Research Log - 100 Years Ago

January

2 - Alison Bryan md. Magdalena Erkman in Bearden, Arkansas

8 - President Woodrow Wilson reveals his Fourteen Point plan to Congress & Mississippi is first state to ratify the 18th amendment to establish prohibition

14 - Bernice Wheeler, born & died, daughter of Lonnie & Anna (Erkman) Wheeler

20 - Juanita (Freeman) Oliver born Grand Tower, IL

27 - First Tarzan movie premiers in New York City

February

3 - Mary Ellen (Hardin) Crane Rhodes died in Iowa age 75

8 - Stars & Stripes military newspaper debuts

9 - Army chaplain school established at Ft. Monroe, Virginia

12 - Gustav Suter died St. Jacob, IL age 55

21 - the last Carolina parakeet dies in the Cincinnati Zoo

23 - Charles Crane born in Nebraska

March 

3 - Viola (Woods) Woods born

4 - John Withrow born son of Everett & Ola (Franks) Withrow

4 - first confirmed death of the Spanish flu epidemic is a soldier at Camp Funston, Kansas; over 20 million will die before it ends in 1919.

19 - U.S. Congress establishes time zones based on railroad time tables and approves daylight savings time

20 - Dorothy Pugh born in Galva, Illinois, daughter of Harvey & Nora (Colclasure) Pugh

24 - Leonard McAllister born in Oklahoma, son of James & Alberta (Speer) McAllister

April 

6 - Anna (Stilley) Lathrop, widow of Thomas died  in Mt. Vernon, Illinois age 65

14 - William Dove died in Wayne County, Illinois age 79

May

2 - General Motors acquires Chevrolet Motor Company

10 - Jennie Lathrop born in Illinois, daughter of Bert & Flossie (Jennings) Lathrop

15 - U.S. Postal service begins airmail service - New York, Philadelphia & Washington, D.C. 

16 - Maxine Courtright born, daughter of Stokely & Gladys (Fields) Courtright

18 - Nova Crumbacher born in Keenes, Illinois, daughter of John & Ruth (Swan) Crumbacher

20 - Joseph Erkman enlisted in Co. D, 41st Infantry, 10th Division. He was sent to Jefferson Barracks for five days.  Then to Fort Crook, Nebraska for two weeks and then to Camp Funston, Kansas for the duration of World War I.

20 - Floyd Wollitz md. Annettie R.M. Dove in Wayne County, Illinois

June

8 - Solar eclipse across the U.S. 

10 - Keith Dove born in Keenes, Illinois, son of Joseph & Clara (Wood) Dove

14 - 19th Amendment to the constitution passed granting women the right to vote 

16 - Mary Shreve born in Springfield, Illinois

20 - Myron Anderson born in Illinois, daughter of Elmer & Edna (Wilkin) Anderson

23 - Ellis Draper died in Vermont age 76

30 - Ruby Tyler born in East St. Louis, Illinois, daughter of Lowell & Helen (Kelly) Tyler.

nd - Levi Lathrop graduated from Illinois State University, Normal Illinois, shortly afterward he enlisted in the army and served in World War I.  

July

6 - Virgil Augustus Lathrop died in Marion, Iowa age 80

17 - the Romanov family assassinated in Russia

18 - Second Battle of the Marne

28 - Opal Erkman born in Hamilton County, Illinois, daughter of John & Anna (Heady) Erkman

29 - Delia (Lathrop) Bassett Treat died in Marion, Iowa age 86

nd - Percival Colclasure born in Illinois son of John & Georgia (Arnold) Colclasure

August

6 - Ambrose Maulding died age 80

6 - Second Battle of the Marne ends

7 - Elijah Porter died in Glasco, Kansas

20 - Beulah Lathrop born in Sumner, Illinois daughter of Dennis & Mabel (Petty) Lathrop

22 - Belle Dora (Spry) Oliver Fields died in Louisville, Illinois age 54

September

5 - Henry Erkman received Order of Induction into Military Service of the United States. 

The President of the United States,
To Henry Erkman
Order Number 396 Serial Number 1640

Greeting: Having submitted yourself to a local board composed of your neighbors for the purpose of determining the place and time in which you can best serve the United States in the present emergency, you are hereby notified that you have now been selected for immediate military service.

You will, therefore, report to the local board named below at Fairfield, Illinois, at 1:30 PM, on the 5th day of September, 1918, for military duty.

From and after the day and hour just named you will be a soldier in the military service of the United States.

D.C. Jordan

Report to Local Board for Wayne Co. Local Board, Fairfield, Ills.
Date: 9-2-1918

9 - American troops arrive in Vladivostock to intervene in the Russian Revolution

11 - Boston Red Sox win the World Series by beating the Chicago Cubs

12 - Mervin Lathrop born in Sumner, Illinois, son of Merit & Fern (Petty) Lathrop

12 - John Erkman registered with the draft board in East St. Louis:

John Godfrey Erkman
1327  Missouri Avenue, East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., IL
Age 37
Born March 20, 1881
white, native born

C__ maker, American Steel Foundry
American Steel Foundry, E. St. Louis, St. Clair Co., IL

nearest relative, Emma Dora Erkman
1327 Missouri Ave. E. St. Louis, St. Clair Co., IL

signed John Godfrey Erkman

medium height
slender build
blue eyes, brown hair
no physical disability

12 - Ethel Musgrave born in Hamilton County, Illinois, daughter of Robert & Rella (Maulding) Musgrave

