American Red Cross aid and daily life in France 1918 letter
A WWI letter from Paul in France describes daily routines and morale. He notes mail delays, farming by French peasantry, food and tobacco access, and plans to return home. He praises the Y M C A and Red Cross work, cites German crimes, and expresses hope for victory and reunion with family. He signs as a loving son to the Ashton family.
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France
States
Ruth
Kaiser
Paris
Berlin
Maurice
Erin
Ashton
Fritz
Sis
Franklin
Gazette
Red Cross
Germany
Ashton People
Paul
Veterans Roster Listing Officers and Units
A long list enumerates officers and soldiers by rank and unit across branches including Navy Marines Army Air Corps and other corps. Names such as Paul W Charters Chester Root Lee Herwig Hartzell Durston Schafer Klingebiel Hartzell Hutchinson Hurd Thomas Klingebiel and many more are shown along with departments like Quartermaster Medical Signal and Ordnance and status indicators Deceased Honorably Discharged.
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Paul W. Charters
Chester R. Root
Lee C. Herwig
Navy
Heinrich Wallace Dwight Hartzell
Wrae Durston
Clarence Johnson
Benjamin Schafer
Griffith Marines
Tuberculosis Sanatorium Drive Urges County Action
Public health officials urge Lee County voters to back a tuberculosis sanatorium amid influenza fears. Telegram from C St Clair Drake calls for urgent county support and lists campaign officers and supporters.
War Industries Board restricts county construction permits
War Industries Board and State Council of Defence of Illinois appoint a three member county committee to pass on all construction permit applications. A. P. Armington, Wm S. Brinton and Henry 8. Dixon serve on the county committee with E 8. Rosecrans as secretary. Applicants file in triplicate with location, cost, and necessity. committee meets weekly at the Court House, Dixon. Farewell party for Wallace Clover before his departure to Northern University to serve the colors is noted with attendees and refreshments.
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War Industries Board
United States Ighway Council
Fls Priorities
State Council of Defence of State of Illinois
A. P. Armington
Brinton
Henry
Dixon
Cir
Rosecrans
Secry
Mr. Rosecrans
Court House
E. A. Clover
Wallace
Northern University
Joseph Williams
Bradford Sunday Services Promised By United Evangelical Church
United Evangelical Church expects usual services in Bradford on Sunday October 20 with Bible school at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m While Ashton hosts no public services families are urged to observe the day at home by studying the Sunday School lesson singing reading a sermon prayers and giving an offering to the Lord under Pastor B K Yakel guidance
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United Evangelical Church
Bradford
Ashton
B. K. Yhakel
Public meetings closed in Ashton amid influenza outbreak
Ashton suspends all public meetings after an influenza epidemic. Local physician guidance led Mayor Fear Farrer to order closures of public school, Pas time theatre, churches, and lodges. Over twenty five cases reported with many seriously ill, but recovering. ban to be lifted when authorities deem it safe.
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Ashton
Fear Farrer
Child Welfare Campaign Ends Amid Flu Quarantine
The influenza quarantine abruptly ended the Child Welfare campaign after 58 children were registered. Junior Albrecht was the first child and Robert Glenn Rosecrans the youngest to appear for weighing and measuring, with Kenneth Witzel meeting the standard. A few minor defects were noted by a nurse or physician as the committee thanks Doctors Sheldon English Bremmer and Dale and nurses Mrs Quick and Mrs Morrill for their assistance.
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Junior Albrecht
Robert Glenn Rosecrans
Kenneth Witzel
Sheldon
English
Bremmer
Dale
Quick
Morrill
Carolyn of the Corners Opens With Uplifting Tone
The excerpt promises a cheerful wartime relief story about a lovable girl who practices the gospel of looking up and making things better. It targets both children and adults, urging readers to start the opening chapters today.
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Carolyn
Governor Lowden Urges Vote for Bonds on Roads
Illinois must approve a 60 million dollar good roads bond to fund 4 800 miles of highway construction within five years after the war. The governor asserts automobile taxes pay for it and urges every voter to cast a ballot for the measure at the November election, stressing readiness for peace and timely statewide road system.
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Lowden
Illinois
Chicago
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Paul Hurd
Henry Stephan
Earl B. Pierce
Lloyd Thompson
Sanford Hutchinson
Edward Roesler
Urban Hanson
Maurice Hurd
George E. Thomas
Paul R, Hann
Chris Klingebiel Harrison Wagner
Coast
F. Chapman
John Oesterheld
F. Klingebiel
Carl Marxman
Martin Marxman
August Klingebiel Cavalry
Raymond Allstedt Aviation
Roy D. Hartzell
Kaleel Durston DeWitt Ellinwood
Jacob W. Sharps
Stanwood
Griffith Ordnance Department
Henry Stephan Paul B. Gilbert
Roland M. Moore
Clinton Billmire
William Haenitsch
John B. Foy
Maurice Hurd Bennett
Signal Corps
Mack Lyon
Paul Hurdera
W. Hartman Medical Department
Floyd, Davison
Andrew Sharps Infantry
Forrest Paddock
Gale Sanders
Everett Newcomer
Bremmer Hanson
Albert Dan Smith
Otto W. Shade
Frank Chapman
Hart
Hm, Palsgrove
Floyd Kuyrkendall
George W. Krehl
Roland Whaley
Wesley J. Attig
George Walters
Clarence Paddock Henry
Vaupel
Charles Sanders
We Plummer
Paul 8
Land Crain
John Jerome Strayve
Charles Hotchkiss
Vernon G. Shippee Lesslie
F. Lovell
Lloyd Pettinger Bharl Bowman Oliver D. Thomas Elmer B. Slagle
Edward Vender
Raymond Losey
Robert M. Tilton
Clarence Santelman Merritt Craig Chrystal Witzel Rae H. Chadwick
Frank W. Geyer
Quartermaster’s Dept
Wesley Yenerich
William Wallace
Fred Oesterheld
Glenn C. Rosecrans
Vernon Knapp
George A. Graham Lee J. Hurd Orno J, Kersten
The
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LEE
Geroy Whitney
C. St. Clair Drake
Department of Public Health
Lee County
St. Clair Drake
State Department of Public
E. H Brewster
R. ©. Bovey
Cora M. Traber
John E. Moyer
Mark ©. Keller
George ©. Dixon
R. X. Newcomer
R. 8. Farrand
E. 8. Murphy
Lafayette
George Worthington
Mesdames Dora Wood
Clara Shottenkirk
Edith Myers
Addie Drummond
Lily Tilton
Melissa Hunt
Alice White
Mary Gilbert
Anna Geyer
Hulda Krehmke
Bessie Hodges
Lara Dugdale
Nellie Raymer
Edith Worthington
Kate Hardesty
Sanford
John Schier
Stella Wetzel
LeRoy Whitney
Whitney
Rochelle
George III
Franklin Grove
Masonic
Lee County Board
Fred Wetzel
Gov. Lowden
Ogle
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y. Eetetera
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