Varna and Surrounding Local Happenings Reach Summer Pace
Local notes from Varna and nearby towns recount excursions to Deer Park Lostant and Peoria. A large audience saw The Victim at Rutland opera house while a mission festival in Wenona and Lutheran school picnic in Varna highlight community events. Lois Wright obituary commemorates a young life. a Red Cross benefit concert and a church service mark the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Broaddus
Leland H. Broaddus
Deer Park
Rock
Charles Holmstrom
Lostant
Newland of
Feoria
M. B
Gail
Barnés
Shaw
Lestant
Joe Bell
Bert Smith
Féoria
B. Kelly
Tessie
Madge
M. EB. Smith
Rutland Opera House
Rutland
Otto Bergstein
George Bergstein
Rockford
Jesse
James Edwards
Johnson
Lois Wright
Varna
Pearl Stokes
Lois
Glenn
Carl
Frank Schaefer
Sidonia
Kenneth Smith
Streator
William Morrell
Lacon
Thomas Campo
Toluca
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Carrie Feazle Delaney
Kansas
Gailon Feazle
Py M.lord
Washington
Pearl Rogers
Ed Crew
Fi Johnson
Li. H
Brown
Roy
Peorla
Edwin Q. Ricketts
Schmidt
Chatten
Alrod
Grand Ridge
Mat Fenzin
Peoria
Edna Jesse
O'Brien
G. W. Gilbert
Gilbert Engineering Company
Theo Quiram
Chicago
Walter Schwanks
Stork
Louis Kelm
Ladies’ Aid Society
Louis Kenialtz
Red Cross
Judith Storlle
School of Music
Northwastern University
Evanston
Ill
Lois Alia Wright
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Events
Residents from the area report visits between neighbors and families. Weekends include church and Odd Fellows memorial services in Tiskilwa, plus community gatherings like the Willing Workers meeting and a Red Cross sale that raised over $2,000 with Bradford band music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Spratt
Rolfirt Shipp
C. Hock
Tiskilwa
Clarence Anderson
Bernica Kané
Muriel Wright
Odd Fellows
Daniel Anderson
Frank Anderson
George Finley
Francis Murphy
Oliver Downey
T. B Olson
Carl Berry
Lindsey Anderson
Carrie
J. B. Anderson
William Kane
Helen Shearer
Jerry Kane
Gladys Finley
Whitefield
Chicago
Camp Grove social notes and war savings plea
Miss Marie Hickey and others visit relatives in Peoria Edelstein and Canton. A Bradford high school girls play drew a full house. Governor Lowden urges Illinois residents to register and sign war savings pledge cards between noon and 10 pm on Friday January 28 to support soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Gill
Lucile McDonnell
Edelstein
Celestine Rickey
Peoria
Mary Lombard
Harriet Williams
Canton
John Hickey
Charles O'Brien
Dora Skinner
Hiram Hawksworth
Frances Cavanaugh
Marseilles
James III
George Broughs
Odell
Robert Nelson
Indiana
Dr. Wingate
Charles
Wingate
Bradford High School
Hiineis
Lowden
Illinois
Juana
Ilinois
Putnam Social Notes And Red Cross Sale Report
Mrs Lettie Thomas of Colorado visited with her sister Mrs H Soper while Arthur Gotchell of Venona spent Sunday at C R Wheeler’s. Red Cross sale draws large crowd with net proceeds 2226 dollars and war support pledge. A serious accident near the M E church corner injured Mrs Dally. she is recovering under care. Putnam M B Church announces Sabbath events and local ministers Glenh and Tilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Helinger
Tena Leavitt
Anna Bennet
Earl Bauter
Mike Ziegler
Paul Helgoth
Red Cross
McNabb
Chicago
Peter Gresser
Fred Kuhne
Peter Kuhne
Mary Noll
Elmer
William Noll
Ben King
Pennsylvania
J. F. Wolfs’ Hall
LaSalle
William Seibert
Magnolia Friends
J. Gilchrist
John Appel
Wenona
Lewis Hoppald
Lettie Thomas
Colorado
Ethel Grange Brown
William Ball
Elizabeth
Minnesota
J &. Wherry
Murphy Jerry Amon
Streator
J H. Stipp
Princeton
W. L. Condit
Hennepin
William Bracken
S A Bracken
Margaret Bracken
Helen Bracken
Anderson Brothers
Oscar Wright
C. E. Sparling
Hannum
Peoria
Michigan
C. C. Carpenter
Father Schaff
Miss Rennick
Bradford
Putnam
George Dally
Church Corner
Messrs
Rengenberger and
Bachman
Tiskilwa
Mr. Dally
La Prairie Local Notes and Road Bond Endorsement
La Prairie residents host visitors and attend events including burials and a G A R encampment. Grundy county board backs a 60 million dollar road bond plan. Postal rate changes announced for transatlantic letters effective June 3 1918. Lon Hallowell receives a promotion to Chillicothe Santa Fe agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Department of the
United States
Postal Administration of
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Éich
Ra Baby
Lon Hallowell
Santa Fe
Toluca
Chillicothe
McFarland
Concrete Barges to Plow the Joliet LaSalle Canal Line
International Construction Company inspectors survey the Joliet to LaSalle canal to guide a fleet of ninety four concrete vessels for freight between St Louis and Chicago. Theodore Ahlborn says first launch around August 1 as federal work nears completion. Ottawa may see these model crafts carrying grain fuel sand and gravel for war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J & M. Canal
War Department
International Construction Company
Joliet
LaSalle
St. Louis
Chicago
Theodore Ahlborn
Ashliborn
Ottawa
AhTborn
LaSalle Dairy Post
Flag Day drives patriotism nationwide with June 14 programs
The government urges every industrial plant in Janois and across the country to stage patriotic Flag Day events on June 14. Backed by President Wilson and national defense committees, the plan aims to teach new citizens the meaning of Americanism and civic duties amid a broader loyalty campaign. The Red Cross in Chillicothe offers a June 19 boat excursion on the East St Louis, with departures at 8:39 pm from Chillicothe, gathering participants from Henry, Sparlan, and nearby towns. tickets will be sold to support the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janois
Speifi Vly
Department
of the Interior
Wilson
National Defense
Council
Defense
America
Red Cross
Chillfeos
East St Louis
Wednesidling
Chillicothe
Henry
Retur Chillicothe
The
Lacon
Sparlaon
Local paper promises news for soldiers at front
The message emphasizes the home paper as the best link for soldiers and promises Min lots of news. It notes the local paper will sometimes be read before letters reach the home front, highlighting the importance of timely local coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sera
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Wallace Brown
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Shepherd
Tarael
R. DU. McCulloch
Ed Gants
M List
Stateler
Nellia Weeden
Anderson Skinner
Venabe
Camp Grove
Marie Hickey
Marly
Putnam M. B
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LA Prairie
Arthur Hartley
Wyoming
Charles Mitchell
Dave Myers
Glen Oak Park
L. &. Green
Dr. Russell
A J. McCullough
Raymond
Clifford Manock
Eugene Calvin
Claude Hill
Rayful Ross
McKinley Kern
Cyrus Root
Bert Herridge
Edminster Grove
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Feorla
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Camp Shelby
Mias
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