Negroes Migrating North for Higher Wages in War-Era Shift
Henry M. Hyde argues in The Chicago Tribune that during World War I a large wave of African Americans left southern farms for northern coal mines and cities seeking better pay. The piece notes shifting labor patterns, rising racism, and potential unrest as blacks mix into industrial work forces. it also discusses benefits to the North and South from redistribution of Black labor, while predicting sustained migration as war labor needs grow.
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Henry M. Hyde
Chicago Tribune
West Virginia
Europe
National Bureau of Immigration
Neuro
Virginia
Mason and
Dix- Hine
Chicago
Kaymayages
Nove
Prince Gorge
Chestefield
North
Eugene
United States
Sheriff declares war upon auto spooners in county roads
St Louis county Sheriff George A. Bode bans nighttime love making on county roads after motorists report near collisions with couples stopped in secluded spots with lights out. Prosecuting Attorney Ralph imposes a ban on the one arm driver and warns those inclined to make love while driving face arrest for careless driving.
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ST. Louis
George A. Bode
St. Louis County
Bode
Ralph
James Whitcomb Riley praised as a poet of local charm
A tribune lauds James Whitcomb Riley for weaving American life into verse, celebrating locality and neighbors. It notes his enduring vitality, the American birth of his themes, and his shift toward a broader city horizon as he sails to another vocation.
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Janne Whitcon Riley
Tun
England
America
Nefel Bors
Americas
James Whitcomb Riley
Comion
Aley
Tadlang
Greece
Lily
France
Tussia
Voland
Norway
Tim
Beginning of War's Third Year Finds Czar on Offensive
Petrograd reports the third year of WWI opens with Russia on the offensive along a broad western front. Forces push beyond Erzerum toward the Mesopotamian border as munition shortages ease. Nicholas II backs a restructured army, with Rexereff as chief of staff and Grand Duke Nicholas in a regional role, while fronts see no decisive winter advance but steady thrusts from the Dwina to the Rumanian frontier and into Bukovina with key gains at Trebizond and Belburt.
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Kermanshi
Persia
Brussiloff
Hukowina
Kovel-Sarney
Rumania
Pilaxter
Carpathian Mountains
Bothmer
Stripa
von soehm-Ermold
Brody
Galtela
Lemberg
von Linsingen
Archduke Ferdinand
Stokhod
Kovel
Moscow
Kiev
Czar
Petrograd
Jowsta
Erzerum
Aboad
England
France
America
Tolay
Warsaw
Tarnopol
Dwina
Jing
Shara
Sot
Sereth
Riga
Dvinsk
Nicholas
Oanoral Staff
M. V. Rexereff
Iyanhoft
Galicia
Grand Duke
Caucast
Jiluary
Daartoryek
Rumanlin
Kvassiloff
Ryussiloff
Tvanoff
Kolomea
Bukowina
Thesus
Ergerum
Fizerum
Mamakhatin
Trebizond
Black Sea
Belburt
Mamakhatum
Kurdistan
Bitlis
Waits at church for Swain, gets warrant in Chicago
A Chicago woman waited at a church for Swain, then went to his room two hours later finding him absent and her diamond ring and earrings missing. She reported the incident to Judge Kearns and secured a warrant.
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Chicago
Kearns
Husband fights separation suit over jealous wife
New York July 29 Richard Hageman, musical director of the Metropolitan Opera Company, protests in Supreme Court against Rosina Hageman seeking separation. He cites constant turmoil, alleged danger from his wife, and claims friction harms his art, noting his life was spent living apart. He also cites friendship of Rosina with Grace Valentine and Rena Thornton.
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New York
Richard Hageman
Metropoltan Opera Company
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Rosina Hageman
Hageman
Ife
Woman testifies in Desplaines court on elopement plan
In Desplaines street court Hazel Brenner identifies her fiancé Raymond from Canton Ohio as a medical student who roomed at her mother's home. She says they intended to marry in Hammond Indiana and she secured a warrant for his arrest.
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Desplaines Street Court
Hazel Brenner
Raymond
Canton
Hammond
Ind
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Welch - Smith Electric Company
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