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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
5
The State Council may set basic prices for huskers to curb waste from shifting crews. A 6 to 7 cent per bushel range is discussed, with higher costs for poor down corn. Agricultural advisers will aid draft classifications to keep essential farm labor in place while meeting war needs.
Roland Henry Ackerson of Princeton born August 1 1896 died September 29 1918 at Great Lakes Naval Training Station aged 22 years 9 months 28 days after enlisting April 28 1918 His funeral at First Christian church will be at 2 pm with burial at Oakland under Masonic lodge auspices He was a Princeton High School graduate class of 1915 and a parishioner of the church since 1913 He left behind his father stepmother and brother Donald and other relatives.
Howard W. Stinson of Buda and Annie M. Bitting of Buda received a marriage license. Joe Spotar of DSrve finistic le Elizabeth Heberting of DePue were also listed with their respective licenses bearing the given ages.
Casualty list reports John L. Hunter of Tiskilwa, bugler in Company K 59th infantry, killed in France on August 4. Enlisted August 1, 1917, trained at Jefferson Barracks, sailed overseas in April, last message dated August 2. Hunter leaves a family in Bureau county with three brothers and a sister.
The administratrix with the Will annexed of Frank Ferme deceased announces she will appear before the Bureau County County Court at the Princeton courthouse for the December Term to settle estate matters.
Notice to creditors of an estate requests immediate payments from all claimants. The document is signed by the administratrix with the will annexed and dated October 2 1918. It mentions a first Monday in December as the meeting time for claims. A separate ad for whiskey sales by Geo L Hoffman Co notes prices for 8 year old whiskey and 6 year old whiskey per gallon, along with gin rum and wines.
A wartime morale song urges Americans to buy Liberty Bonds to aid troops in France. The refrain emphasizes Uncle Sam's call and the Kaiser’s fear, urging swift action and repeated buys to sustain the war effort.
At Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg rookie soldiers march under a sergeant who cries keep your intervals a phrase the captain notes as essential. A rookie complains no pine yet and is told to request an interval from personnel officers after medical exam. Later Captain Coffin grants him a later interval of fifteen minutes for a serious talk.
A Marine training camp custom at Paris Island began when a recruit’s hat was blown into the bay and floated away. Recruits then tossed their hats into the sea for luck, creating a practice that spread among the group. England has long produced paper from alfa, a fibrous northern African plant, valued for its quality in books and magazines.
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