Culver Stockton college reopens with stronger faculty
Culver Stockton college in Canton Missouri formerly Christian University will open September 12 with a strengthened faculty and J H Wood as president. Wood announced an exceptionally bright enrollment outlook despite wartime male reductions. New departments include education under George F E Breece with athletic coaching duties. Chemistry chair to Robert M Smith and expression head to Miss Teeuiline Norwood. Music faculty include Miss Frances Tipton and Miss Flora Drusch leading piano and conservatory work.
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Culver-Stockton College
Canton, Mo
Christian University
J. H. Wood
Wood
Quincy
Culver Stockton
Christian
University of Missouri
Lewis County Education Institution
Wond
Old Christian University
R. H. Stockton
Mary E.culver
St. Louis
University
George FE. Breece
Breece
Culver- Stockton
Robert M. Smith
University of Missour
Teeuiline Norwood
Frances Tipton
Shenandoah
Town
Miss Tipton
Western Normal College of Music
Flora Drusch
Cape Girardeau
Miss Drusch
School of
Cape Girardeau Normal School
Nora Naeter
Klindworth- Scharwenka Conservatory
Berlin
Conservatory
Farm Bureau formed as Hancock County Soil Group
Hancock County Soil Improvement association gathers 85 members at Carthage for nominations and voting. The group changes name to Hancock County Farm Bureau effective April 1 1918 with a 10 annual membership and a three year term. a new board elects Robert Baird as president and Gladstone Clark as vice president. Community updates note visits by Gladstone Califf Iva Nelson John Cecil and Y M C A worker and a teachers institute visit by Prof Hanna.
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Carthage
Hancock County Soil Improvement Association
W. C. van Pappelendam
A. R. Manifold
S. M. Talbot
T. E. Burner
Augusta
J. E. McWherter
St. Mary's
FE. S. Spangler
Hancock
R. W. Ferris
Ft. Green
Kent Campbell
LaHarpe
Vilas Rice
Durham
Robert Baird
A. M. Wilson
Pilot Grove
J. W. Fleming
Harmony
Warren Kelley
Chili
Irving Graham
Bear Creek
Mylo McMillan
St. Albans
Gladstone Clark
Prairie
R. Lee Siegfried
Rock Creek
Judson W. Byers
Dallas
L. M. Myers
Pentoosuc
D. Gwann
Agpanoose
I. T. Lewis
Sonora
I. N. Hosford
Montebello
N. M. Cochran
Wythe
R. B. Johnson
Wilcox
J. L. Daugherty
Bocky Run
Harry T. Baxter
Nauvoo
J. C. Crawford
Warsaw
W. C. Ewing
Hancock County
Hamill Graham
J. W. Richards
M. G. Lambert
Hancock County Farm Bureau
S. H. Ferris
W. QO. Kunkel
D. R. Burr
H. R. Graham
Auto Prizes at Marion Fair Spark Local Interest
Marion county fair offers premiums for auto achievements including $2.50 for most laps on one quart of Baselfie, car and road to Welsh with weight not under two thousand pounds. Other prizes include $2.50 for quickest demountable rims, $2.50 for clincher rims, and a $5 award for oldest model car in running condition. A 25 15 10 tier awards for best dealer demonstration require at least three entries.
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Palmyra
S. Sanford
Marion County Fair
Arena
Marion County Exemption Board
O. G. Sanford
J. Will Moefford
C P. Grahn
Hannibal Court House
Opera House
German Benevolent Association
IF. H. Sosey
St. Louis
Morris Anderson
Hannibal
Rothweller's
Coatsburg News Notes From Ill and Nearby
Second Lieut D C Lambert heads to Bloomington and Indiana before duty in Rockford August 29. Mr and Mrs Charles Ott and family visit with relatives in town. Mr and Mrs John Smythe travel from Quincy to spend a day with Mrs Oliva Brown. A newborn son to Mr and Mrs Allen Heubner August 17. Rev Zellenger visits relatives and plans to attend the Tatheran Synodical conference at Dubuque. Coatsburg well represented at Camp Point chautauqua with Clarence Qoberling of Chicago visiting parents Ich Qoberling and wife. Miss Ruby Brown returns from Galesburg and Peoria vacation. Fred Gray of Philadelphia Mo stops en route to Ohio. Major J B Wolfe ill Monday, improves after hospitalization with son Fred Wolfe in Quincy. Mrs Hannah Carlin of Bowen visits relatives and attends chautauqua. Mrs B I Homan of Quincy visits Dr and Mrs Lambert.
