A Florida Letter and Red Cross News From 1917
A Florida letter from Terra Ceia notes rainfall, crops, and local economy with mentions of celery, hay, corn, and a Jersey cow valued at 100 dollars. Red Cross reports urgent need for knitted woolen items and a 300 pairs of socks allotment for Marshall County. Also preview of The Million Dollar Doll at Henry opera house and a World War era naval conversion of a ship into a gunboat on the Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Cela
George Burt & Son
Henry
the Republican
Gregory
Earry
Jesus Christ
God
Evangelist
Jones
Bradentown
Manatee County
Jersey
Plant City
G. Monroe Locke
Terra Ceia
Red Cross
Marshall County
Grayson Murphy
Murphy
Switzerland
France
America
Henry Opera- House
Real Beauty
Chicago
Pettty
Great Lakes
Banke Robber Caught and River Trade Questions Arise
A Wyoming city mayoral arrest follows a bank robbery on the Burlington North line with a stout suspect, a 220 pound man armed with a muffled munitio. The bank heist at Macomb and a Mason county branch near Havana draw attention as Illinois river steamboat firms pause contracts after September, amid government warefficiency plans and possible river transport use to ease rail congestion.
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Illinois
Mississippi
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
o _Jamest McDonald
Mareral
Wyoming
Burlington
Wyoming Calaboose
McDonald
Butts
Brimfield
Bank of Scott, Eters. &i Rakestrawster
Macomb Bank
Havana
Mason County
McDonald Ld
Toulon
Ivy trail funded to improve scenic route across Illinois
Springfield dispatch reports federal and state funds totaling 2 215 000 dollars to improve the Ivy trail linking Chicago to Springfield via Joliet Morris Ottawa LaSalle Peoria Mason City and Springfield. Additional allocations cover the National Old Trail Lincoln and Dixie highways and the Chicago Wisconsin line route. Exposition in Peoria set for September with government medals and ceremonies. Henry town auditors to meet September 4 for township claims audit. The Dinots state public utilities commission authorized Chicago Burlington Quincy to issue 200 000 bonds at 4 percent due March 1 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Chicago
Peoria
Bloomington
Board of Highway Advisors
Chicago-Springfield
Joliet
Morris
Ottawa
LaSalle
Mason City
Indiana State Line
Marshall
Greenup
Effingham
Vandalia
Greenville
Collinsville
East St. Louis
Wheaton
Geeva
DeKalb
Rochells
Dixon
Sterling
Morrison and
Fulton
el Paso
Texas
Henry
Ilinois
Dawton
Dinots State Public Utilities Commission
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy’ Railroad Company
Whitefield
Board of Auditors
Illinois
Whitefield Township
Rowe
Fawn
Reports on tuberculosis among draftees spark alarm
A compilation of draft board findings shows many young men with TB, with a 21-case count in Moline last week. Officials urge a relentless war on the white plague, noting many men were unaware of lung disease until screened. The piece ties wartime drafting to public health concerns and calls for stronger care and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
United States
Mr. Hartley
Republican
J. H
James Whitcomb Riley
Henry
Uncle Sam
Fa Fai
Exemption Board Handles Pleas in Utham County
Utham County exemption board members Dr G A McCormick of Hennepin W Harthorne of Granville and J G Fay of Hennepin review over fifty pleas for exemption. A second registration wave may follow in Putnam county with Dr M C Weeks of Granville as medical examiner assisted by Dr W A son Franklin Brinkerhoff and a county tip. Dr C F Meng directs the dental tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utham County
G. A. McCormick
Hennepin
Putnam County
M. C Weeks
Granville
Fragmentary note on command and punishment discussed
Fragmentary OCR text references command, relief from punishment, and potential lashing. No clear names, places, dates, or events readable. Summary preserves ambiguity while noting the fragmentary nature and the focus on punishment and control.
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C.ergeers
Sat Street
A. Hall Fein
Edward
Carrin Whatherly
Potter Building
Vaneistant Henry
Ill Y
Esidence and
W. A. Smith
Maylfair, M
Surgeon
Wenry
W. Adams
Nti
Fred W. Potter
Henry &, Jacobs
Gerry V. Stiegen
Adtorney-At-Law
la Salle St
Tll
M. Barnes
J. H. Meroan
W. W. Dewey “& Sons
Oscar E. Wright
Henry, III
Fidelity-Phenix
Fire Ins. CO
New York
Adyt
Fee Nose
John Hat’ Hartley
Tata
Haas Bros
Thompson
Iluinots
New Orleans
Illinois’ River
A. B. Ertl
Germany
Sam
Wilson
Jacob Cratts
Stark County Fair
Stark County
ASR E S
W. H. Wrigley, Pres
B. Arganbright
Sec
Stark and
Clark
Tess
Cllinois
Chambarlain
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