Chicago to host official U S Government War Exposition in September
Chicago in September will host a two week official U S Government War Exposition on the lake front under State Council of Defense direction. Exhibits will include war trophies front line trenches aircraft Navy and Red Cross displays and demonstrations with soldiers from training camps and Great Lakes. Organizers aim for up to 50 000 daily visitors with a small admission fee and any profits to the U S Treasury.
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Illinois
State Council of Defense
Committee On Public Information
Chicago Lake Front
U. S
Committee On
War, Navy
Treasury Departments
U. S. Committee On
United States Slipping Board
American Red Cross
U. S. Food Administration
Great Lakes
United States
Chicago
Potatoes and Other Staples Soaring in Sweden Shortages
Food supply is strained in Sweden with no potatoes available for weeks and crops damaged by drought. New crop prices reach $1.20 per quart or $9.60 per peak, tea at $21 a pound, and coffee rationing remains five weeks old. Eggs cost $1.20 a dozen as beef and mutton rise, hothouse peaches fetch $1 each, and cereals and legumes are scarce.
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Sweden
Thief escapes after brief Ottawa arrest in Bureau burglary
Police say Edward Anderson of Bureau was captured near Ottawa after a theft at the Bureau Hotel room. He reportedly slipped away minutes after capture and remains at large as authorities warn the public. The burglary involved about $300 in cash and a diamond ring.
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Ottawa
Bureau
Edward Anderson
Bureau County
Anderson
Ottawa Policeman Pursues Bogus Rock Island Robber
Patrolman Luke Neary identified a suspect matching a Bureau burglary description at the College Inn. The robber fled toward Clifton Hotel, escaped along Columbus Street, then vanished in the alley near the Elks Club with Neary in pursuit.
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Bureau
Rock Island
Chicago
Ottawa
Luke Neary
College Inn
Neary
Clifton Hotel
the Clifton
Columbus Street
Baptist Church
Elks’ Club
Amboy Enjoys Boom as IC Railroad Expands Yards
Amboy celebrates rapid growth as Illinois Central Railway upgrades a major yard project. The work, initially budgeted at 350000 dollars, nears 500000 with five 100 car tracks plus a 50 car lead, extending across two farms and ready for future expansion.
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Amboy
Illinois Central Railway Company
F. L. Dabler
Henry Walters
August 4 Day of Prayer Urged for War Anniversary
State Council of Defense calls for universal observance of August 4 as the civil war anniversary. The plea notes Germany invaded Belgium August 3 1914 and that Britain declared war August 4 1914. It urges churches nationwide to hold prayer for victory and support of the allied cause with clergy and war workers aiding in observance in Illinois.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Great Britain
America
State Council of Defense
Illinois
registration opens for army nurses reserve in Illinois
Registration for the United States Army Nurses Reserve starts Monday July 29 across Illinois, with a 3000 quota in the state part of a 25000 nationwide effort. Local Woman's Committee units will set up headquarters in schools or libraries and recruit women physicians teachers and nurses to explain the duties required of volunteers.
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United States Army Nurses
Woman’s Committee
State Council of Defense
Illinois
Washington
Slackers Want Birth Record In Illinois Roundup Issue
Vital Statistics office overwhelmed by birth record requests amid a draft age roundup. A Jacksonville boy aged seventeen faced slacker stigma in Detroit due to no birth record, forcing affidavits from informed locals as doctors and nurses who attended the birth were deceased.
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Registrar of Vital Statistics of
Ilinois
Jacksonvill
Illinois
Detroit
Michigan
Jacksonville
Nurs
Illinois Seeks 3000 Student Nurses Reserve Registrations
The Woman's Committee of the State Council of Defense in Chicago urges Illinois young women to register for the Student Nurses Reserve by April 1 1919. Two service paths exist, preferred and deferred, with options for civilian hospitals and Army Nursing School training.
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Army Nursing School
State Board of Examiners
Drying and pickling return as home arts
The State Council of Defense urges households to revive drying and pickling for preserved foods, expanding shelves with dried fruits vegetables jams and jellies and old fashioned jars as a wartime pantry measure.
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State Council of Defense
Revival of the preserve closet Honors Housewife Effort
The article recalls fond memories of grandmother's cornbread and butter parched grains, pickles behind the pantry, spiced peaches, and late shifts to a dark room or preserve closet. It lauds reviving the preserve closet as patriotic work for housewives during summer and early fall.
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Lake Front
U. S. Treasury
Spring Valley City Bank
Spring Valley City
J. C. Sitterly
Wayne Mummer
Chas. W. Knapp
L. MH. Luther, Asst. Cashier
Frederick A. Dow
Woman's Committee
Fletcher
Aurccc
DR City
Abney Frouble
Porta Henry
Oflex
C. A. Mason
Spring Valley and
Granville Il
Peoria RY
Spring Valley
Peru
LaSalle
Uticn
Btarg
Ed Rock
Grand Ridge
Gérendier
Marseilles
Reneca
Morris, Mineckin
Rockdale
Joliet
A. M
Jolet
Lasalle and
Intrmediate Stations
Morris
LADD
P. M
Marquette
Howe
DePue
Bureas
Princeton
Chigag
Chicago & Joliet
la Sale, Illinois
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