Program of Sunday School convention at Saratoga M E church
Sunday School convention at the Saratoga M E church on Sunday June 29 1918 at 2 30 p m features devotional exercises led by Rev E Busby music nominating and teaching lessons with talks by M N Holmes Maybell Hauger Beulah Busby Andrew Kelley and Rev Gebhart on topics from annual picnics graded lessons memorizing gems of Scripture and special music Closing exercises and discussion follow as the day’s program unfolds. Freight wreck near the depot halts trains briefly with two coal cars derailed but intact and track cleared within hours no injuries or major damage reported.
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Saratoga M
Rev. E
Busby
Tan biaPea
M. N. Holmes
Maybell Hauger
Beulah Busby
Andrew Kelley
Cave
Gebhart
Hazel Rickey
Anna Hawksworth
Michel Kelley
Large Gettysburg map offered by USGS before memorial celebration
United States Geological Survey sells a large topographic map of Gettysburg and surrounding areas issued by merging four sheets. The 1 mile to 1 inch map covers about 926 square miles and details terrain, elevations, roads used by Lee and the Army of the Potomac, and famous battle sites like Little Round Top and the Wheatfield. It celebrates the battlefield’s topography during the memorial period, with a note on its value to generals of the era.
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United States Geological Survey
Battlefield
Rice
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Lee
Army of the Potomac
Hooker
Meade
Little Round Top
Wheatfield
Peach Orchard
Pickett
Local News Roundup of Weather, Crime, and War on Bugs
A wide hailstorm in Milo township on June 6 damaged crops and livestock from west of Menanee to Milo. Reports include fishing season limits, railroad boat upgrades, chinch bug war in Macoupin county, and a Penn alumnus revealing genetic traits. A Peoria ice cream vendor faces state inquiries for impure ice cream. A scam involving a deaf girl targets Princeton merchants. A Texas and Frank St Clair case ends with 3 to 20 years in Joliet. Princeton hosts a large sailors and soldiers monument dedication honoring Bureau county enlistments.
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Milo Township
Menanee
Milo
Gardet
Ball
Frank Hern
Bradford
Chicago-New Orleans Transportation Company
Edward T. Reichart
University of Pennsylvania
Peoria
State
Pure Food Commission
Chicago
Princeton
Bureau County
People
Texas
Frank St. Clair
Patterson
Varna
Long Point
Joliet
Bishop Fallows
Union
Fragmentary OCR Summary From A Local Page
A garbled OCR fragment references schools and interviews with names like Carrlene and Rae, with scattered dates and places unclear. It mentions endorsements and a state context but lacks complete details or a coherent event.
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Weis
M.L. Coan
PHOND
Henry, Ill
First National Bank
Henry
R. Jones
J. L. Townsend
J. L. Jones
Ford
Detroit
Ford Times
Ford Motor Company
C. M. Lucas
Til
Putnam Co
Wakefield, Steuben, Henry, Hopewell
Qlacon, Richland
Saratoga
Marshall Co
Ek ‘Tal Tary
Pete i Ann
Rami
Racaatpa
Postoffice
Ray
Vet Weraree
Ieee K
Saboor
Gettysbuurg
J Dean
Rae Short
Carrlene
Avon
APTI
Saldi
Pacer
Sieur
the Centaur Company
New York
Pat Ee
Bears
Peterman Bros
Henry, Illinois
Boston
Rock Island
Greatlakgs
Ste Lawrence
Thousand Islands
Ake
Champlain
Hudson River
Norfolk
Vai
Mee
Rmula Island
Nationalirensighce
Statens
Philadelph
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