Franckey urges constitution changes at UMWA sub district meeting
President Pio Franckey leads the LaSalle convention of Sub District No 1 District 12 United Mine Workers. He recommends amendments to the constitution to raise revenue and improve administration, and urges local unions to fund offices and telephone access, while stressing war support and labor solidarity.
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United Minegers of America
LaSalle
Dent Pio Franckey
Wranckey
U. F A
Hebf
Pio Franckey
Registrants for District No 1 Listed By Towns
A long list of registrants for District No 1 is named with numbers and home towns, including Walnut Sheffield Bradford Neponset Princeton Tiskilwa Ohio Wyanet Malden and Minera. The roster features dozens of individuals such as Clarence R. Miles Arthur D. Ross Guy Billings J Walter Holk Edward M. Donnelly Major Robert Jackson William Burnett Harry Robert Linn Eldon Robert Smith Peter Van DeHandy and Parker F. Major among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Miles
Walnut
Arthur D. Ross
Fredrick E. Schweinsberg
Sheffield
Guy Billings
LaMoille
J. Walter Holk
Manlius
Irwin Wilds
Buda
Will Bruhn
Chas. H. Bornsheuer
Bradford
Edward M. Donnelly
Ohio
Louie S. Finneey
Robert Jackson
Princeton
Wm. J. Burnett
Neponset
Harry Robert Linn
Even Orson Hamrick
Wyanet
Duke Stevens Durefe
Tiskilwa
Chas
Eugene Piper
Peter van DeHandy
Frederick Parson Carper
Julius Buyssee
Mineral
Matthew Martin McCune
Minera
Sigfred Brunsbury
Henry Melvin Larson
Fred Clifton Berry
Frank Henry DeBates
Harry Lee Renner
Malden
Olen D. Milton
Parker F. Major
Max J. Behrens
Coll Philip Heaton
Ay Sweallan
Oscar M. J. Linden
Frank E. Austin
George T. Durham
Earl J. Wolf
Thomas Tovey
Carl F. W. Malchert
Hubert Andrews
Fred J. Noble
Elmer F. McColl
Milfred J. Obermeyer
Howard R. Swarts
Lesley J. Gingerich
George J. Linker
John H. Rickert
Thomas L. Martin
R. Wren Foushee
Elbert Snyder
Harold G. Goodale
Jesse E.*rouse
Gordon C. Hay
Fred M. Gibbs
John M. Simons
Grant G. Gist
Davis G. Hunter
Albert F. Johnson
Owen T. Kearns
Daniel A. Hamrick
Floyd
W. van Sickle
Harry Burrell
Floyd Anderson
Laurence M. Bates
Emil Dagen
Herman Huffman
Thomas J. Studley
Alvin JJ. Lundgren
James E. Norris
Roy M. Moore
McKinley Chastner
Omer Morgan
Orren E. Smith
Elmer Stenholm
Carl A. Olson
Henry
Chas. L. Russell
Ralph Finnegan
Harry W. Monier
McKinley J. Eshelman
C. E. Curtiss
Lorenz A. Eckhoff
Paul F. Kepner
Benjamin F. E. Neilson
Norris W. Barton
Carl W. Johnson
Charles F. Schmidt
Lester D. Rudiger
Vern Adams
Reuben Fahlberg
Walter G. Nelson
Lyle J. Hopkins
Prophetstown
Nels Andrew Akerson
Harvey R. Howett
Thmas
Baby week drive gathers state wide child counts
The report lists numerous names from Princeton Walnut Bradford Tiskilwa Neponset Sheffield and other towns with ages six and under. It shows totals of 2890 boys and 2794 girls under six and a grand total of 5684 children. The notice requests every child under six be brought to the local township committee for a physical condition record during baby week.
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Wyanet
Concord
Mineral
Leepertown
Arispie
Indiantown
Macon
Neponset
Wheatland
Mile
Notice to Dog Owners in Spring Valley Illinois
City announces dog control order under 1911 ordinance due to mad dog danger. Unmuzzled or untagged dogs running at large will be killed starting June 7 1918 and continuing until further notice. Dated June 5 1918 Mayor W H Burnell official notice.
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Spring Valley
Ilinois
A. D
W. H. Burnell
City
Illinois
Baby week census of township children in 1917
June 1917 school census counts children under six in townships: Clanon 89 LaMoille 108 Ohio 102 Walnut 102 Greenville 113 Fairfield 119 Westfield 393 Berlin 82 Dover 102 Bureau 89 Manlius 96 Gold 68 Hall 2048 Selby 586 Princeton 327.
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Clanon
LaMoille
Ohio
Walnut
Greenville
Fairfield
Westfield
Berlin
Dover
Bureau
Manlius
Gold
Hall
Selby
Princeton
Bureau County Board Backs 60 Million State Hard Roads Bond
The Bureau County Board endorsed the Illinois plan to issue 60 million dollars in state bonds for a permanent hard roads system. They urged voters to approve the proposition in the November 1918 election, noting bond payments would be covered by motor vehicle fees with no hike in general taxes. The resolution was unanimously adopted.
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Board of Supervisors
Bureau County
General Assembly
Exemption Board Reclassifies McMahon to Class 1
In Peoria district, based on L. M. Eckert’s recommendation, Raymond McMahon of Tiskilwa is moved from Class 3 to Class 1. The action comes amid nationwide draft scrutiny and widens the shift of married men with or without dependents to lower classifications, affecting numerous registrants in Bureau county.
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Kinois Miners Union
Se- 6
Peoria
L. M. Eckert
Princeton
Raymond McMahon
Tiskilwa
McMahon
Bureau County
Mr. Eckert
Atty
Shelton McGrath
Dr. Bradley
Frank J. Quinn
Strauss
Eckert
Rockford
Former Tiskilwa Boy Placed on Draft Call for Camp Grant
Alvin Mercer once of Tiskilwa, age 31 as of June 17 1886, was found late for 1917 draft eligibility. His birth data and marriage license helped determine he should have registered. He lived in Henry with wife and child and had worked as a sewing machine agent. The draft board placed his name on the Camp Grant entrainment list after presenting evidence.
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Tiskilwa
Alvin Mercer
Alvin
Mercer
Geo. E. Mercer
Henry
Camp Grant
Alien Omen To Register German Enemies in 1918
A notice directs German feral alien enemies to register in non urban areas at their mail post office on June 17 1918. A German alien female who fails to register or violates regulations faces penalties detention or removal from the United States with possible imprisonment for failing to carry a registration card.
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United States
My Four Years in Germany shown at Majestic Theatre
The Majestic Theatre will screen Ambassador James W. Gerard’s film My Four Years in Germany next Sunday June 16 with two shows at 7 00 pm and 2 30 pm. Tickets cost 25c for adults and 10c for children with war tax included and government four minute men promote the documentary to explain America’s entry into World War I.
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Moving Picture Line
Majestic Theatre
James W. Gerard
Berlin
United States
Germany
LaSalle
Louis Murphy
Uncle Sam
Gerard
Edward Groschen
America
Bliss Native Herbs Promises Healing Remedies and Delivery
An advertisement touts Bliss Native Herbs claiming to cure rheumatism constipation kidney and liver troubles and to improve blood. It promises a guarantee and delivers 200 tablets by mail for 100 dollars, with an agent delivering or mailing upon receipt of payment.
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Franckey
American Red Cross
K. C
State Council of Defense
Bovey
Adept
District Board
Boy Scouts of America
War Department
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Rocky Mountains
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