Reexamination Boards Named for Selective Service Duty
The Republican reports Illinois medical advisory boards will reexamine disqualified men across 24 districts. Major Frank Billings will coordinate, with Governor Lowden, Adjutant General Dickson, and Dr Lt Clair Drake involved. Boards meet in ten Cook and Lake County districts and other cities to handle appeals and exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Frank Billings
Medical Reserve Corps
Chicago
War Department
Lowden
Wilson
Dickson
Clair Drake
Department of Health
Cook and
Lake Counties
A Soldier Letter From Camp Stanley Texas
A long handwritten letter from Uncle Al Brady at Camp Stanley Leon Springs Texas describes Thanksgiving dinner, daily life, gunners practicing big guns, a corn field display, and life in Battery B 19th Field Artillery with mentions of pictures, cotton in ears, a storehouse building, guards, and the plan to send more soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Stanley
Leon Springs
Tex
Mae Sivell
Henry
Ill
Mac
Battery B
Mae
Mech
Albert W. Brady
19Th Field Artillery
Texas
Minoak News-Dispatch
Howard Leonard
Woodford County
Farm Bureau
Holiday window decor and seasonal bargains ad
An old advertisement lists items for sale including Holly and Evergreen wreaths for windows, chocolate chips, chocolate peanut clusters, chocolate coated peanuts in 5 to 10 oz, Christmas books with varied subjects, handkerchiefs in assorted styles, breakfast caps and aprons in two low price grades.
Gift Wrapping Tissues and Smoking Sets Sale
Open evenings feature white tissue and holly paper in rolls for gift wrapping. Roll 10c smoking sets advertised as a pleasing gift for men. Brass and wood sets offered at 15c each.
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L. R. Phillips
Charles Greenlee
J. Watercott F, Y. Yanochowski
Lawrence Peterman
V, P. Turner
B. G. Hoyle
Freeport
Rockford
Aurora
Joliet
Dixon
Rock Island
Ottawa
Galesburg
Peoria
Bloomington
Kankakee
Danville
Decatur
Springfield
Jacksonville
Quincy
East St. Louis
Effingham
Mattoon
Olney
Mt. Vernon
Murphysboro
Cairo
Boys’ Life
Boy Scouts
Sugar Grove
Red Cross
J. Burton
Hunter
Senate
House
Nicholas Hansen
Pike County
Hansen
John Shaw
Vandalia
Coles
Samuel D. Lockwood
George Forquer
Morris Birkbeck
George Churchill
Thomas Mather
Thomas Lippincott
Lawrence D. Gregory
Board of Supervisors
Gregory
Lacon Journal
Otto's Land
Otto’s
Edison
Talking
America
Duke Bros
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