Child Hit by BB Shot in Ear From Air Rifle
Six year old Chadwick News Kiekert suffered a severe head injury when struck in the ear by a BB from an air rifle, toppled into a cellar opening, breaking the eardrum and sustaining bruises. Dr A A Calkins treated him at Freeport hospital amid reports of the elder brother firing the air rifle but denying responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Bickert
Julius Eickert
A. A. Calkins
Freeport Hospital
Kiekert
Meet Your Air Warden Guidance Leaflet For Home Defense
A wartime leaflet urges families to know their Air Raid Warden, appoint a family member to coordinate, and follow six rules during raids. It covers shelter room setup, gas shutoffs, signaling, staying calm, and how to help volunteers, with revised gas guidance and post-raid steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Council
Interpreting the News through Spiritual Reality
A Christian Science perspective reframes world events as a battle between Christian ideals and barbarism. It emphasizes God as infinite Principle Love and Truth, urges right reasoning on spiritual existence, and asserts Truth and Spirit triumph over fear, war, and material limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
The
Christian Science Monitor
Local residents host weekend visits across towns
Chadwick Brie s Mr and Mrs Frank Plumley of Fulton visit G L Collinson while George Bast and family stay with Joe Brinkman in Garden Plain. Kyle Turney Orion Alexander visit Forrest Hartman in Coleta. Melvin Straub hosts Frank Healy Sterling and Ferris family for Sunday dinner. John Stein Savanna visits Wm Provant. Evan Rahn and son Elmer visit Howard Kness. Wm Ime and Bert Straub visit George Sack in Freeport. Chas Demeter home Prophetstown hosts Harold Real Miledgeville Howard Baker family and Robert Kradle. Adam Heinze son Arthur Rock Falls and Elizabeth Heinze daughter Edna dine with Glen Seidenburg Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Plumley
Fulton
Oscar Martens
Bert Straub
Freeport
George Sack
Dieterman
Sack
Chas. Demeter
Prophetstown
Harold Real
Miledgeville
Howard Baker
Robert Kradle
Adam Heinze
Arthur
Rock Falls
Elizabeth Heinze
Edna
Glen Seidenburg
Mt. Carroll
Changes in Chinese rural life from war impact
Dr Irma Highbaugh notes major shifts in rural China, including economic changes and new freedoms for women. She cites increased literacy, citizen awareness, and sacrifice for national aims, alongside added burdens for families of soldiers and mass relocations from occupied areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Highbaugh
Methodist Rural Service Center
Kienyang
Szechwan
West China
What You Buy With WAR BONDS
Before the pilots take to the air they are said to be so called suped up. A stationary motor driven bicycle is pedaled just before takeoff to reduce nitrogen in the blood to prevent gas bubbles from forming in the bloodstream.
Missionary Laubach Tours Latin America Teaching Reading
Dr. Frank Laubach, described as mission ary apostle of literacy, completed a tour of Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Trinidad, Guatemala and Venezuela to promote mass literacy. He has conferred with missionaries, educators and government heads. Special charts of the Laubach method have been prepared for the Aymara and Quechua Indians as the largest illiterate groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Laubach
Cuba
Haiti
Mexico
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Brazil
Trinidad
Guatemala
Venezuela
Local Dining and Visit Highlights Across Milledgeville Area
Milledgeville hosts include Chadwick families guests of Spauldings and Cambmans at Lanark and near Milledgeville. Mt. Carroll and Dupree trips feature John Asay and Robert Turney planning summer ranch stay. Local travels involve Andersons, Hartmans, Rosenbergs, Fogel, Brand, and Mest households hosting relatives and friends from Downers Grove, Jersey City, Woodstock, Belvidere, Akron, and Rockford during weekends and a May visit season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Spaulding
Milledgeville
Roger Spaulding
John Asay
Mt. Carroll
John Derver
William Cambman
Ed Miller
Lanark
Robert Turney
Dupree
S. Oak
George Peterson
Ralph Anderson
Clarence Hartman
Maude Alexander
Donald Anderson
Arthur Rosenberg
Charles
Coleta
Hazel Fogel
Phyllis
Frank Walker
Don Brand
Terry
Downers Grove
E. R. Mest
M. M. Stuart
Jersey City
N. J
Wm. Traum
Rockford
R. C. Dial
Robert Gelwicks
Ivan Carroll
David
Merle Stage
Loyd Collins
Woodstock
Vada Mae
LeRoy Collinson
Belvidere
G. L. Collinson
George Dambman, Jr
Don Harris
Frank Moshier
Des Moines
Kk. R. Mest
Herbert Patton
Akron, O
Wm. Fink
Treasure Under Ground (No 369) Grandchild of Coa
The article discusses benzene derivatives and the benzol family, highlighting their roles in nylon manufacture, synthetic rubber, dry cleaning, and paint removers. It notes a quadrupling of benzol use to make phenol and formaldehyde materials, with wartime demand shaping future peacetime applications and ongoing research after the war.
