Local News Notes From Spring Valley Area
Mrs Burkhart and daughter Mable hosted at Geo L Hoffman home. Dr J A Shere advertises painless nitrous oxide dental extractions above Jagodzinski's store. Red Cross fundraisers total $73.50. Many items mention births deaths rescues and local happenings in LaSalle Spring Valley and Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkhart
Mable of
alSalle
Geo. L Hoffman
J. A. Shere
Jagodzinski
Spring Valley
Red Cross
Poem Sent From Camp Pika Reflects Home Ties
A fragmentary verse from Samson Data at Camp Pika Arkansas expresses happiness and homesickness. The author notes his promotion to corporal and recalls IUinois friends family and a beloved town with conflicting imagery about places like Del Rio and a beer town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Camp Pika
Arkansas
Iuinois
Army Drill Hymn From Camp Pike Camp Pennsylvania
A soldier at Camp Pike Arkansas signs off in a wartime marching song. Corporal Samson Data of Company I 346 Infantry urges friends to visit, notes daily drills at 6 am and afternoon sessions, and hopes for a speedy return home to loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Spring Valley
Jane
Ladd
Kaiser Bill
Germany
Camp Pike
Corporal Samson Data
Co. I
Camp Pike, Ark
Nine youths depart Spring Valley for Camp Dodge training
Nine young men left Spring Valley at 12 36 Tuesday morning over the Rock Island line for Camp Dodge Des Moines to enter the training camp. The group included Geninano Sarafina Dalzell Beniamino Bertalot Spring Valley Ray Desmond LaMoille Joseph Mazzorana Spring Valley Peter Shimpkus Marquette Battista Bogliani Dalzell Emil Arnold Spring Valley Joseph Chiado Spring Valley and George K Wright Arlington taken from the county jail at Princeton after choosing enlistment over sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Rock Island
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Geninano Sarafina
Dalzell
Beniamino Bertalot
Ray Desmond
LaMoille
Joseph Mazzorana
Peter Shimpkus
Marquette
Battista Bogliani
Emil Arnold
Joseph Chiado
George K
History of Illinois six volumes near completion
The Illinois Centennial Commission announced that six volumes of a Centennial History of Illinois will be published for free library and state department distribution with a paid second edition. Professors from the University of Illinois, led by Clarence Walworth Alvord, are writing the work, starting with Illinois in 1818 by Solon Justus Buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Solon Justus Buck
Clarence Walworth Alver
Theodore C. Pease
Arthur C. Cole
Ernest L. Bogart
Chas. M. Thompson
John M. Mathews
Forty Eighth General Assembly
Edmund J. James
University of Illinois
Alvord
Illinois Centennial Volumes By Publications Committee
The Cen tennial Commission published by its publications committee under Professor Evarts B. Greene of the State University, releasing two volumes of about 130 000 words each. They aim for literary merit and historical accuracy as they recount the wonderful story of Illinois, told in a new way Ilinoisans will want to read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centennial Commission
Evarts B. Greene
the State University
Ilinois
Rock Island tight lid on underworld cleanup effort
U S District Attorney Edward C Knotts praised Rock Island conditions as very satisfactory upon returning to Springfield. He said the government has the lid on tight and the underworld figures are gone or in hiding, with ongoing work planned. A mass meeting by the Rock Island Chamber of Commerce drew 300 business leaders to back federal enforcement of government regulations aimed at cleaning up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shields
Fort Screven
Hortense Moran
Catherine
Alsalle
East
Erie Street
Oliver
E. G. Walker
Spring Valley
Andrew Barrowman
J. W. Collings
Dalzell
East Cleveland Street
Harry Halladay
Brooklyn
N. Y
la Salle
WU. Slane
LaSalle
Ill
J. Kamorowski
East Seventh St
Wenona
Ida Norris
M. Cummings
Agnes Miller
Wm. Gunther
Fred Edwards
Ladd
Circuit Court
LaSalle County
R. R. Walters
Chicago
Navy
Congress
Walters
Etta Reese
Tom Kirkman
Princeton
Peoria
Springfield
John Costa
Ottawa
Nout
Sam
West St. Paul Street
Italy
Nemerino Pelligrini
Cedar Point
Joe Fercer
Fehr & Cumming
Pelligrini
Hercer
A. H. Halladay
M. Halladay
Nnne Brotherton Kinder
St. Margaret Hospital
St. Vincent Cemetery
G. Tonozzi
Castagnari
Hollowayville
Tonozzi
Tenozzi
Board of Supervisors
Wiward Lafferty
Peru
France
Edward
Bryan Lafferty
Rock Island
United States
Edward C. Knotts
Frank O. Lowden
Attorney Knotts
Vin Y. Dallman
City Liquor Location and Arsenal Statement
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a city liquor location and state arsenal site. The text is incomplete, offering only scattered phrases about jurisdiction and premises without clear events or dates. Further readable context is needed to determine the full item.
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Mayme Mazzorana
Marjorie Stanton
Charoltte Flink
Malinda
Kate Benotti
Rosetta Mazzorana
Dr. Hosier
Geo. Hermann
Ft. Totten
Geo
Wm. Swiger
Swiger
Agnes Watonowski
A. Loeffler
Datters
Albert Fisher
Barney Zedinski
Liberty Motors
Anton Armoine
West Erie Street
Lust
Eschenbaun
William Eschenbaum
Ralph Schmeeger
Geo, Reiter
Kewanee
Harold Halm
Ray Johnson
Marseilles
Lem Foster
Arthur Data
Joseph Data
Milwaukee
St. Mrgaret Hospital
Mary
May Tully
A. H. Woods
LaSalle Theatre
New York
Princess Theatre
Bijou
Thirty-ninth Street
Miss Tully
Winifred St. Claire
Wm Earl Hackett
John McKenna
Jack
David Parke
W. J. Bradley
Webster Park
New Hampton
Hunterdon Co
New Jersey
Isabell McLaughlin
Newark
Ohio
Bureau County
Indiana
W. F. Bradley
Vera
Robert
Ralph
David F. Parke
Bradley
Oakland Cemetery
History OF Illinois
Goodyear Tires
Ford
Givena
Arsenal Zone
Knotts
U.S
Ohio Varnish Compa Makers of
USA
Mel Demon
Sens
Jeannie Guarantee
Isooomiles
CFA
MAS
Spring Valley and
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