War Camp drive seeks 500000 to keep soldiers fit
HenryTimes reports Marshall county aux of the state council of defense backs a nationwide campaign opened on Lincoln’s birthday to raise 500000 for War Camp Community Service. The fund supports clubs gyms reading and writing rooms outside training camps to entertain and occupy soldiers so they return fit morally mentally and physically.
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Kew
R. F. Burt
The
Henry Times
Marshall County
State Council of Defense
Henry
Chicago
State Council Defense
War Camp Community Service
Illinois
Lincoln
Samuel Insull
Wilson
Baker
Navy
Daniels
K. of
Clifford W. Barnes
Installation of Henry M. E. Sunday School Officers
The Henry M. E. Sunday school held a formal installation of its officers and teachers on a February Sunday. Rev. Tilton led the service, with Mrs. William Wheeler as Superintendent and a full slate of officers, including librarians, organists, and department superintendents, who pledged their covenants of office. A Catholic priest adds commentary on German conditions and war, followed by notices on new anti-check-bounce law and coal deliveries for war effort.
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M. E. Sunday School
Henry
F. D. Draper
Rose Reinbeck
Tilton
William Wheeler
L. M. Sell
Minerva McKenzie
Wesley Deal
D., R. Blackwell
Reba Vail
Robert Burt
Velma Rowe
C. E. Griffin
Margaret Helper
Edna Bell
Y. S. Glenn
Elizabeth Weaver
Miranda Doyle
A. G. Hillabrand
Charlotte Sparling
8. L. Clift
G. E. Tilton
Braden
Mesdames Brokaw
Hillabrand
Doyle
Wilde
Blackwell
Helpar
Cook
Glenn
Germany
Atlantic
Aloysius Daniels
Hewitt
Wis
University of Munser
Westphalia
Central Empire
Switzerland
France
Father Daniels
Wilson
U. S
Berlin
Tim Im
Notice from grocers on food administration impact
Notice to the public from local grocers explaining reduced profit margins under food administration policies. They claim licensed items are priced by regulation, harming service levels and delivery costs. Signatures include Vogelsang Seiewers Coan Schmitt Williams Gregory Arnold Knight & Son.
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U. S. Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Whitefield Corners blacksmith shop reopens with new offerings
Notice to Farmers states the Whitefield Corners blacksmith shop is open after sale. The owner will work in the shop, restore old prices on wood work, provide wagon tongues bolsters axles disc sharpening and polishing, and offer hardware harness automobile supplies tires tubes gasoline oils grease feed and related articles with prompt guaranteed service.
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Whitefield Corners
Captain Swain’s U-boat destroyer projectile proposed
Captain D. M. Swain, maker of the LaSalle and Peoria lines on the Illinois river, claims a simple anti U-boat device. He says a straight running underwater projectile cannot miss and will explode underwater to create a large blast, destroying submarine eyes and depth near by. Swain sent a miniature model to Washington for government testing and seeks no compensation.
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D. M. Swain
LaSalle and
Peoria
Illinois River
Kaiser Bill
Swain
Washington, D. C
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