Bargain Grocery List With Large Variety of Staples
A reader’s clipping lists bulk and branded grocery items with prices for prunes mince meat coffee starch broom sardines herring bran navy beans corned items and canned goods. It catalogs quantities and prices including flour oats corn flakes dried peaches peppers and biscuits with several brands and household necessities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deven
Graham Rapti
Argo Gorn
Light House
Reid aSiel Hte Tech
Kirk
DeKalb Soldier Describes Armistice Day Joy in France
Sergeant Walter R. Cannon of DeKalb serving with the medical corps writes home from Saullen-Woevre on November 11, 1918, detailing the tense hours before the armistice, the relief as German forces cease fire, his unit’s actions in No Man’s Land, and memories of the final hours before peace. He describes mud, shellfire, gas masks, and a ceasefire recall, then notes the celebratory mood as both sides began to cheer and exchange souvenirs before preparing for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Cannon
DeKalb
France
Shabbona
Evion
Saullen-Woevre
Dad
Morte
St. Mihiel
Metz
Clarence
No Man’s Land
Lrom
Toj
Meuse
Home
Gould
Sam
Walter
Illinois to Build 4600 Miles of Hard Roads After War
Illinois votes a hard road plan to absorb postwar labor and finance a 60 million dollar system of hard roads. The bill, passed by the last assembly and approved before November, aims to connect every county with about 4600 miles of improved highways. Construction expected to begin next spring as conditions permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Springfield
Illinois
General Assembly
Division of
Two English Cities Compete to Salvage Old Warship Vindictive
London and Dover contend for control of the sunken HMS Vindictive after Ostend harbor salvage work begins. Experts warn cement ballast will complicate raising the vessel, with months needed. Dover claims the ship’s last voyage began there, while London argues its historic ties and crew origin tied to Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Dover
H. M
Ostend Harbor
Thames
Christmas Visits and Local Guests Highlight Holiday Season
Personal notices list Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lewis visiting Chicago with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Hjalmar Carlson and their son from Chicago stopping at the Thomas Huntzicer home over Christmas, Mrs. Henry Wolcott traveling to Kansas to spend the holidays with Mrs. Wiley Williams and family, and Sidney Rowe returning to health after illness. Also mentioned is Mr. Damon of Superior, supervisor of manual training, staying with the P. S. Warber household at Armory hall during Frie evening events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hjalmar Carlson
Chicago
Thomas Huntzicker
Henry Wolcott
Kansas
Wiley Williams
Local residents return for holidays and healings
December 27 notes show Miss Elizabeth Biount of Sterling visiting at her brother Perry, many relatives arriving home for Christmas, and several illness recoveries. Mrs. Caroline Weilert and children came back from Sterling. J Manicyneips returned to Municipal Pier after holidays. Families from Chicago, Dixon, Canada, and Kenosha visit or travel, with updates on illness and recoveries. Glen Bradbury 3 gains nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Biount
Sterling
Perry
Caroline Weilert
J. Manicy
Neips
Municipal Pier
Chicago
Lewis Springer
Cassie Springer
Don Springers
Elida Lindberg
Dixon Forth
Clara Hogan
Miss Barrett
Woolworth’s
Walter Moffet
Baby
Helen Rourke
Ralph Roberts
Dallas
Tex
Roberts
Harry Ferguson
Eloise
Sycamore
Stella Anderson
Wava Meier
Kirkland
Lloyd Pierce
Kenoshe
Wis
Earlville
Aurora
Glen Bradbury
France Aids War Mutiles to Work Without Charity
New York dispatch reports Bernard J. Shoninger describing French efforts to rehabilitate wounded veterans through schools in France. More than 5,000 trained in trades and stenography with American funding and a model farm near Paris. Programs expand employment and independence for amputees and injured workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
France
Benard J. Shoninger
American Car of Commerce
Parin Ameria
Shoninger
Union of Foreign Colonies
Algiers
America
Edmund L. Brlies
Bayl
Edward T. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Paris
Peace Now the Excuse in Chicago Trade War
Prices rise as war end hits consumer fears with milk at 14 cents and eggs scarce. Cold storage figures show butter and eggs dwindling since 1917, blamed on postwar readjustment and wartime controls. Stores defend pricing as economic law, not profiteering, while milk dealers seek normalization. Local notes mention visitors and returning servicemen amid ongoing war talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
America
France
England
Neuralgig Pain Hamlin's Wizard 671 Headache Treatment
An old time tonic claims to relieve neuralgia and headaches quickly. It markets as a healing antiseptic for sprains cuts burns and stings and also addresses sore feet stiff neck frost bites and canker sores. Sold by druggists with a money back guarantee and 30 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Consumers Wholesale Grocers
Lincoln Highway
Cannon IN
Mrs. C. M. Lewis
T. J. Bucknell
Hardy, Neb
Foley
Kirchner
Ivy C. Mills
Alice Blair
Mm Rene
Frank Davis
Rockford
Tom Collins
East Locust Street
Lucile Mattia
Elgin
Ruth Sanford
Pius Fas
Anna Carlson
the Charle
Car'sor Biome
Plasert
Reei
ME Kenney
City Hospital
Pearl Koris
Mrs. Ros
Miss Flareme
Glen Rowan
Ohio
Mrs. Rowan
Jack Wallis
Alderdale
Wash
William Wallis
Arthur Brugge
Brugcerman
Sard
Leaf Ri
James Askey
Mr. and
Newcomer
J. J. Kane
Malta
Chaunees Scuyler
Cage
Jubia Boyle
Chicaso
Tod
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Anderson Brothers
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Eatonic
Schatiner & Marx
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!