12 - William Colclasure registered with the draft board in Puyallup, Washington:

Serial #984, Order #2731
William Edward Colclasure
Box 109 1 Puyallup, Pierce Co., WA
DOB May 18, 1875
white, native born

Book keeper, time keeper, shipper for Archer & Welbon
4 Snohomish, Sno. Washington

wife Mary E. Colclasure, Puyallup, Pierce Co., WA

Tall, Medium Build, Brown eyes, Dark brown hair

26 - Meuse-Argonne offensive begins

October

1 - Delora (--?--) Erkman born 

5 - Emma Jean (--?--) Wilfong born in Illinois

6 - Thomas Draper died Johnson County, Indiana age 63

8 - John Hays died in White County, Illinois age 66

8 - Charles Gunter born in Hamilton County, Illinois, son of Harry & Nora (Gibbs) Gunter

8 - Alvin York single-handedly killed 25 Germans and took 132 prisoner in the Argonne Forest

11 - Elizabeth (Boliger) Smith died age 67

12 - first iron lung machine used in a Boston hospital & the Cloquet wild fire erupts in Minnesota, claims about 450 lives; it spreads into Wisconsin and eventually kills over 1000 people

16 - Robert Richardson born in Wayne City, Illinois son of Ross & Norma (Burge) Richardson

17 - actress Rita Hayworth born, no we're not related to her & Yugoslavia becomes a republic

20 - Oscar Robertson died age 31 

22 - Spanish flu epidemic sweeps through Baltimore and Washington, D.C. 

27 - Rhoda (Erwin) Maulding died age 81

28 - Charles Speer born in Oldham County, Kentucky son of Maurice & Jimmie (Doke) Speer

November

1 - Robert Withrow born in Jefferson County, Illinois, son of Miles & Ada (Edmonds) Withrow

3 - Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves & Poland declares independence from Russia

7 - Evangelist Billy Grahm born in North Carolina, not related to  him either. 

11 - Armistice signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in the 1950s this day will become Veterans Day in the U.S. 

17 - Laylen Richardson born in Jefferson County, Illinois son of Delbert & Anna (Osborn) Richardson

17 - Beatrice Waggoner born daughter of Alfred & Nora (Coleman) Waggoner

24 - Gasoline Alley cartoon debuts in the Chicago Tribune

28 - King Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates, Germany becomes a republic

nd - Paul & Pearl Henry, twin sons, born in Illinois children of Frank & Etta (--?--) Henry

December

1 - William Fraim died age 68

1 - President Woodrow Wilson forces all breweries to shut down in order to have grain to use for army and war effort. 

5 - Louise (Barrett) Fitzgerald born 

10 - Douglas Fitzgerald died in Clay County, Illinois age 2, son of Howard & JoAnna (McDonald) Fitzgerald

14 - Mabel Butler born in Illinois daughter of Morton & Anna (Robertson) Butler

17 - Fannie Gurley sold land to George Reed

18 - Levi Lathrop discharged from army 

19 - Ripley's Believe It or Not! cartoon debuts in the New York Globe

22 - Lillian Miller born Alma, Nebraska daughter of Charles & Effie (Williams) Miller

No date

Births:

• Chester Wilfong son of Chester & Laura (Freese) Wilfong
• Maxine Fitzgerald, daughter of Frederick & Ada (Winchester) Fitzgerald
• Ruby Wollitz daughter of Floyd & Annettie R.M. (Dove) Wollitz
• Lois Bundy in Illinois daughter of James & Bertha (Richardson) Bundy
• Ronald Maier, son of Reuben & Mabel (Ritsch) Maier
• Reba Hendershot daughter of Dwight & Ruth (Hays) Hendershot
• William Stine in Montana son of Harry & Nellie (--?--) Stine
• Mildred Harrington daughter of Lyman & Bertha (Hadley) Harrington
• Bernadine (--?--) Reece in Illinois
• Fern Erkman in Illinois daughter of Elvis & Faye (Veatch) Erkman
• Maggie Gentle in Arkansas daughter of Lee & Florence (--?--) Gentle
• Marjory Moore in Illinois daughter of Clyde & Georgia (Green) Moore
• Vernon Maulding in Illinois daughter of Charles & Ethel (Earles) Maulding
• Avanell Speer in Oklahoma daughter of Roger & Tessie (--?--) Speer
• Lowell Auton husband of Grace Waggoner
• Harold Fitzgerald in Illinois son of Pearl & Effie (Uton) FItzgerald

Marriages:

• Charles Fisher & Sylvia Austin
• Guy Berry & Effie (--?--) 

Deaths: 

• Nancy (--?--) Butler age 67
• Christina (Clampet) Hinkle age 74
• Laura Hardin daughter of Leander & Martha (Hollowell) Hardin age 44
• Harden Williamson son of Joel & Melvina (Richardson) Williamson age 27
• Alnoma Williamson daughter of Joel & Melvina (Richardson) Williamson age 25

Other:

• Sailor Jack & his dog Bingo first appear on Cracker Jack boxes
• Warner Brothers film studio built in Hollywood
• Pogo stick invented 
• Charles Jung creates the first fortune cookie
• Short-wave radio invented