Beck murder mystery rattles Illinois farming district
John Beck and his wife Ree were slain in their Pekin area farmstead. Robbers likely targeted the rent money of 3000 dollars while another large hoard is missing. Fire set at the farmhouse failed as the bodies showed violence. Kinship trackers and posse members scour the countryside.
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Peoria
John I. Beck
Seethers Illinoia
Mason City
Beckers
Pekin
Ieee
Basks
Lieb Leeey
Teuton Prisoners Reach San Francisco After War Camp Ordeal
Twenty five German and Austrian merchants arrived aboard the China after months as POWs under British officers. Led by W F Schuechter of Callowitz & Co the group described a hellish confinement and thanked the American people for their release.
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San Francisco
China
Hongkong
Meigg
Callowitz & Co
Orient
Schuedter
Roumanian Army Perilous Advance Reported Front
Berlin dispatch notes Mackensen forces crossing the Bugeau sector on a broad front and seizing material including 1,150 prisoners, 100 locomotives, and thousands of rail cars. Russo-Romanian retreat extends to the Danube mouth forests, with a possible enemy stand expected.
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Beriin
Sayville
Roumania
von Mackensen
Bubeanu
Dobrudja
Danube
War Office
Bazen
Rnii
Professor Hugo Munsterberg Dies During Harvard Lecture
Prof Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard University collapsed and died on Saturday while speaking to a class at Radcliffe College. He was fifty three. Police and students described the scene as stunned and mournful as the news spread through the Boston campus.
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Harvard
Boston
Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard College
Radcliffe
Profemer Munsterberg
U S Diver Wrecked and French Premier Briand Urges Caution
Report of a U S submarine grounding near Humboldt Bay California with 26 men trapped and 11 rescued after the crew faced death by suffocation. Also Briand addresses the Chamber of Deputies urging vigilance against dissension and expressing faith in victory.
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Humboldt Bay
Cal
Chast
11 3
Poison Kills 3 Convicts in Joliet Penitentiary
Warden Michael Zimmer reports six survivors after a wood alcohol debauch that killed four inmates. Prisoners, including Alexander Archier from Troguvise County and Edward Williams of Cook County, were serving terms for robbery. Moonshining methods behind cell walls allowed access to shellac mixture alcohol.
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Joliet
Michael Zimmer
Joliet Penitentiary
Alexander - ‘Archier
Troguvise
Martin
Harris
Cook County
Edward “Willams
Frank Diwson
Grandy County
Senate Honors Saulsbury as president pro tempore
Senator Willard Saulsbury of Delaware was elected president pro tempore of the Senate with 41 votes, defeating Gailinger and Clapp in a high stakes party division. The vote occurred as the chamber reflected on leadership and party strength.
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Delaware
Man Ie
Congress
Washington
Willard Saulsbury
Senate
Gailinger
Clapp
Minnesota
Progressivans
Ship Eludes Eight Submarines in Bold Dash
Eight enemy submarines pursued by the New York fleet failed to harm the ship as it slipped away in a bold dash on December 19, according to wartime dispatches.
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New York
Rome
Italy
U S Wheat Output Drops From Averages In 1919 Estimates
Final estimates of this year s crop production from the department of agriculture show corn at 2 583 241 000 bushels versus the 1910 14 average of 2 732 457 000 oats at 1 251 992 000 against 1 157 961 000 barley 160 427 000 against 186 208 000 and rye 4 883 000 against 37 568 000.
Wilson approves discharge in Gardner court martial case
President Wilson approved the army court martial verdict sentencing Lewis D. Gardner of New Mexico to a dishonorable discharge and one year in prison with hard labor for failing to obey the federal border duty call. He remitted the prison term because the case had then pressed as a test.
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Washington
Wilson
Lewis D. Gardner
New Mexico
Wilitia
Pershing to Be Promoted to Major General
President Wilson announced Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing will be promoted to major general in acknowledgment of his service in Mexico. The decision followed discussions Friday afternoon at the White House.
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Pershing
Washington
Mexico
Wilson
John J. Pershing
Would Reduce Ceo Tax In New Proposed Measure
Washington December 18 another high cost of living proposal aims to cut oleomargarine tax from ten cents per pound to one cent and seeks repeal of certain enforcements as part of broader price relief efforts.
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Washington
Various Nebraska events listed for January 1917
The Nebraska State Newspaper compiles a list of upcoming 1917 events from January through February. Included are district conventions in Alliance and Lincoln, state meetings on agriculture live stock and home economics, a fetal fireman convention at Auburn, and the Nebraska Volleyball contest at York amid county notes on farms, libraries, and civic plans.
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Kearney Jay
Tell Onid
Alliance
Lincoln
Nebraska Association of Rall
Nebraska Volunteer Firemen
Auburn
Netriska Iditoria
Norfolk
York
Aurora
Buffalo County
Amhersta
Jane
Rome
Christ
Paulson
North
Plattetom Parks
Abe
Tor Aeresene
Nebraska Associa
Hunt Fair
Omicha
Florence
Benson
Nebraska
State Home Economica Association
State Dairymen's Association
State University
AGIT
Union Yards
Omaha
Presbyterian and Chietan
Mitchell
Bibly School
Yii
Witcé
Netiraxka
Camamittgeom
Vangel. Fom
Peetore
Alliante
Perepet
MePali
Levine
Changi G
A. P. Doeden
Syracuse
North Platte
Yorks
Fremont Central City
Hastings
Grand Island
Teauis
Way
David City
Congregational
Table Rock
Mialen
Carnegie Library
Luther Hospital Association
Beatrice Doris
Frank
van Liew
Beatrice
Gage County
Relief Ship Caesar Sails for Beirut With Aid
The United States naval collier Caesar prepared for Beirut carries $250,000 in food clothing and medical supplies for Armenians and Syrians. The voyage was delayed a day awaiting cargo clearance while the relief committee reported $410 200 already allotted for distribution.
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Hae
New York
Turkey
Ocear
Straus
Henry” Morgenthau
America
United States Naval
Héd Cross Society
Harvard Students Pay Bills Says Report of Society
A report from the Comparative Society notes Harvard students are lax with paying bills. It states the society operates largely on credit and relies on uncollectible accounts. The past year saw total credit sales around 445000 while write offs reached 2500.
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Harvard
Gills
Bille
Coniperative Society
Treat Dandruff With Cuticura Ointment And Soap
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for dandruff and itching with a follow up shampoo using Cuticura Soap. It claims a clean scalp reduces dandruff and related symptoms and offers free samples by mail. The text also contains unrelated scattered notes about creosote as wood preservative and a joke about eggs and prices.
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Cupticura
Heston
Adv
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