Three Illinois papers sponsor girls campaign for subscriptions
The Henry Republican Lacon Star and Chillicothe Banner invite women and girls to participate in a joint subscription contest offering cash prizes totaling 400 dollars. Local residents are urged to enter, with judges appointed to tally votes by July 29. Citizens are encouraged to support their home papers to boost community advertising value.
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Henry Republican
Lacon
Sonar ‘Nal
Chillicothe Bughirer
Initedn
Illinois
Henry
Chillscothe
Contest Rules for Subscriptions Vote Competition in 1918
Open to women in the Henry Republican area with no guessing element. Votes awarded for paid subscriptions to The Henry Republican The Lacon Home Journal or the Chillicothe Enquirer or designated commodities. Prizes total 226, 75, 50 and more for top voters. Periods run June 16–29, June 29–July 18, July 18–27. Votes on past due renewals and new subscriptions. long-term subs boost votes.
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Henry Republican
Lacon Home Journal
Chillicothe Enquirer
Chillicothée Enquirer
Contest ad and obituary mix in early 20th century notes
An advertising appeal urges readers to enter a subscription contest with prizes and a 10 percent payment to organizers, alongside a long obituary for Barbara Hopper Hartz born 1857 and died 1918. Local notes mention Frank Yanochowski as grand jury foreman and indictments for theft and murder.
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Frank Yanochowski
Henry
Lacon
George Vandeventer
Toluce
George Riddell
Gavi Ganinich
Dixon
War era notes and community updates from Henry and Putnam
Local items report Mrs. James B. Coxe delivering a four minute opera address. News covers weather, school out, appendicitis surgery for Phyllis Brown, flag etiquette in wartime, attendees at W S Murphy’s funeral, quarantine and fumigation of property, Burlington trains cut June 1, naval recruiting appeal, patriotic letters from Mrs Lucy Lentz, orders for 8000 motor trucks, visits of Rev Tilton and family, W R C meetings and district delegates, upcoming indoor picnic, and obituaries including Elizabeth Rhinehart Ammon with family details.
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OPOTH
Mera
Weathey
Phyllis’" Brown
Tiskilwa
J. E. Taylor
Hennepin
Henry
W. S. Murphy
Burlington ‘Railroad
Division
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Chicago
Rockford
Jacob Rasmusser
Vanda
Bureau
Peoria
Lucy Lentz
Saratoga Township
United States
Army
Motor Transport Service
G. B. Tilton
France
Bella Evans
M. ©. Doyle
Lizzie Zenor
Maria Hunt
Bella Evang
Reminiscences of Church Work and Henry Ties
James M. Powers writes from Florida to Henry Illinois noting reunion at Miami, praise for Alden, and memories of church work in Henry. He recalls Presbyterian unification, old buildings, Sunday school memories, and seeks contact for Brother Campbell and others while sending printed matter on Mia Florida City and Dade County. He reflects on women’s church work and local saloon history.
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Henry
Hiram Hunter
Brother Hunter
Alden
Miami
Zemi-Tropics
Mia Florida City
Dade ‘County
Henry Republican
Marshall County
New Presbyterian Church
Brother Campbell
Brother Locke
Iowa
Ocean Gulf Stream
James M. Powers
Men Sought for Limited Service Jobs in Aeronautics
Local Board announces limited service recruitment for special or limited service men only to enter aviation related spruce production work for aircraft needs. Positions include locomotive engineers firemen carpenters electricians cooks auto mechanics clerks and many labor roles with June 7 deadline.
Attorney General Rules on Rabits and Fur Trapping Law
Attorney General Brunage states that boys who kill rabbits with a club during the open season February 1 to August 1 breach state law as per the Division of Fish and Game. Another ruling declares trapping fur bearing animals in open season November 1 to March 31 illegal without a license, with landowners and tenants exempted. Fur species include raccoon mink muskrat skunk opossum and otter.
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Brundage
Division of Fish and Game
State Department of Agriculture
Meils Purchase Van Horn Implement Stock in Wenons
Richard Meils of Minoak and his uncle Jacob Meils of Flanagan have surchased the Van Horn implement stock at Wenons and will continue the business. The stock is valued at between $15,000 and $20,000. Both purchasers are experienced in the implement business.
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Richard Meils
Minoak
Jacob Meils
Flanagan
Wenons
Illinois Teachers Association Honors Military Service Flag
Seven hundred Illinois school teachers are enlisted in U S military branches. The service flag, among the largest displayed, was announced at the association's annual Spring Meeting. The flag bears seventy stars, each representing ten persons.
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Illinois
United States
Ilinois
The Editor and the Newspaper Business Critique
A critical essay argues editors shape public opinion and endure financial pressure from subscribers and paper manufacturers. It laments sensationalism and the neglect of truth, noting editors may be pressured to hurry and not to earn wealth, while newspapers mold public views.
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Corpaés
Publc
When Illinois gained statehood in 1818
A note cites Illinois' growth from two newspapers at statehood to over two thousand a century later. The quote attributes the remark to W. G. Fenwick, former director, in an advertisement from 122%4.
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