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Coatsburg
Ill
D.C. Lambert
Bloomington
Indiana
Rockford
Charles Ott
John Smythe
Quincy
Oliva Brown
Allen Heubner
Zellenger
Dubuque
Coatsburge
Camp Point Chautauqua
Clarence Qoberling
Chicago
Ich Qberling
Ruby Brown
Galesburg
Peoria
Fred Gray
Philadelphia
Ohio
J. B. Wolfe
Fred Wolfe
Hannah Carlin
Bowen
Chaultmuqua
B. I. Homan
Lambert
Hawkins Visit. Tragedy Strikes Local Family
Mr and Mrs R Hawkins of Town arrived in Monticello to visit grandfather J W Antrim and relatives. Miss Vera Dee Anderson of Steffansville and Margaret Qo Mon Zote were guests. Five year old son of Charles Weatherby drowned Thursday morning in the Fablaas river after stepping into a ditch on a sand bar. he was buried that afternoon in Monticello.
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Monticeleo
Monticello
Call for Fifty More Men In Marion County
The Marion county exemption board in Palmyra Aug 25 issued a third call for one hundred fifty men, adding fifty to the initial hundred. The list names include Hannibal residents such as Rudolph Meyers George Lennox Ernest Helwig Vincent Brummer and many others plus Palmyra and Nelsonville members. A separate list enumerates those called for service not exempted or discharged and includes Allen Schmidt Hannibal Ira Widebrook Palmyra entries and others, with exemptions granted for William Walker and numerous others.
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Palmyra
Marion County Board of Exemption
Lawrence 8
Miner
Hannibale Rudolph Meyers
Hannibal
George R. Lennox
Ernest Henry Helwig
Hannibal Vincent Brummer
Percy Banks
Maywood
Everett C. Taylor
Philadelphia
Norman Brummer
Franklin Thomas
Samuel Freeman White
Walter Harvey Hoffman
Frank Carl Schaick
Rey Fred Johns
Dufford W. Epley
Marvin Roy Mount
Carson Sebers
Henry Alford Orr
Robert M. Clayton
Albert Wade Burden
Flannashal
Ollie Bonefield
John Franklin Burke
Thone
United States
Allen Frederick Schmidt
Market
Ira M. Widebrook
Thomas Blue
Center St
Thomas Turner
Irwin
Henry Hollenbeck
N. 4Th
Jesse Evaniess Snodgrass
Herbert Werman Kessler
S. 5Th
Edwardharmon
Lindell
Charles Troward Dickson
Andrew Geist
Ely
Everett Joseph Shields
Essig
Ftanvthad
Waldaun Delette
Donaldsonville
Alons Louis Keller
Fly
Alfred Joseph Varadise
Fort Baskett Amick
John M. Nash
Lawrence Otto Barry
Ewing
Monan
Eugene Duolin
Monroe City
Adam Walter Bourne
Taylor
Everett McGlaughlin
Einner Earl Eales
Oakwood
Francis L. Feeney
Lyon
Henry William King
Fulton
Earl Emilyon Briscoe
John Gray Treffices
Louis Martin
Robert Gentry Cummings
Arthur Joseph Forrest
Maple
William Sherman Wright
Staney Edward Weseman
Thomas R. Minor
Louis A. Hastings
Preston Nicholas
Herbert J
Farischon
Marion County Exemption Board
William Raymond Walker
Falgar FM
Hamilton
Archie R. Bumgardner
Warry Gardner
Paul 8. McQueen
Theodore Gachwaltzer
Calvert Dryden
James T. Kuchenbdeck
Roy Kuhlman
John Burton Les
Warren Morrin
Louis Albert Keith
Karl Kenneth Blagg
Henry W. Wittett
Raymond L. Lawson
Everett Gacar Worthey
Oklahoma farmer kills himself and three others
Idabel Okla Aug 35 The bodies of Ward Briton a former resident near Ringgold thirty five miles northwest of here his wife infant son and cousin George Hughes were found in the Briton home by neighbors Idabel officers said Briton apparently killed himself after shooting the other three
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Idabel
Okla
Ward Briton
Ringgold
Here
George Hughes
Survivors of Ninety-ninth Regiment Hold Reunion in Pittsfield
The Ninety-ninth Illinois volunteers reunion in Pittsfield featured a Woman's Relief corps dinner and an opera house film program. Capt. M. D. Massie and regiment members spoke as attendance marked the smallest survivor turnout on record. Various local marriages, property transfers, and church decisions filled the rest of the week's notes.
