Palmyra Boy Wears Cross for Bravery
Ray W. Crane known as Skeeter arrived in Palmyra after months in the army. He earned the French Croix de Guerre for conspicuous bravery in France, cited for rescuing companions from a demolished stone building during heavy bombardment in the St Mihiel sector. He rose to corporal and served in the trenches. Local friends celebrate his honor and recall his self made, 21-year-old background.
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Palmyra
Ray W. Crane
Skeeter
New York
356Th Infantry
France
St. Mihiel
Illinois
le Funston
Margaret Cook
Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Washington
D. C
Odd Fellows
Marion Lodge I Co
O. F
Harold Gilkingon
N. Francis Nelson
V . Clarence Cary
C. F
Marion County
Oliver M. Harvey
Lucile White
Stephen L. Dearing
City appoints chiefs for Pittsfield fire dept
Pittsfield Illinois Mayor George M Smith nominates Edward Little as fire chief and Sidney Chappel as assistant chief. council confirms appointments. Various residents travel for visits and work including Carson J Hesley in St Loos and Miss Margaret Niebur in Jackson ville. Several residents plan trips to Chicago Clarence Missouri Springfield Peoria Armour and North Dakota for family and work. A divorce case involving Charles A Leonard against Elizabeth Leonard proceeds at the June circuit term.
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George M. Smith
Edward Little
Sidney Chappel
Carson J. Hesley
St. Loos
Margaret Niebur
Jacksonville
Eva Hill
Perry
Earl Zimmerman
Pred Johnson
Winchester
Hyman Brunswick
Chicago
Jacob Paulker
Charles A. Leonard
Elizabeth Leonard
Margaret Boothny
Havana
Walter Boothny
Georgia M. Smith
Clarence
Doris Woods
Quincy
Daniel Dunham
Jank R. Fields
Doris Lee Nibler
St Touts
August Tindemen
Springfield
Neolsch
Farr Goings
Canton
Til
Capt. George Webster
Mary Frances Riley
Monte Vistas Corp
Elizabeth Mayo
Peoria
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Mise
Clifford Misenga
Armour
North Dakota
New Books Added To The Public Library
A long list of new titles joins the city free public library shelves including works by Kipling, Wilson, Barrie, Lecomte, and Märstall. The notice ends with a crime item: George Marstall held on ten thousand nine hundred dollar bond for threats against President Wilson in Chicago.
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City Free Public Library
Abbott
Greece
Babeuock
Bailey
Barrie
Anee
Beman
Brown
Buchanan
Burchenal
James Carr
Castenholz
Cole
Collins
Dilton
Farrer
Ferrari
Alsace
Lorraine
Champagne
Finley
Palestine
Allenby
Holy Land
Fisk
I. S. Securities
Rance Amerique
Chicago
George Marstall
Wilson
Lacey Parsons
Albert Parsons
Haymarket
Interchange Police To Round Up Bombers
New York June 6 eight cities plan to exchange police to intensify cooperation in tracking radicals behind Monday night explosions. Federal agents and city police officials concluded a conference announcing detachments from the New York bomb squad would join the effort.
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New York
Police seek help to round up radicals in major cities
Messages have been sent to Pittsburgh Washington Philadelphia Boston and others asking aid to locate anarchists and radicals. Police from several cities with Monday night bomb outrages will travel to New York to offer assistance to the New York Police Department. The remark about a snub hints at sharp personal injury to the offender.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Monnday
New York
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George Daume
Mamie Daume
Richard South
J. T. Bloom
The
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Avold Barr
Bernard Zoller
Iuayette
Wallace Gray
Harry Landis
Carol Moss
Wm. Summers
Grace Dowle
Hannibal
Kury M. Hartley
Bloomington
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Clyde Frewon
Capen
Marlon Hoskins
St. Louis
Carl J. Hech
Shreveport
Artie Selzy
Geo. E. Carlen
New Canton
Ada Spasley
Illasca
Carl Bennier
Minnier Hammerstring
Mob
Augusta
Walter William
Sisea
Anna Rogers
Anthony Zgehnle
Mamie Stever
Wm. Monee
Oklahoma City
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Iry
Fannie Halliburton
Kay Colling
Blanche Keyte
Enterprise
Plwerd Peacock
Lena Hanenstob
Frank Hannan
Nannibal
Veana Mallox
Rialto Jazz and Jamboree
Voile
Dolmans
American Cloak & Suit Co
Ricker National Bank
Hampshire St
Quincy, Ill
Pittsfield, Ill
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Hopkins
Howe
Johnson
Ilinois
Kerenskyy
Kipline
Lecomte
Clemenceau
MacDonnell
Albert
Mateer
Maxwell
Miller
Myers
Neal
Noves
Oseoode
Pease—Frontier Stata
Perrier
France Et Allemagne
Iiund McNally
Commercial Atlas of America
Jesus
Sceur Therese
Tisteux
America
Watanda
Hiroshigi
Portugal
Arnim
Christopher
Columbia
Bindless
Parmner
Rosher
Miss McFarland
Burnhim
Bruero
Mildred Carver
Clouston
Cobb
Cobb's
Conrad Arrow
Dodge
Lossy Hall
Sinister House
Holmes
House Round the Corner
Thanet
Penny
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Sant
Ly Gray Homestead
Sinclair
Thunder Bird
Tarbell
Sabirsport
van Dyke
Walpole
Secret City
Welles
Welle
Russwan
Aksala
Neutro
Miller-Helake’s
White Pumps
Oxfords
Miller-Helake
Miller-Helhake Shoe CO
House of Satisfactory Shoes
Hoelscher-Seifert Co
State St
Stote News
Oes No
de PR
Priestley
State Street
Maine
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