War Work Fund Approved by Bureau County Board
Bureau County supervisors meet in September session and approve a $2000 fund for the Liberty Loan committee to establish an office and hire staff for county war work. Judge Davis outlines plans. board supports funding, expecting possible surplus. Officials discuss road work approvals and the temporary absence of highway superintendent Johnson.
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Board of Supervisors
Bureau County
Davis
Liberty Loan Committee
Fourt Liberty Loan Committee
Johnson
No Bail For Harvey In Murder Case
Teal Harvey indicted by the Sangamon county grand jury on murder charges regarding Ida Murray. He was taken into custody again and held without bail after arrest, with prior release on bond and coroner's jury recommending manslaughter.
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Teal Harvey
Sangamon County
Ida Murray
North Fifth Street
Fire gut Lasalle clothing store and offices on Marquette
A major blaze in Lasalle damaged the Math Pouse clothing store on Marquette street and adjoining second floor offices. The fire was found shortly after 1 am Sunday and is believed to have started in the clothing shop possibly from a discarded cigarette. An auction of stock was held the previous day with a large crowd present.
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LaSalle
Marquette Street
Math Pouse
Old Bil
Pershing
Choosing a Wife Recounts a Snakes and Eels Metaphor
The passage recalls Sir John More’s quip likening wives to snakes with one eel among them. It notes his supposed experience with a snake and links this to his alleged lack of chivalry.
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Sir John More
Sir Thomas
Sir John
Picadilly name linked to Picadilla Hall origin
The name Picadilly is traced to Picadilla Hall built in 1680 by tailor Higgins who prospered selling turnover collars. The area name likely derives from picadilles or pickadellies, with Higgins establishing Picadilla hall in London as the source of the term.
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Neming
Picadilly
Tipperary
Higgins
London
Jn Picadilly
Bring Out Your Weapon in the Hour of Peril
A sermon-like call urges immediate use of all national power to resist a vast, humanity threatening menace. The speaker warns that humanity's safety depends on mobilizing every resource and weapon to prevent enslavement, mutilation, and devastation.
Help the World to Clean House Fourth Liberty Bond Message
A wartime civic urging Americans to buy Liberty bonds in the Fourth Loan. The speaker extols U S power against Germany, urges public funding via bonds, and promises a final victory with patriotic, combative rhetoric. The date of the bond sale is to be announced later.
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James Montgomery Flagg
Megccine
United States of America
Germany
Ile
United States
Salt Lake recruit learns German profanity for war effort
Cav Endish W Cannon of Salt Lake City enlisted in the Marine corps after studying German. He says his sole focus is mastering German cuss words to tell Kaiser Wilhelm and the German leadership what he thinks of them.
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Marine
the Kaiser
Salt Lake City
United States
Berlin
Salt Lake
William Mhohenzollern
Zion
Cavendish W. Cannon
Marine Corps
Cannon
Kaiser Bill
Shell Shock Victim Honored in Spokane
Spokane man Edward Haynes, a machine gunner in the Royal British Marines at Cambrai, is recommended to receive the Distinguished Service Order. He returned home suffering from shell shock after defending against the German drive, and survived a torpedoed Atlantic crossing with days in peril aboard the liner.
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Spokane
Wash
Edward Haynes
Haynes
Royal British Marines
Cambrai
State Council Urges Wheat Smut Treatment for Next Harvest
The State Council of Defense Food Production and Conservation Committee urges farmers to treat every grain of wheat planted this fall to prevent smut and protect next year’s crop. The plan, based on University of Illinois guidance, outlines a formaldehyde treatment method and notes additional circulars available from the State College and county agents.
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State Council of Defense
Food Production and Conservation Committee
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Illinois
State College
University of Iinois
Urbana
Illinois
Peck's Bad Boy Comes to Majestic Theatre Next Week
The widely loved comedy with music Peck's Bad Boy returns to the Majestic Theatre next Wednesday. Jacque Baulin leads an excellent company in a refreshed production with new songs and dances, promising bright, kid friendly entertainment for matinees and evening shows.
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Peck
the Majestic
Majestic Theatre
Trule
Jacque Baulin
Letters From France A Young Private's Lament
A 21 year old draftee writes from a tent abroad about leaving Spring Valley LaSalle for Uncle Sam's army. He recalls training in Kentucky Pig Point and Dixie Land then marching with a Springfield rifle and 90 Dum Dum bullets. He laments home sickness and warns soldiers to stand ready for service.
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France
Harry T
Camp Dodge
Del
Dodge
Spring Valley
Harry
States
Uncle Sam
LaSalle
Old Kentucky
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Hell
Heaven
Hoboken
N. J
Kamerad
Lars ED. F. Tieman. Co. B
U. S. Inf
Ionary Forces
Pig Point
Dixie Land
C. A. Mason
Granville
The
Neustadt
Erate
Neustadts
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