Memorial Day Meeting Notes and WRC Report
A community program at Mrs Theodore Kaiser's home featured readings and songs including A Mothers Prayer and The Nightingales Song with several young performers. Discussions focused on child training and parental guidance, praising Mothers Helpers and polite guest behavior, marking the final meeting of the season with plans for September. The WRC met at the Too F Hall with Memorial Day reflections, patriotism, and thanks to volunteers, plus letters from readers about Memorial Day remembrance and local civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kaiser
George Helper
Charlotte Sparling
Elizabeth Weaver
Eva Harrison
Oscar Davis
Friends of Our Children
Rs Wm. Wheeler
Max-ine
Bella Evans
Presa Cor
WRC
Toof Hall
Items of Interest from a Local Newspaper Page
A collage of brief notes covers diverse topics from Des Moines bankruptcy amusing pledges to a Miss Morgan and a loan, to a fatal car crash near Oakland injuring a daughter, a cow nursing an orphan colt, unusually large eggs from Camp Point, and a hired man recounting a near fatal scene. Additional items note Robert Szold’s government post, a grateful hobo spreading mumps, historic gifts to Harpe, a prairie fire near Wyanet, an electrocution of Hopedale’s city marshal, new Burlington passenger engines, and Mooseheart’s tented city opening June 12 with hundreds of delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
I Vottie Morgan
Moses Levich
Denver
Levich
Oakland
Cal
Alex Jacobi
Grace
Jacobi
John Bell
Cornland
W. E. Farlow
Camp Point
Crinus
Hank
Robert Szold
Kewanee
John W Davis
U. S
Supreme Court
Publi
City
Knox College
Galesburg
Law Department
Harvard University
Grand Ridge
Harpe
H. C. Coulson
Smith and Tyron
Frank Johnson
Mary Cavier
Clara Bradfield
Wyanet
Cecil Land
Charles H. Forward
Hopedale
Bloomington
Lignia
Burlington Road
Burlington
Mooseheart
Order of Moose
Mooseheart Lake
Wheeler Opposes War in Quincy Journal Editorial
Editor Wheeler of the Quincy Journal denounces going to war, arguing it costs billions and sacrifices hundreds of thousands of lives for profits in munitions and for a few killers, warning the move is a monstrous crime and a betrayal of innocents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Quincy Journal
Millon
Po-Do-Lax Aids Sickness By Nature’s Cure
Advert reads Po-Do-Lax with Podophyllin May Apple as a cure for headaches indigestion and constipation. It claims the medicine relieves illness overnight by stimulating the liver and bowels and removing the cause. Ends urging readers to buy from their druggist or subscribe to The Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Once Overs and The Farmer Planting Rhymes
A collage of advice on marital harmony and reflections on shared joy and sacrifice. A block of notes references a theater line and a personal prompt about duties to a spouse. The piece also interjects agricultural rhyme about planting corn with oak trees and hedges, plus an ad for ENT services in Peoria.
Illinois Pure Bred Stallion License and Col J Percheron Notes
A historical notice details license A 9897 for a pure bred stallion and listing Colonel J Percheron Society of America stock with genealogical references. It includes owners Thomas and James Woulf of Strong Winos, a 1916 season note, weight around 1960 pounds, and sire and dam lineages through multiple generations. The document cites Dr J B Martin the examiner, license expiration, and public service stallion standing terms with insurance and liability clauses. It also lists a schedule of public service times and locations for breeding access and ends with owner contact Hopewell Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaga
Triton
Rige
Jupiter IV
Jupiter
Vidoe
Nogent
Coco It
Vieux Chasilin
Mignon
Jean Blanc
Dam
Homelife
Vigoreux
Cis Bellau
Paul
Villers
Briard
Brilliant Is
Brilliant
Coco II
Vieux Cha
Coco
Mim
Jean le Blanc
Berceuze
Besigue
Brillant
Fenelon
Cocos
Vieux Chaslin
Ja le Blanc
Manille da Besigne
Montonne
Combroune
J. B. Martin
Illinois
B. M. Dawson
Stallion Reg. Board
Wm. Neuhalsen
M. Appel
Hopewell, Il
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the Republican
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Mothers’ Meeting
the Woman's Relief Corps
Samuel Parker
Glendale
Chicago
Holt
Shaw
Bailey
Atkins
Emery
Nicholson
Udo
Eliza
Chamberlain
Sint
Plorence Slife
Gina
Marhall
Lacon Reese
Hopewell
Bennington
Eenee
Roberts
Richland
Republican
Tong
Rauch
Mary
E. H. Bradley
Woolner Brig
Peoria
Ill
Andi Seyan
Credit Waurcher
Naa
Proctor
Pride of
Dickiise
Bouf Proctor
Ames Bros
Lester Rete
Wweaneaday
Iona
Cpg
Jobaiste
Snoon
Russell's
Prairie
Criees Tarigas
iParties
Hearer Bros
Gsirwe Burton
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