Ministers and Laymen 10 Meet at Bushnell M E Church
A conference of finance for all Methodists in the Sburg district will be held at Bushnell M E church January 11 and 12. Rev VanDettum urges both ministers and lay participants to attend, with lodging and meals provided by Bushnell. Notify intentions by January 9. The program includes devotions, lectures on world situation, and talks by church leaders and visitors.
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Thesburg
Bushnell M. E
Dnell
Chas. Vanum
Bushnell
Dettum
Gills
Rapatee
Methodist Church
America
Associated Press
Canes
France
Great Britain
Germany
London
Briand
Lloyd George
Berlin
Cannes
Early Robins Reported That Signal Spring Arrives
Weather notes mention robins appearing as a sign of spring and an authority hospital alert confirms early sightings though the forecast calls for rain Wednesday. The piece links bird activity with seasonal expectation and notes some misalignment with the predicted weather.
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Holmes
Universalist Church Elects New Leader at Annual Meeting
The Universalist church in Peoria re-elected G. Carpenter as head at a recent annual gathering. Mrs. Carpenter was praised with roses by Mrs. Ethel Long as the congregation celebrated and looked ahead to future services.
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G. Carpenter
The
Universalist Church
Wis
Ria
Carpen
Ethel Long
Delegations Meet Over County Road Routing
About fifty representatives from Blandinsville Sciota Colchester LaHarpe and nearby areas attended yesterday's meeting on routing a proposed road west out of Macomb. The list includes S H Trego J E Vorhees Bruce Bailey Shelby Spielman C W Warner G G Adams W E Manifold Towler Todd Towler J B Campbell Ed Starkey John M Lyon Charles Sticken J C Ash George Coulson H C Knappenberger Fred Ruebush John Atkinson Clarence Kline Henry Terrill C F Dahlstrom W H Hawker R L Thompson Fred Terrill William Brent Ray Baumgardner R C Trish Tom Lowrie and J C Moon.
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Hancock County
Macomb
Blandinsville
S. H. Trego
J.E. Vorhees
Bruce Bailey
Shelby Spielman
LaHarpe
C. W. Warner
G. G. Adams
W. E. Manifold
J. Towler
C.E. Todd
H. A. Towler
J. B. Campbell
Ed. Starkey
John M. Lyon
Charles Stickten
J.C. Ash
George Coulson
Sciota
H. C. Knappenberger
Fred Ruebush
John J. Atkinson
Clarence Kline
Colchester
Henry Terrill
C. F. Dahlstrom
W. H. Hawker
Right of Way Near Macomb Nears Completion
Engineers continue staking road lines north of Macomb as landowners sign to secure right of way for bond issue route No 3. The six mile section reaches the Warren county line, part of an eleven mile county project with bridges planned in 1922. Contract timing on bridge work to be announced. Gesler land delays up to five mile first section.
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Bonham
Peoria
Division of Highways
Good Hope
Warren County
Macomb
Gesler
Roosevelt Peace League speech is read
Oyster Bay N Y January 6 The Roosevelt Pilgrimage commemorates the third anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt s death At his graveside James R Garfield Roosevelt s secretary of commerce and labor read the 1910 Nobel committee speech including the peace league passage The association was hosted at Sagamore Hill by Mrs Roosevelt
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
James R. Garfield
Roosevelt
Witnesses testify Opie shot soldier in 1918
Senate investigators hear five eyewitnesses describe Major Opie of Staunton Virginia shooting a U S soldier north of Verdun in 1918 with the 116th infantry. Charles E Fox of Richmond and Sergeant Kane place the victim within six feet of Opie as he falls. Fox defies opie’s attorney and insists on what he saw.
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Associated Press
Washington
Opie
Staunton
France
116Th Infantry
Senate Investigating Committee
Charles E. Fox
Richmonday
Verdun
Richmond
Fox
Cautchins
Legion Post Members Install New Officers in Mc Donough
About fifty members of the Mc Donough county American Legion Post gathered for their regular meeting and the installation of officers for the upcoming year. The session featured a fine feed and most attendees renewed or added new members, with the post rooms described as well equipped and a pleasant place to spend idle moments.
