War time labor shift pushes women into non essential roles
A thousand community labor boards under wartime orders move to replace men with women in non essential jobs. Surveys will determine which positions women can fill and lists are to be published to pressure employers. The effort aims to boost munitions output for France and may compel millions of women into war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
War Industries Board
France
Employment Service
The
United States
Women to Fill Jobs Under Community Board Plan
The survey shows a man’s job can be filled by a woman and women nationwide will mobilize to support war work. The plan assigns employment service to list and fill jobs with women while safeguarding health and adding two women to each community board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Board
Mendota Nears Shell Plant Under War Resources Push
The War Resources committee negotiates with Chicago regional adviser to establish a shell plant near Mendota. H. D. Conkey Co. in Mendota backs the plan which could attract over 250000 dollars from the government to supplement local investment. Plant would initially produce 500 to 700 shells daily, laying groundwork for a large facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Resources Committee
Chicago
Mendota
H. D. Conkey,Co
Soldier Burger L. Shearer Killed in Action in France
Telegrams to Mr and Mrs Louis R Shearer confirm Burger L Shearer of the U S Infantry was killed in action July 24 He first went to Camp Dodge Sept 19 1917 and later served at Houston before going overseas The casualty list also notes Anthony Dedobbelear of Atkinson 18 killed in action in France after earlier missing status He was born in Feloian territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Louis R. Shearer
Burger L. Shearer
U. S. Infantry
France
Community notices from Seatonville area
Postponed Sunday School District Meeting at the Congregational church due to rotten Sunday. Gilbert Cochran served as a delegate to the Grand Lodge Convention of the K of P at La Salle last week. Dr White visited La Salle Wednesday evening. Mrs Marcella Trevi and her husband a Blue Jacket visited here over the weekend. A Community Service flag dedication is planned. The Red Cross met last Tuesday to plan the dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Gilbert Cochran
Grand Lodge
K. of P
LaSalle
Marcella Trevi
The
Red Cross
Injunction Shuts Oglesby Coal Mine in Chicago Case
Judge Sanborn issues a mandate closing the Oglesby Coal Co. mine amid a Marquette Cement Co. suit alleging mining under the cement firm engineering findings link double mining to cave-ins. The injunction blocks operations on both sides of the mine until modification. J R Bent says no publishable details yet.
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Sanborn
United States
Chicago
Oglesby Coal Co
Marquette Cement Co
Cement
Marquette Company
J. R. Bent
Dixon considers returning to aldermanic government
After seven years the Dixon commission forms a vote to revert to aldermanic representation. A petition with 1700 names was filed. The election is set for Tuesday October 22. William J. Barry, Oakwood Cemetery superintendent, is ousted by the council for alleged campaign activity on city time. he denies the allegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Dixon
William J. Barry
Oakwood Cemetery
Barry
Will Fight Pochers Tiskilwa Farmers Organize to Keep Trespassers Off Farms
Farmers around Tiskilwa form a protective organization after livestock losses and property damage from trespassers. The state attorney general has been consulted on plans to prosecute offenders. The group aims to deter hunters and others who enter farm lands and destroy property.
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Tiskilwa
Attords
Eagleton Edges Cahill for Democratic Nomination by Sixteen Votes
Complete official figures from six counties show L. O. Eagleton of Peoria defeating Thomas Cahill of Ladd by 16 votes for the Democratic congressional nomination in the Sixteenth district. Cahill carried Bureau, Marshall and Putnam while Eagleton led Stark by three votes. Republican Clifford Ireland ran unopposed and drew 11,583 votes, more than twice Cahill and Eagleton together.
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L. O. Eagleton
Peoria
Thomas Cahill
Ladd
Mr. Cahill
Bureau County
Bureau
Marshall
Putnam
Eagleton
Stark County
Clifford Ireland
Cahill
Caught Stealing Corn in Fairfield Township
Henry Landseidel of Fairfield township was arrested Monday on charges of stealing corn from Gust Johnson’s field. At a hearing before Police Magistrate Herr he posted bonds for the next grand jury. Johnson says Landseidel was caught with 11 ears in hand, apparently gathering seed corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Landseidel
Thomas
Fairfield Township
Gust Johnson
Herr
Landseidel
Gust
Johnson
Triumph and the Roman military honors
The triumph was a rare highest military honor in Rome. It required meeting strict conditions of war and rank. When granted, streets filled with garlands as crowds cheered a general in a chariot, robed in purple and gold and crowned with laurel, holding a laurel branch and ivory sceptre.
We're on the Team We’re In the Game We’re Out to Win
Wartime exhortation urging every citizen to feel pressed by sacrifice and contribute fully to the fourth Liberty Loan. It stresses dead earnest effort, personal sacrifice, and teamwork to win the war, urging all to give time energy and money and to support the effort to cross the goal line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
The Farm and the War Liberty Loan Call
A wartime column urges farmers to support the Third Liberty Loan and predicts stronger rural backing for the Fourth. It links agriculture to democracy, praising farmers for sustaining the war effort and urging continued active participation to shape public policy.
Woman great help in Liberty Loan work
Grace Dixon, Federal Reserve Director for Women in the Seventh District, urges men and women to unite in Liberty Loan drives. She outlines women’s coordinated roles with men, school and church partners, and the need for equal credit, with emphasis on mobilizing women through clubs, schools, booths, and community groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Dixon
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banking Committee
The Will to Win
The casualty lists reach rural and urban areas as the nation presses to win. Homefront effort intensifies with higher crop production and greater Liberty bond purchases to support the war.
Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Ry Timetable Aug 1918
Effective August 18 1918 Westbound trains depart Spring Valley for Hicks Junction Laddam DePue Bureau Princeton and more with listed times. Eastbound cars depart Spring Valley for Peru LaSalle Ottawa and other towns with varied schedules. Limited Means at MiaSalle station daily except Sunday. Tickets cost 2 cents a mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley Station
Hicks Junction
Laddam
A. M
P. M
Peru
LaSalle
Ottawa
Streator
Marseilles
Morris
Joeliet
a—Princeton Limited
b—DePue
e—Joliet
d—Otawa
f—Joliet—Joliet Limited
g—LaSalle
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Spring Valley Gazette
Anholz Bros., Publishers
Spring Valley
Community Labor Board
Berlin
Geneseo and
Atkinson
Seatonville
Dr. White
Treland
Eagleton Bureau Eeeennees
Marshall Eeeeeeressemens
Peoria O Ess
Stark
Tazewell
Fairfield Farmer
Walasen
A. Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
L. H. Bailey
President Roosevelt
Rural Life Commission
Prussia
Lincoln
Anna Shaw
Women of
Peoria RY
Spring Valley, Ill
Chicago, Ill
Joliet, Ill
Chicago & Joliet
Professional Cares
Paul F. McNamara
R. A. Smith
WM. Hawthorne
J. L. Murphy
Offce
Peltier Ridg
Bostay
Spring Valley, Hi
J. J. Moran
E. St. Paul St
Majestic Pool
Haidi
Gassiday Bros
BPE
J. H. Franklis
van Doran
Smith’s
Dakota Street
Spring Valley, Ilinois
Goodyear Tires
Dean
Geauipne Ford Parts
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