Reverend Fawcett Dies After Illness in Alamosa
The Rev. James D. Fawcett, longtime Methodist Episcopal minister, died November 1 1918 in Alamosa Colorado after a week with influenza. He served in Iowa Oklahoma and California and moved to Alamosa just three weeks earlier. He left a wife Emma Victoria Beelman and five children Emily Sarah Henry Harold Donald. he was buried in Marshalltown with private services conducted by Rev M B Van Leer.
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Dumbe
Newton-Fawcett-waacborn
Brantford
Ontario
Alamosa
Wada
Emma Victoria Beel
Emily
I .O. McCullough
Chicago
Sarah
H. Davis
Henry
Harold J
Maywood
Donald M
Nelz
Everett Hugill
Oak
Park
A. Elster
George Young
Winne
Peg
Can
Bishop M
Edward Fawcett
Quincyy
United States
Methdist Episcopal Church
Jalong
Cornell College
Iowa
Upper Town University
Marshall County
Whitefield Corners
Magnolia
Oklahoma
Jennings
Carnegia
Colo
M. B. van Leer
van Leeer
van Leder
C. Bh, Smith
G. M. Clark
A. G. Hillabrand
RB. Burt
Death of Chillicothe Postmaster Wescott After Illness
Charles O C Wescott longtime Chillicothe postmaster died at his Third street home on November 7 after a prolonged illness. Born 1849 in Washington DC he lived in La con and Peoria before moving to Chillicothe. He served as mayor and alderman and held lodge memberships. The obituary notes his widow and six children. Funeral was held Saturday.
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Chillicothe
Charles OC. Wescott
Third Street
Washington
Columbia
Swan
Weary
Marshall
Lacon
Peoria
Spariand
Truitt, Matthews & Co
Wilgon
Hejas
Mary Kidd
La¢on
Warg
C. E. Wescott
Sheffield
J. L. Weacott
R Walth M. Wercott
Ida G. Wescott
Florence Wescott
Roger Martan
Amerilla
Texas
Culuriet- Lodge
Peoria Lodge
Santa Bo
Mystic Workera of the World
Pexeculton
Henry County notices and social updates from Monday to Sunday
Local society items note Mrs. Cora Tu apent Monday as Mrs. Aua Pyles and Mrs. Lindsey Anderson of Wheatland hosted Saturday afternoon events. Several families from Henry and nearby towns are mentioned visiting relatives and attending a victory parade. Church activities resume with Sunday school reopening after influenza closure and Putnam church plans for a 3 PM service with Rev. M. B. Van Leer delivering the sermon.
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Cora
Aua
Princeton
Centra
Mary Henninger
Raymond
Lyle
Henry
Murphys
Arthur
Smith
Putrioam M
Putnam M.E
M. B. van. Leer
Crow Meadow Residents Move and Travel Notes
Mrs Elmer Rolling visited Peoria on Monday and Tuesday and planned shipping 1000 goats from his farm to Chicago after a land-clearing summer. James McAleer moved from Western avenue to Henry Tuesday, with Revenaugh moving from the Potter house to McAleer’s vacated site. The Johnsons have wintered south after camping on the Fred Dawson and Morrison properties. HB Quinn and family and Nick Gray attended a peace barbecue in Bradford. Henry township workers grade the Henry road for gravel, with Taylor Smith and Mr Poarch operating the grader.
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Elmer Rolling
Peoria
Elmer
Ralph
Mich
Chicago
James McAleer
Western Avenue
Henry
Revenaugh
Potter House
Fred Dawson
Morrison Land
A. HB
Quinn
Nick Gray
Bradford
Bell
Henry Township
Taylor Smith
Mr. Poarch
La Prairie Township Opens School and Local Visits
La Prairie township begins school Monday morning. Residents and visitors include Lester Leigh, H. B. Edminister, Howard Green hosting a stag party, and several Burnett, Drummond, and Calder family members visiting relatives in Peoria and nearby towns. Multiple furloughs from Camp Grant and travels to Paris are noted among locals and visitors.
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la Prairie Township
Lester Leigh
Bradford
Howard Green
Lawrence Turnbull
John Turnbull
Clary Scott
Cora Scott
Elizabeth Burnett
Grover Drummond
Peoria
Harry Russell
John Malone
Camp Grant
Esmond
N. D
Alma Webber
H. I. Webber
J. M. DeVault
Chicago
Una Burnett
Lucy Longman
L. G. Calder
Isabelle Burnett
Walter Drummond
Paria
Canadians Swarm to Defend Allies and Harvest War Grains
The article notes Canadians near equal to Americans and French in battle prowess claiming 20000 of the Kaiser’s men captured in the last month. It reports central western states harvesting large crops amid labor shortages, aided by official bureaus and northern labor movement from Oklahoma and Kansas to Minnesota the Dakotas and Montana. It also cites government inquiry miscalculations on airship funds and Wright’s early flight as a landmark.
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Kaiser
Oklahoma
Kansas
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Central Wast
Dored
Thomas
Aircraft Board
Ryan
Wilbur Wright Mede
Camp Grove News and Local Losses
Camp Grove notes visit Peoria residents and travelers amid influenza recovery. James Corcoran and John Malone visit camps. Mrs Hickey and Mrs Polees shop in Peoria. Roy L. Landers dies in France from pneumonia. Misacrone Hall recovers from influenza. school opens. Nellie Hickey marries in Louisville and her husband sails to France.
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James Corcoran
Peoria
Dave Myers
J. P. Hickey
John Polees
John Malone
Camp Grant
John
McBroom
Champaign
Ill
Lafayette
Ind
Roy L. Landers
France
Misacrone Hall
Niles
Nellie Hickey
Louisville
Calamity's Dire Echo Rings Old Chatsworth Bell
The Chatsworth village fire bell from the 1887 wreck on the Toledo Peoria and Western line will be mounted on an auto truck in Chicago for the Liberty loan drive. George W ONeil arranged with Ross Haberkorn to borrow the bell from Chatsworth to toll during the campaign, recalling the bell that once summoned aid and marked the death toll of 450.
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Chatsworth
Wwes
T.prank Wright
Grant
Cassius Wright
Henry
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James, Newton Fawcett
Ara — Wescott
Atate
Jonopha Nagel
Josepha Nasal
Ilnois
Qatlen
Ita Marshall County
Fred YY
Potter
aAttorney
Crow Meadow
LA Prairie
NSD
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Camp Grove
Hoffman Co
Edward —Street
Hutchins
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