Top Ten WW I Movies, Ranked

From the Dec. 26, 2019, Collider by Brendan Michael.

I am just listing them.  Go to the site for details.

10.  The Water Deviner

9.  Sergeant York

8.  They Shall Not Grow Old

7.  War Horse

6.  The African Queen

5.  Gallipoli

4.  All Quiet On the Western Front

3.  Paths of Glory

2.  1917   I am really looking forward to this movie next year.

1.  Lawrence of Arabia

--Cooter

Huge 1917 World War I Bond Rally in DeKalb

From the December, 5, 2018, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1917  A photograph of an absolutely huge crowd of people gathered at the DeKalb Armory for a bond drive to raise money to support the World War I effort.

It took place on October 21, 1917, at the Armory located at 320 East Locust Street.

--Cooter

A Second Phone Line Put Into DeKalb Fire Department in 1917

From the March 29, 2017, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago."

"In order that there might not be no time lost in case someone was endeavoring to report a fire in DeKalb, another telephone has been placed at the station.

"The new phone has been attached to the telephone gong circuit, and in case the operator cannot get the boys on 49, she has an opportunity to use 549."

A Three-Digit Phone Number.  I Could Remember That.  --Cooter

DeKalb Business Making Money from World War I in 1917

From the September 20, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"The Nehring Electrical Works at the corner of Sixth and Lincoln Highway are working day and night shifts at this time and enjoying an unusual amount of business in the covered wire lines.

"An order was received this morning for 1,000 miles of the best covered wire, and this will keep the plant busy for several days."

A war industry.

--Cooter

Tooting Our Own Horn in 1917: DeKalb County, Illinois

From the March 22, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"As one travels over beautiful DeKalb County and notes the prosperity everywhere, the thrifty cities and villages with their luxurious homes, fine schools, churches and other public buildings, and sees the rich, highly improved farms, he is assured that here, in this county, the people have advanced far beyond the primitive conditions which confronted the residents of the county when there was a wild country to subdue and the people were poor, and that the people here are now able to occupy themselves with the finer things that go to make life still more worth living."

We've Come A Long Way, Baby.  --Cooter

Chicken Pox at Northern Illinois Normal School in 1917

From the March 15, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"Because one case of chicken pox developed at Williston Hall, several young women who were exposed to the disease have been sent to their homes for a few days.

"They will return to their school Monday unless something develops."

Serious Stuff.  --GreGen

Marble Wars in DeKalb in 1917

From the February 15, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"The kids have made raids on various stores of the city of DeKalb the past few days, and the marble stock has taken a jump.

"Nearly every kid seen on the street has a pocket full of nibs, and after school hours can be seen several aggregations of youngsters on bended knee endeavoring to get the connies of the other fellows."

--Cooter

Leather Garnents for World War I Aviators

From the September 6, 2017, MidWeek "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"In response to a notice that appeared in The Chronicle for several days, a well-known DeKalb citizen came to the office with about 50 pounds of leather, to be given to Miss Geneve Lewis, and later made into garments for army aviators."

--DaCoot

Waterman to Get Electricity in 1917

From the February 15, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"The men of Waterman are now at work in the village building lines, etc. for the electric light system.

"They will set no date when Waterman will get power as they are so frequently delayed from lack of material."

Charging Into the 20th Century.  --Cooter

Spilling the Milk and Ink in 1917

From the February 15, 2017,  MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"Passengers waiting waiting at the depot in DeKalb this morning had the pleasure of seeing one commodity used daily take a drop -- but  not in price.

"The 9:05 train arrived at the station and unloaded a couple cans of milk, some ink and other articles.

"The truck man started to turn around and the truck tipped over, spilling one can of milk, and also breaking a bottle of ink.  The boys up and around the depot were having considerable sport with the truck man as a result of the accident."

And Quite a Mess to Boot.  --Cooter

Supporting the World War I Troops in DeKalb: Huge Welcome Home

From the March 8, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"DeKalb and Sycamore said 'welcome home' to their soldier boys last night in a way that showed the 'fellers' that they meant it.

