Pittsfield Schools Delayed Reopen For Fumigation
Pittsfield public schools will not reopen until next Monday due to scarlet fever cases and fumigation needs. Delays in receiving materials pushed work from last week, with likely closure extending into spring. Many local residents, holidays and club activities also noted. Harvey Road to Detroit travel and civic events fill the city headlines.
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Pittsfield
Pittsfield Public
Board of Education
Freda Gamer
Ava Brown
Hannibal
Hugh Dinsmore
Springfield
Dasmore
J. C. Brown
Methodise Church
Ear
Clara Rush
State University
Champaign
Otis Rush
Detroit
Edna Murphy
Evanston
Roy Bauch
Tennessee
Ill
Adolph Bauch
Mabel Gray
Son Wood
Griggsville
Roy Mallory
St. Louis
William R. Sedberry
Charles E. Rian
Mich
Emma Harris
Karl Kern
Washington, D. C
Aviation Corps of the Navy
Clyde Roads
Charles T. Scanland
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Col
Edward Yates
Ella M. Orr
The New Triple Combination for Blood and Nerves
An old advertisement touts a triple remedy set Hood's Sarsaparilla Peptiron and God's Pills as a blood purifier nerve strengthener and digestive tonic. It claims long standing reputation and urges readers to use all three or choose a single medicine for relief.
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Hood
Cupid Arranges Match For Shank and Georgens
Harry William Shank joined Monroe Drug in Quin cy over a year ago and worked in the office beside Naomi G Georgens a clerk at the same firm. Cupid’s darts and a late license lead to an imminent wedding with Shank’s pastor father officiating at Central Baptist Church.
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Harry William Shank
Quincy
Monroe Drug Company
Naomi G. Georgers
Shank
Save Church
Bt Y
PRP
Mr. Shank
Miss Georgens
Central Baptist Citch
S. J. Georgens
Ohio Street
Soldiers and Sailors Home Deaths and Notices
Obituary notes from the Soldiers and Sailors Home report William Thompson aged 72 died December 31 of bronchial pneumonia. He served in Company E, 50th Pennsylvania infantry and was unmarried. John Covert aged 74 died December 31 from prolonged illness. he served in Company B, 78th Pennsylvania infantry and had been hospitalized four years. Funeral arrangements for Thompson and Covert are listed with times and locations. Weeks of illness and local notices include several residents ill or recovering and travel updates for cottage residents.
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William Thompson
Tie
Co. E
50Th Pennsylvania Infantry
John Covert
Co. B
78Th Pennsylvania Infantry
Ilame
Master Kirby
Industry
Tom Kirby
Cottage
John Hobart
Beulah Hopkins
Jacksonville
Frank Effert
Lucy Thompson
Kansas City
Sarah F. Cook
Cottage 7
Toledo
F. G. Fuller
Cottage 20
J. E. McCubbins
St. Joe
Classified By County Board and Labor Temple Schedule
Classified by county board lists names across multiple classes from One to Five with numerous towns. Labor Temple schedule notes no meetings on New Year’s day and shifts meetings to Thursday and Friday with a Women’s Union Labor League Christmas event and seven unions meeting in the temple this week.
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Labor Temple
Women’s Union Labor League
Wunions
Stone Masons’ Union
Women’s Union Lébel League
Iron Molders’ Union
Team Drivers’ Union
Pressmen’s Union
Priday
Beer Bottlers’ Union
St. Francis Hall
St. Andrew
St. Barbara
St. Michael
St. Joseph
Clubbs Continue To Have Home Trouble
Trouble surrounds the Clubb household at 412 South Fourth Street. Mrs. Charles Clubb filed for a warrant against daughter Mrs. J William Hoffer after threats were alleged amid a dispute over infidelity. Mrs. Clubb fell near Fourth and Vermont streets while leaving the police station, injuring her hip and leaving her unable to get around.
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Clubb
South Fourth Street
Charles Clubb
J. William Hoffer
Mr. Clubb
Mrs. Hoffer
Mrs. Clubb
Me. Hoffer
Church Watch Parties Highlight Holiday Services
Multiple churches held watch parties and evening services Monday and Sunday. Rev. Mauck closed his first year at East End Christian. various auxiliaries met at homes and churches. offerings supported Armenian relief. Christmas cantatas performed at Congregational and Luther Memorial.
