Elmwood area notes and social visits drift through town
Local residents frequent homes of W. E. Carter and W. M. Carter with guests from Peoria Galesburg and Dallas Texas. Genevieve Sellars visits aunt Mrs. Strieder. Miss Marjoria Rook undergoes tonsil removal. several Sunday gatherings and a war service board redecorating noted. A town concert and booster days at Elmwood highlighted by hats sale at Mitchell Hat Shop. Agnes Ayres remarks on costume design and a Community Theatre screening of Bluff. Engagement announced for Mildred Scott and Stanley Alcock. Recap of piano recital by Helen L. Purcell at Albion College Conservatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dawson
Raymond
Albert Doris
Peoria
Henry Reinhart
R. H. Bowman
Dorothea
Helen
Marcella
Irene
Elmwood
Wm. Maher
Patrick
War Service Board
Howard Weeks
Aow
Anderson
Chicago
W. R. Weeks
Mildred Scott
Stanley Alcock
George B. Scott
Kester Avenue
Roscoe Alcock
John Roberton
Dorothy Alcock
Robert Alcock
Irma Clever
Richard Alcock
Gilbert Mooberry
Martha Jean Scott
van Nuys
California
Marshall
Michigan
Purcell
George A. Purcell
Brimfield
Helen L. Purcell
G. Calvin Ringgenberg
Albion College Conservatory of Music
College Chapel Hall
Mendelssohn
MacDowell
Mitchell Hat Shop Sees Closeout on Summer Hats
Local notes report Mitchell Hat Shop closing out regular stock of all summer hats in colors and black at less than cost. Dave Applegate of Peoria spends two weeks with his brother at the C L McClellan home. Brockway Roberts, a recent University of Chicago graduate, returns home. Local visits include LeRoy Chambers and family from Princeville at Murdock home. Weather editor notes unusually local rains with humorous observations of farming in Mehan and Maher & Sons areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Hat Shop
Dave Applegate
Peoria
Carroll
C. L. McClellan
Brockway Roberts
University of Chicago
Henry Mehan
J. Albert Maher & Sons
French Grove Ladies Improvement and Missionary Society Notes
The French Grove Ladies Improvement and Missionary Society met last Thursday at Mrs. Hattie Perrill’s home with a good turnout. After business, guests enjoyed ice cream, cake, and iced tea. News from locals includes Dorothy Weich’s two week vacation with grandmother in Princeville, John Hasselbacher’s Peoria visit, Edna’s extended stay, and Ruth Whyte visiting Oak Lawn. Marie McCoy returns home for summer from Whiting Hall in Galesburg, while Grace Missen visits from Dunlap. Duane Welch is ill. several others, including the Oakes and Kellogg families, shopped or visited Peoria and Kewanee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. West
Princeville
Will Robinson
Dallas
Texas
West
E.l.vaughar
Elmwood
W. E.carter
W.M. Carter
Robinson
Knoxville
Emwood
Peoria
Ladies Improvement E and Missionary Society
Hattie Perrill
John Hasselbacher
Péoria
Edna
Marie McCoy
Whiting Hall
Galesburg
Ruth Whyte
Elgin
Oak Lawn
Frank Carter
Clinton
S. McCoy
Dan
Duane Welch
Anna
Hubert Oakes
8. A. Kellogg
Robah
Kewanee
Junior American Red Cross Army reaches 5 596 663 members
The American Junior Red Cross reports a membership of 5,596,663 within the United States and insular possessions, spanning 29,942 schools and 147,486 classrooms. The program expanded to American Indian schools, aims to reach 600 rural schools, and supports operations in twelve European countries while fostering international goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Junior Red Cross
Europe
Red Cross
United States
Insular
Junior Red Cross
Dairy Industry Output Shifts in Early 20th Century Trends
The dairy sector shows racers using over 34 percent of U S milk, with Creamery butter dominating the output as per Blue Valley Creamery Institute. Cheese makes up only 3.7 percent. condensed milk boomed during WWI, reaching 40 percent of total manufacture by 1919, then fluctuating. Exports and domestic use wax and wane, with eight states producing most condensed milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Wisconsin
New York
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Tlinois
Ohio
Washington
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cecil & Son
Federal Land Bank
Farmer’s Own Financial
Peoria Co. National Farm Loan Ass’n
R. B. Roberts
Sec-Treas
Walter C. Tucker
Anois
Laun Arnold
Floyd Wyman
Arnold & Wyman
Pacific Northwest
Magic Yellowstone
Mighty Glacier National Parks
Ranier National Park
Puget Sound
Columbia River Highway
Ando
Burlington
Ree Ptt
D. G. Shirley
James Reed
W. E. Carter
Genevieve Sellars of
C. G. Strieder
Fidewood
W. M. Carter
Walter Tucker
Minnie and
Louise¢ Chambers
Glen Oak Park
George Adams
Paul Rich
Earl Rich
Christena Wery
Jennie Rook
Marjoria
Fort Wayne
Ind
Marjoria Rook
Protter Hospital
Agnes Ayres
Paramount
Miss Ayres
Sam Wood
Antonio
Newsoft
LeRoy Chambers
Hudson
Murdock
Ralph Snyder
Mr. Snyder
Fred H. Camp
J. A. Clute
E. C. Pulsipher
Dorothy Wéich
Grace Missen
Dunlap
F. M. Oakes
Anna Oakes
RED Cross Army
Movement of Service To Humanity
White House Coffee
West End Grocery
Parkside Restaurant
Roszell
Geo. E. Davis
Brimfield, Ill
Farrow Chix
Leghorns
S. C
Anconas
Wyandottes
D. T. Farrow Chickeries
No. Elizabeth Street
Winoia
Creamery
Cheese Factory
Blue Valley
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