War time community notices and home front efforts
A collage of wartime items notes Wheat shipments and pits are saved for charcoal gas masks. Mothers and fathers learn letters to France reach troops with fewer delays via real mail trains. Washington housing needs 5 000 rooms for workers and 2 500 new dorms planned. A farewell for Elmer Hammil and Alfred Munks at the I O O F hall includes prayers, songs, and Liberty Bond appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford County
Ralph Maynard
Maynard
T. F. McEvers
Montezuma
Smith-Hippen Company
Pekin
Illinois River
Florence
Scott County
Smith-Hippen
France
Tours
A. BE. FB
Paris
Washington
Union Station Plaza
Civil Service Commission
Hennepin
Elmer Hammil
Alfred Munks
Carrie Cunningham
Rossie Hammil
Elmer
John Stoutfer
Red Cross
Paxson
Milton Paxson
Bacon
Father Schaaf
Rainbow Division in World War I Evening Letter
Howard Wyberg of Princeton recounts the Rainbow division's role in halting the German offensive between Rheims and Verdun in July 1918. He describes frontline skirmishes, Alabama and New York units, signal men, and the menacing conditions as troops chased guns and rolled back the enemy through towns, fields, and timberlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Wyberg
Princeton
Rainbow
Rheims
Verdun
Illinois
42Nd
Iowa
Ohio
Alabama
69Th
New York
Rainbow Division
Huns
Los Angeles
Two Die in South Varna Collision Involving Four Cars
A collision 234 miles south of Varna killed J. W. Skinner and Fred Kaatz when a Moline Knight touring car crashed with a Buick as another car filled with Toluca residents joined the aftermath. Eight others were hurt. both drivers were uninjured. Police cited excessive speed as a possible cause. mourners laid the victims to rest as the community grieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Varna
J. W. Skinner
Fred Kaatz
Edward Lenz
Gerhardt
Ernest
Gerhardt Lenz
Mr. Skinner
Mr. Lenz
LaRose
Toluca
Buick
Moline
Moline Knight
Joe Vianna
Jose Moreski
Batiste Salvetti
Pedro Selenkca
Batiste Stablan
Smith
Payayly
Lucy Crum
Middletown
Logan County
Lateer
Mrs. Carrie May Greenlee Dittman Born in Fleury 1894
Carrie May Greenlee Dittman born December 26 1894 in Fleury oldest daughter of Charles and Mrs Greenlee educated in local public schools graduated Henry High 1913 lived in Henry known for kindness and church work at St John Episcopal later joined Eastern Star in 1914 married Walter J Dittman of Peoria December 27 1916 died September 28 1918 in Peoria from pneumonia survived by husband parents sister and infant daughter born September 16 funeral October 1 at St John church interment Henry Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie May Greenlee
Fleury
Charles Greenlee
Our City
Henry
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Order of Eastern Star
Walter J. Dittman
Peoria
St. Francis Hospital
St. John's Church
Bowen
St. Paul's Church
May Young
Alta Vogelsang
Althea Allinson
Inez Anderson
C. F. Hallfarth
Eastern Star
Edna Bell
Marie Gregory
Rebecca McAllister
Velma Rowe
Frances Smith
Clara Brown
Henry Cemetery
Allen B. Smith
Forty Hours Devotion and Confirmations At St. Marys
Forty hours devotion opened at St Marys Church with high Mass and a bishop led confirmation for a class of forty nine. Rev Cassimir Miller and a group of priests conducted services while Fr. Schauer hosted the bishop. Also notes Methodist and Presbyterian services with new pastors and upcoming installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Cassimir Miller
St. Francis Church
Ottawa
E. M. Dunne
Peoria
Miller
M. Gensler
Leonore
J. Uehlein
Lourdes
H. Greve
E. Hawley
Lacon
L. Bickuysski
Streator
J. Schaff
Hen
Clement Bogner
Conrad Bickermann
Julius Englebrecht
George Englebrecht
Herman Mattern
Albert Damm
Edward Damm
Frida Linderer
Laura Kroeper
Ruth Kroeper
Helen Reismeyer
Rosa Roth
Bertha Kapraun
Mary Kapraun
Zita Hofer
Apollonia Neuhalsen
Geneva Doran
Lillian Hartley
Bernardine Holler
Dorothy Hofer
Mary Sendlebach
Bernice Hofer
Marie Balenseifen
Clara Louis
Armella Holler
Eleanor Hofer
Glendean Hofer
Gertrude Konrad
Florence Neuhalsen
Beulah Jacobs
Winnifred Green
Henry
Henry Holler
John Holler
Mary Beck
Father Schauer
St. Paul
Ireland
Notable Local Developments and WWI Draft Snapshots
Ed Shorts builds a corn crib in Granville with George J. Ward as proprietor. Russell Hunter receives a commission as second lieutenant in the quartermaster corps. Congressman William E. Mason learns his grandson Frank Bartlett, in France, is severely wounded. Hall Mellow expands his monument yards at Rushville while R. Mellow & Sons operate in Peoria and Galva. The U.S. government holds 30 billion in insurance for service members, and a food-saving drive targets skim milk waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Shorts
Granville
George J. Ward
Russell Hunter
Elmer Hunter
Chillicothe
Quartermaster Corps
Uncle Sam
William E. Mason
Frank Bartlett
France
Hall Mellow
Rushville
Astoria
R. Mellow& Sons
Peoria
Galva
Tfe
United States Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Boston
Oliver Wilson
Henry
Magnolia Grange Hall
Wilson
Putnam County
County Central Committee
Hennepin
Samuel Clemens
Putnam
J. M. Williams
Magnolia
Edw
Mathis
McNabb
W. L. Bumgarner
Standard
Charles Vickery
W. E. Hawthorne
Mark
A. B. Querciagrossa
Marshall County
Washburn
Amandus Ludeman
Chester E. Schecter
LaRose
Charles H. Carmichel
Lacon
Charles Elmer Sutliff
Varna
Clyde Gregory
Murray J. Wells
Wenona
Ernest Olaf Dahlquist
Harry
Gibson
A. FP. Holander
Moses Soldati
Toluca
Robey Bovik
Chauncey P. Ball
Frank B. Morgan
James F. Thompson
John W. Antrim
John L. McManus
Bradford
Stefano Bianchi
William E. Harrison
Venona
Fred J. Adolphson
Chester A, Payne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boy
Pyte
H. R. Wyberg
H. Q. Det
Engrs
Carrie May Greenlee Dittma
H. W. May
Bourdette
Vera May
Whitefield
Republican
Liberty Loan
Whitefield Loan Committee
Charles Meier
Chicago
Battle Creek
Mich
ST. Mary's Church
Methodist Church
G. E. Tilton
M. B. van Leer
Epworth League
Belshazzar
M. E
Christian Church
Hugh H. Hungerford
Christian Endeavor
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
Marguerite Snow
James Cruze
Irving Cumming
Sianey Brady
Mitchell Lewis
Frank Farrington
Lilla Chester
Luella Worley
Peo
Tia
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