Shipping rules for exemption records and packing of government property
The article notes forthcoming shipments to Washington of selective service records and all state and local board property. It details sorting, alphabetical indexing of registration cards, age class separation, and packing in boxes with four labels. Local boards must notify the draft executive when crating is ready, finishing work for Quincy and Adams boards. A Swiss Peace society meeting in Geneva supports Switzerland joining the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Selective Service Organization
Quincy and
Adams
Washington
Adjutant General
Quincy Board
Quincy
Adams County
Swiss Society For League
Geneva
The
Swiss Peace Society
Switzerland
League of Nations
Eighteen Answer 'Taps' At The Soldiers' Home
Eighteen residents died in February at the Soldiers' Home. Adjutant C. H. Spencer prepared a roll of those who answered taps, listing names, units and ages, including Virgil Devore, Samuel Combs, George Wiles, Richardson Childerson, and others across Illinois infantry and cavalry units.
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C. H. Spencer
Virgil Devore
59Th Illinois Infantry
Samuel C. Combs
62Nd Ilinois
Geo. W. Wiles
10Th Illinois Infantry
Richardson H. Childerson
155Th Illinois Infantry
Woman Defies Mockery by Purchasing Gum and Cigar
A story notes Caroline Marion, age 84, in the scene with a remark about men laughing at a woman buying a nickel packet of chewing gum before spending a quarter on an imported cigar, illustrating social attitudes toward women’s purchases.
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Chinarlie Sager
Athaniel A Upton
Janes A. Wildenen
Illinois
Thos. Ness
George Taylor
11Th
Illinois Cavalry
George W. Dolch
5Th
Maryland
Willamelie
Willamelie Co. L
3Rd
Mass. Cavalry
James Sterling
Henryon Cooper
Misouri
Thomas M. Wilson
Illinois Infantry
William Westren
James Bilington
Ill
Inois Light Artillery
Caroline Marion
Weilers
Cody
United States
Cnly
North Fifth Street
Quincy, Ili