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Bethel Methodist Church
First Christian Sunday School
L. M. E. Society
William Nichols
Christian Endeavor Society
The
United Brethren Church
F. P. Brockschmidt
L. C. Manuck
East End Christian Church
E. F. Hunsaker
Missionary Society
Mauck
James Miller
Sylvester
St. Peter's
First Congregational Church
Christmas cantata given by Luther Memorial Glee Club
Ill in Blessing hospital the last two weeks, a cantata titled Christmas was presented by the Luther Memorial church Glee Club at vesper services. Plains of Bethlehem selections were performed with Ross Dickson on violin. Mrs. H C Suman and Mrs. George Roth sang solos. Glee Club members include First sopranos Mrs. H C Suman Drew Lapp Mrs. Roy Bennett Mrs E J Bracht Miss Ruth Mitchelmann. Second sopranos Miss Nettie Fredericks Miss Edna Bock Miss Marie Noll Miss Mille Neuer. altos Mrs. George Roth Mrs. Fred Hoehne Miss Lillian Triplet Mrs. Maude Wells Dickson. organist and musical director Ross Wells Dickson. violin Wilma Schwindeler. reader.
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Luther Memorial Church
Plains of Bethlehem
Ross Dickson
H. C. Suman
George Roth
Glee Club
Drew Lapp
Roy Bennett
E. J. Bracht
Ruth Mitchelmann
Nettie Fredericks
Edna Bock
Marie Noll
Mille Neuer
Fred Hoehne
Lillian Triplet
Maude Wells Dickson
Ross Wells Dickson
Wilma Schwindeler
Miss Gertrude Pease to Lead Burma Mission Talk
Miss Gertrude Pease will supervise the afternoon missionary program. The session will feature a talk titled The Unfinished Past of Burma, focusing on the region and its historical context.
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Gertrude Pease
Burma
War brides bloom in Adams county marriage records
The Adams county clerk reports a surge of war brides with 6 licenses to wed issued by Monday evening in 1917, compared with 608 in 1916. In the last week of 1917 nearly 30 certificates were granted, December leading with 81, October 74, and June 65. Cupid visited the courthouse least in March with 35 licenses.
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Adams County
Cupid
Court House
New Year Fuel Chief Urges Patience and Economy
CHICAGO January 1 John E Williams state fuel administrator urges patience and economy to manage coal supply. He outlines distribution based on local needs and surveys, with 108 local committees. Emphasizes preventing shortages and fair pricing across districts while noting limited current production.
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Chicago
Illinois
Associated Press
John E. Williams
Washington
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Colored Baptist Church
Eighth and Elm Street
Francis Robinson
Colored Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Marinello Shop
Minnie Kircher
Maine
Weilers
M. Fifth ST
Harry W. Shank
Naomi Georgens
County Board
Frank W. Brockmeyer
George E. Limb
Fowler
Charles R. Lindsey
Henry G. Beinhoff
la Prairie
Eugene Brown
Liberty
Hans J. Eber
Camp Point
Wm. F. Humke
Russell S. Nelson
Charles O. Herr
Mace I
Baker
Ursa
Arthur H. Schroeder
Jerome E. Weisenhorn
August A. Kaufman
Charles L. Huber
B. Garnette
Plainville
Fay E. Hoskins
Henry Moritz
Henry Bocking
Ray Sells
Mendon
Arthur E. Farrel
Fowler Carl E. Nelson
Loraine
Folgar A. Stuart
Lima
Ray F. Lantis
Paloma
Earl L. Mace
Church News
St. John's Cathedral
R. F. Newcomb
Maine Street
Dorcas Guild
Fred Mueller
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
William Wagvy
Ladies’ Social Union
Vermont Street Methodist Church
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
W. C. Martens
St. John Lutheran Church
Bethlehem
Central Baptist Church
Vermont Street
W. H. Bennett
James E. McNutt
Tarry O. Channon
Herbert Hendricks
E. P. Osgood
R. O. Taylor
W. W. Bourne
Charles McNeil
Charles Carpenter
I. L. Woodworth
Fannie Howland
A. A. Richardson
A. Q Huffman
H. M. Dirks
George Koehler
Susie Brant
Charles Blackwood
Tielen Long
Elizabeth Schrieder
Nellie Terrill
W. L. Drescher
Theodore Thier
C. J. Brooks
Willam Schaffner
Luther Memorial
Irma Mechmeyver Lusk
Irma Bastert
J. Frank Garner
Will Crooks Smith
Martha Granacher
Valmere Granacher
Frank Malambri
Isabelle Ebert
Dudley Tackson
Wrangel Is
Vilhjalmar Stefanssony
Long Islands
Onerald
Beaufort
Stefanssong
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Fort Yukon
Alaska
Arctic
Beaufort Sea
Alaskan
Blessing Hospital
Jackson
Red Cross
Dave Wilcox
J. E. McNutt
John Schoneber
North Fourth Street
North Side Boat Club
Swamp Angel Band
Morris Adler
Moller Coo
C. H. Moller
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
Maxwell Motor Cars
Permalife
Morris Adler-Moller Company (Inc
Vermont St
State Fuel Administration
Ida Sanftleben Hair Goods
Maine ST
J. H. Hunzinger
Room
Wells Bldg
Victrola
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