U. W. W. Meeting Highlights War Bond Drive at Opera House
Last Sunday a large crowd gathered at the opera house to celebrate the approaching end of the war and to hear about the township and county effort to raise 22 100 toward a total quota of 2100. Clarence Heyl of Peoria spoke on liberty’s defenders and General Pershing, while the Henry orchestra and a vocal quartet performed patriotic numbers.
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Opera House
Henry
M. B. van Leer
Messrs
Louis Kraus
H. F. Andrews
L. R. Phillips
Rev. van Leer
Illinois
Clarence Heyl
Peoria
Henry BE
Jacobs
Heyl
John J. Pershing
Lafayette
Pershing
W. B. Patton
Leas
John Pixley
Mr. Patton
Patton
Henry Opera House
Plans to Demobilize US Forces After World War
Plans outline demobilization of over 2,000,000 American soldiers abroad within two years after the war. Longest overseas service and key industry workers to return first, with shipping constraints slowing the process. Treasury vows another Liberty loan to finance peace, with a $170.5 million united war work campaign urged for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Baker
McAdoo
United States
Dedicate Service Flag at Presbyterian Church
A Sunday service at the Presbyterian church featured a dual flag raising for a church flag and a service flag honoring seventeen members of the congregation now in the armed forces. The ceremony included junior Red Cross flag bearers, pledges, choir music, and a sermon titled America, Another Name for Opportunity, urging support for wartime efforts and reflecting on past American wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Leslie Rolley
Eugene Jenness
Paul B. Dusenberry
J. Lloyd Jones
Leroy King
Paul Jones
Harrison H. Gregory
Paul Marshall
Fred Knight
Ed Hall
Fred Ford
Leon Thompson
Ivan Garland
Roy Kirby
Kenneth King
Edwin Jenness
Walter Bayne
Red Cross of
Our City
Mesdames T. Floyd Monier
Alden Hunter
H. G. Dusenverry
H. G. Dusenberry
Emerson
America
Postmaster General loosens holiday parcel rules for allied troops
Washington announces Christmas and holiday parcels may be mailed without export licenses to members of allied armies and related organizations in Europe and abroad. Packages must be prepaid up to eleven pounds and labeled Christmas Package or Holiday Package, with sender details. Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico deliveries extended to December 1, 1918.
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International Parcel Post
Washington
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
Europe
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Draft calls canceled as armistice ends hostilities
The Provost Marshal General orders all draft and entrainment for induction halted after Germany signs armistice. Registrants already inducted but not entrained will be discharged, with local boards notified. The selective draft process remains intact and trains are recalled.
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Germany
Crowder
Fa Fayj
End of World War II Marked by Germany Surrender
A historic Monday commemorates Germany's surrender ending World War II. Nations, veterans, and citizens reflect on the long aftermath and the dawn of a new era in 1945.
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Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Priorities Division
The
Germany
Rb- Chillicothe
Ellis Kiser
Kiser
America
Patriot Parade Follows Peace Declaration Celebration
Early Monday morning bells rang as peace was declared and the town joined in a mass parade. The Henry band led students and citizens from Edward Street to the school, with Rev Fathers Brennan and Dusenberry addressing a joyous crowd and a Kaiser Bill effigy be mounted on a flagpole after the march.
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Father Brennan
Pace
Edward Street
Henry Band
Stars and Stripes
J. K. O'Neil
Watercott
O'Neill
van Leer
M. E. Church
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Ireland
Dusenberry
The
Presbyterian Church
Germany
George Heininger
Harry Stoner
A. J. Lindgren
Herbert Pace
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Liberty
Kaiser Bill
Belgium
United War Work Campaign
K. of C
Jewish Welfare Board
American Library Association
War Camp Community Service
Marshall County
Rev
Brennan
Father Schauer
Allies
American Expeditionary Forces
State Board of Health
Harris
Princeton
Ilinois
Arp
Chicago
Shreffler
Ora Marie Klein
Brown's Business College
Henry Red Cross Chapter
Henry Red Cross
Mabel L. Steimle
Suay
Admiral von Tirpits
von Tirpitz
Admiral von ‘Tirpitz
Kaiser
Lusitania
Henry ‘Opera House
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