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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
7
Ads notices accepted from subscribers and telephone subscribers at five cents per line with a minimum charge of 25 cents. A ten cent late payment fee applies if not paid at insertion. Rates apply to this newspaper and are charged per line.
Classified note from The Sun Standard asks for a board and room with a private family. Respond via the newspaper or call Blue Island 350 for contact and care.
For the two months ending September 8, 1918 the U S Quartermaster Department total purchases reached 233 552 259 with Chicago supplying 24 8 percent worth 56 736 021 dollars New York 14 3 percent 33 301 029 dollars and Boston 5 5 percent 12 914 224 dollars Chicago surpasses New York and Boston by about ten and a half million dollars in quartermaster goods.
Mrs. Ira Couch Wood outlines a sustained child welfare program for the postwar period. The Illinois plan includes enforcement of Birth Registration, creation of Child Health Centers, expanded public health nursing, school medical inspections, Back to School Drive plus scholarships, traveling clinics to rural areas, and strengthened welfare organizations.
The War Department urges the State Council of Defense and local authorities to heighten vigilance for deserters as demobilization proceeds. Deserters threaten camp morale, civil order, and the orderly return of troops. Citizens are asked to report them to police or military authorities for timely punishment.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists say ample expansion potential exists for sheep in the Central and Eastern States. Opportunities lie in Appalachian lands, Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan cut-over timber areas, and South Atlantic Gulf regions, with improved farm carrying capacity and idle land ready to host summer grazing and winter feed for sheep.
A centennial booklet by H. E. Young of the Illinois Farmers Institute extols Illinois as first in corn and farm wealth. It notes detailed county production statistics, praises war work contributions, and offers the free publication from the State Secretary in Springfield.
A Tinley Park advertisement by Harry Clarke states he will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone other than himself. The notice appears in the local public advertising section.
Mrs Amelia Fredette wife of Ferdinand Fredette of 11325 Church 1 Morgan Park died at St Francis hospital Sunday at 4 30 am aged 56. Born in St Thomas Providence Quebec she came to the country as a young woman. Funeral telegrams delayed to summon nephew Osmond Pottry at Camp Travis San Antonio Texas. Requiem high mass at Sacred Heart church Morgan Park. Burial Mt Olivet. Survived by her husband a daughter Alice and son Napoleon a brother in Albany Vermont and a sister of the late Fred Poutry of Blsland two years ago.
Edward Hulsapple known as Eddie, long associated with Rock Island and Blue Island, died in a Chicago hospital Sunday at 1 30 PM after a brief illness. He served as fireman then engineer from 1905, worked for Guthrie in Blue Island, and recently returned from Detroit. Age 49, he died of bronchitis pneumonia. Remains sent to Sunbury Pennsylvania for burial. funeral from brother F H Hulsapple's residence.
Evelyn Hodge died Monday at 7 am after a week of influenza illness. She would have been 10 on December 27. Funeral services were held at 191 Lewis St. Rev. Grimes officiated with three songs by Mrs. E. L. Weaver. She is survived by her parents and sisters Gladys and Lois.
Laura Kyle Bacon daughter of Orrin and Mrs. Kyle died leaving a large circle of relatives and friends. She spent most of her life in Blue Island and was active in the Universalist church where Mr. Bacon served as superintendent for over twenty years. Survived by husband two daughters and a son the family resided in Evanston.
Company M plans indoor baseball games at the Armory against Companies K and L of Wilmette and Chicago with a return game in Heights. A dance at the High School is set for early January. After December 21 Company M will take basketball bookings and teams should contact C B Price or Sergeant Byron Burke. Armory dedication expected late January as Sun-Standard advertises.
Advertising notice lists 25c cash or stamps rate for a five line want ad of 25 words in the Sun Standard column once, or $1.00 for five insertions.
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