Weekend Socials Gathered Guests in Mt Carroll and Clinton
Sunday evening calls at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hotman in Mt Carroll and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rawlin and the August Drocers in Clinton. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. James Margar, Mrs. Fred Olson visiting her ill mother Mrs. A Carlson, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Reiff with Kenje Oyeata of Rocks. The Praun Naniga area hosts family visits and preparations for travel as others extended weekend greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mon
Walter Hotman
Mt. Carroll
James Margar
Wilmer LaShelle
Savanya
Paul Kies
Naval ‘Tr
Praun-Naniga
Fred Olson
Sanita F
Clinton
A. Carlson
Pete Matzen
Vernon Rawlin
August Drocers
Alvin Reiff
Kenje Oyeata
Orval Shum
Charles Shuman
Notice of Installment Due for Sixth Assessment Benefits
Notice to all interested parties that the ninth installment of the sixth assessment of benefits on lands in the Savanna and York Drainage District, Carroll County, Illinois, became due May 20, 1943. Payment must be made to the district treasurer in Thomson, Carroll County, Illinois by March 10, 1944. If unpaid, lands will be sold by law to cover the amount due plus costs. Roy Houghton, Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
York Drage
Caproll
Ilinois
Uni
Thomson
Carroll
Illinois
Roy Houghton
Non-Deferrable Activities and Occupations List
A garbled wartime classified style list names non deferrable activities and occupations across manufacturing and service sectors. It covers fabric products such as curtains draperies bedspreads and embroidery plus glass work mosaics etching and ornamentation. It mentions jewelers watchmakers and jewelry related trades and lists miscellaneous benign trades like interior decoraters and garment services. It also lists wholesale and retail trades including antiques tobacco and confectionery with many job roles like bar staff cleaners chauffeurs and messengers. The text ends with general household tips and a call to TRY A CLASSIFIED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toll Cremer Austrialus
Emily
S.chiie
Barteadk
Bein
Amt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chadwick News
Chadwick Brie
W.w.reed
Burney Shell
Ozark Mountains
College of the Ozarks
Clarkesville, Ark
Shell
American Advisory Committee
China
Church Committee For China For China
W. Y. Chen
Methodist Church
Paul Yu-pin
Roman Catholic Church
S. C. Leung
Shih Paochen
K. Chu
K. M. Heu
Kinchenk Banking Corporation
Fei Chi-hao
Central Trust Company
Philip Hebard Ward
Collingwood
Conn
Congregational Christian Church
Beirutt
Syria
Turkey
American Board
Near East
Amherst College
Union Theological Seminary
Connecticut
Near East School of Theology
Beirut
Belgian Congo
Africa
S. Treasury Department
Chadwick Briefs
S.N. Juhl
Vike
Clinton, Lowe
Treasure Underground
Chadwick Frie
Messen
Fortunetelle Tineluditnw & Trologons
Clairvoyant Vediumes
Micadera
Palmists
Wat Aaners
Privat Chauffeurs
Ein Lepeyieers
Tuhere
Yalete
Waite
Anckin
Elmfal & Son
Cargill
Richard Vogel Fulton
Ill
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