Weddings and notices fill La Rose week in Star-Herald
Community calendar and social notes from La Rose and area highlight travel visits by W E Berg, Miss Revella Kamp, and others to Peoria Streator and Windsor Canada. Funeral of Mrs Margaret Preisnee Arnold described with Lutheran service and burial. High school and eighth grade commencements announced with dates and program details.
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Star-Herald
W. E. Berg
Peoria
Martin Kamp
Streator
William Koch
Revella Kamp
Sparks Scudder
Canada
Joe Loveless
August Bjork
Varna
Chas. McCully
Eastman
Jim Colburn
Washburn
B. S. Harper
Federal Grand Jury
Awald Zilm
Clara Meinke
Constance Talmadge
Samuel Madden
Oddie Maddux
Lewis Schumacher
Toluca
Glen McCully
Louis Stuebing
Chicago
Herbert
Edmund
Rudolph
Martha Foster
Frances McClary
Iettie
Meing
LaRose
Florence Baer
Y. W
Irving Parson
Sparland
Lulu Loveless
John Schlossman
Imogene Buckingham
Harold Buckingham
W. E. Woods
Kingston Mines
Zilm
Walter
Martin Rudolph
W. E. Rudolph
Township High School
Yankee woman Arab captain appointed in Arabian cavalry
Mrs. Anna L. Fisher of Santa Barbara California becomes the first American woman and first woman honored by an oriental government with a cavalry captaincy in the Hedjaz army. She earned the rank through organizing Red Cross services in Damascus and was left to head an Armenian refugee orphanage, where water access and other needs sparked her drive. She describes severe initial friction with oriental workers resisting a woman in charge, but she pushed through to secure essential infrastructure.
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Palestine
Anna L. Fisher
Santa Barbara
Cal
Portland Oregonian
Fisher
American Red Cross
Damascus
Red Cross
Hedjaz
United States
Red Cross Commission
Brillant
Allah
Public Works
O. P.'—Orphanage Police
Orphanage Overseer Confronts Hardship In Asia
The narrative details an administrator’s efforts at an Armenian orphanage. He describes fashion and culture shocks, water access, and plumbing hurdles, plus a color coded system for disease, disinfecting rooms, and the introduction of a twelve member Orphanage Police to enforce order.
Legion Drive to Continue in Cook and Lake Counties
The American Legion state membership drive will extend into next week and possibly beyond in Cook and Lake counties. State Commander Foreman and a group of legion executives began a down state speaking tour on May 9 after thousands of new members were reported enrolled last week.
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Legion
Chicago
American Legion
Foreman
Cook
Lake Counties
Grandmother Recommends Foley’s Honey and Tar Medicine
Mrs. V. M. Katz of Pittsburg praises Foley’s Honey and Tar for her grandson's bad cold and notes she used it for her children as well. The old reliable remedy helps coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Foster Drug Co.
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V. M. Katz
Armendale St
N.S
Pittsburg
Foley
Foster Drug Co
Kidney Pills Help Mrs. Gibson Feel Fine Again
Mrs L Gibson of 12th and Edison Street La Junta Colorado writes that kidney pills provided quick relief after long kidney trouble. She reports reduced swelling and a puffy eye appearance and says she now feels fine. Foster Drug Co supports the testimonial.
Harold’s sheep riddle stumps the teacher
A schoolroom exchange has Harold answering a math riddle about 11 sheep with 3 jumping fences. He insists no sheep remain, prompting the teacher to remark that he knows arithmetic but not sheep. The humorous dialogue centers on logic versus misdirection.
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Harold
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Keepers of the Light
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