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Pittsfield
Ninety-ninth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers
Woman's Relief Corps
M. D. Massie
New Canton
Kaiser's speech to Flanders army vows to beat England
From Copenhagen Aug 25 Germany’s Emperor addressed troops at the Flanders front. He thanked detachments for heroic gallantry and urged continued fighting to defeat England. He said victory rests with God and that Germany will fight and conquer despite stiff resistance.
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Copenhagen
England
Germany
William
Flanders
Berlin
Local visitors travel and family visits in Illinois and Nebraska
Rev and Mrs Edwards and son Paul Allen visited Hannibal and Quincy last week. Harry and Lucy Test visited relatives in Mr Sterling. Mr and Mrs J F Kelly and daughter Gladys visited Bushnell. Mr and Mrs Verna Pilling and Mr and Mrs J Wells and daughter of Coxad Neb visited their aunts Em and Lizzie Godfrey. Mr and Mrs Nelson and four children came to visit G A Hendricks and family. Mrs G A Hendricks and son William Arden went to Paloma to visit her sister Mrs J Schwank.
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Beverly, Ill
Edwards
Aon
Paul Allen
Hannibal
Quincy
Harry
Lucy Test
Sterling
J. F. Kelly
Gladys
Bushnell
Mra
Verna Pilling
G. A. Hendricks
Wiliam Arden
Paloma
J. Schwank
Home Reading Course for Citizen Soldiers
This lesson outlines the mindset for new soldiers, urging devotion to army life, self discipline, and public service. It discusses pay, saving money through deposits, and the duty to maintain reputation and leadership in camp. It also covers using spare time for study, self control, and building personal authority within the unit.
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National Army
United States
Sculptor at Work on Lincoln Shaft in Springfield
Springfield Illinois Aug 23 Cast in bronze of the Abraham Lincoln statue for the state capitol yard is under way in Boston this week announced Hugh S Marill Jr director general of the centennial celebration. Worcester Mass sculptor Andrew O Connor chose the Springfield Lincoln as his model and the figure will be beardless. The granite pedestal stands behind a granite slab. The statue will be 10 feet 4 inches high. Unveiling is planned for Lincoln birthday February 12. No photographs will be allowed before the unveiling.
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Springfield, II
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol Yard
Boston
Hugh S. Marill, Jr
State House
Andrew O'Connor
Worcester
Mass
Springfield
Dead Guardsman Mattes Honored Amid Houston Riot Fallout
Comrades in Chicago mourn Captain Mattes who died in the Houston riot after a lifetime of militia service. Known for humor and loyalty to the flag, he sought enlistment since 1898, paid for a guard place, and served at Brownsville Texas last year. The piece notes perceived unfairness in his death and reflects on his long commitment.
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Chicago
Mattes
Houston
First
Illinois Cavalry
Cuba
Mexican
Brownsville
Texas
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