Reverend C L Mills praised by Neponset pastorate exit
A prominent Neponset citizen writes the Postmaster praising Rev. C L Mills who leaves Neponset after nearly eight years as pastor and will settle elsewhere. The letter emphasizes Mills as a fine man regardless of church affiliation.
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Neponset
Congregational Church
Methodist Church
C. L. Mills
Dan Russell
Tiskiwa
James Savage
DePue
Bertha
Savage
Parker Garcia
Saviare
Rev II
O'Gont Lary
10Th Cavalry
O Connor
Arzlington
St. Viator’s College
Kankakee
St. Bernard’s Seminary
Dunne
Peoria
Rene Verstaeau
Benedict DeClark
Sheffield
Princeton
Corliss
Wis
Camp Custer
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Exemption Board
James Riva
Spring Valley
Eben F Coll
Bradley
Probaly
Shurman
Jonesville
Oglesby
Kaiser Calls Satan for Advice in Wartime Telephone Poem
A wartime verse portrays the Kaiser calling Satan for guidance as he boasts of Belgium brutalities and promised conquests. The Devil replies with fatalistic grimness, noting U S forces and Woodrow Wilson’s orders to slow the German advance, ending with a dramatic invitation to hell.
Neponset Man Named Bureau County Chairman
Edw F Norton of Neponset was unanimously chosen chairman of the Bureau County Board of Supervisors for the coming year. The meeting also accepted W A Campbell’s mine inspector resignation and set a 2 pm session to appoint a new inspector. The farm committee was reduced to three members while the pauper committee would stay at five. A burial fund guidance was left to Supervisor Smith for a soldier returning from Camp Dodge.
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Board of Supervisors
Bureau County
Edw. F. Norton
Neponset
M. E. Cadwalader
Norton
P. J. Smith
Camp Dodge
Red Cross Auction to Aid Princeton Branch
Princeton High School hosts a monster auction to raise funds for the Junior Red Cross with 350 members. The sale at Court House Square on Saturday April 20 aims to boost supplies for national relief, following similar successful events in Kasbeer and nearby towns.
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John ‘Kiskilwa
Princeton
Housewive
von Hindenburg
Bureau County
Red Cross
Princeton High School
Junior Red Cross
U. S
Court House Square
Tkasbeer
Ohio
Patriotic Meetings Spread Across Bureau County Schools
Bureau County schools host patriotic meetings in log cabins and schools. Judge J R Pichard spoke at Highland School and will speak at Stauffer April 17. A Liberty Loan Rally is planned April 10 at Bryant School with E P Lovejoy and Wagner’s Orchestra. Clean-Up Day noted at New Bedford School March 29. Students at Myers School buy thrift and war stamps. District 46 held a box social March 22 raising about 21 dollars for equipment. County Centennial Exhibit urged, with districts to prepare meritorious displays. suggestions invited. Premiums offered for county fair boys and girls clubs with openings for ages ten to eighteen.
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Bureau County
J. R. Prichard
Highland School
Stauffer School
Liberty Loan
Bryant School
Dist
Princeton
E. P. Lovejoy
Wagner
Department of Education
Bureau County Fair
John Dington
Illinois
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Necsepeey
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