Major John E Atkins to Visit Princeton for War Front Talk
Major Atkins known as Chaplain Johnny from the American line in France will speak at Apollo hall in Princeton on Tuesday evening August 27. Harold Crawley organized the event to highlight Salvation Army work with Pershing’s troops and Atkins return home on a short furlough before resuming duty in France.
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John E. Atkins
Roosevelt
France
Princeton
Apollo Hall
Harold Crawley
Atkins
Bureau County
Johnny
Chicago
Salvation Army
Paris
Oyster Bay
Salvationist
Battallion
No Man’s Land
Pershing
Stock Display Planned by Piper and Bessire at Fair
Piper and Bessire, Short horn breeders, ship a carload to Springfield for State fair exhibition and then proceed to Kankakee and Princeton. They also plan further fair appearances and announce a sale of 50 head of Shorthorns at their Tiskilwa farm on Wednesday October 2.
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Piper & Bessire
Springfield
Kankakee
Princeton
Tiskilwa
Ice Age Uplift Evidenced Across North America
Scientists note that glacial weight from pleistocene times caused subsidence, followed by postglacial rebound. H. L. Fairchild cites data in Science showing the Labradorian glacier area rose to its current level after melting, with sea animal remains and coastal beaches inland from New Jersey to Hudson Strait and into Wisconsin.
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H. L. Fairchild
Science
New Jersey
Hudson Strait
Wisconsin
One Word Epitaphs Spark Curious Graveyard Tales
Notes from London Tit-Bits recount humorous and terse epitaphs found on British graves. Examples include J T Burgess resting, a Worcester auctioneer gone, two words He was, and Bel fast stones with Asleep as usual and Left Till Called For. A photographer quips Here I lie Taken From Life.
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Leamington Cemetery
J.T. Burgess
Leamington Spa
Worcester
Sussex
Cane Hill
Belfast
London
Diet for Weight Reduction and Fuel Value of Foods
The body runs on fuel from food and excess fuel forms fat. Popular Science Monthly notes weight control is arithmetic. Lower fat forming items like lettuce tomatoes celery and fruit can cut fat while still filling the stomach.
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Popular Science Monthly
Childish Selfishness andUnselfishness as a Family virtue
A reflection on teaching unselfishness through love and group family activities. The author cites Henderson on making children care about impersonal matters, noting solitary children tend to be selfish and urging life to focus on larger, universal concerns for lasting happiness.
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Henderson
Alice Barton Harris
How to Remove Oi Stains from Leather Paper
To remove oil stains apply pipe clay powder mixed with water to a creamy thickness and leave on four hours. It won t injure colors. For boards and marble use a strong carbonate of potash solution with unslaked lime, mix and let settle, bottle and cork. Dilute with water before use and scour the surface, but don t leave on too long to avoid color loss.
Illinois Vital Statistics Crackdown Overbirth and Death Reporting
The Illinois Department of Public Health denounces physicians for failing to report births and deaths under the birth and registration law. In 1917 one county reported 500 births incorrectly to the county clerk, omitting state records. Officials urge county clerks to report totals from 1917 to July 1 1918, to meet federal registration standards and avoid exclusion from national statistics.
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State Health Department
Department
United States
Illinois
Federal
Department of the Bureau of Census
Campaiin
Gabriel
Division of Vital Statistics
Iisis
Assaulted with axe in Illinois Central yard fight
Lemuel Martin, a laborer in the Illinois Central yard near Am, is bound over to the September jury on assault with deadly weapons after an altercation with Ernest Gaston south of Ann. Martin faces no bail. he is jailed in Dixon. Gaston suffered cuts to the hand and head but injuries are deemed non fatal and not life threatening.
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Lemuel Martin
Illinois Central
Virgil
Ernest Gasto
Ann
Martin
Dixon
Gaston
Executor's Sale of Real Estate in Bureau County
By order of the Bureau County Court an executor sale is held for the estate of Sarah Hiney. On July 10 a public sale begins at 2 PM at the front door of a Spring Valley dwelling, Lot 3 and the west 40 feet of Lot 2, Dalzell's Fourth Adds, with a clay dig caveat and taxes due for 1918. Cash only, subject to the 1918 taxes.
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County Court of
Bureau Cour Illinois
F. A. Steadry
Sarah Hiney
Spr Valley
Dalzell
Spring Valley
Bureau County
Illinois
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Hummer’s Thrift Sale
la Salle
Hummer
LaSalle’s
Illinois Department of Public Health
Amboy
AL 1918
F. A. Steaday
Liberty
Women’s Department of Our Fair
M. E. Cadwalader
Chas. L. Trimble
A. H. Ferris
Ties
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