Plan to keep students in class while aiding husking season
County Superintendent Smith outlines a plan to let older students 12 13 and 14 stay out of school up to three weeks to assist farmers with corn husking while keeping schools open and maintaining education. The plan requires extended hours and extra pay for teachers and aims to comply with compulsory attendance laws amid influenza closures.
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Possiy
Upt
Smith
Mrmith
Mr. Smith
Sam
Wilson
Illinois
Census for October 15 1918 conducted by local schools
The Food Administration directs the census of cattle and hogs in Bureau county be taken by school children. Teachers received blanks and instructions, with data due as of October 15th. About a third of districts have reported. rest expected by week’s end. Information available from the county Food Administrator J. Mann.
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Roy Withrow
Tiskilwa Township High School
Withrow
Mr. Withrow
United States Food Administration
County Superintendent of Schools
Tle
Bureau
J. Mann
Local Notices and Social Gleanings From Peoria Area
Community updates report school and church closures for the week and list several travel and visitation notes. Mrs. Christine Johnson attended a relative’s funeral in Sheffield. Mrs. Dan Nickels and children visited Chicago. Mrs. Earl Simpson, wife of Detective Simpson, died in Town Falls. Noted funeral for Miss Mabel Yarring ton in Tiskilwa with Rebekah lodge assisting at the grave.
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Wm. Rhoenelt
Peoria
Bureau
Congregational Church
Christine Johnson
Sheffield
Dan Nickels
Chicago
James Peterson
Earl Simpson
Detective Simpson
Town Falls
Harry Baker
Davenport
Pete Matsen
Jolet
Johnson
Taylor
Frank Edwards
Tony Hammond
Burke Sledgister
Chillicothe
Mabel Yarrington
Edward Peterson
F. L. Breen
Chebouse
Ill
Tiskilwa Cemetery
Rebekah Lodge
Three Die In One Family In Mendota Pneumonia Toll
The Tower family of Mendota suffered multiple losses as Henry Tower died of pneumonia on October 8 after illness. His son Stanley, 11, died the previous Tuesday from influenza. Vere Tower, 24, also died from pneumonia, leaving widow and mother among surviving relatives.
Voting record of Congressman Treland on key war measures
The document lists Congressman Treland’s votes on major World War I measures before the 65th Congress. It shows numerous approved items including declaration of war against Germany and Austria, war bonds, draft and conscription changes, taxes, pensions, and various war-related bills, with one notable antiwar vote on the Gard Amendment to the Espionage Bill.
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Congressman Treland
Austria
D. C
War Finance Corporation
Madden
National Guard
Gard
Senate Borland
Dent
Ireland
Administration
War Department
Clifford Ireland
Congress Campaign Committee
Double Funeral Held in Mendota for Infant and Boy
A baby about fourteen months old and a boy were mourned in Mendota with a double funeral held Friday. The brief notice notes the infant and the adolescent’s deaths and service details.
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Mendota
Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Ry Westbound Train Times
West bound cars depart Spring Valley for Hicks Junction and Hicks Junction to DePue Bureau Princeton with listed morning and afternoon times. Schedule includes multiple departures and connections to Hicks Junction and DePue stations.
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Chicago
Ottawa
Peoria RY
Spring Valley Station
Hicks Junction
Ladd
A. M
P. M
DePue
Bureau
Princeton
Peru
LaSalle
Streator
Marseilles
Morris
Joliet
In & MM
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Spring Valley Gazette
Anholz Bros., Publishers
Springley
Farmer Boys
Township Board of Health
State Board of Health
Local Boards of Health
Leander O. Eagleton
Peoria, Illinois
Congress
Central
Ills
McKendree College
Northwestern University Law School
Claude A. Stone
Germany
Senate
Veterans
Hawaii
Red Cross
Save
The
Illinois Valley Sash & Door Co
Rock and
Spring Valley, Ill
a—Princeton Limited
b—DePue
e—Joliet
Otawa
Chicago, Ill
Joliet, Ill
Chicago & Joliet
Paul F. McNamara
R. A. Smith
Spring Valley
WM. Hawthorne
Gpring Valley
L. Murphy
Im Peltier Ridg
Wales
J. J. Moran
E. St. Paul St
RJ. H
Jagodamaki
Tdi
BR. L
BR. A. Rummell
van Doran
O'neen
W. Eafe
Dakota Street
Goodyear Tires
Dean
Mobilolis
Ford
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