Local Notes and Community News From Bee Township
A long page of social notes from Bee Township recounts visits and illness, with families like Osborne, Bur ig, Thoméa and Marland sharing gatherings in Lacon and Varna Rutland. It also notes church matters, school openings, and local farming life including veterans and soldiers headed for Des Moines and field work at the mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pabe
Marlandena
Bryan Chapman
Saratoga
M. C., Marshall and Family
Lawrence Wynes
Babe
Moline
Simpgons
Franks Rand
Pointnerssey
Lewis Webster
Do- Pre
Mr. Webster
Booth
M. and
M. Club
S. Pic‘nic
Bussel
Br. Harmison
Frank Poignents
Lacon
Garrettsville
Ohio
Wilson Jarman
Habs
Meredosto
VanAntwern
Stonor
Lesle
Olf
Guy E. Moore
Mra Ellsworth
Kewanee
William Johnson
Oklahoma
Fred
Camp Douglas
Ariz
Williams
Oliver Johnson
Riddell
Beck
John May
Springfield
Elizabeth” Marland
Edward Baggs
Emery Olson
Edmond
Orio
Illinois
Des Moines
Emery
Clyde McLaughlin
Asa
Fea Wey
Pension Act Clarified as Widows Benefit Reported
Local notices recount pension provisions from the 1916 act. Widows married to Civil War soldiers may receive $20 monthly. those under seventy get $12 or $20 at seventy. remarried widows can restore prior pension amounts. Also notes district claims process and that proposed federal tax changes do not affect prior pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Internal Revenue
J. L. Pickering
Springfield
Pickering
Wis
Clifford Ireland
Colored hat cords mark corps in old army uniforms
Soldiers wore blue for infantry yellow for cavalry red for artillery and gold and black for officers. Regular and militia differed by coat collar letters with U S indicating regulars or state abbreviations for state troops. Officers used leather loggins for quick branch recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Toluca
Longtime Richland official A Keedy dies at 74
A Keedy, a substantial farmer of Richland township, died August 31 at age 74. He served as supervisor, assessor, road commissioner, and school trustee for many years and was a justice of the peace for 16 years at his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A A. Keedy
Richland Township
Hoe
Wey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hate ‘Eo
South Milo
Cavanaugh
Bertha Cohrs
Charles Austin
Chicago
William Shorts
Margaret Harris
George Barker
Rochester
Barker
Frank Barkman
Cicero Sparks
Walter Bentley
Opal Swearingen
Minnie
Virginia Blackburn
Reid School
Else Swineman
Bradford High School
Beulah Swearingen
Margaret Barker
Merrill Smith
Ruel Calhoun
Myra
Alden Bentley
Rn Fa Fey
Ra A Fai
Io8
Chia Veen
Ottom
Jeffer Peoazin
Marguerite O'Neal
Péoria
Academy of “Our Lady
Tiskilva
Sam Chesney
William Chesney
John Julanders
Gowslé
Newton
Otto West
Jacob Ringenburg
Mabel Monier
Fred Farley
Everett Moore
Mt. Sterling
Ill
Cloe Worthington
PN Pethe
Lacan
Ocouurt
August Bendlin
Michael Ford
Triven
Joseph
O. Hill
Charles R. Jones
Jonas Maust
Henry
Wilbur F. Pettet
Hugene O. Jenkins
Perlene Taylor
Perlane Taylor
Mary H
Jensen
Henry Pines
Touca
Perlene
Taylor
Cora Mathis
Farringe
Charles ‘Weha
Chillicothe
Cora Falk
Ernest Brady
Peoria
Augusta Woodruff
Enorine
Chamberlain
86Th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers
H. H. Nurse
Addison Tanquary
Cyrus Rot
G. W. Snell
Orrin Frisbey
Sioux Falls
Boston
Grand Old Boston
Dakota
Hell
Warren
Bunker Hill
Farnell Halls
Grand Army
Old City
Lexington Or Concord
Paul Revere
France
LaFayette
Ben Butler
Henderson
Town
Uncle Sammie
Iit
Tllinois
Sileplus Store
Setotkey
Styleplus
Hartwig
Green
Chevrolet
Square Deal
Whitefield
Steuben, LaPrairie
Medina
Hallock Township
Square Deal Garage
Geo. M. Foote
Chillicothe, Tl
Kinsey & Hover
Mayer Bldg
Dave-brem
Chamberlain’s
Agnata Nets
Advt
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