Local News Highlights in Bureau County and Surroundings
Reports from Bureau and neighboring counties describe Della Young’s arrest in Wyanet and pending raids on bootleggers after Spring Valley surveillance. C S Russell, a Neponset merchant, helps farmers haying. Egnato Elias fined for Sunday opening. a kitchen fire injured Mrs Fifield but caused no major damage. Edna Clark named county club director. Karl Harris of Marquette picked up over registration doubts. families discuss military enlistment and birth records details.
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Charles Hanson
Waterloo
Iowa
Della Young
Wyanet
Della
Spring Valley
C. S. Russell
Neponset
Russell
Egnato Elias
DePue
Bureau County
Skinner
Herr
T. J. Fifield
Fifield
Buda
Misa Edna Clark
Clark
Smith
Blake
Hight
Karl Harris
Marquette
Sheriff Skoglund
Harris
Earl
la Salle
McElroy
Orville Comp of Sheffield Wounded in Action in France
Orville L Comp of Sheffield reported seriously wounded while in action on June 6 in France. His mother Ida Comp received a telegram from Washington last Saturday with the news. He is 24, a member of the 83rd Company 6th Regiment U S Marines. He left Kewanee Dec 11 and enlisted in Chicago. He was sent to Parris Island and from there.
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Orvile I. Comp
Sheffield
France
Ida Comp
Washington
Orville L Comp
Camp
83Rd Co. 6Th Reg
Camp family in war service tied by extended kin
The excerpt notes a Clarksville, Virginia man who left in March for France with his company and reports letters from him about a grand time and adventure. His brother Harold Camp, 18, serves in heavy field artillery and is somewhere in England. The Camps are cousins to Mrs. Chas Alpaugh of the city.
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Clarksville
France
Harold Camp
Heavy Field Artillery
England
Chas. Alpaugh
Editor of Wyanet Review Charges George Martin With Yellow Paint
George Martin a painter of Wyanet was arrested on a malicious mischief charge after Editor Koch of the Wyanet Review reported his shop painted yellow two weeks earlier. The case, supported by about fifteen witnesses, ended with no direct proof tying Martin to the act and the charge was dismissed.
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Wyanet Review
George Martin
Wyanet
Martin
Koch
Chamberlain
Russell
Herron
Army Life in Arizona Troop C Diary Poem
A first person military diary describes a May march to Douglas Arizona. The writer recalls landing in Camp Troop C quarantine and daily sand drills in heat. He notes gun smoke on duty family ironies and a half holiday midweek while awaiting mail and meals of bread and beans. The tone is brisk and nationalistic.
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Johnson and Mallonee
Arizona
Douglas
Uncle Sam
Registrants Pass Physicals as 131 of 149 Cleared
On Monday 149 boys who registered on June 5th were examined for draft fitness at the courthouse. Results show 131 fit, 17 to Ottawa Friday for further checks, and 2 did not appear. Classifications and order numbers will follow in the coming days.
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Court House
Ottawa
Dis
Triet examining board names list with members
The article lists members of the triage examining board including Chas F Schmidt John H Rickert Carl A Olson Vern Adams Hubert Andrews Norris W Barton Lytle L Linaberg Harry M Webb Arlo H Quick Fred W Schneider Eugene Moodie Arthur W Hasenyager Jesse L Bedel William Hunter Fred M Gibbs Edward Aagesen Floyd Anderson Harry A Whityver.
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Triet
Chas. F. Schmidt
John H. Rickert
Carl A. Olson
Vern Adams
Hubert Andrews
Norris W. Barton
Harry M. Webb
Arlo H. Quick
Fred W. Schneider
Eugene Moodie
Arthur W. Hasenyager
Jesse L. Bedel
William Hunter
Fred M. Gibbs
Edward ©. Aagesen
Floyd Anderson
Harry A. Whityver
Munitions Plant Near LaSalle Promised Jobs and Growth
Reports circulating in LaSalle claim the U. S. Government plans a 15 million dollar munitions plant east of LaSalle. The project would employ about 1800 workers and attract nearly 5000 residents, with a picric acid factory near Split Rock as a key facility. Materials would come from zinc plants in LaSalle Peru and DePue, supplying sulfuric acid for ipieric acid production.
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LaSalle
U. S
Split Rock
Peru
DePue
Recruits Go Tomorrow From LaSalle For Training Camp
Bureau County youths join eight recruits slated to depart LaSalle on the Fourth of July for Jefferson Barracks to begin U S army training. The list includes Paul E. Hunter Tiskilwa Delbert F. Starkey and Glenn K. Hoyland, with more names expected as the office redoubles recruiting efforts this week.
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Bureau County
LaSalle
Jefferson Barracks
U. S. Army
Paul E. Hunter
Tiskilwa
Delbert F. Starkey
Bureau
Glenn K. Hoyland
State Council clarifies Work or Fight order scope
The Illinois State Council of Defense reports that the May 23 Work or Fight regulations apply only to registrants aged 21 to 31 and not to men above draft age. It resolves confusion from publicity and states no law requires nonregistrants or unemployed workers to perform daily labor. The committee’s conclusions urge public dissemination.
