Varna Sanity, News, and Local Notes During Holiday Campaign
Letters from Mems Johnson describe wartime camp life and the relief of returning home. The Varna area reports advise caution with horses and cars after recent incidents. Local visits include Henthorne, Smith, Stiles, Hartley, Augstrom, Lofgren, and various neighbors attending events, with a death notice for Rev Hendry and community updates on schools, churches, and deeds.
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Toluca
Bethpage
Axtell
Neb
Varna
August Extrom
Minnie Extrom
John Peterson
Oscar Olson
Danner
Emma Anderson
Alma Holmstrom
Lindahl
Nebraska
Lofgren
Chicago
Ao Mission
Ira Spangler
Walter
Bert Roberts
Magnolia
Walter Broaddus
Lacon
Mary Jenkens
Owen
F. F Thierry
Judd
Emma Thierry
H L Winters
Wenona
Burdette Wilson
Babe
Granville
Homer Barney
Frank Grill
Ottawa
Minnie Neane
Bessie Hylin
Washburn
Farmers Grain Elevator
L. W. Broaddus
Peoria
Sha
Guderian
Tra M. Ong
Galesburg
P. Brethren
Crawford N. Ong
Sam Myers
D. H. Kohler
Madden
Louis Reuben Broaddus
Albert Anderson
LaSalle Orary
Lg. Schmidt
Gailen
Feazel
Carl Peterson
Alvin Henry
Chil
Tonita Rose
Varna Bundey
Make America Christian Meetings Spur Patriot Churches
A special committee plans patriotic meetings across Presbyterian churches to promote Make America Christian as a national movement. Leaders cite America’s wartime leadership and urge churches to aid reconstruction, foster Christian patriotism, and mobilize faith communities alongside the press to sustain war aims and postwar recovery.
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América
Pne
America
Bethlehem and War Notes Spark Broad Public Appeals
A German journalist's harsh words spur a Bethlehem Pa reference as war notes urge action and mercy. The U S Food Administration takes over coffee imports to stabilize prices and protect consumers while tin shortages for 1918 prompt Red Cross collection drives of foil and collapsible tubes. Poultry tonic adverts promise egg yield and money-back guarantees from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemeier
Germany
Bethlehem
United States Food Administration
Sugar Equalization Board
Landon Hoyt
Resales
Food Administration
Tilois Division
United States
Red Cross
Salvage Committee
Headquarters F
Edwardson plant explosion damages mills injures two men
A pair of explosions at the Edwards station powder mill Wednesday at six, tearing two mills apart and shaking distant towns like Peoria and Kewanee. Two men die in the blasts while the plant is said to be the most violent seen in the area.
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Edwards Station
Wyoming
Kewanee
Springfield
Omeés
Peoria
Widces
Edwardson
Taomitaasy
Boktte
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W.D
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Wake America Christian
A. Thomas
Duke Bros
Heary
W. H. Weathers
Magnola
W. H. Quiram
T. E. Gapen & Co
Uncle Sani
Swift & Company
U.S. A
Store
Ironmonger’s Drug Store
Victrola
A, J- Fronmonger, Henry, Si
Rexall Store