Programs in Schools for the Centennial in Carthage
In Carthage on April 18 local teachers and pupils presented centennial and patriotic programs across city and rural schools. Hamilton school featured an exhibit. many speakers from Carthage attended. A Red Cross auxiliary formed at Sutter. Lincoln school hosts a City Beautiful contest with lawn and garden prizes for five grades, plus vegetable garden prizes and a five dollar grand prize for best garden.
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Carthage
Hamilton
Mamie Mulch
Harmony
Ruby Mondon
Walnut Grove
Margaret Twesten
Whits Brick
Emily Hall
Fairview
Elizabeth Thompson
Washington School
Maud Balmer
Layman
Sutter
Red Cross
D. E. Mack
E. O. Reaugh
Denver
J. W. Williams
Elvaston
E. W. Wood
Powellton
Clifford J. O'Harra
Maple Grove
Roswell B. O'Harra
Young America
L. N. Frazee
Shiloh
A. W. O’harra
Basco
Civic League
Lincoln School
M. P. Berry
Lincoln school garden contest and church meeting notes
The report outlines Lincoln school garden plans with eight vegetable varieties and at least four per garden, teacher support, and a 69 child turnout last year with 60 percent continuing through summer. It also notes a Presbyterian church meeting reporting 4840 raised for the year, about 1600 to benevolences, and lists elected officers including Elders Lyon and Marvel, deacons Martin and Milburn, and trustees Orth and Payne.
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Lincoln School
Presbyterian Church
Red Cross
W. E. Lyon
Wm. B. Marvel
C. M. McMillan
J. L. Martin
Wm. G. Milburn
C. A. Orth
E. A. Payne
Cc. L. Ferris
No Progress Made In Strause Case Tuesday
PEORIA April 24 No progress was made Tuesday in selecting a jury to try Edgar A Strause former bank president for the murder of his cashier Berne M Mead The situation was the same as Monday Four jurors have been definitely accepted three tentatively accepted Judge Grier ordered a new veniremen of 100 drawn thirty five to report today the same number Thursday and thirty on Friday
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Peoria
Edgar A. Strause
Berne M. Mead
Grier
Allied Council To Allot The Tonnage PARIS April 24
An official statement reports the inter allied economic committee met in Paris under M Clementel and Bouisson to decide tonnage allotment among entente powers. The April 24 notice summarizes the session on the crucial shipping allocation issue.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Economic Committee
M. Clementel
Bouisson
Promises Jury Today In Espionage Trial
Chicago April 24 George P Van derveer attorney for the 113 I W W on trial for violation of the espionage law said Tuesday night that only an accident can prevent the final choice of a jury today Nine men have been examined and tentatively accepted by both sides
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Chicago
George P. Vanderveer
Whig Letter Box accepts public submissions
Readers may send unsigned letters up to 300 words on any subject of general public interest. Contributions reflect individual sentiment and do not express the newspaper's editorial stance. Writers are asked to provide their name for the record, though signatures may be withheld upon request.
War Savings Stamps urged to support the war effort
A Whig letter appeals to readers to buy War Savings Stamps, urging citizens to contribute as a duty to feed, clothe, and fund the war. It stresses patriotism, meeting returning soldiers, and the need to act now before Germany threatens U.S. shores. The plea highlights personal sacrifice and national unity through thrift.
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Whig
Smith
Germany
War War Bonds Appeal From Grant Wells Message
A wartime fundraising note urges support to keep the flag from falling to foreign foes. Grant Wells signs with Adams, dated April 23, stressing that contributing dollars helps avoid desolation seen overseas.
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Grant Wells
P.M. Adams
Craig Renominated In Peoria District
Justice Charles C. Craig of Galesburg was renominated for the state supreme court by unanimous vote at the Democratic judicial convention of the fifth Illinois district in Peoria Tuesday. The renomination comes as the convention backsCraig in the election year.
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Peoria
Charles C. Craig
Galesburg
State Supreme Court
Illinois
Resolutions Endorse National Administration and War Loans
The meeting adopted resolutions pledging support for the national administration and its prosecution of the war, and promising backing for all future Liberty Loans.
Michigan Mayor Arrested in Capital
Frederick C. Miller, the German mayor of Michigan City, Indiana, was arrested as an enemy alien in Washington when he came to discuss completing his naturalization. He had filed first papers before the United States entered the war, a move now overlapped by wartime restrictions.
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Washington
Frederick C. Miller
Michigan City
Indiana
United States
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