Local Personal News and War Effort Happenings
Judson Ong visited Lacon for his brother Crawford’s surgery. Charles Melvin Lindley left for Mooseheart to become a concrete mixer apprentice. John Hensel’s son in training at Camp Grant returned home to help plant wheat but his father was shot near Lostant and is in serious condition. Ed Perkins and relatives tour Putnam and Henry. Samuel Perkins, once a Putnam boy, now Rock Island carpenter supervisor drew plans for a large bridge near Dubuque. Harry Blackburn ill with appendicitis but improving. his dogs won several prizes. L. R. Phillips and wife attended Chillicothe Eastern Star events. Harry Seitz to organize Liberty choruses. Wallace Black to speak at first meeting. admission ten cents. War train exhibit planned through Illinois with trophies, guns, bombs on display. stops listed from El Paso to Chicago. free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson Ong
Lacon
Crawford
Order of Moose
Mooseheart
Ill
Charles
Melvin Lindley
Henry
John Hensel
Wenona
Peru
Hensel
Ed Perkins
Bowling Green
Putnam
Jennie
Will
Clerold
Samuel Perkins
Estherville
Iowa
Samuel
Rock Island
Dubuque
Sam
J. W. Niece
Harry Blackburn
Peoria
Cromwell
Blackburn
L. R. Phillips
Chillicothe Chapter
The
Eastern Star
Phillips
Order
Chillicothe
Harry Seitz
State Council of Defense
Liberty
Opera House
Wallace Black
Chicago
Illinois
Camp Grant
Great Lakes Naval Station
Pershing
France
Venice
el Paso
Minonk
Rutland
Fred Hughes
Minoak
Miss Story
Bradford
R. W. Simpson
Mitchell, Ind
F. D. Draper
Food Administration
A. R. Shreffler
Matthew Steele
Walter Paxson
Hennepin
Jane Church
Paxson
Miles
H. B. Zenor
Rey
Ames
Flora
Helen
Brown
Business College
Zenor
Gordon Downey
Marshall Downey
Lake Geneva
Wis
Northwestern Military and Naval Academy
William Steele
Kewanee
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Reed
John Tomasson
Gretta Vogelsang
Fred Mead
Henry Pavilion
Granvisle
Princeton
Carl Bisen
Charles Vallot
Otawa
Sriekettes
Clyde H. Horner
Tiskilwa
Hoboken
N. J
Charles P. Horner
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Nebraska
Kaiser
Jefferson Barracks
Camp Dodge
Camp Travis
Texas
Rahe’s Army School
Kansas City
Camp Holabird
Baltimore
First Inland Waterway Fleet Sets Sail from Chicago
The Illinois and Michigan canal resumes traffic on September 21 with a fleet of barges carrying 300 barrels of salt from Morton Salt bound for LaSalle. The pioneer line, led by Col. E S Conway, runs from Graham & Morton docks through Lockport to LaSalle, planning coal cargoes on return. Convincing advocates call inland waterways vital to national commerce and compare the project to a modern extension of Great Lakes to Mississippi navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Chicago
Drainage Canal
Morton Salt Company
LaSalle
Chicago Tribune
Pioneer
Witnois Waters
Illinois Barge and Boat Company
Col. E. 8. Conway
Board of Water Resource Advisors
Little Pioneer
Graham & Morton
Lockport
Sanitary District Canal
Col. Conway
United States
Panama Canal
Red White and Blue Blood Western Train Hold Up
Metro play shows a train holdup in Red, White and Blue Blood at the Henry opera house. Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne star as romance unfolds around a staged hijack with a daring rescue on Long Island. Screened scenes include special trains and society settings. Wednesday October 2 at the Henry opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Henry Opera” House
Helen Malloy-Smythe
John Smith
Brabin
Long Island
Henry Opera House
Liberty Choruses Direct Henry County War Effort
Henry County residents urged to join Liberty choruses under Prof Seitz as part of a national community singing campaign for Liberty loans. Emma Hinckle notes Seitz as district leader with state backing. program aims to unite towns including Peoria area for a grand Liberty day. Executive committee listed. Whitefield Township announces Liberty bond drives at local schools this weekend. Mr and Mrs Richard Joles visiting son Albert amid local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
H. W. Seitz
Mr. Seitz
Council of National Defense
State Council
Woman's Committee
Liberty
State Committee
Sixteenth Congressional District
