Springfield youth’s Boy State Fair encampment experience
Keith Blackburn describes a Boy State Fair camp near Springfield with 231 boys in four companies. He details daily drills, meals, lectures, notes, and flag ceremonies, noting Company A as the largest and most active, and praising the overall educational value of the week.
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Jett
Springfield
Marshall-courtty
Lovejoy
Keith” Blackburn
Stoneberg obit recalls Swedish immigrant with large family
John A Stoneberg aged 97 died at his daughter Mrs A W Hortons home in Galensburg after a long illness. Born in Sweden 1843 he married Anni Stoneberg 1873 and raised twelve children in Illinois. Funeral held at the Methodist church in Alphia with survivors named among seventeen grandchildren and four brothers in Sweden.
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Henry
Galesburg
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John A, Stoneberg
A William‘ Horton
Academy Street
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Hinsdale
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Melaningland
Sweden
Hax
America
France
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Boys Transfered From Arizona To California In Camp Journal
A lengthy writeup by C. L. Morrissey in the Nova edition recounts Arizona recruits sent to California for training, noting hospitality in Colton and a ball team and band proud of the regiment. Describes drilling, new arrivals from New York and Massachusetts, and readiness to help in the war effort.
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Mary Coffman and Gerhardt wed in Chicago ceremony
Miss Mary Coffman and guardsman Paul Gerhardt married at the First Methodist Church in Chicago after a Rock Island morning trip from Lacon. The bride, a Marshall County teacher, wore blue serge. the groom served as a Great Lakes guard.
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Chicago
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J. P. Coffman
Marshall County
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Lacan
Gardner Williams
Henry
Walter Hennessey
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