Rounding Up Recruits Women Debate House to House Enlistment
Miss Ann Welby leads the Women’s Defense League in a plan to visit homes to urge enlistment and faces mixed reactions. Members endure threats and insults while some gain sympathy with young men like Ferdie Banks and Townley. A later meeting hints at Cupid recruiting alongside soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Welby
Women’s Defense League
Miss Welby
Crescend
Frank
Frank Townley
Ann
Various Illinois News Items Highlight Distilleries Storms and Crime
The report covers distillery tax effects and company stock cuts at Clarke Brothers in Peoria, new dam construction by Hanover Woolen in Hanover, worker returns amid draft orders, rising typhoid deaths in Chicago, a large Fort Sheridan officer training camp, a sheriff’s shortage case in Melrose Park, aerial squadron movements at Rantoul, track damage near Pana, the Olive Branch doctor shooting, extreme August cold records, a Great Lakes gunnery school expansion, distillery policy adjustments for September 8, and coal operator plans. Notable incidents include the Jerseyville mine pillar failure, the Illinois Midland track damage, the Bloomington grain elevator death of Carroll and Ladie Winkler, Mississippi river gar market in Alton, Geneva Canada thistle fines, and the death of George W. Arnett in Carlinville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Brothers & Co
Peoria Distillers
John Barneycorn
Hanover Woolen Manufacturing Company
Hanover
Urbana
John Dill Robertson
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Henry C. Giles
Melrose Park
Rantoul
San Antonio
Tex
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad
Peabody Coal Company
Pana
J. E. Duncan
Olive Branch
Will Wilbourn
Leslie Wilbourn
Alexander County
Doctor Duncan
Weather Bureau
Stanley Sokolin
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Peoria
Pekin Distillers
Tllinois
C. C. Scott
Central Illinois Coal Bureau
Scott
Washington, D. C
Pana Pillars
Jerseyville
Chicago & Twinois Midland Railway
Carroll
Ladie Winkler
George Winkler
Atlanta
Bloomington
Mississippi
Alton
Geneva
George W. Arnett
Mascoupin County
Carlinville
Illinois News Roundup Harsh Records And Oddities
Illinois note this week reports Ashton seeking a tower climber to replace a long idle light. Roper Furniture of Dixon ordered to pay Herman Hunt six hundred dollars for a work accident. Andrew Jackson Baker, last Mexican War veteran in Illinois, dies at ninety three in Streator. Henry Giles accused of large scale embezzlement at Melrose Park disputes. Private banking firm Gehant of West Brooklyn seeks state bank incorporation. Exemption rules issued at Alton for married men. Springfield high school project stalls after union workers walk off. Waukesha flag vandalism under investigation. McLeansboro private Joe Woodruff hit by infantile paralysis in Springfield. Maj Gen Carter assumes central US Army post in Chicago. Nokomis coal mine resumes after 800 return to work. Assumption widow Mrs E Howard dies. Litchfield board bill clash ends in a fatal duel over a board bill. Springfield hosts Sangamon County Farmers picnic. Captain Joe Mattes returns to Chicago with unit’s casket. Courage test in Chicago covers five events in 54 minutes. Maqnion baseballist Ralph Duncan dies after being hit by ball in Galesburg. Illinois Traction car incident ejects colored soldiers and women. Southern Illinois faces strike agitators. Springfield hosts large Sangamon teachers institute. Bloomington picks Clyde Atwood to direct athletics. Historic Squire-Davy-Crawford-Hamlin reunion held in Springfield. Two drownings near Springfield reservoir. Becker & Ryan store in Chicago robs $7,000 cash and $2,500 jewelry. Brother electrocuted in Chicago by live wire. Fayville explosives plant explosion kills two. cause unknown. Draft exemptions announced for Illinois farmer boys by John Bollogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton
Illinois Industrial Board
Roper Furniture Company
Dixon
Herman Hunt
Andrew Jackson Baker
Ilinois
Streator
Mr. Baker
Brown County
Ohio
Twineis
Henry C. Giles
Melrose Park
Giles
Henry F. Gehant Company
West Brooklyn
National Army
Alton
Springfield High School
Waukesha
Joe Woodruff
McLeansboro
Ninth Illinois Infantry
Springfield
William Hi. Carter
Central Department
United States Army
Chicago
Kellar Coal Company
Nokomis
E. Howard
Assumption
Julius Cross
Love Simmons
Litchfield
Sangamon County Farmers’ Association
Washington Park
Joe Mattes
Dearborn
Christian Christensen
Ralph Duncan
University of Illnois
Bloomington High School
Ralph N. McCord
Fort Sheridan
Clinton
Squire-Davy-Crawford-Hamlin
United States
William
Thomas Cummings
Becker & Ryan
Albert Johnson
Fayville
Aetna Explosives Company
John Bollogan
Apples for Allies Campaign Urges Save at Home
The article urges increased apple consumption in the United States to aid wartime food needs for allies. It notes a forecast 190 million bushels, below normal, and explains grading, packing, and storing to stabilize prices while supporting home consumption and war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle
United States
Food Administration
Co-Operative
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Colorado
New York
Department of Agriculture At
The Familiar Face in Crimson Gulch
In Crimson Gulch a former boss bartender now works as a bank teller. He is accused of being involved in the money and is described as talkie in all the money just the same. Broncho Bob remarks the prohibition era changed little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimson Gulch
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. G. Chapman
Pearson
Ed Townley
Ann Weilby
Townley
League
Cupid
John Farson
Young Townley
Pooria Distillers
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