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McDonough County American Legion Post
Rabbi's Peace Efforts End in Double Tragedy
In San Francisco on January 3 Rabbi Harold Ty Shenson tried to reconcile Mr Port and Mrs Port. He left them in his parlor and went for a walk. Returning, he found Port with a bullet wound and Mrs Port unconscious from poison. Police say the woman shot Port and then took poison.
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San Francisco
Cal
Harold Ty, Shenson
Mark Port
Port
Johnsons Lead Smiths in New Telephone Directory
In the fresh Chicago telephone directory 3 860 Johnson subscribers are listed. the Smiths trail with 2 783. The Andersons rank third with 2 000 names in the listing.
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Johnsons
Smiths
Chicago
Johnson
Conference of State and County Superintendents Meetings
Springfield plans a series of meetings led by Francis G. Blair with county superintendents. Conferences will open Jan 12 at Illinois State Normal University Normal and continue Jan 19 DeKalb Jan 24 Charleston Jan 25 Carbondale and Feb 2 MAcomb.
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Springfield
Francis G. Blair
Ilinois State Normal University
Normal
DeKalb
Charleston
Carbondale
Macomb I
The
Education Commission and Rural Schools
Local Resident Suffering After Stroke At Home
Alonzo Spiker is seriously ill at his South Johnson Street home after a light stroke of apoplexy. Doctors expect relief from an abdominal operation to repair a rupture he suffers.
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Geo. Huston
South Johnson
Street
J. B. Holmes
Alonzo Spiker
South Johnson Street
Strangers Enter Lindsey Store in Suspected Robbery Plot
Two unidentified men loitered near the Lindsey grocery Saturday evening and approached the store and Ford garage area. One entered the rear door and spoke with a Lindsey boy while the other sat inside and claimed to be warming. Deputies searched the streets but the men had vanished by 8 PM.
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Lindsey
Ford Garage
Ford
Wilson
Texas Growth Rapid With Return to Normal Legion Membership
The American Legion reports 776 posts added in 1921, bringing total to 10,754 posts in 48 states, 5 territories, 20 foreign countries. Growth was strongest in the middle west and southwest, Texas leading with 60 new posts. President Lemuel Bolles says membership should double as normal conditions return.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Lemuel Bolles
National
United States
Fort Gibbon
Tanana
Alaska
Anternach
Germany
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Lake Field
Hawaii
Ensenada
Lower California
Mexico
San Juan
Porto Rico
I Luanda
Angola
Portugese
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Oahama
Indiana
Nebraska
Michigan
Bolles
Lakeside Dancing Club Hosts Party at St Pauls
Twenty five couples from the Lakeside dancing club enjoyed a party at St Pauls auditorium last evening. Campbell's orchestra provided the music and the event concluded with a picnic lunch.
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Lakeside Dancing Club
St. Paul’s Auditorium
Campbell
Griffith Elected Dail President as De Valera Walks Out
Arthur Griffith was unanimously chosen president of Dail Eireann after De Valera and followers walked out in protest. Griffith pledged to carry out treaty terms while saying the republic endures until the free state is established. A provisional government was urged with Collins as finance minister and Mulcahy in defense among others.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Dai
Arthur Griffith
Dail Éireann
Griffith
de Valera
Dail
Dail Eireann
MacNeill
John MacIntee
Republic of Ireland
Free State
Finance
Michael Collins
George Duffy
E. J. Duggan
W. T. Cosgrove
Byron O’higins
Richard Mulcahy
Rich Enough Says He Will Turn Over Borg Brothers and Co
New York businessman John Borg, said to be the only man to make $2,000,000 in the curb market, announces retirement from making money and plans to turn his business over to employees via a general copartnership of Borg Brothers and Co. with offices at 30 Broad Street.
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New York
John Borg
Broad Street
Borg Brothers and Co
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