Growth of U S Army Expands to Record Size
The National Army on April 1 numbers 110000 enlisted with over 80000 commissioned officers and more than a million including Marines and auxiliaries. The piece compares Civil War totals and outlines the 110000 enlistments, 100000 officers, and the vast expansion to support a war effort. It highlights Regulars, National Guard, and National Army roles, with projections of forty divisions and broad implications for transport and logistics.
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United States
United States Army
Japan
National Guard
National Army
South Carolina
Nebraska
America
6660 Watch Us Grow Men and the Sunday School Review Day
Next Sabbath morning will be Review day. Instead of the regular review the boys spending vacations with us will give short addresses on the general topic Men and the Sunday School. Speakers include Harrison Wagner Vernon Shippee M B Griffith George Graham Dewitt C Ellinwood.
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Harrison Wagner
Vernon Shippee
M. B. Griffith
George Graham Dewitt
C. Ellinwood
Roll of Honor list of U S servicemen names
The roster names Heinrich Wallace Lloyd Thompson Henry Stephan Earl E Pierce Raymond Allstedt Edward Roesler Sanford Hutchinson Paul Hurd Forrest Paddock Gale Sanders Dwight Hartzell Urban Hanson Wrae Durston Everett D Newcomer Bremmer Hanson George E Thomas Roy D Hartzell Floyd Davison Paul E Gilbert Roland M Moore Clinton Billmire William Haenitsch John E Foy Andrew H Scharpf Paul W Charters Otto W Schade Albert Dan Smith Earl H Palsgrove August F Klingebiel George W Krehi Frank Chapman Carl Marxman Wesley J Attig Floyd Kuyrkendall Clarence Paddock Charles Sanders George Walters
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Heinrich Wallace
Navy
Lloyd Thompson
Henry Stephan
Earl E. Pierce
Marines
Raymond Allstedt
Cavalry
Edward Roesler
Sanford Hutchinson
Paul Hurd
Forrest Paddock
Army
Gale Sanders
Dwight Hartzell
Urban Hanson
Wrae Durston
Everett D. Newcomer
Bremmer Hanson
George E. Thomas
Field Artillery
Roy D. Hartzell
Aviation
Floyd Davison
Hospital Corp
Paul E. Gilbert
Ordnance Dept
Roland M
Paul W. Charters
Otto W. Schade Albert Dan Smith
Earl H. Palsgrove
August F. Klingebiel
George W. Krehi
Frank Chapman
Carl Marxman
Wesley J. Attig
Floyd Kuyrkendall
Clarence Paddock
Charles Sanders
George Walters
Income Tax Man to Visit Franklin County in 1918
Collector Julius F. Smielanka announces a federal income tax officer will tour Franklin County from January 2 to March 2, 1918, with office days in Ashton January 17 to 19. Returns for 1917 due by March 1. penalties range from 20 to 1000 dollars. Residents are urged to file and seek free help, with guidance on who must file and what expenses count.
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Internal Revenue
Julius F. Smielanka
Ashton
Ashton Red Cross Auxiliary Reports 1917 Work and Finances
The Ashton Auxiliary of the Lee County Red Cross reports seven months of 1917 activity with numerous knitted and surgical items sent to headquarters and war relief. Total receipts nearly 100 and OP donations, with a balanced 1917 financial sheet and 1918 memberships listed, plus notes on expenditures and purchases at low prices.
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Ashton
Lee County Red Cross
Auxilary
Mary FE. Charters
Dixon
Chicago
Nice
Europe
American Red Cross
America
Red Cross
Paris
Italy
France
Central Division
The
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
War Stamp Sale meetings to boost war savings
A series of patriotic meetings will be held in four Ash township schoolhouses next week to promote the war savings stamp sale. Speakers include E. S. Rosecrans, Harry Warner, and Grover Gehant of Dixon. events begin Wednesday at Beach school and conclude Saturday in Ashton with band accompaniment planned for Ashton. Obit and wedding notices follow.
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Ashtownship
Beach School
E. S. Rosecrans
Harry Warner
Grover Gehant
Dixon
Union
Martin Gannon
Lafayette
Ashton
Gratitude Note From Wesley Herwig
Gard of Thanks from Wesley Herwig thanks neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy after bereavement. For sale wood by the acre near Christian church two years to cut it off. Contact I J Trostle 4682 Franklin Grove Illinois. Gazette subscription price listed.
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Lulu
Honolulu
Franklin Reporter
Franklin Grove, Ill
Christian Church
I. J. Trostle
Franklin Grove
Ill
Funeral Notices and Revival Services Reported
Mrs Anna McGade dies at 70 in De Kalb after shopping. Funeral from Theodore McCade’s home at 1 30 then Presbyterian Church with Rev Manshardt. Family details include seven children and multiple grandchildren. Revival meetings ongoing at Reynolds Evangelical. Christmas program Saturday night. services listed for Reynolds and Ashton.
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Anna McCage
Theodore McCade
Frank Davison
Goldie Johnson
DeKalb
McCade
Batavia
Edward Wait
Waterman
Nettie Davison
Minckley
Lillian Elliott
Nora Springs
Iowa
Ashton
Grant McCade
Charles McCade
South Dakota
Rockford
Goldie
Congregational Church
Theodore
Presbyterian Church
W. H. Manshardt
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NEW Army OF
WOYS
Red Cross Magazine
Torr Gore
Washington
M. N. Glenn
Mary Glenn
Katherine Hart
Lucy Hart
Leonard Glenn
Elsie K. Manshardt
John Wagner
Tilton
Emily Tilton
Ogh County
W. B. Tilton
Fred
le Pentz
Chana
Jesus
H. W. Reed
Llares
Christ
A. C. Graf
Mollie L. Reitz
Tony Reitz
Hugh EB. Wilson
A. L. Wilson
Woodlawn
Helena Graf
Wilson
Clinton
Henry C. Menz
Rochelle
E. H. Weiner
Oscar Wiener
George Hewert
Justus, Wagner
Andrew Kaecker
Anna Kersten
Naperville
E. F. Croson
Oak Park
Wesley Herwig
Anna McGade
Sam
Reynolds Evangelical Church
Reynolds
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y
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