State Candidates Listed for 16th District Election
The official list of candidates for the 16th Legislative District primary on September 11 is released by the Secretary of State. Parties include Republicans and Democrats with a wide slate of contenders for U S Senate, State Treasurer, Public Instruction, Congress at large, and other statewide and local posts. Margaret Donnelly signs off the article noting a local sweater find near Hennepin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L .L. Emerone
Sen
Share Our Sugar With the Allies
An article explains Allied wartime sugar sharing and rationing. It compares US two pounds per person monthly with England two pounds, France one and a half, Italy one, noting high prices abroad and saccharine use where sugar is scarce. It cites France’s reduced sugar acreage and Italy’s state sugar controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
France
Italy
United States Food Administration
Germany
Two Boys Notified to Change Occupations Under Draft Order
Two boys from Bureau County are the first to receive official notification to switch to essential occupations. Clarence Jack of Tiskilwa and Oscar Mosshart of Princeton have ten days to change work, while Henry Lange of Princeton and Fred True of Whitefield Corners were cleared to continue their current jobs. Additional notices were issued to three more youth to appear on August 6 to justify compliance or conscription. The local board has begun enforcing the work or fight order amid ongoing eligibility reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Jack
Tiskilwa
Oscar Mosshart
Princeton
Exemption Board
Mosshart
The
Golden Eagle
Lange
True
Whitefield Corners
William Reuben Wyatt
Wiyanet
John Reed
Benjamin H. Westerman
Driven Out In Storm In Divorce Bid By Eva Miller
Mrs Eva May Miller of Bureau township files for divorce from Ralph Miller alleging cruelty neglect and threats to shoot her. She says on July 8 he forced her from their home with their baby during a storm and she was forced to cover the child with a car mat while reopening a torn screen door to reenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva May Miller
Bureau Township
Ralph Miller
Bureau County Schools Exhibit For Educational Department
Bureau County presents a long standing exhibit of historical data on local schools to the Educational Department of Fair. The record highlights extensive county cooperation with educational interests and ongoing community involvement in school advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau County
Department of Fair
War Time Sweeteners For Sugar Shortage
War time guidance lists maple sugar syrups honey and molasses as substitutes for sugar. It notes liquid sweeteners require recipe adjustments and provides equivalences for cups and tablespoons. It urges raisins dates figs dried pears fruit pastes jams jellies marmalades and fresh fruit to stretch sugar, and suggests preserving with thin syrups and gelatins when sugar is scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merica
Administrator's Notice Estate of John C Reed
Notice from the administrator of the Estate of John C Reed deceased to creditors and claimants. Court appearance scheduled at Bureau County County Court in Princeton for the September Term on the first Monday of September. Creditors must file claims and debtors should settle debts promptly. Dated July 17 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Reed
County Court
Bureau County
Court House
Princeton
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Congregationa
Tiows
Alfred EB. Case
George Edmund Foss
Chicago
McCormick
Patrick H. K
William Haleson
Oerat
James Hamilton Lewis
James ©. Monroe
Traynor
Alist
William Bross Lloyd
Win
Michael H. Cleary
Galena
Fin J. Rosenthal
Wm. [Williams
Pittsfield
Clarence C. Brooks
Dixon
Watts
Rock Island
Tublican
Clifford Ireland
Peoria
Erat
Thomas Cahill
Ladd
le Eagleton
J. J. Vanekin
Fal
116Th Dist.blican
Garrett de F. Kinney
James M. Daugherty
Ialist
Louis Bierman
Peoriatate
Tblican
Clayton C. Pervier
Sher
David W. Davis
Wethers
John P. Beck
Kewanee
lican—Randolph Boyd
Galva
W. Walters
Wyoming
Paul D
Burt Craig
Frank W. Morrasy
William J. McGuire
Code
Bradford
Frank A. Castle
Iblican
J. R. Prichard
Ocrat
H. M. Young
T. W. Mercer
C. A
Chas. Beyer
J. H. Hent
D. Spaulding
Fred
Fletcher
H. B
Pemoerat
Thos. Drayton
Kean
Geo. O. Smith
T—G. F. Wilson
Hennepin
Sweaat Keegan Bros
Margaret Donnelly
Gar Williams
Gaar Williams
Division of
Pictorial Publicity
Europe
Ales MiusSt
Ree
Ilinois
Francis G. Blair
Buereau County
A. D
DR. Olmsted
Peru
Zadjusthens
Mason
Spring Valley
Granville
Fehr and
Cumming
Pasar
Essenkay
Essenmhay
Globe Land Company
Louis DeFilippi
Varsey
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