County School Notes Reflect Local Education Efforts
County Superintendent Harold Bright reports rescheduled teachers' institute March 22, praises Florence Taubes Sturm and Rosa Batson for improvements at multiple schools, notes five new window shades, a reading circle, and new readers. War savings, library fund gains, and district progress are highlighted amid editorial push for patriotism in schools.
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Rosa Batson
Five Paints
Kile
J D Reece
Reece
Red Cross
Monitor
Deave
Argunea
Ainer- Carty
Death benefits under military insurance for widows and children
The article outlines death compensation under military and naval insurance, detailing monthly payments from $20 to $75 based on dependents. It lists specific scales for widows with children, multiple children, and a widowed mother, with caps to keep total payments under $75. Automatic insurance ceased February 12, while the separate benefit provision remains.
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Ais
Military and Naval Insurance Act
Victory in War and the German Threat Warned
A Washington letter argues for winning the war against Germany while acknowledging expected losses. It urges perseverance, predicts a decisive western front battle, and calls for overwhelming force to crush German armies and force peace on favorable terms.
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Washington
Vallambrosa
Germany
Paris
Flanders
Verdun
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Prussia
Rhine
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Belgium
House approves one dollar war appropriation
The House passed a one dollar war appropriation Monday without a roll call. Reports indicate the funds are being spent informally, reflecting a casual approach to wartime finance.
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House of Representatives
War on Onion Neckrot Disease Aims at Commercial Control
The U S department of agriculture will assist onion growers next season by testing a control method for neckrot, a destructive rot affecting white onions. Specialists will aid districts in Massachusetts Connecticut Ohio Indiana Delaware Wisconsin and Oregon with equipment and installation. Red and yellow onions suffer less. fungal infection enters wounds at harvest and rots scales. Artificial drying after harvest shows best results, reducing rots from high percentages to single digits in trials.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Ohio
Indiana
Delaware
Wisconsin
Oregon
Chicago
Railroads Use Large Amounts of Coal in 1916
United States Geological Survey figures show railroads used 136.0 million tons of bituminous coal, 6.735 million tons of Pennsylvania anthracite, and 22,950 tons of coke in 1916. Increases varied by region, with notable gains in the eastern, southern and western districts while Pennsylvania coal usage declined.
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C. E. Lesher
United States Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
United States
Tmnois
Ohio
West Virginia
Masonic Notice and Final Settlement in Illinois Estate
Masonic notice invites all Masons to a special meeting at 7 30 pm for work in the B A degree. In a separate notice, the Clark County estate of Iradell Evans faces final settlement March 4 1918 with heirs urged to attend as administrators seek discharge. Graham Saavely, Attys.
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H. R. Bamesberger
W. M
M. Brossman
Sec'y
State of Illinois
Clark County
Iradell Evans
Marshall, lUniots
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Federal Reserve Banks
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Dulaney National Bank Member Federal Reserve System
Marshall, Illinois
Harold Bright
Florence Taubes
Bebo
Yo Motown
Birs
McClure School
Joel Hutson
No Six
Orange
Ova Stanfield
Aaron Kannamacher
Prairie
Arthur Davis
Piqua
Oho
Kaiser Wilhelm
America
Kaiser
Davis
Kaiser Mdonie
the Kaiser
Dr Davis
Mr. Bell
Graham , Saavely, Attys
John L. Whiteside
Black & Hutchinson, Grocers
Layton’s
Sunbright Cleanser
Terre Haute
Darwin Road
Frank Murphy
Senotee
Poorman Bros
West Union
Illinois
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