With a crowd of at least 2,000 filling every nook and cranny of the space 'outside the railing' at the Armory and fully as many were in a futile push for admission at the closed doors and admiration and regard shining from every fan the soldier lads, band and company knew last night what their place in the hearts of DeKalb people is."

Supporting the Troops.  --Cooter

More U.S. Flags Than Ever in DeKalb Schools As Tensions Mount in 1917

From the March 8, 2017, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"Mrs. James Dresser, patriotic instructor in the Women's Relief Corps has an interesting report to make.  She has visited the schools of DeKalb and some outside the city and has found more flags displayed than ever before."

As tensions between the United States and Germany ramp up.

he Women's Relief Corps was an auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans formed after the Civil War.

--DaCoot

A Coal Shortage in DeKalb in 1917

From the February 8, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"The coal situation in DeKalb is tighter right now than it has been for some time, especially as to coke and hard coal.  There is a fairly good supply of soft coal but hardly a wagon load or so of the other varieties.

"One local coal merchant informs the Chronicle that he has only a half a ton in his own celler and not a pound of coke in the yard.

"Others are also hard up for coal to supply their customers.  Another manager of a coke concern states that he will be having to use soft coal in his own house furnace within another day."

Of course, coal was the major heating source in homes and businesses back then.

Wonder If the Coal Shortage Was a Result of the War?  --Cooter

Icemaking Back in 1917

From the February 8, 2017, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"Will Myers and Pete Larson of Cortland are filling the ice house from the Myers pond.

"The ice is about a foot thick."

--CootIce

Battling the High Cost of Living in 1917

From the January 4, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"A business change that will be of interest to many of our readers took place this week with the North Side market Ashelford and Roberts have disposed of their place of business to A. Palmquist of this city who promises to help the people in their fight with the high cost of living.

"Mr. Palmquist says he will conduct a strictly cash business, and do no delivering thus giving the people the benefit of declining cost, and also the credit system."

--Cooter

Trimming Trees in 1917

From the September 13, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"The DeKalb city authorities have had men at work the past week or ten days trimming up several hundred trees about the city, and the streets are now beginning to show the results of the work.

"The entire south side of town has been given attention, and the men are now at work on the north side, being in the neighborhood of Seventh street.  One can stand at any corner in the city now and look down the sidewalk for any distance, and there are no low hanging limbs to obstruct the view."

Trim My Limbs.  --CooTree

$11,538, 945,460 for World War I in 1917

From the September 20, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"Majority leader Kitchen presented the House today the $11,538, 945,460 war bond revenue bill, the greatest in the world's history, with an unanimously bi-partisan report for its immediate passage."

Wars Ain't Cheap.  --Cooter

The Ice Man Goeth in Jan. 1917

From the January 4, 2017, MidWeek  (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back.:

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"The warm weather of the past twenty-four hours has held up the ice making proposition and although some of the ice dealers of the city had started marking, the work was halted until colder weather comes again.

"The dairy company had started to mark the Normal (NIU's Lagoon) pond and the youngsters were sorry to lose their skating but now are glad that the warm weather halted the work of the ice man."

--CootIce

Young Hoodlums in DeKalb Back in 1917

From the August 30, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"Gangs of small hoodlums raising noise and mischief in two neighborhoods were brought to the attention of the police.  One complaint came from Fourth and Oak streets, the other from another section of town.

"The offending youngsters will do well to mend their ways as these locations will be watched closely by the night patrolmen and disturbers will be dealt with."

--Cooter

Making Wheat Pay in 1917

From the August 30, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"Harry Sittler, a farmer near DeKalb came in yesterday with a heaping wagonload of fine new wheat.  He went home minus the wheat but $1.25.50 richer in pocket, having disposed of his product at the rate of $2.25 per bushel.

"This he considered a pretty fat day's work, even in the present days of inflated markets."

Heaping.  --CootRich