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State Councils Law and Legislation
State Council of Defense
V. A. Olander
General Crowder
State Council
Levy Mayer
John G. Oglesby
D. E. Shanahan
Genengender
Selective Service
State of
Illinois
Fourth of July Observance Across Mlinoia States Rally
Communities in Mlinoia respond to the State Council bulletin for Fourth of July events. The nation’s birthday inspires flag salutes around the globe as towns prepare public gatherings and ceremonies.
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Mlinoia
State Council
Fourth of July observance in war time extends globally
The article notes July Fourth will be celebrated in Allied countries with readings of the Declaration in multiple languages. President Wilson will issue a message read nationwide via Four Minute Men. The Illinois State Council of Defense urges programs to dedicate the nation’s resources to the world’s war effort.
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France
Italy
Japan
England
Wilson
State Council
State Council of Defense
United States
Ilinois
Lucy McGinty the Farm Hero of Kansas
Lucy McGinty, a young Kansas woman, manages fifty acres of corn and 120 acres of winter wheat. She plows and harvests solo, delivering 1,500 bushels from thirty bushels per acre and plans for a bank account and food for soldiers. The piece praises female farmers and questions why more women aren’t in rural work.
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Lucy
Lucy McGinty
United States of America
Sunflower State
Kansas
Edwards County
France
Lucey
America
Mouth Breathers Frighten Society with Nullified Breath
An old stern admonition contrasts mouth breathers with closed mouths and implies health risks. It claims mouth breathing enlarges tonsils and spreads germs, clouding mental function and increasing sickness, urging readers to "Shut your mouth" to protect the community.
Spring Valley Giants to Face Ohio Team Next Sunday
The rain postponed last Sunday's Hicks Park game. The Spring Valley Giants travel to play the Ohio team next Sunday with a Chicago battery and a winner take all gate receipts plan after tax.
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Spring Valley Giants
Hicks Park
Ohio
Chicago
War Mothers aim to ease soldiers worries and boost wartime effort
A writer urges War Mothers of America to console mothers left home and reassure soldiers overseas. The piece links motherly support to victory and calls on War Mothers to lead in food conservation Liberty Loans thrift and war-charity drives, stressing shared sympathy and civic duty.
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War Mothers of America
America
Snake story from Hanover Journal recounts huge serpent
A Hanover Journal retells a summer snake tale: a woman finds a nearly ten foot serpent tangled in a lawn mower blade. She says the head half vanished into a hole while the other half climbed an ash tree, totaling about nine feet six inches after adjustments.
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Hanover Journal
Bible Influence Highlighted by Yale Scholar
Professor William Lyon Phelps of Yale praises the Bible as the greatest book noting its seriousness, timeless wisdom, and impact on English literature. He cites Job, the Psalms, Proverbs, Bunyan, and Lincoln as examples of its enduring influence.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Phelps
Job
Hume
Gibbon
Rose
Kipling
de Maupassant
O. Henry
Bunyan
Lincoln
Kent
Detroit News
Fern Piper hat tale of Fifth Avenue milliner schemes
Corinne Lowe exposes a scheme by a Fifth Avenue milliner to lure wealthy society women away from fashionable shops. The plan used paid chauffeurs and hotel clerks to summon rich customers, then secure their patronage with exclusive access and prestige in New York.
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Corinne Lowe
Fifth Avenue
New
Custon
Middle West
New Sciety
Oay
Philip Rhinestewart
Mra
Ton de Salle Rives
New York
Old English Furn That Railways Helped Spread Furniture
Thompson of Kansas speaks at a dinner about patience and anecdote. A tale from India hints at how the 1851 Great Exhibition and new railways influenced British furniture trade, as families bought new items abroad and circulated old pieces to smaller towns.
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Thompson
Kansas
Smith
John
Britain
Indianapolis News
Fragmentary Speech by General Crowder Cited in Wasteful Banter
An unclear quote features General Crowder remarking on Germany and a judge. The dialogue shifts to a comic exchange about being down but not out, with characters expressed as softened and wiping eyes. The passage ends without a clear event or resolution.
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Germany
General Crowder
Weapons of War Fueled by Scientific Effort Across Nations
The piece extols how nations mobilize science to weaponize plosives poisons fuels and explosive devices. It notes reduced manpower yet greater overall output driven by chemistry engines and advanced gear. It highlights rapid advances in guns artillery aircraft and other tools reflecting a peak in scientific military effort.
Great Alaska’s harsh realities in distant daily life
Fragmentary report describes Alaska’s rough conditions with mentions of extreme poverty and survival tasks. It notes prices near a dollar and references people enduring cold, makeshift clothing, and improvised living in a challenging climate. Strong entities include Alaska and women possibly described in harsh settings.
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