State Council of Defense
Liberty Chorus
Festival Association of Illinois Federation of Music Clubs
Peoria
Emma F. Hinckle
Community Music and
Liberty Choruses
Opera House
Seitz
Emma Hinckle
Eva Harrison
Clara Seitz
J. K. O'Neil
Notice to residents of district for Fourth Liberty Loan
Citizens aged over 18 must visit the school building on September 28 or 29 to subscribe to the Fourth Liberty Loan. Subscribe as large as possible and pay 10 percent at signing with the remaining 90 percent due by October 20 or via bank arrangements. Each family must report, one member may arrange. LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Centennial Illinois illustrated history shown here
An agreeable surprise arranged by J. K. O Neil for a centennial illustrated history of Illinois. Milo Bennett compiled the story and presents a masterful lecture with moving pictures from the Illinois Highway Association. The program honors Illinois birthday with factual, educational content and a two reel film about building 4800 miles of highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. O'Neil
Illinois
A. Milo Bennett
O. L. Schmidt
Illinois Centennial Commission
Lowden
Picture Story of
Illinois Highway Association
Illinois Highway Improvement Association
O'Neil
Ilinois
Archbishop Ireland Dies at Age Eighty in America
Arch bishop Ireland, a prominent Roman Catholic prelate, died yesterday at age 80 after a long career. An immigrant from Kilkenny, Ireland, he came to America at age 11 and served as a Civil War chaplain among privates. A friend of James J. Hill and Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, he helped resolve the Philippine friar land issue and founded the Catholic University of Washington. He was consecrated bishop on December 1, 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
America
Kilkenny
James J. Hill
McKinley
Roosevelt
Catholic University of Washington
WRECKED FRIEND OF MY YOUTH LETTER REPORTED OVERSEAS SERVICE
A wartime letter from Army Chaplain Tilton at Camp Taylor Ky dated September 20 1918 notes a recommendation for immediate overseas service for Mr George Burt and son Henry Illinois. He describes returning home about 15 days before shipping and mentions gas chamber drills, graduation September 26, and church rally plans at Presbyterian Church Topeka Kansas Henry Illinois and Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilton
Camp Taylor
George Burt
Chicago
Henry
Topeka
Kansas
Glenn E. Tilton
Jon Fon Fin
Forty Hours Adoration and Confirmation at St Marys
Forty hours with adoration begins next Sunday at 8 a.m at St Marys Catholic Church. Sunday also features a second mass at 8:30 a.m and 7:30 p.m. Exposition and masses follow through Monday and Tuesday. The rite of confirmation will be administered by Bishop E M Dunne after high mass with a closing procession. Also notes on local churches, Red Cross elections on Friday October 4, and social mentions including Drake University attendance by Ruth Chapman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Boreo
E. M. Dunne
Peoria
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
RED Cross
Ruth Chaplan
Deer Creek
Magdaline
Helen Phillips
Des Moines
Iowa
Drake University
Misa Chanosvsta
Marriages and war notes amid Minonk news from September
Fred Hughes of Minoak wed Miss Story of Bradford at Peoria on September 3. Local items report war era newspaper rules, grain shipments, teacher appointments, military training moves, subscrip tion drives, and community notices from Minonk and nearby towns including Henry and Peoria.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lucy McBride
M. C. Doyle
Lizzie Young
Lizzie
Nellie Harlin
May Young
Ra Fa Fa
Whitefield Township
L. R. Hunt
Richard Joles
Albert
Liberty Loan Committee
Miss Young
Mary Broline
Mabel Huffman
Orville Medearis
Viola Smith
Chester Coggshall
Shreffler
Mr. Steele
Dayle May
Edna Schimmel
Bendis Bartle
Margaret Helper
Wendell Newell
Imelda Hartley
Charles Heininger
Marie Smith
Edith Herr
Jesse Sleater
Phillip Cromwell
Guy Ransom
Archbishop Ireland
Julia M. Humble
David E. Williamson
D. D
James Benson
McCaslin
Eureka
Fa Methodist Siesopai
Epworth League
M. B. van Leer
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