Closing Exercises and Club Work in Bureau County Schools
Closing exercises are planned across Bureau County from May 8 to May 31 at centers including Buda Kasbeer Princeton Tiskilwa Mile New Bedford Wynner West Bureau Dover Fairfield Bureau Junction. Admission 15 cents with net proceeds aiding the County Circulating Library. The program features Calf Pig and Poultry Club promotion by J H Checkley to boost wartime production and life skills among 4-H style groups. Stauffer School in Wheatland Township receives standardization diploma and praise for moving to a standard school. The Illinois War Savings drive shows Bureau County at 54th with 24 113 in stamps, and local schools are urged to increase sales through summer campaigns coordinated by A J Benson and County Chairman Boyden.
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Buda
Kasbeer
Princeton
Methodist Church
Co. Supt
J. H. Checkley
Edna
Stanffer
Wheatland Township
J. R. Prichard
Co. Supt. Smith
Hattie ,Whittaker
Bureau County
Two Excellent Reasons for a Wrong Turn
A motorist asks a pedestrian for directions on a country road. The pedestrian guides him two miles forward then back three miles to reach Blaiikville, admitting he avoided bluntly saying the car was headed wrong because he lives nearby.
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Blaiikville
Thrilling Employment of the Torpedo Lieutenant
The modern torpedo lieutenant must be an engineer scientist and more. During action he waits as ranges are long and torpedoes ineffective until signaling orders fire. He stands by hours watching then the ship closes in and he fires a torpedo into an enemy vessel. The tube hisses as the weapon speeds toward its mark.
The Whisky Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania
A brief historical note recalls the Whisky Insurrection as a small early U S revolt in western Pennsylvania over the 1791 excise tax on liquor. about 7 000 armed men gathered to resist enforcement but federal troops under President Washington quelled the rebellion with Bradford as the principal leader fleeing. only two deaths occurred in clashes with soldiers.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Washington
Bradford
Origin of a Postal Custom
The steamship Oregon was wrecked off Fire Island on March 14 1886 after a collision with a coastwise schooner. All aboard were saved within half an hour and the mail recovered was stamped to show it had been in the wreck a practice later adopted by the International Postal Union. Edward M Morgan then a New York post office subordinate is credited with proposing the rubber stamp method to prevent complaints.
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Oregon
Fire Island
International Postal Union
Edward M. Morgan
New York Post Office
Indians Making Good Farmers in Canada
The Indian in Canada who has long avoided trouble with authorities is becoming a key contributor to farming in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Coupled with trained moose labor, he shows that wilderness can be tamed and that Indians are helping to supply the world with wheat and other grains.
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Canada
Dominion
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Pictures Show Bees at Work At Government Expert Film
A U S government expert produced motion pictures explaining bees honey making. Jill notes the films are said to be lifelike and sparked a hive epidemic the day after their first release.
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Bill
United States
Jill
Skating Plan Interrupted by Brief Decline
A short dialogue shows Bill asking Jill to go skating and Jill declining despite admitting she enjoys it. The exchange hints at hesitation or a social constraint.
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Bill
Jill
Peru Store Decorated Over Pro-German Leasing Row
Yellow paint decorates the Helm & Amsler Bros meat market in Peru on Fourth Street as volunteers remove the mess. The incident stems from a tenant renting upper-floor rooms to a man accused of pro German sympathies who disparaged American troops, fueling local bitterness toward the landlord who leased the space after a LaSalle treatment.
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Helm & Amsler Bros
Peru
Fourth Street
LaSalle
The Missus in Charge at Jefferson Review
The Jefferson Review editor took a long vacation and in the latest issue comments on his wife and her routine work. He notes she is busy, dislikes the money she handles, and runs the household with peculiar methods.
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Missus
The
Jefferson Review
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Exervices Yuda Center
Buda Cencenter
Princeton Center
M. EF. Church
Tiskilwa Center
Mile Cen
New Bedford Center
Wynner Center
West Bureau Center
Dover Center
Fairfield Center
Bureau Junction Center
Stauffer School
A. J. Benson
War Savings Committee
Chicago. Co
W- Boyden
Spring Valley
City Bank
Spring Valley City
J. C. Sitterly
Wayne Hummer
Chas. W. Knapp
P. Hollerich
Asst. Cashier
Margaret Anglin
Chicago Examiner
Chicago Daily News
la Sale Theatre
Ss. L. Bradley
Harry Snell Nelson Smith
J.C. Burchell
Runft & Maher
H. J. Sutton
M. H. Dabler
Lucas & Boyland
Sheffield
Malden
Manlius
Arlington
W. C. Riley
Todd Garage
W F Whipple Buda Auto Co
Frank McCray
Chas
F. C. Bollman
New Bulford
G. M. Bryant
DePue
Geo. M. Bryant
DePue, Illinois
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