Fire devastates Kneale store and mill. village in shock
Fire consumed the Argo-Fa mill and Kneale store near Mrs Kneale as noon meals were being served. Neighbors fought flames, saved items, and moved the Kneale home library and valuables. The economic club organized a relief fund and the district school briefly dismissed as authorities and residents assessed losses and aided affected families.
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Knedle
Mina
Chas Backran
Carroll
Kneale
Charlotte
Safring
Mr Carroll
Sikkema
Miss Charnt
Ruby Schmaling
Sphight
Vada Carrrade Foltz
Ruth Hicks
Ca- Jooper
Alice Sikkema
Hor
Mayme Mummert
Home Brew Rhyme From a Family Scene
A domestic vignette describes a family routine as a mother cleans bottles a sister removes labels and a father ferments in the cellar while Johnny on the porch watches for authorities in a quiet home setting.
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Sister
Father
Johnny
The Shining Exception Question and Answer
A quoted exchange asks if any family member achieved a brilliant marriage and the reply notes only the speaker’s wife.
Cartwrights to perform at Thomson Opera House Friday
Cartwrights family of musical comedians are billed to show at Thomson Opera House this Friday evening January 28. Advertising has been distributed townwide and the show is praised from all angles. With no dance scheduled attendance is expected to be high. Mr Stickel of Mt Carroll, who recently bought the St rubb restaurant, is advertising his Mt Carroll home for sale as he plans to move to Thomson.
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Parsons
Kenyon
Farrell
Secy-Treas
Mayme Mummert
Maese Foltz
Rachel Carleson
Ida Becker
Tory
Hanover Lads
Jas Simpson
Enyon
Ernest Hook
Sayween Savanna
Rock
Jack
Ed Sack
Reihi
Harry
Fred Kenyon
Leota Carroll
Mildred Holland
Raymond Carroll
James Libberton
Freeport
Mildred Franks
Herough
Florence Kness
Chadwick
Morris Olsen
Chas Lamb
Henry Warfield and Son
Dombey
Olsen
Knealer
L W Hilliard
Stockton
J G Kneale
Ned Turner
Hill Glascock
Ned
Grace, Moyer
Edna Cooper
Hill
Chicago
Milwaukee
Virginia
Cartwright
Thomson Opera House
Stickel
Mt Carroll
Strubb
Thomson
Fall and Doheny Case Retrial Commentator’s View
A DC lawyer comments on the acquittal of Fall and Doheny. He says jurors believed many were robbing the government and questions why these two elderly men were singled out for punishment. He notes corruption and public indifference.
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Fail
Doheny
Evrybody
District of Columbia
Noted French Rheumatism Prescription Offered by Army Veteran
An American Army veteran in France shares a French prescription for treating rheumatism and neuritis. He claims to have given it to thousands with wonderful results and asks for only a postal response to mail the prescription. Send address to Case, Dept. 1.535, Brockton, Massachusetts.
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France
Brockton
Massachusetts
Acquittals in War Fraud Trials Surprise Prosecutor
In a discussion on cases involving fraud against the government, the speaker notes repeated acquittals and hung juries. He recalls defending a client who defrauded the government of hundreds of thousands in wartime government property sales, yet the jury returned acquittal against expectations.
Fall-Doheny case stirs graft critique and wartime ethics
Basil Manly argues that public graft and political corruption persist beyond war as.justification erodes trust in government. He cites Fall and Doheny defrauding naval oil lands, warning that complacency harms the nation and that peace must rebuild moral foundations for future generations.
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Fall-Doheny
Doheny
Washington
Basil Manly
tLa Follett
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Fall and Doheny
F. Awythe
Falton
the Review
Frank Bradulski
South 2Nd St. Clinton
Iowa
Krempasky the Tailor
St. N. Cor
Main Ave
Clinton, Iowa
Tainer
The
Ockeeom
Lovery
Fall
J. M. Fay & Son
Fay’s
Ellinois
Thomson Review
Albany Review
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