Local notices and wartime letters from Washington County
Local items report a sheriff sale price at 99.50 per acre near town. Dispatches note workers abroad and farmers’ harvests, influenza illness, Red Cross requests, school epidemics, and telecommunication increases. Letters from Clyde describe base life in France and a Roman castle visit.
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Chas. Blakeley
Ed Thrapp
Weggang Bomenag Aten
Bruce Harris
Cook
Nebr
Beulah Babcock
Bare Home
Gladys
Wm. Bonowitz
Endicott
C. J. Clark
Fay
Fairbury
G. W. Carmichael
Ray
St.Francis
Kansas
Hamilton Ave
Avalon
Pittsburgh
E. Hamley
Winfield
Red Cross Chapter
Washington County
Red Cross
Navy
Siberia
American Expeditionary Force
To the Voters of Jefferson County
A letter from Alex urging voters in Jefferson County to support him in the upcoming election and noting personal absence due to wartime duties. He promises to repay voters who deem him worthy.
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Alex
Jefferson County Voter Letter Seeks Register of Deeds Support
A Jefferson County candidate appeals to voters by letter urging support for the Register of Deeds office in the general election on November 5. The author notes 29 years in the county and a journalism and bookkeeping background, stating need to support herself after her husband’s death.
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Steele City Telephone Company
Tere
Fred Scheele
Lanham
Fairbury
Mr. Scheele
Jefferson County
Office of Register of Deeds
Fairbury Journal
Fairbury News
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