John H Walker for national labor leadership urged
The text promotes John H Walker as a candidate for national President of the United Workers of America and endorses his Illinois Federation of Labor leadership. It links Walker to miners and wage advocacy and calls on foreign born and Italian Greek miners to support him. It also covers broader wartime food relief and postwar global duties and newer sugar card changes.
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John
Ilinois
Feder Labor
United Workers of Aemerica
Saigl
Walker
Ae Bee
Saisie
Ae Mane
Twinois
Thenois Federation of Labor
Llinois
Illinois
John H. Walker
Miners’ International Union
United Mine Workers OF America
India
Australia
United States
France
Roumania
Montenegro
Poland
Russia
Armenia
America
Austria
Belgium
Europe
Resolutions of Bheridan Lodge Dearly Honoring Prokop
The Bheridan Lodge 193 K of P passes resolutions on the death of comrade frew Prokop. They praise his brave upright life and Christian character. The committee asks sympathy for his bereaved parents and requests a copy of the resolution be sent to the family and published in the Gazette.
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Bheridan Lodge
Shereas
Frew Prokop
Anne
Perave
God of All Grace
Gazette
Publica
Daniel Swember of Lodge 198 Passes in Death
The tdan Lodge 198 records the death of Daniel Swember the community mourns the loss of a ger and loving father and husband. The lodge extends sympathies to his family and asks for publication of these minutes. John Leggat Ralph Wagoner I L Steinberg sign the notice and furnish a copy to the papers.
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Tdan Lodge
Daniel Swember
John Leggat
Ralph Wagoner
I. L. Steinberg
Congregational Church Events Updated for December
The Congregational Church schedules a Christmas bee right after services on December 6 at 7 30 PM. The Woman's Missionary Society will meet this week on Wednesday with Mrs Charfos Kna.
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Woman’s Missionary — Society
Charfos Kna
Free stereo slides showcase famous figures to broaden country
About sixty five colored stereoptican slides are offered free to public access. The display aims to illuminate the country of origin for well known persons and make the nation more real to viewers.
Knapp Soldier From Walnut Killed in Action
Mr and Mrs G W Knapp received news from the War Department in Washington that their son Nicholas Knapp was killed in action in France on October 25, 1918. Nick, a Dixon native who enlisted last spring, ranked first in his Camp Grant company for marksmanship before going into action. His death brings sorrow to Walnut and nearby communities as the first local casualty in the great war, with his family enduring deep loss and many friends offering sympathy.
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G. W. Knapp
War Department
Washington, DD
Nicholas Knapp
Vrancaon
Nick
Dixon
Camp Grant
Rockford
Ilinois
Germany
Walnut
Allen
Nickolas Knapp
Explosion injures four Buda high students in class
Four students at Buda High School were injured in a chemical explosion during a physics class last Tuesday. Doris Roberts suffered about thirty facial cuts from flying glass, with a shard hitting her eyeball.
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Buda High School
Doris Roberts
Explosion injures Doris Gut and others from glass
A blast shattered glass wounding Doris Gut and two others, Flossie Webb and Gladys Clark. A doctor and nurse arrived and reported the victims were getting along fine despite the injuries.
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Doris Gutshall
Flossie Webb
Gladys Clark
Height of Ignorance
A parent recalls his youngest son among several boys and a young woman as they discuss a ball game. The boy explains the woman was their teacher who could not grasp the buried concept, and he wonders how she became a schoolteacher.
Warning on kidney health and dubious remedy claims
Fragmentary text warns kidneys weaken and urges early action against disease. It promotes a mysterious remedy touted as a national treatment without clear sourcing or verifiable evidence, mentioning authorities and a Dutch connection, but lacks verifiable details.
Real Direct Drops and Gold Medal Haaren Ot
An advertisement touts Real Direct Drops and Gold Medal Haaren Ot as restoratives aiding Hollanders. It promises a money refund if results are not achieved and urges purchase at the local drugstore with the Gold Medal seal on the packaging.
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Holland
Special War Era Grocery Sale Prices End Soon
Readable items include Temptation Brand corn and peas, Big Chief and Wishbone brands, Kellogg’s cereals, Quaker Oats in large and small sizes, Libby pineapple, California peaches, pears, and various canned goods. Prices are listed per item with a long inventory of staples and household necessities, urging customers to buy before stock is moved.
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Cmecas
California
Michigan
Euccicives
Nis Ile
Udi Ik
Jtell
Savoy
Japan
Kasheer Brand
Kasheer
Aurora Bell
Dundee
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John Ledgat
Ralph: Wagoner I
Steinbers
Congregational Church
Walnut People
Max Miller
East St. Paul Street
Spring Valley, Hl
Stolwit
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Lin
Spd Ab
Peat Bros
Peter Pan
Castile
Stevens
Mio
Qearith Ag VC
Eli Sear
Old L. Pierson
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Seomed
Liesatiiaa
Jeilstadtes
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