Valley community flags effort oversubscribes
In Spring Valley district under P M Mahoney the card system handled subscriptions but manpower limited progress. Early results showed a lag until Bender and the team surged ahead, achieving over subscription and strong momentum as they pushed toward final goals.
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Honolass
P.M. Mahoney
Pring Valley District
Theen
Hall and Selby
P. M. Mahoney
Spring Valley District
Wedderspoon Presents Bonnie Brier Bush in Spring Valley
May 6 1918 at the Spring Valley Opera House features Rev W R Wedderspoon and the play Bonnie Brier Bush to raise funds for the M & church indebtedness. The talk includes praise of the book and Scottish dialect performance.
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Bonnie Brier Bush
Spring Valley Opera House
M &, Church of
Spring Valley
Dr. Wedderspoon
War Bonds and Home Front Rally for Rock Island Troops
On Monday April 29 Rock Island trains carried Spring Valley volunteers to Camp Dodge as crowds saluted the fighters heading to France. The appeal urged prayers and money for Liberty Bonds and wartime conservation, urging every citizen to support the war effort and not be a slacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Camp Dodge
Spring Valley
Uncle Sam
France
Punished by Cellmate Negri Loses Fight Over Treason Trials
Peter Negri once a key agitator in Illinois mining districts, sowed sedition through strikes. Federal agents tracked him from Spring Valley to Dalzell and Pistoni's hall where Postmaster Sweeney arrested him. He suffered severe injuries in jail with jawbone damage, ending his disruptive activities.
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T. W
Illinois
Peter Nigri
Illinois Union of the
Broteout
Sweeney
Negri
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Federal Detective Bureau
Chicago
Spring Valley
Dalzell
Pistoni
Cus
Tody
Hicks
Nigh
Cook County
Landisone
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Bureau County
McMahon
W. R. Wedderspoon
Hunter Doherty & Co
I. L. Steinberg
Salvatore
Rathburn’s
I. W
Ss. L. Bradley
M. H. Dabler
Lucas & Boyland
Princeton
Walnut
Sheffield
Malden
Manlius
Arlington
W. C. Riley Ladd Garage
W F Whipple Buda Auto Co
Frank McCray
Chas. Dachsteiner
F. C. Bollman
Kasbeer Ladl Wyanet
Buda LaMoille Cherry
New Bedford
G. M. Bryant
DePue
Geo. M. Bryant
DePue, Illinois
Mars & Company
Cassiday Bros
Enoch Morgan's Sons CO
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