Local News Items Reach Marshall County Readers
Miss Widmer of Ottawa visits Hutchins and way homes this week. Clifford Haws sold a Stanley Steamer in Peoria to a Eureka customer. Mrs. Grover Kirpy and family move to Doona on Rexhurst farm. Mrs. R. M. Tremain improves in health and plans a full recovery. Sunday school speaker Miss Pearl L Weaver arrives for county convention. Marshall County notes include a tribute to William Walker Hay and other obituaries, weddings, and local acts of kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widmer
Ottawa
Hutchins and Way Homes
Clifford Haws
Peoria
Eureka. Co
Grover Kirpy
Rexhurst
Richard and
Henry Mattison
Minnie M. Higgins
Thomas Higgins
George D. ‘Holton
Eagle Grove
Iowa
J. A. Williams
William Walker Hay
Lostant
Williams
Edenburgh
Scotland
R. M. Tremain
Pearl L. Weaver
Marshall County
Letter from the Front Describes War Life and Home News
A wartime letter from W. E. Applen in France dated March 3, 1918, details railway service, bombardments, new men joining the company, service stripes, and memories of farm life in France. The note mentions mail censorship, forthcoming furloughs, and observations of French farming and artillery. Also reports a local Kantalkenut Klub meeting with bags for soldiers and new resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Applen
Saratoga Township
France
Henry Republican
Fritz
12Th Reg
United States
Fred
Nina
John
Frank
Stella
W. E. Applen
Ras
Kantalkenut Klub
Edna Bell
Socials at Saratoga M E Church Draw Wide Attendance
The Saratoga M E Church social at Mr and Mrs Frank Bakers home attracted many locals and LaPrairie visitors. Funds raised reach nine dollars with fifteen cents per plate. contributions toward last year’s janitor salary totals eleven dollars seventy cents. Easter plans include services at 3 PM and annual officer election. Red Cross drive notes 1570 pounds of clothing for war victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Baker
LaPrairie
Robert Kelley
Kelley
Charles Anderson
Miss Anderson
Saratoga
G. F. Hawkaworth
Red Cross
Henry
Helper
Barry
Banexit
Henry Red Cross
Mabel Ida Steimle
Speronpenonah
Grocery Sale Ad Highlights Canned Goods and Condiments
Readable fragments show prices on beans corn and pork and beans plus Heinz catsup and corn flakes. Also mentions breakfast foods and a country produce cash equivalent.
Richest Food Stream and Illinois River Claims
H B Ward tours the West asserting the Illinois River is the world’s richest food stream for its size and Illinois the largest inland fish producer. He praises carp and bull fish, notes fish shipments are poorly packed, and urges eating more fish to save beef and pork costs. He says Illinois rivers yield diverse freshwater fish and the supply is nearly unlimited, yet statewide consumption is low. A separate notice advertises the Henry public school district No. 25 election on April 6 for a president and two board members, with polls from 1 to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
H. B.ward
Illinois
Ward
Henry
Henry Township
Marshall County
Board of Education
Matthew Steele
Sausage shop war signs and loyalty slogans
The story catalogs rival sausage makers posting patriotic banners from different doors, each claiming service to the king and country. Separate news notes report that over 500 000 Illinois women registered with the state council of defense and a Chicago employment bureau aids women relatives of soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivay
the King
Science ‘Monitor
Hstlan
Women's Committee
State Council of Defense
Joseph T. Bowen
Chicago
Women’s Committee
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Depvins
Marshall Downey
Carl Eisen
Oscar Davis
George Halbleth
Jacob Noll
Fanny Beasley
Paeya
Marshall County News
LeRose
Uncle Sam
William A. Rudolph
Milwaukee
LaRose School
Young
Wenona
Ste. Emily Myers
Amos Wilson
Westona
Los Angeles
Crl
Household Club
Vancouver
Wash
Tengi
Chinmiltics
Mise Jassie
F Lameey
Hin
Wien
Neil di Jon
Lacon
Journal
John Adams
Lacon Township
St. Clair Bullman
T. B. H. Club
Tinkham
Saratoga M. E. Church
RED Cross News
W. M. Drake
Putnam, Il
Sauer Kraut Ee
Walker
Kaiser
Tan
VanCamp
Arm. & ‘Hamer
Mer
Kaiser Inn
Maine
Dunham’s Cosoanut
Washington
E. C
Heary
Second Street
St. Mary’s Church
Elliot
Hfe
Monarch
Enterprise
Gary
Ted
Red River Valley
Ohio
Arnold's Grocery
U. S. Food Administration
Henry, Ill
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