Letter From French Trenches Describes Front Life And War Hope
A soldier W B Applen of the 12th Regiment Engr Railway writes from France detailing frontline conditions. He mentions shelling, trench life, a German prisoner story, buying Liberty bonds, and the prospect that the next date may decide the war. He notes good rations and sleep, detachment status, and plans to visit Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ffrom Prisca
State Street
Chicago
Will E. Applen
Apple
Henry
Saratoga
Avrites
France
Duke Bros
State
Tommie
Chine
Paris
St.Louis
W. B. Applen
12Th Reg
Engr
Local Board Notices And Registration Details
The notice outlines the order for sending questionnaires to registered men with specific serial numbers and dates from December 15, 1917 to January 7, 1918. It lists the local board contact, names of liberty and legal board members, and where registrants should obtain assistance. It also mentions a pamphlet regarding a Republican travel promotion and Mrs Henry Jacobs attending the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legatory Board
Y ‘Republican
Mra
J. M. Powers
Hich
Henry Jacobs
Chicago
Adjutant General Says No Decisions In Draft Relief
A memo from Adjutant General Dickson warns local and district boards that state authorities cannot exempt or discharge draft cases. Relief functions stay with local boards, and petitions must be written. The memo urges boards to study the November 15 1917 memorandum and inform all concerned.
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Dickson
Adjutant General
Springfield
Malis
Jin
Frank S. Dickson
Christmas Helpers Aid Henry Red Cross Soldier Boys
Mrs Eva Sweet president of the Henry Red Cross society organizes gifts for U S soldiers in training and in France. A list of names and cantonments accompanies the appeal as readers are urged to send packages via express to cantonment addresses. A Masonic lodge installation concludes with an oyster supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Sweet
Henry Red. Cross Society
National Surgical Dressing Committee
France
United States Service
Cantonment
J. A. Swein
A. B. Smith
Tyler
L. M. Bell
C. C. Hayes
Agricultural and Household Arts Exhibit Draws Crowd
An Excelsior school exhibit in the school house featured agricultural and domestic arts work. County Superintendent Edgar A. Nichols praised student wartime readiness and civic spirit. The program included a Japanese tea room, music by a quartet, and demonstrations of corn varieties, crafts, and a cafeteria lunch.
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Illinois
Edgar A. Nichols
Red Cross
Inez Anderson
Elizabeth Weaver
Ora Mae Klein
Dorothy Cromwell
Imelda Hartley
A. J
Agricultural Department
Braden
Cornell
Stephensvand
Wendell Newell
Barton Allinson
Barton
America
Miss Hazel Clift Resigns From Marseilles High
At a Marseilles board of education meeting the resignation of domestic science teacher Miss Hazel Clift was reluctantly accepted. Mrs. Elsia Eaton of Henry Illinois was named as her successor and assumed charge this morning. Miss Clift plans marriage soon to Sherrill Sanford and relocation to Milwaukee. Miss Bacon will take over the department. Clift aided in securing her.
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Marseilles
Collins
Miss Clift
Miss Bacon
Bradley Polytechnic
Henry
The Girl He Couldn’t Buy at Henry Opera House
A four act comedy melodrama titled The Girl He Couldn't Buy plays at the Henry Opera House tomorrow. The plot centers on a young man and a burglar who faces moral tests after a heroically generous girl helps him escape danger. Alta Humphrey returns from Chicago. her mother will stay there indefinitely.
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Hera
Henry Opera House
Alta “Humphrey
Chicago
Coal shortage prompts local fuel committee guidance
A community reports severe hard coal shortages as orders placed in May remained unfilled and residents buy alternative fuels. Illinois fuel director John E Williams urges local committees to report shortages, justify needs, and distribute available coal equitably while avoiding shipments to those with stocks. He stresses separate reporting for bituminous and anthracite and calls for prompt surveys and action to prevent distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Illnois
John E. Willams
Meeting of Board of Control and YWCA Plans
The Board of Control and Registration Committee met at the Commercial club rooms on Friday evening December 7 with fifteen members present. Discussion covered the school teacher shortage due to war, starting a YWCA at training camps, and ongoing YWCA efforts for boys at Great Lakes naval station. Freight wreck on the Peoria branch disrupted travel between Sparland and Chillicothe, delaying trains and stranding travelers. The Camp Sterrett Telephone Co began a new line from Boarland to Chillicothe to improve service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control and Registration Committee
Commercial Club
Hartley
United States
Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
Mra . F. Burt
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Jessie Hunter
Feny
Peoria
Sparland
Chillicothe
Hne
Chilli ‘Te
Henry
Chicago
Sterrett Telephone Co
Hosi
Boarland
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Nick
Aball” County
W. Potter
Father Walsh
H. E
Lawrence Hunt
J. H. Ma
Mitchell Miller
Andrew Tra- Jolin Fehring
B. W. Wright
DB. Harper
Homer Barney
D. Tavis
E. D. Richmond
Olney
R. M. Barnes
D. H
Wallace J. Black
H. M. Tagiyohn Turnbull
Howard Stot E, Wescott
E. G. Ball
Lewis
Frank Shipley
James 5
Ino
H. Duffy
John Tiff
Kantalkenui Club
Hazel Clift
Samuel Clift
E. P. Mercian
6Th Regiment
American Expeditionary Forces
New York
U. S, Marine Corps
Frank Latourette
Headquarters’ Co
28Th Infantry
Thomas Harney
Eleve Pilote
Allan N. Ash
Ecole de Aviation Militaire
Avard
William E. Applen
Co. E
12Th Reg. Eng
A. EB
Wilbert O. Broline
Truck Co
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Kansas
A. H. Hennefeld
Douglas
Arizona
Roy T. Ellis
Camp Logan
Houston
Texas
Clarence Phillips
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Andrew Brown
Camp Kelley
South San Antonio
Mems T
Johnson
Ft. Sam Houston
Roy Stringer
Cara
U.S. Naval Training Station
Fred L. Riggs
HW. Q. Marine Barracka
Saa
South Carolina
Paul Jones
Dodee
Town
J. Lloyd Jones
Sheridan
M. Marcellus Riggs
National Park
Gettysburg
Louis T Cook
F& A
Bernard Garland
Sparta
Wisconsin
Camp Robinson
William ‘H. Ransom
F. A
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Leland L. Vale
Grant
Rockford
George N. Hillabrand
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Ensign Eugene Jennens
Crowsey Ave
Brooklyn
Lawrence Latourette
Albert Joles
Sanford E. Deal
Fred A. ‘Ford
William F. Schlosser
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Dexter Travis
Edward Hall
Willis Taylor
Texan
George Talmage
U. S. Truck Co
William Elgin
349Th
Ray Keegan
Danipkan
Fort Sur
Oklahoma
Harold Motter
Albert W. Brady
19Th Field Artillery
Bonnie Jackson
L. Kane
Camp Meade
Maryland
Tri Ransom
Board-of-Control
Edward Chasq Barnard
Silverspoon Avenue
Mr. Hoover
Metamora
Barnard
Granville
Echo
Meta Williams
George Halbreib
Sol
Himgall
Hilness
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