane
Knox
Lake
la Salle
Macon
Macoupin
Madison
Marion
McLean
Morgan
Rock Island
St. Clair
Vermillion
Will
Williamson
Winnebago
McLean County
Lasalle
McLean Counties
Oppau Blast Destroys German Chemical Plant
A massive explosion at the Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik works in Oppau destroys the town and hospitalizes hundreds. Rescue efforts, aided by Heidelberg and Mannheim, are hampered by flames, toxic fumes, and collapsing structures as authorities fear gas tank damage. The disaster kills about 1,000 and injures 800 severely, with vast property loss.
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Berlin
Onpau
Rhine
Palatinate
Badische Chemical Works
Oppau
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg
Badische Works
Badische <Anilin Soda Fabrik
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Arbuckle confession report to grand jury in Rappe case
Al Semnacher, Virginia Rappe's manager, swore to the county grand jury that Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle admitted striking her after the San Francisco party. The sworn statement was telephoned to Prosecuting Attorney Brady in San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Roscoe
Fatty”) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
San Francisco
al Semnacher
Miss Rappe
Semnacher
Brady
Berlin Ponzi Scheme Exposes Betting Banks Founder
Berlin on September 23. Karl Koehn, founder of a national betting bank network, alleged Ponzi like scheme promised 100 percent dividends on horse races. Bankruptcy lists liabilities at 75 million marks and assets at 6 million marks, with 50,000 people swindled.
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Berlin
Charles Ponzi
Boston
Karl Koehn
Koehn
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War Department
J. D. Prince
Columbia University
State Civil Commission of
New Jersey
Harding
Denmark
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Treasury Department
Uruguay
Montevideo
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
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Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
American Legion
Sangamon County
Len Small
New Orleans
Cotton Handling Committee
Railroad Labor Board
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Perry, In. _ ae
Board of Supervisors
Lee County
Inois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Charlies Fitzmorris
David
Emory Coil
Breck
New York
Gus Guthine
Milwaukee
Wis
Harry Hammond
Lake Bluff, Til
William
Bank of
Eatonton, Ga
L. C. Milton of
State Banking Department
Dauntless
England
John Isaac Burnham
Lincoln
San Jose
Mille Gade
Albany
Clem Carson
Waterman
Thomas Hewett
Cornell University
London
Ithaca, N
Professor Hewett
Marie Chaves
Pueblo, Colo
Lloyd George
Lord Curzon
Constantinople
Sivri-His Sar
Eskishehr-Aflon-Karahissar
Tirisa
Carl R. Tabb
Mexican Petroleum Company
Tampico
Athens
Asia Minor
Sivr-Hissar
Anton Ponikowski
Poland
Center Party
Socialists
Pilsudski
Warsaw
Strasbourg
Brest
Harris
General Pershing
Empire
Belfast
Vere Street
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